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This is an excellent piece on the purge of public servants from the federal government.
So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:41 AM
This is an excellent piece on the purge of public servants from the federal government.
So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Steve Kerr on the murder of Renee Good:
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Steve Kerr on the murder of Renee Good:
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
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Dave Mathews took time on his birthday today to speak out on ICE and the murder of Renee Nicole Good 🔥….HBD Dave!
"Renee Nicole Good, murdered in the streets. He shot her three times in the head. Murdered in cold blood. These people are trying to tell us not to believe what we see. F*ck ICE"
"Renee Nicole Good, murdered in the streets. He shot her three times in the head. Murdered in cold blood. These people are trying to tell us not to believe what we see. F*ck ICE"
January 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Dave Mathews took time on his birthday today to speak out on ICE and the murder of Renee Nicole Good 🔥….HBD Dave!
"Renee Nicole Good, murdered in the streets. He shot her three times in the head. Murdered in cold blood. These people are trying to tell us not to believe what we see. F*ck ICE"
"Renee Nicole Good, murdered in the streets. He shot her three times in the head. Murdered in cold blood. These people are trying to tell us not to believe what we see. F*ck ICE"
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
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J. D. Vance has “clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid,” Franklin Foer argues.
J. D. Vance Fails a Simple Moral Test
The vice president welcomes anti-Semites into the Republican coalition.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
J. D. Vance has “clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid,” Franklin Foer argues.
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Heritage's Project 2026: Trying to stay alive
"If you squinted hard, you could see they were the true, classical liberals. *Except they weren’t.* And all their work dismantling the social safety net and regulatory state served only to concentrate power in a demented demagogue and his chattering coterie of clout farmers." — @lizdye.bsky.social
Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
Antisemitism in the GOP? The devil you say!
www.publicnotice.co
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Heritage's Project 2026: Trying to stay alive
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So many more people gonna see this now
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
So many more people gonna see this now
@zachlowenba.bsky.social Congrats on the Lowe Post being an answer on Jeopardy last night
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@zachlowenba.bsky.social Congrats on the Lowe Post being an answer on Jeopardy last night
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Land of the free, where you are subject to kidnapping and exile by armed agents of the state if you do not carry your documents
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Land of the free, where you are subject to kidnapping and exile by armed agents of the state if you do not carry your documents
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
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“But it’s now clear Trump doesn’t even understand why healthcare relies on insurance, why we can’t pay medical expenses out of pocket. Hint: You never know when you’ll need expensive treatment, but should the need arise, only the ultra-wealthy can come up with the cash.”
Republicans Are Damaged by Their Own Cruelty
They’re pathologically unwilling to help Americans in need — and Democrats should hammer this home
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“But it’s now clear Trump doesn’t even understand why healthcare relies on insurance, why we can’t pay medical expenses out of pocket. Hint: You never know when you’ll need expensive treatment, but should the need arise, only the ultra-wealthy can come up with the cash.”
@dannyheifetz.bsky.social Can you help me decide who to start in flex between Kimani Vidal, Rhamondre Stevenson, and Xavier Worthy?
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@dannyheifetz.bsky.social Can you help me decide who to start in flex between Kimani Vidal, Rhamondre Stevenson, and Xavier Worthy?
@solidverbal.com How about that Clemson 3rd quarter?!! Punt, Downs, Punt, Lost fumble, and Downs! It is wild how bad this team is right now
September 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
@solidverbal.com How about that Clemson 3rd quarter?!! Punt, Downs, Punt, Lost fumble, and Downs! It is wild how bad this team is right now
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Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
February 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
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There's a Broadway show for every creepy occasion
November 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM
There's a Broadway show for every creepy occasion