Steve Hageman
@stevehageman.bsky.social
Son of Rust Belt Ohio. Now Topeka, Kansas. Father/Husband/Historian/Promoter of Student Success/Curmudgeon/Social Democrat
#LFC and #KCBaby
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the entire point of what they're doing now is try to make you forget that the first strike and in fact all strikes on boats with alleged drug traffickers on them ARE ILLEGAL IN THE FIRST PLACE
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
the entire point of what they're doing now is try to make you forget that the first strike and in fact all strikes on boats with alleged drug traffickers on them ARE ILLEGAL IN THE FIRST PLACE
He’s an absolute POS.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
He’s an absolute POS.
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
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it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
My experience as well. So far we're 2-for-2 on kids having a largely bullying/abuse-free middle school experience. Not without bumpy spots of course, but light years away from what I endured.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
for what it’s worth I got roped into helping out with my sixth grader’s extracurricular thing so I’ve had more recent contact with middle schoolers who aren’t mine than I usually do, and biased sample/biased reviewer/etc but my verdict is that the kids are all right
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
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the Comet Ping Pong attack was nine years ago today—weeks after Trump’s 2016 win—and inspired by a conspiracy theory promoted by Jack Posobiec, who was recently invited to the White House, demands antifa be designated a terrorist group, and asked questions as “press” at the Pentagon this week
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
the Comet Ping Pong attack was nine years ago today—weeks after Trump’s 2016 win—and inspired by a conspiracy theory promoted by Jack Posobiec, who was recently invited to the White House, demands antifa be designated a terrorist group, and asked questions as “press” at the Pentagon this week
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The impact of the destruction of USAID is so wide-ranging. We got a field report from one of the poorest states in India, where foreign aid funded "TB champions" who educate and assist tuberculosis patients. Without their help, advocates expect a 36% increase in cases & 68% rise in deaths from TB.
Losing India’s Guardian Angels - The American Prospect
USAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money and support is gone.
prospect.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The impact of the destruction of USAID is so wide-ranging. We got a field report from one of the poorest states in India, where foreign aid funded "TB champions" who educate and assist tuberculosis patients. Without their help, advocates expect a 36% increase in cases & 68% rise in deaths from TB.
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>spend a year berating our allies for not spending enough
>threaten their economies with tariffs and repeatedly claim we won’t honor our article 5 commitments
>they spend more on defense
>start berating them because they’re spending the money on their own defense industries
>threaten their economies with tariffs and repeatedly claim we won’t honor our article 5 commitments
>they spend more on defense
>start berating them because they’re spending the money on their own defense industries
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
>spend a year berating our allies for not spending enough
>threaten their economies with tariffs and repeatedly claim we won’t honor our article 5 commitments
>they spend more on defense
>start berating them because they’re spending the money on their own defense industries
>threaten their economies with tariffs and repeatedly claim we won’t honor our article 5 commitments
>they spend more on defense
>start berating them because they’re spending the money on their own defense industries
Sweet. Can we get those seats in those rear-facing seats in the way back with no seatbelts too? Dumbfucks.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sweet. Can we get those seats in those rear-facing seats in the way back with no seatbelts too? Dumbfucks.
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Doesn’t seem great that all the animals are turning to booze.
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Doesn’t seem great that all the animals are turning to booze.
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Someone mentioned to me that the song Feliz Navidad sounds like a Scouser singing “Police nabbed me dad” and now that’s all I can hear
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Someone mentioned to me that the song Feliz Navidad sounds like a Scouser singing “Police nabbed me dad” and now that’s all I can hear
What a sad, pathetic bunch of human beings.
Commander Greg Bovino led a group of Border Patrol agents on walk around the French Quarter in New Orleans this afternoon.
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What a sad, pathetic bunch of human beings.
It’s all about balance in life…did a quick, strenuous 7 miles on the exercise bike…followed by two IPAs.
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It’s all about balance in life…did a quick, strenuous 7 miles on the exercise bike…followed by two IPAs.
Ouch.
