Spudmonkey
@spudmonkey.bsky.social
Ally, old school computer geek, gamer, I bleed blue.
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Larry Summers has been banned for life from the American Economic Association, the latest public repercussion he has faced following new revelations about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
Larry Summers banned for life from American Economic Association in wake of Jeffrey Epstein emails - The Boston Globe
The ban is the latest public repercussion the economist is facing.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Larry Summers has been banned for life from the American Economic Association, the latest public repercussion he has faced following new revelations about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
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I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
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feel like I'm going to snap one of these days, tear off my shirt, and run down the street screaming TRUMP PARDONED A 400 TON COKE TRAFFICKER
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon
President Donald Trump, who has painted himself as a fearsome warrior against illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring to import tons of cocaine into the United States.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
feel like I'm going to snap one of these days, tear off my shirt, and run down the street screaming TRUMP PARDONED A 400 TON COKE TRAFFICKER
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Very promising.
The U.S. suspends part of its weapons deliveries to Ukraine without warning its closest European ally, cuts a direct military coordination channel, and now German generals have to rely on embassy staff “who try to find someone in the Pentagon.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The U.S. suspends part of its weapons deliveries to Ukraine without warning its closest European ally, cuts a direct military coordination channel, and now German generals have to rely on embassy staff “who try to find someone in the Pentagon.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The New German War Machine
After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Very promising.
The U.S. suspends part of its weapons deliveries to Ukraine without warning its closest European ally, cuts a direct military coordination channel, and now German generals have to rely on embassy staff “who try to find someone in the Pentagon.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The U.S. suspends part of its weapons deliveries to Ukraine without warning its closest European ally, cuts a direct military coordination channel, and now German generals have to rely on embassy staff “who try to find someone in the Pentagon.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated.
This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.
This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.
Trump keeps firing immigration judges
Eight New York City judges have been terminated as the White House continues its purge of the courts.
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated.
This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.
This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.
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Someone needs to remind Pete Kegsbreath that there is no alcohol in prison.
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Someone needs to remind Pete Kegsbreath that there is no alcohol in prison.
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If Hegseth was watching the whole thing LIVE, why not stop the second strike on survivors—a move that he knew was illegal under U.S. and international law?
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If Hegseth was watching the whole thing LIVE, why not stop the second strike on survivors—a move that he knew was illegal under U.S. and international law?
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this has been said before a million times of course, but the fact that immigrants are all somehow BOTH destitute criminals draining government benefits AND snapping up all the best houses is a contradiction I wish these people were forced to explain every time they try to get away with it
JD Vance: "Why did homes get so unaffordable? Because we had 20 million illegal aliens in this country taking homes that ought by right go to American citizens."
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
this has been said before a million times of course, but the fact that immigrants are all somehow BOTH destitute criminals draining government benefits AND snapping up all the best houses is a contradiction I wish these people were forced to explain every time they try to get away with it
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MAGA isn't distinguished by differences of opinion, it is marked by its cruelty.
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
MAGA isn't distinguished by differences of opinion, it is marked by its cruelty.
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"They... they... they..."
That's the sound of the bus being driven over Admiral Bradley.
That's the sound of the bus being driven over Admiral Bradley.
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"They... they... they..."
That's the sound of the bus being driven over Admiral Bradley.
That's the sound of the bus being driven over Admiral Bradley.
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Over and over, Jesus made it clear: food is not something people need to prove themselves worthy of.
This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jesus-fed-...
This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jesus-fed-...
SNAP is What Jesus Would Be Doing. That's Why MAGA Christians Are Trying to Kill It.
The sin of cruelty toward the hungry
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Over and over, Jesus made it clear: food is not something people need to prove themselves worthy of.
This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jesus-fed-...
This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jesus-fed-...
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At a Pentagon press briefing, former, disgraced Congressperson Matt Gaetz LARPs as a journalist. (And also LARPs as a Congressional Representative in good standing, thanks to his jacket.)
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
At a Pentagon press briefing, former, disgraced Congressperson Matt Gaetz LARPs as a journalist. (And also LARPs as a Congressional Representative in good standing, thanks to his jacket.)
