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Of all the examples of people dying because somebody inexperienced was in charge, the biggest, most horrifying was Elon Musk and DOGE. No idea what AID did, didn’t care, blew it up and at least 600,000 people died unnecessarily as a consequence. Mass murder out of ignorance and bias. Thanks, Elon.
the very last person who should be prattling on about the dangers of inexperience is the grifting troglodyte who killed millions when he was put in charge of “efficiency”
Best Twitter riposte of the day
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Of all the examples of people dying because somebody inexperienced was in charge, the biggest, most horrifying was Elon Musk and DOGE. No idea what AID did, didn’t care, blew it up and at least 600,000 people died unnecessarily as a consequence. Mass murder out of ignorance and bias. Thanks, Elon.
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Joe Rogan confuses chickenpox with measles—also doesn’t know that measles wipes out your immune system’s memory to fight other germs: ❌"Measles was what everyone got when I was a kid…“❌ WRONG.
December 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Joe Rogan confuses chickenpox with measles—also doesn’t know that measles wipes out your immune system’s memory to fight other germs: ❌"Measles was what everyone got when I was a kid…“❌ WRONG.
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“The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions ... I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat." trib.al/2SjC4D5
Jack Smith Testifies That He’d Prosecute Trump All Over Again
The former special prosecutor is standing by his prosecutions of Donald Trump.
trib.al
December 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions ... I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat." trib.al/2SjC4D5
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the very last person who should be prattling on about the dangers of inexperience is the grifting troglodyte who killed millions when he was put in charge of “efficiency”
December 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
the very last person who should be prattling on about the dangers of inexperience is the grifting troglodyte who killed millions when he was put in charge of “efficiency”
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This is the MAGA mindset in a nutshell: entirely focused on retribution, can't think more than one move ahead. By suing artists, they won't discourage a leftist boycott, but only add to it. Only so much demand for Lee Greenwood and Russian ballet. And so they run another institution into the ground.
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is the MAGA mindset in a nutshell: entirely focused on retribution, can't think more than one move ahead. By suing artists, they won't discourage a leftist boycott, but only add to it. Only so much demand for Lee Greenwood and Russian ballet. And so they run another institution into the ground.
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To recap:
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
To recap:
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
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Incredible Taibbi would be suing anyone for defamation (🧵)
I just think it’s wild that a “journalist” who literally cuts emails in half to lie ab his targets, gets dates & stats wrong, actively goes out of his way to smear people, & doesn’t issue corrections is playing victim.
I have several posts ab him on this Substack. open.substack.com/pub/reneedir...
I have several posts ab him on this Substack. open.substack.com/pub/reneedir...
An Object Lesson in Bad-Faith Media
Matt Taibbi and the Futility of Getting a Correction from Someone Who Won't Admit They're Wrong
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Incredible Taibbi would be suing anyone for defamation (🧵)
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Republicans have been saying California and NYC are going to hell my whole life and yet they remain the most expensive places to live because everyone wants to be here. 🤡🤡🤡
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Republicans have been saying California and NYC are going to hell my whole life and yet they remain the most expensive places to live because everyone wants to be here. 🤡🤡🤡
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Baby-boomers are keeping their bad habits into retirement
Why people over the age of 55 are the new problem generation
Baby-boomers are keeping their bad habits into retirement
econ.st
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Baby-boomers are keeping their bad habits into retirement
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Guys, Trump doesn’t care about Christians in Africa and it’s not really about the Nigerian oil.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Guys, Trump doesn’t care about Christians in Africa and it’s not really about the Nigerian oil.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
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This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
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WASH POST: “Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
WASH POST: “Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/NzwVe9q
December 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/NzwVe9q
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Putin already rejects anything but surrender ahead of the DJT/Ze meeting at MAL
December 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Putin already rejects anything but surrender ahead of the DJT/Ze meeting at MAL
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I spoke to her attorney yesterday; she is still in the country as far as they know bsky.app/profile/aila...
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I spoke to her attorney yesterday; she is still in the country as far as they know bsky.app/profile/aila...
