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There is no attitude for which legacy journalists are more often rewarded by their bosses than "Everybody needs to calm down." It is a preening announcement that you are the adult in the room, immune from emotion or overreaction or "hysteria." And it is the worst imaginable priority for this era. >
January 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
There is no attitude for which legacy journalists are more often rewarded by their bosses than "Everybody needs to calm down." It is a preening announcement that you are the adult in the room, immune from emotion or overreaction or "hysteria." And it is the worst imaginable priority for this era. >
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I'm sorry, but you cannot reason with folks who are not embarrassed to wear this kit on the streets of the United States of America.
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I'm sorry, but you cannot reason with folks who are not embarrassed to wear this kit on the streets of the United States of America.
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International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
billmckibben.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
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Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
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We need to figure out some way to constitutionally make it so that, in the event a President unilaterally starts a war, everyone who publicly called him a peace candidate is entered into a draft lottery for frontline service.
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
We need to figure out some way to constitutionally make it so that, in the event a President unilaterally starts a war, everyone who publicly called him a peace candidate is entered into a draft lottery for frontline service.
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AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.
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Happy New Year and all. But read up on Project 2026 - from the people who brought us Project 2025.
Make no mistake, women:
They are coming for our rights.
They are coming for the equality our mothers/grandmas fought for.
They are coming for our bodies.
msmagazine.com/2025/12/13/p...
Make no mistake, women:
They are coming for our rights.
They are coming for the equality our mothers/grandmas fought for.
They are coming for our bodies.
msmagazine.com/2025/12/13/p...
Project 2026 Declares Open War on Women’s Rights
When The Heritage Foundation released its new policy blueprint for 2026 this week—an extension of the now-infamous Project 2025—it did so with the calm confidence of an institution convinced no one wi...
msmagazine.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Happy New Year and all. But read up on Project 2026 - from the people who brought us Project 2025.
Make no mistake, women:
They are coming for our rights.
They are coming for the equality our mothers/grandmas fought for.
They are coming for our bodies.
msmagazine.com/2025/12/13/p...
Make no mistake, women:
They are coming for our rights.
They are coming for the equality our mothers/grandmas fought for.
They are coming for our bodies.
msmagazine.com/2025/12/13/p...
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
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And then follow it up with "So then you are "pro-fascist"?"
The media should be doing this every time the word is spoken.
The media should be doing this every time the word is spoken.
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
And then follow it up with "So then you are "pro-fascist"?"
The media should be doing this every time the word is spoken.
The media should be doing this every time the word is spoken.
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They really need to ask “Sir, what does Antifa stand for?”
December 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
They really need to ask “Sir, what does Antifa stand for?”
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Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
Fox News will applaud this but can you imagine their coverage if President Biden hatched a secret plan to take over Fox News and revamp its programming to be nicer to him
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
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Quietly, largely unreported, Trumplethinskin is pardoning like the madman he is.
December 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Quietly, largely unreported, Trumplethinskin is pardoning like the madman he is.
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Really, how can you write this (it’s the NYT) and not then delete the first four words.
‘Like other recent presidents, Mr. Trump has pushed too far in pursuit of an ideological agenda.’
‘Like other recent presidents, Mr. Trump has pushed too far in pursuit of an ideological agenda.’
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Really, how can you write this (it’s the NYT) and not then delete the first four words.
‘Like other recent presidents, Mr. Trump has pushed too far in pursuit of an ideological agenda.’
‘Like other recent presidents, Mr. Trump has pushed too far in pursuit of an ideological agenda.’
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
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Trump and Johnson are prepared to double our health care premiums and keep the government closed just to keep MAGA corruption and their war on the working middle class going. Democrats say no way. Cancel the cuts, expand health care and restore government to the people.
October 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Trump and Johnson are prepared to double our health care premiums and keep the government closed just to keep MAGA corruption and their war on the working middle class going. Democrats say no way. Cancel the cuts, expand health care and restore government to the people.
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Americans: My family needs healthcare
GOP: No
Americans: It is VERY important
GOP: NO healthcare but here’s coal
Americans: I don’t need coal
GOP: It’s all we have.
Wait, here’s measles.
Americans: But my kid is sick
GOP: The gold in the White House is 24 karat.
#RemoveTrump
GOP: No
Americans: It is VERY important
GOP: NO healthcare but here’s coal
Americans: I don’t need coal
GOP: It’s all we have.
Wait, here’s measles.
Americans: But my kid is sick
GOP: The gold in the White House is 24 karat.
#RemoveTrump
September 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Americans: My family needs healthcare
GOP: No
Americans: It is VERY important
GOP: NO healthcare but here’s coal
Americans: I don’t need coal
GOP: It’s all we have.
Wait, here’s measles.
Americans: But my kid is sick
GOP: The gold in the White House is 24 karat.
#RemoveTrump
GOP: No
Americans: It is VERY important
GOP: NO healthcare but here’s coal
Americans: I don’t need coal
GOP: It’s all we have.
Wait, here’s measles.
Americans: But my kid is sick
GOP: The gold in the White House is 24 karat.
#RemoveTrump
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The Justice Department has removed a study from its website which found that "the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism”, CNN reports.
September 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Justice Department has removed a study from its website which found that "the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism”, CNN reports.
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Lawns already cover 40 million acres in the U.S.,
more than any single food crop.
Turning even 10% back to native plants would create a pollinator corridor bigger than Yellowstone.
more than any single food crop.
Turning even 10% back to native plants would create a pollinator corridor bigger than Yellowstone.
September 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Lawns already cover 40 million acres in the U.S.,
more than any single food crop.
Turning even 10% back to native plants would create a pollinator corridor bigger than Yellowstone.
more than any single food crop.
Turning even 10% back to native plants would create a pollinator corridor bigger than Yellowstone.
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The Right grooms domestic terrorists.
The Left wants everyone to have healthcare and education.
See the difference?
The Left wants everyone to have healthcare and education.
See the difference?
September 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Right grooms domestic terrorists.
The Left wants everyone to have healthcare and education.
See the difference?
The Left wants everyone to have healthcare and education.
See the difference?