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I’m complicated.
Memphis Native, Liberal, like the White Sox and 49ers, support 🇮🇱 🇺🇦🇹🇼
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As I saw the video of Trump clapping his hands for Putin and warmly shaking his hand, I thought “I hope the ghost of Ronald Reagan haunts him for the rest of his pathetic life.”
NB: This picture of Reagan is from “The Evil Empire” speech. And buddy did he nail it there.
NB: This picture of Reagan is from “The Evil Empire” speech. And buddy did he nail it there.
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Ohio just gutted voting rights. Gov. DeWine signed SB 293, quietly rewriting election law to throw out valid ballots and make voting more precarious, especially by mail. It’s blatant voter suppression and about shrinking the electorate.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/o...
Ohio just gutted voting rights. Gov. DeWine signed SB 293, quietly rewriting election law to throw out valid ballots and make voting more precarious, especially by mail. It’s blatant voter suppression and about shrinking the electorate.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/o...
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs property tax bills, 'reluctantly' approves new voting restrictions • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several property tax measures Friday and explained he “reluctantly” approved another bill eliminating Ohio's grace period for absentee ballots.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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True not just of the Soviet Union.
I think zubok has swung the consensus too far toward "blame gorbachev", which absolves the system a bit. If you point to a single man as the cause of an empire’s downfall, you really ought to ask how the fate of an empire came to hinge on a single man.
December 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
True not just of the Soviet Union.
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The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”
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Massive comms challenge for people who care about voting rights and 2026: make sure people understand these new voter suppression laws re: the timing of mail in voting so that their votes won't be lost — esp. difficult because the laws vary across states, creating ambiguity that can be exploited.
Until Trump began conspiracies about mail voting, Republicans were fully on board with GRACE PERIODS for ballots to arrive as long as postmarked by Election Day. They passed it overwhelmingly in KS, OH, & elsewhere.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes - Bolts
Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
boltsmag.org
December 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Massive comms challenge for people who care about voting rights and 2026: make sure people understand these new voter suppression laws re: the timing of mail in voting so that their votes won't be lost — esp. difficult because the laws vary across states, creating ambiguity that can be exploited.
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This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
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It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.
December 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.
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The Christian right’s deification of Donald Trump amounts to idolatry.
Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.
Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.
December 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Christian right’s deification of Donald Trump amounts to idolatry.
Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.
Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.
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It’s only going to get worse…
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found.
The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s only going to get worse…
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Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with.
Tech is out of control.
Tech is out of control.
December 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with.
Tech is out of control.
Tech is out of control.
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Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
The incredibly corrupt, lawless, & unconstitutional nature of the entire DOGE enterprise requires Elon Musk and lots of other people to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
The Wisconsin component of the analysis here is revealing. Evidence is consistent with DOGE strategically delaying contract terminations in WI until after the 2025 state Supreme Court elections to mitigate electoral risk.
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Scrolled over a photo and was like “I think that’s a J6er” and sure enough it was Russ Taylor. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Scrolled over a photo and was like “I think that’s a J6er” and sure enough it was Russ Taylor. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Hope everyone had a merry Christmas
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hope everyone had a merry Christmas
ah, not every immigrant
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
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271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
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I don't think we can ignore the fact that Indiana GOP lawmakers spent months insisting they weren't going to do this and relented less than 24 hours after one of them publicly revealed she was threatened with a pipe bomb.
Indiana Republicans have unveiled their proposal to re-gerrymander the congressional map & expand their current 7-2 majority to 9-0.
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I don't think we can ignore the fact that Indiana GOP lawmakers spent months insisting they weren't going to do this and relented less than 24 hours after one of them publicly revealed she was threatened with a pipe bomb.
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Your president is spending 11% more days at his private company’s properties and 25% more days playing golf than at this point in his first term.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
December 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Your president is spending 11% more days at his private company’s properties and 25% more days playing golf than at this point in his first term.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
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Conservatives are now applauding the use of state power to control views--and they will undoubtedly suffer the consequences when they lose power in the future. They will have no one to blame then but themselves.
The short-sightedness of all this is breathtaking.
The short-sightedness of all this is breathtaking.
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Conservatives are now applauding the use of state power to control views--and they will undoubtedly suffer the consequences when they lose power in the future. They will have no one to blame then but themselves.
The short-sightedness of all this is breathtaking.
The short-sightedness of all this is breathtaking.
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UK parliamentarian: BBC coverage of Israel is so ‘distorted,’ only bottom-up change can help https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-parliamentarian-bbc-coverage-of-israel-is-so-distorted-only-bottom-up-change-can-help/
UK parliamentarian: BBC coverage of Israel is so ‘distorted,’ only bottom-up change can help
Ruth Deech, who served on the public broadcaster's board of governors, says staff have an 'absolute obsession' with the Jewish state, but little training or historical knowledge
www.timesofisrael.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
UK parliamentarian: BBC coverage of Israel is so ‘distorted,’ only bottom-up change can help https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-parliamentarian-bbc-coverage-of-israel-is-so-distorted-only-bottom-up-change-can-help/
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Rabbi’s car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign torched in Melbourne, as antisemitism wave persists https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbis-car-with-happy-chanukah-sign-torched-in-melbourne-as-antisemitism-wave-persists/
Rabbi’s car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign torched in Melbourne, as antisemitism wave persists
Vehicle was parked in heart of Jewish St. Kilda East neighborhood; no injuries reported; separately, Australian authorities charge man over online support for Bondi attack
www.timesofisrael.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Rabbi’s car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign torched in Melbourne, as antisemitism wave persists https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbis-car-with-happy-chanukah-sign-torched-in-melbourne-as-antisemitism-wave-persists/
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This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.