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1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
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www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
“We’re taking this to court”: Doctors Are Fighting New Zealand’s Puberty Blocker Ban
“Only a small number of young people in Aotearoa are prescribed reversible pubertal suppression, but for those who need it, the negative impacts of this regulation will be huge.”
www.erininthemorning.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
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🇺🇦🇮🇪 After Zelensky's speech in the Irish Parliament, all members gave him a standing ovation
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🇺🇦🇮🇪 After Zelensky's speech in the Irish Parliament, all members gave him a standing ovation
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Remember how there were survivors that were rescued from a boat attack in October?
Maybe they survived because someone in the military refused an illegal order.
Maybe they survived because someone in the military refused an illegal order.
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Remember how there were survivors that were rescued from a boat attack in October?
Maybe they survived because someone in the military refused an illegal order.
Maybe they survived because someone in the military refused an illegal order.
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auburn hired a fb coach born in Soviet Moscow
samuel goldwyn, defined American film, born in warsaw
ahmet ertegun, brought soul r&b rock to U.S. radio, born in istanbul
levi strauss, invented the essence of american fashion, born in the Kingdom of Bavaria
mcdonald's founded by irish immigrants
samuel goldwyn, defined American film, born in warsaw
ahmet ertegun, brought soul r&b rock to U.S. radio, born in istanbul
levi strauss, invented the essence of american fashion, born in the Kingdom of Bavaria
mcdonald's founded by irish immigrants
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
auburn hired a fb coach born in Soviet Moscow
samuel goldwyn, defined American film, born in warsaw
ahmet ertegun, brought soul r&b rock to U.S. radio, born in istanbul
levi strauss, invented the essence of american fashion, born in the Kingdom of Bavaria
mcdonald's founded by irish immigrants
samuel goldwyn, defined American film, born in warsaw
ahmet ertegun, brought soul r&b rock to U.S. radio, born in istanbul
levi strauss, invented the essence of american fashion, born in the Kingdom of Bavaria
mcdonald's founded by irish immigrants
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Me calling jake tapper
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Me calling jake tapper
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A friend of mine was one of the longtime pentagon reporters who walked out of the building rather than sign Hegseth’s loyalty oath. He’s a combat vet who had been reporting from inside that building daily for 40 years. He’s a man of absolute integrity. It sickens me to see who has replaced him.
North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A friend of mine was one of the longtime pentagon reporters who walked out of the building rather than sign Hegseth’s loyalty oath. He’s a combat vet who had been reporting from inside that building daily for 40 years. He’s a man of absolute integrity. It sickens me to see who has replaced him.
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cc Jake Tapper
Trump appears to be sleeping as Sean Duffy talks during his Cabinet meeting
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
cc Jake Tapper
Can you beat the score of our "President"?
Are you over the age of ten, no traumatic brain injury?
Pretty sure you can, then.
www.mdcalc.com/calc/10044/m...
Are you over the age of ten, no traumatic brain injury?
Pretty sure you can, then.
www.mdcalc.com/calc/10044/m...
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Can you beat the score of our "President"?
Are you over the age of ten, no traumatic brain injury?
Pretty sure you can, then.
www.mdcalc.com/calc/10044/m...
Are you over the age of ten, no traumatic brain injury?
Pretty sure you can, then.
www.mdcalc.com/calc/10044/m...
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Release the second strike video.
The American people deserve to know whether a war crime was committed in their name.
While more facts will come to light, it's long been clear that Pete Hegseth is unworthy of the public's trust. He is an embarrassment to our troops and a threat to our security.
He needs to go.
While more facts will come to light, it's long been clear that Pete Hegseth is unworthy of the public's trust. He is an embarrassment to our troops and a threat to our security.
He needs to go.
December 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Release the second strike video.
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3. This would create just a unending flow of zero-value paperwork, amidst a culture of fear. Just all the best aspects of the USSR in one neat package.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
3. This would create just a unending flow of zero-value paperwork, amidst a culture of fear. Just all the best aspects of the USSR in one neat package.
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She seems nice