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oh my god I’m crying at this one
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
oh my god I’m crying at this one
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Appendix A7 most striking graph for me:
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Appendix A7 most striking graph for me:
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Congressman Lloyd Smucker is leveraging his ability to raise campaign money to help Pennsylvania Republicans hold onto their seats in key areas being targeted by Democrats, according to campaign finance disclosure forms filed this month.
lanc.news/42Sc1hi
lanc.news/42Sc1hi
Smucker has $1M in hand ahead of next year's reelection campaign, shares the wealth with other Republican candidates
Congressman Lloyd Smucker is leveraging his ability to raise campaign money to help Pennsylvania Republicans hold onto their seats in key areas being targeted by Democrats, according to campaign finance
lanc.news
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Congressman Lloyd Smucker is leveraging his ability to raise campaign money to help Pennsylvania Republicans hold onto their seats in key areas being targeted by Democrats, according to campaign finance disclosure forms filed this month.
lanc.news/42Sc1hi
lanc.news/42Sc1hi
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Imagining Stephen Miller at a mid-90s Madball show telling Stigma he's not hardcore enough.
Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"
October 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Imagining Stephen Miller at a mid-90s Madball show telling Stigma he's not hardcore enough.
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41 years ago today
Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by the punk rock band Minutemen, which was released as a double album on July 3, 1984 and deals, among other things, with the Vietnam War and racism in America
#punkrock #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by the punk rock band Minutemen, which was released as a double album on July 3, 1984 and deals, among other things, with the Vietnam War and racism in America
#punkrock #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory #otd
July 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
41 years ago today
Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by the punk rock band Minutemen, which was released as a double album on July 3, 1984 and deals, among other things, with the Vietnam War and racism in America
#punkrock #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by the punk rock band Minutemen, which was released as a double album on July 3, 1984 and deals, among other things, with the Vietnam War and racism in America
#punkrock #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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i want a politician that will stand up for the 15 year-old high schooler being targeted and attacked by the most powerful person on the planet for no reason other than they are playing a sport with their friends
May 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
i want a politician that will stand up for the 15 year-old high schooler being targeted and attacked by the most powerful person on the planet for no reason other than they are playing a sport with their friends
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A couple weeks ago I said "Hey, subsidies aren't why the US grows so much corn & soybeans!"
People got mad & demanded an explanation, so pls enjoy. Buckle up bc this is NOT your the standard-issue "we just gotta fix the Farm Bill!!" situation.
(if you want to see the video, youtu.be/NlSRyPcc-so)
People got mad & demanded an explanation, so pls enjoy. Buckle up bc this is NOT your the standard-issue "we just gotta fix the Farm Bill!!" situation.
(if you want to see the video, youtu.be/NlSRyPcc-so)
Why Corn And Soy Are In EVERYTHING
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A couple weeks ago I said "Hey, subsidies aren't why the US grows so much corn & soybeans!"
People got mad & demanded an explanation, so pls enjoy. Buckle up bc this is NOT your the standard-issue "we just gotta fix the Farm Bill!!" situation.
(if you want to see the video, youtu.be/NlSRyPcc-so)
People got mad & demanded an explanation, so pls enjoy. Buckle up bc this is NOT your the standard-issue "we just gotta fix the Farm Bill!!" situation.
(if you want to see the video, youtu.be/NlSRyPcc-so)
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New, from me:
Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...
Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...
Why the Supreme Court decision on firing independent agency heads is a big deal
The demise of Humphrey's Executor and the rise of unitary executive theory
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New, from me:
Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...
Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...
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Then I explored how adding Popeye improves any cartoon character.
May 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Then I explored how adding Popeye improves any cartoon character.
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fusing two roles one actor has played: thread
May 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
fusing two roles one actor has played: thread
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New Buying Power: I wrote about how America built the postwar world order and its own society on “consumer choice” and cheap goods, and what happens if Trump strips that out while also gutting the social safety net. Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cheap Consumer Goods Are the American Dream, Actually
Trump’s tariffs upend a nearly century-old bargain between politicians and US consumers.
www.bloomberg.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New Buying Power: I wrote about how America built the postwar world order and its own society on “consumer choice” and cheap goods, and what happens if Trump strips that out while also gutting the social safety net. Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I appreciate the deep reporting here but would add one thing: This isn’t just an attack on the federal workforce. It’s an assault on the entire country. We ALL rely on government services that Musk is paralyzing. The impact of his cuts will only grow more horrific.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I appreciate the deep reporting here but would add one thing: This isn’t just an attack on the federal workforce. It’s an assault on the entire country. We ALL rely on government services that Musk is paralyzing. The impact of his cuts will only grow more horrific.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
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Always wondered how the Star Wars Emperor could start with a battle-hardened army and end up with an "entire legion of his best troops" being beaten to death by teddybears with sticks.
Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.
Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.
February 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Always wondered how the Star Wars Emperor could start with a battle-hardened army and end up with an "entire legion of his best troops" being beaten to death by teddybears with sticks.
Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.
Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.
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Fun fact - on Windows, if you press WIN + Period(.), it includes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ to make it easy if you want to put it in a message, and I'm the one that added it
RESOLVED: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is so much more expressive and therefore preferable than 🤷
Discuss
Discuss
February 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Fun fact - on Windows, if you press WIN + Period(.), it includes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ to make it easy if you want to put it in a message, and I'm the one that added it
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A personal essay that will get me in trouble, but it's worth it:
Thought control
Josephine Riesman on Pink Floyd and surrender
flaminghydra.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A personal essay that will get me in trouble, but it's worth it:
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NEW EP “DOOM GARDEN” OUT EVERYWHERE MAY 9 on BAD TIME RECORDS!!!!
Listen to the first single “DlE IN DENVER” NOW!!!
www.submithub.com/link/catbite...
Listen to the first single “DlE IN DENVER” NOW!!!
www.submithub.com/link/catbite...
February 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NEW EP “DOOM GARDEN” OUT EVERYWHERE MAY 9 on BAD TIME RECORDS!!!!
Listen to the first single “DlE IN DENVER” NOW!!!
www.submithub.com/link/catbite...
Listen to the first single “DlE IN DENVER” NOW!!!
www.submithub.com/link/catbite...
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New: Elon Musk has forced Republicans into the uncomfortable position of pretending to care about deficits *during a Republican presidency*—just as they prepare to cut rich people’s taxes by trillions of dollars. Reporters, this is your Aha! or Gotcha! moment: www.offmessage.net/p/republican...
Republicans Sabotage Their Own Cover Story
They're about to expose their one politically safe "defense" of Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and "DOGE" as a scam.
www.offmessage.net
February 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New: Elon Musk has forced Republicans into the uncomfortable position of pretending to care about deficits *during a Republican presidency*—just as they prepare to cut rich people’s taxes by trillions of dollars. Reporters, this is your Aha! or Gotcha! moment: www.offmessage.net/p/republican...
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DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS is a series capturing the stories of federal workers, their careers, and the damage being wrought to federal and civil service which will impact us all. this is the first story in that series.
Nate Brought | Maryland
I am the Director of the Executive Secretariat at the National Institutes of Health until COB Friday, February 28.
golikehellmachine.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS is a series capturing the stories of federal workers, their careers, and the damage being wrought to federal and civil service which will impact us all. this is the first story in that series.
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In the era that I studied when I was still part of the academic world one recurrent topic was that of "over-mighty subjects". This referred to subjects of the Crown who were themselves so powerful that they threatened the sovereign power of the Crown itself. In the US we have no sovereign, or ...
February 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In the era that I studied when I was still part of the academic world one recurrent topic was that of "over-mighty subjects". This referred to subjects of the Crown who were themselves so powerful that they threatened the sovereign power of the Crown itself. In the US we have no sovereign, or ...
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@ABC: BREAKING: Multiple people were injured in a shooting at a hospital in York County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, according to law enforcement sources briefed on the matter.
Main link in OG tweet
https://abcnews.link/lDST6Kn
abcnews.link
February 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@ABC: BREAKING: Multiple people were injured in a shooting at a hospital in York County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, according to law enforcement sources briefed on the matter.
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I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
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oh now they’re mad at deadnaming?
February 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
oh now they’re mad at deadnaming?
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So far, the president’s freeze on climate and infrastructure law spending has been covered as a constitutional issue.
But Trump is also about to start breaching hundreds of federal contracts — and *that* could soon open a new front in the legal war. I wrote about it:
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
But Trump is also about to start breaching hundreds of federal contracts — and *that* could soon open a new front in the legal war. I wrote about it:
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
The Next Front of Trump’s Renewables War Is Contract Law
And that’s on top of the constitutional questions.
heatmap.news
February 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So far, the president’s freeze on climate and infrastructure law spending has been covered as a constitutional issue.
But Trump is also about to start breaching hundreds of federal contracts — and *that* could soon open a new front in the legal war. I wrote about it:
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
But Trump is also about to start breaching hundreds of federal contracts — and *that* could soon open a new front in the legal war. I wrote about it:
heatmap.news/politics/tru...