Being evil had nothing to do with it, it was about Nixon's scandals having clear electoral consequences for Congress. Watergate stretched on for over a year before he resigned.
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Being evil had nothing to do with it, it was about Nixon's scandals having clear electoral consequences for Congress. Watergate stretched on for over a year before he resigned.
It's all well and good to dunk on your favorite pundit villain but "having the morally correct position is worthless if you can't hold power" remains the most important lesson of the Trump era.
4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
December 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's all well and good to dunk on your favorite pundit villain but "having the morally correct position is worthless if you can't hold power" remains the most important lesson of the Trump era.
You know what, @wikipedia.org? Yes, yes I will give you cash.
December 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
You know what, @wikipedia.org? Yes, yes I will give you cash.
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Khanna: Congress is talking about possible impeachment. They're talking about inherent contempt for the attorney general or deputy attorney general—any justice department official who has obstructed justice could face prosecution in this administration or a future administration.
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Khanna: Congress is talking about possible impeachment. They're talking about inherent contempt for the attorney general or deputy attorney general—any justice department official who has obstructed justice could face prosecution in this administration or a future administration.
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Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
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CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
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So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person
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I've long advocated that 12-14 year old boys should be required to play an online game presenting as female to get a taste of what goes on.
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I've long advocated that 12-14 year old boys should be required to play an online game presenting as female to get a taste of what goes on.
Many of the charter schools in Arizona are nightmares.
Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Many of the charter schools in Arizona are nightmares.
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articles like this are aimed at other members of the demographic who feel that wokeness has quashed their job prospects, but As A Woman, it's pretty discouraging to read them and realize how many of my peers might see me as having achieved my own career only by stealing what was rightfully theirs
One problem with this take is the number of high profile white millennial men in the media...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
articles like this are aimed at other members of the demographic who feel that wokeness has quashed their job prospects, but As A Woman, it's pretty discouraging to read them and realize how many of my peers might see me as having achieved my own career only by stealing what was rightfully theirs
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/2 If your friend introduces you to a third person you don’t know to help you achieve the goals in your manifesto, your friend is cooperating and the third person is an FBI agent
November 4, 2024 at 10:54 PM
/2 If your friend introduces you to a third person you don’t know to help you achieve the goals in your manifesto, your friend is cooperating and the third person is an FBI agent
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She spent more time in the offices of NYC billionaires than Arizona town halls. Not an exaggeration.
kyrsten sinema seemingly had a long-term plan to cash out of her senate job by establishing a reputation as someone who was connected to both parties, so at minimum it is good to see her get to find out that her name is mud
December 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
She spent more time in the offices of NYC billionaires than Arizona town halls. Not an exaggeration.
A winning Powerball ticket could fix me.
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A winning Powerball ticket could fix me.
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Really thought-provoking work here
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Really thought-provoking work here
Your screentime is down 32% this week due to Jerry.
December 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Your screentime is down 32% this week due to Jerry.
It's a great idea but I don't know if you can get all the required safety features in a car for $5k unless it doesn't have an engine.
If car companies were smart, they would make 1 low cost car in their lineup, and keep the design for at least 5 years to lower costs. We are rapidly transferring people into poverty. A $5000 car with a good design and low cost replacement parts would be a huge assist to the poor.
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It's a great idea but I don't know if you can get all the required safety features in a car for $5k unless it doesn't have an engine.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Unbelievable - you literally wire money to some unspecified account. I assume this is so Trump can treat it as a slush fund he can deploy unconstrained by Congress (in violation of the Constitution).
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Unbelievable - you literally wire money to some unspecified account. I assume this is so Trump can treat it as a slush fund he can deploy unconstrained by Congress (in violation of the Constitution).
All he needs is a Couple SS pins
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
All he needs is a Couple SS pins
Speed limits were 55 because above that wastes gas and causes extremely bad accidents. Limits were placed arbitrarily ABOVE 55 to make people happy.
Speed limits are set arbitrarily low to extract revenue from people that have no transportation options beyond their own privately owned vehicles. 'Choosing to speed' near a residential area or school is completely different than passing people on a highway
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Speed limits were 55 because above that wastes gas and causes extremely bad accidents. Limits were placed arbitrarily ABOVE 55 to make people happy.
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The leading scholars of democratic decline say the US "has descended into competitive authoritarianism" - we "ceased to be a full democracy in the way that Canada, Germany, or even Argentina are democracies" - but caution that it can be contested and reversed
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The leading scholars of democratic decline say the US "has descended into competitive authoritarianism" - we "ceased to be a full democracy in the way that Canada, Germany, or even Argentina are democracies" - but caution that it can be contested and reversed
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Billionaire out here trying to scare people with "hypotheticals" that describe the system we already have.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Billionaire out here trying to scare people with "hypotheticals" that describe the system we already have.