To be fair, since I can’t really listen to music with lyrics while working, I do listen to a lot of 50s and 60s jazz in my office…while wearing my cardigans and sucking on those sweet, sweet Werther’s.
To be fair, since I can’t really listen to music with lyrics while working, I do listen to a lot of 50s and 60s jazz in my office…while wearing my cardigans and sucking on those sweet, sweet Werther’s.
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ouch.
To be fair, since I can’t really listen to music with lyrics while working, I do listen to a lot of 50s and 60s jazz in my office…while wearing my cardigans and sucking on those sweet, sweet Werther’s.
To be fair, since I can’t really listen to music with lyrics while working, I do listen to a lot of 50s and 60s jazz in my office…while wearing my cardigans and sucking on those sweet, sweet Werther’s.
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It's tedious to say: "You should know SOMETHING about US history. Especially if you are prez."
But Jesus H. Christ: These are *exactly* the slurs used on:
-German immigs from B Franklin time onward.
-Irish immig through 1800s.
-Italians/ Greeks/ Poles/ Jews in 1900s
-Asians/Africans/LatAms passim
But Jesus H. Christ: These are *exactly* the slurs used on:
-German immigs from B Franklin time onward.
-Irish immig through 1800s.
-Italians/ Greeks/ Poles/ Jews in 1900s
-Asians/Africans/LatAms passim
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It's tedious to say: "You should know SOMETHING about US history. Especially if you are prez."
But Jesus H. Christ: These are *exactly* the slurs used on:
-German immigs from B Franklin time onward.
-Irish immig through 1800s.
-Italians/ Greeks/ Poles/ Jews in 1900s
-Asians/Africans/LatAms passim
But Jesus H. Christ: These are *exactly* the slurs used on:
-German immigs from B Franklin time onward.
-Irish immig through 1800s.
-Italians/ Greeks/ Poles/ Jews in 1900s
-Asians/Africans/LatAms passim
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Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
My god, this is dystopian
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My god, this is dystopian
Pretty much describes me at this point in the semester.
Arteta on Rice: He could not carry on playing. We have to wait and see tomorrow what happens. He can walk.
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Pretty much describes me at this point in the semester.
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An article that wasn't focused on elite colleges might be capable of considering that disability accommodations are about a student getting a good education for themselves rather than framing things in terms of a hunger games competition for who gets to be elite in society
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
An article that wasn't focused on elite colleges might be capable of considering that disability accommodations are about a student getting a good education for themselves rather than framing things in terms of a hunger games competition for who gets to be elite in society
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“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for. "
— John Brown
— John Brown
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for. "
— John Brown
— John Brown
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R+6 or 7 is a great result for Dems here regardless but with 93% of 2022 turnout this is terrifying for Rs
they cannot rely on "oh this is just special election turnout differential"
almost everyone showed up and a lot of them voted the other way
they cannot rely on "oh this is just special election turnout differential"
almost everyone showed up and a lot of them voted the other way
14% swing from 2024 when all is said and done? Pretty good considering just how high-profile the race became in the last week
Turnout is currently *93%* of 2022, and it's also a 14% swing from 2022 despite similar turnout levels
Turnout is currently *93%* of 2022, and it's also a 14% swing from 2022 despite similar turnout levels
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
R+6 or 7 is a great result for Dems here regardless but with 93% of 2022 turnout this is terrifying for Rs
they cannot rely on "oh this is just special election turnout differential"
almost everyone showed up and a lot of them voted the other way
they cannot rely on "oh this is just special election turnout differential"
almost everyone showed up and a lot of them voted the other way
Fuck these people.
Heard the same; this is what I mean by inches from the finish line; scheduled for the final citizenship oath ceremony and now suddenly that date is cancelled and people don't know what will happen next.
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fuck these people.
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Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
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Fuck you if you support him.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fuck you if you support him.
Today, one in 15 Americans are Floridians. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture we are know for.
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 5:51 PM
Today, one in 15 Americans are Floridians. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture we are know for.