WinterSchminter
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Actually, I'm nobody, Retired from career in Canadian electrical utility. Happiest being mom and grandma. Not a Christian Nationalist.
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Here we are. Even our critics affirm every argument we ever made about Christian nationalism. We said it was powerfully linked with racist, sexist, & anti-democratic views. Evangelicals can't deny that anymore. They just disagree on whether that's good or not.
www.christianpost.com/voices/the-r...
www.christianpost.com/voices/the-r...
The rise and fall of Christian nationalism
How did Christian nationalism go from an ambiguous pejorative invoked primarily by progressives, to a small but growing movement among Reformed Evangelicals
www.christianpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Here we are. Even our critics affirm every argument we ever made about Christian nationalism. We said it was powerfully linked with racist, sexist, & anti-democratic views. Evangelicals can't deny that anymore. They just disagree on whether that's good or not.
www.christianpost.com/voices/the-r...
www.christianpost.com/voices/the-r...
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"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
[FREE TO READ] Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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The reason they have put so much into pursuing him is that he fought back and made them look bad. Their entire self conception and the entire argument they make for themselves is that they crush all before them. Being perceived to lose is fatal to their project. They are brittle and weak.
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The reason they have put so much into pursuing him is that he fought back and made them look bad. Their entire self conception and the entire argument they make for themselves is that they crush all before them. Being perceived to lose is fatal to their project. They are brittle and weak.
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Extraordinary to think how much time, effort, and taxpayer money has been spent pursuing this one guy (who has a US citizen as a wife and a US citizen as a child).
And for basically no reason. Capricious, personalistic, unjust, wasteful.
And for basically no reason. Capricious, personalistic, unjust, wasteful.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Extraordinary to think how much time, effort, and taxpayer money has been spent pursuing this one guy (who has a US citizen as a wife and a US citizen as a child).
And for basically no reason. Capricious, personalistic, unjust, wasteful.
And for basically no reason. Capricious, personalistic, unjust, wasteful.
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We just cancelled <all> federal area studies/foreign language funding at universities nationwide to ostensibly “save” $86M. How much of that did we waste on this one authoritarian farce alone?
Extraordinary to think how much time, effort, and taxpayer money has been spent pursuing this one guy (who has a US citizen as a wife and a US citizen as a child).
And for basically no reason. Capricious, personalistic, unjust, wasteful.
And for basically no reason. Capricious, personalistic, unjust, wasteful.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We just cancelled <all> federal area studies/foreign language funding at universities nationwide to ostensibly “save” $86M. How much of that did we waste on this one authoritarian farce alone?
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So good.
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So good.
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Once again, one very easy way for the 🇺🇸 political media to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that <completely justify> all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Once again, one very easy way for the 🇺🇸 political media to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that <completely justify> all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years
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"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
[FREE TO READ] Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
👇🎯
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I think there is not a little bit of resentment from all the people who did the white flight and left American cities thinking they would inevitably collapse only to realize the cities are still cool and the better food is still there and they have to drive there to get it
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I think there is not a little bit of resentment from all the people who did the white flight and left American cities thinking they would inevitably collapse only to realize the cities are still cool and the better food is still there and they have to drive there to get it
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The current crop of tech oligarchs are basically sociopaths with massive interpersonal personality deficits, so why would we be surprised when the AIs they create act the same way?
Open AI & Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role In Connecticut murder-suicide
It is one of a growing number of wrongful death legal actions against AI Chatbot makers across the country.
apnews.com/article/ai-c...
It is one of a growing number of wrongful death legal actions against AI Chatbot makers across the country.
apnews.com/article/ai-c...
Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide
The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The current crop of tech oligarchs are basically sociopaths with massive interpersonal personality deficits, so why would we be surprised when the AIs they create act the same way?
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
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Indiana failed to pass their map to help the GOP cheat, and another grand jury refused to indict Letitia James.
Womp womp.
Womp womp.
December 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Indiana failed to pass their map to help the GOP cheat, and another grand jury refused to indict Letitia James.
Womp womp.
Womp womp.
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In Denmark, realization grows that Trump is not just their enemy, he may actually be planning a military invasion and occupation of their territory. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
A longtime NATO ally raises concerns about security risks from a Trump-led U.S.
When a NATO member’s military intelligence service describes the U.S. as a potential security risk, it’s a problem in need of attention.
www.ms.now
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In Denmark, realization grows that Trump is not just their enemy, he may actually be planning a military invasion and occupation of their territory. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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sorry i keep reposting this but it’s good victory music
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
sorry i keep reposting this but it’s good victory music
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
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All the threats from Trump and his henchmen to Republican state senators in Indiana failed. Mid-decade gerrymandering rejected. This is no small thing. Maybe some other Republicans will finally start to stand up to the Mob Boss.
December 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
All the threats from Trump and his henchmen to Republican state senators in Indiana failed. Mid-decade gerrymandering rejected. This is no small thing. Maybe some other Republicans will finally start to stand up to the Mob Boss.
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U.S. companies should not be allowed to hand over to China the very technology it needs to beat America in the AI race – especially when we know that China won’t put any safeguards on AI technology. 2/2
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
U.S. companies should not be allowed to hand over to China the very technology it needs to beat America in the AI race – especially when we know that China won’t put any safeguards on AI technology. 2/2
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Fundamentalist Christianity is hand in hand with the techbros now.
Time to get off these Meta platforms. How many more stories do there need to be as to how toxic to democracy and freedom Zuckerberg is?
Time to get off these Meta platforms. How many more stories do there need to be as to how toxic to democracy and freedom Zuckerberg is?
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Fundamentalist Christianity is hand in hand with the techbros now.
Time to get off these Meta platforms. How many more stories do there need to be as to how toxic to democracy and freedom Zuckerberg is?
Time to get off these Meta platforms. How many more stories do there need to be as to how toxic to democracy and freedom Zuckerberg is?
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I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and figured she had the annualized m/m figure in front of her. But no, that's +3.8%. Or maybe she was looking at core CPI? No, that's also +3.0% y/y. So no, not +2.5%, by any common measure I can find.
Q: You acknowledged that CPI in January was 3%. In September, the last month we have data, it was also 3%
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and figured she had the annualized m/m figure in front of her. But no, that's +3.8%. Or maybe she was looking at core CPI? No, that's also +3.0% y/y. So no, not +2.5%, by any common measure I can find.
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Grand juries just aren't buying this stuff.
A grand jury, for a second time, has declined to bring a new indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated President Donald Trump and his company in court, according to multiple sources. https://cnn.it/4ab2N4j
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Grand juries just aren't buying this stuff.
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In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
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The Heritage Foundation is an authoritarian Christian Nationalist organization.
Treat their people accordingly.
Treat their people accordingly.
In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Heritage Foundation is an authoritarian Christian Nationalist organization.
Treat their people accordingly.
Treat their people accordingly.