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"That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed"
February 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed"
"We are far too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random"
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 PM
"We are far too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random"
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman
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Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held.
abcnews.go.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
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It's beginning to look like all of those guns Americans buy to keep government in check were only ever bought for school shootings.
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
It's beginning to look like all of those guns Americans buy to keep government in check were only ever bought for school shootings.
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ICE is about TERRORIZING Americans, not immigration. They want chaos and fear, not safety.
January 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ICE is about TERRORIZING Americans, not immigration. They want chaos and fear, not safety.
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Trump had two mortgages he claimed were primary dwellings, records show
Trump had two mortgages he claimed were primary dwellings, records show
President did same thing his administration is now calling ‘mortgage fraud’ in case against Fed governor Lisa Cook
Donald Trump signed mortgage documents in the 1990s claiming two separate Florida properties would each serve as his principal residence – the same thing his administration is calling “mortgage fraud” when done by political rivals, records show.
ProPublica unearthed documents demonstrating that within seven weeks of each other in late 1993 and early 1994, the president obtained loans for neighboring Palm Beach homes, pledging each would be his primary dwelling. Instead of living in them, though, he rented both out as investment properties. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Trump had two mortgages he claimed were primary dwellings, records show
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
"Perhaps I shall do a multiplication twice to make sure, or perhaps get someone else to work it over. But shall I work it over again twenty times, or get twenty people to go over it? And is that some sort of negligence? Would the certainty really be greater for being checked twenty times?" ~LW
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Perhaps I shall do a multiplication twice to make sure, or perhaps get someone else to work it over. But shall I work it over again twenty times, or get twenty people to go over it? And is that some sort of negligence? Would the certainty really be greater for being checked twenty times?" ~LW
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
This is a feature of these guys, not a bug
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is a feature of these guys, not a bug
Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly.
~LW
~LW
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly.
~LW
~LW
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AI2027 is a kind of intelligence test in that if somebody (like Peggy Noonan did in the WSJ today!) cites it as "proof" of anything you can immediately dismiss them as a rube. It's totally nonsensical.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/the-spectr...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/the-spectr...
August 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
AI2027 is a kind of intelligence test in that if somebody (like Peggy Noonan did in the WSJ today!) cites it as "proof" of anything you can immediately dismiss them as a rube. It's totally nonsensical.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/the-spectr...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/the-spectr...
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Sam Altman has got to the point where he doesn't even bother to describe stuff anymore. "Uhh yeah sometime you'll have a thingy that will do stuff. And wow will it be good!"
August 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Sam Altman has got to the point where he doesn't even bother to describe stuff anymore. "Uhh yeah sometime you'll have a thingy that will do stuff. And wow will it be good!"
"Every man always has a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself"
Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
July 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Every man always has a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself"
Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
I wonder what would happen if some non-thugs applied for these jobs, probably they would get a lot of information about their thug colleagues
DHS' new ICE recruitment strategy includes 50K signing bonuses, student loan forgiveness and Trump posters.
The incentives come as the agency tries to meet Trump's goal of hiring 10,000 new ICE agents and deporting a million people a year.
The incentives come as the agency tries to meet Trump's goal of hiring 10,000 new ICE agents and deporting a million people a year.
DHS' new ICE recruitment strategy: 50K signing bonuses, student loan forgiveness and Trump posters
The agency, suddenly flush with cash, is looking to meet President Donald Trump’s goal of hiring 10,000 new ICE agents and deporting a million people a year.
www.politico.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I wonder what would happen if some non-thugs applied for these jobs, probably they would get a lot of information about their thug colleagues
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Mike Pence has the courage!
"Release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein's investigation and prosecution. ... Anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny."
www.cbsnews.com/video/mike-p...
"Release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein's investigation and prosecution. ... Anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny."
www.cbsnews.com/video/mike-p...
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Mike Pence has the courage!
"Release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein's investigation and prosecution. ... Anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny."
www.cbsnews.com/video/mike-p...
"Release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein's investigation and prosecution. ... Anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny."
www.cbsnews.com/video/mike-p...
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The U.S. government is 💯 in support of conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists. Seek facts elsewhere. We can no longer look to our leaders to provide any kind of factual information that protects or serves the people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US drops charges against doctor accused of destroying Covid vaccines
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the doctor 'gave patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so'.
www.bbc.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The U.S. government is 💯 in support of conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists. Seek facts elsewhere. We can no longer look to our leaders to provide any kind of factual information that protects or serves the people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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So the Kerr County, Texas commissioners refused Federal ARPA funds for emergency warning systems because of “communism” and the result was they killed over 200 people…
This is what hate and GOP rhetoric does to your brain.
It’s deadly.
This is what hate and GOP rhetoric does to your brain.
It’s deadly.
July 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So the Kerr County, Texas commissioners refused Federal ARPA funds for emergency warning systems because of “communism” and the result was they killed over 200 people…
This is what hate and GOP rhetoric does to your brain.
It’s deadly.
This is what hate and GOP rhetoric does to your brain.
It’s deadly.
As bad as the ruling itself is, worse is that the Supreme Court seems to have entered its "because I'm your mom and I said so" era of judicial opinions
BREAKING: The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to rapidly deport undocumented immigrants to countries where they have no ties.
Supreme Court OKs rapid deportations to countries where immigrants have no ties
The high court’s majority offered no explanation for its ruling.
www.politico.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
As bad as the ruling itself is, worse is that the Supreme Court seems to have entered its "because I'm your mom and I said so" era of judicial opinions
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The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
May 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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If we can afford to give another $664 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% and spend over $1 trillion on the Pentagon, we can afford health care for the working people of this country.
May 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If we can afford to give another $664 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% and spend over $1 trillion on the Pentagon, we can afford health care for the working people of this country.