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Great points in this thread: We don't usually think of 1965 immigration act as on par w/New Deal and Civil Rights, but it was a major liberal achievement and Miller's real project is to undo it. As @larryglickman.bsky.social says this connects w/goal of undoing other great 20th century achievements:
Finally had a chance to read this Incredible piece by @gregsargent.bsky.social that documents Miller’s attempt to undo and reverse the 1965 immigration settlement and reveals how central this effort is to the administration’s reactionary aim to take down the New Deal and civil rights orders.
December 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Great points in this thread: We don't usually think of 1965 immigration act as on par w/New Deal and Civil Rights, but it was a major liberal achievement and Miller's real project is to undo it. As @larryglickman.bsky.social says this connects w/goal of undoing other great 20th century achievements:
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An Oklahoma man who was doing target practice with a recently purchased handgun in his backyard on Christmas Day is accused of shooting and killing a woman seated on a front porch blocks away as she held a child in her arms, authorities said.
https://cnn.it/3MSDxGk
https://cnn.it/3MSDxGk
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
An Oklahoma man who was doing target practice with a recently purchased handgun in his backyard on Christmas Day is accused of shooting and killing a woman seated on a front porch blocks away as she held a child in her arms, authorities said.
https://cnn.it/3MSDxGk
https://cnn.it/3MSDxGk
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Trump’s First Year Back, in 10 of Rattner's Charts - The New York Times /1 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump’s First Year Back, in 10 of Rattner's Charts - The New York Times /1 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Yeah. I mean, the financial payout will I assume be fairly minimal, like most academic royalties. The cost I'm more concerned about is being left out of the results, given that (to my dismay) people really are using these things for research.
December 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yeah. I mean, the financial payout will I assume be fairly minimal, like most academic royalties. The cost I'm more concerned about is being left out of the results, given that (to my dismay) people really are using these things for research.
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Imagine running a capital-intensive firm when the White House can suddenly threaten to shut your industry down. Wind farms today, something else tomorrow. That risk changes what gets built, where, and whether it gets built at all.
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Imagine running a capital-intensive firm when the White House can suddenly threaten to shut your industry down. Wind farms today, something else tomorrow. That risk changes what gets built, where, and whether it gets built at all.
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Chuck Redd pulled out after they put Trump’s name on the building. So small petty loser Grenell is suing him for $1 million.
December 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Chuck Redd pulled out after they put Trump’s name on the building. So small petty loser Grenell is suing him for $1 million.
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Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide-open economy.
Trump upended U.S. trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts
President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on rivals and allies alike on a long list of goods, from automobiles to furniture.
www.dallasnews.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide-open economy.
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Jonathan Grall fatally stabbed a man outside the Portland Art Museum in 2023. Police knew two months earlier that he had stabbed someone else but they failed to arrest Grall then -- even with the victim and the weapon.
Two families devastated by Portland police mistake: ‘Now somebody’s dead’
Jonathan Grall fatally stabbed a man outside the Portland Art Museum in 2023. Police knew two months earlier that he had stabbed someone else but they failed to arrest Grall then -- even with the victim and the weapon.
www.oregonlive.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Jonathan Grall fatally stabbed a man outside the Portland Art Museum in 2023. Police knew two months earlier that he had stabbed someone else but they failed to arrest Grall then -- even with the victim and the weapon.
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Actual 2025 tariff rates are, to date, far less than statutory rates, but the costs of the tariffs are mostly borne by the US – estimated tariff pass-through to US prices in 2025 is 94%. Tariffs on imports act like a 1 to 2pp tax on US manufacturing. brentneiman.com/research/GN2...
December 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Actual 2025 tariff rates are, to date, far less than statutory rates, but the costs of the tariffs are mostly borne by the US – estimated tariff pass-through to US prices in 2025 is 94%. Tariffs on imports act like a 1 to 2pp tax on US manufacturing. brentneiman.com/research/GN2...
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Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show
Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show
Drummer Chuck Redd decided to cancel his yearly Jazz Jam after Donald Trump added his name to the venue
The president of the Kennedy Center has demanded $1m in damages and fiercely criticized a musician’s sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue days after the White House announced that Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility.
“Your decision to withdraw at the last moment – explicitly in response to the Center’s recent renaming, which honors President Trump’s extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure – is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution,” the venue’s president, Richard Grenell, wrote in a letter to musician Chuck Redd that was shared with the Associated Press. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show