Someone should notify Trump that Earhart was a New Deal Democrat and a supporter of FDR. Maybe that will stop Trump’s bizarre Earhart obsession. His obsession & inability to give it up is consistent with cognitive decline, by the way.
It’s not like it’s a mystery, even. A girl heard Earhart on short wave radio after her plane had crash landed. Noonan was injured. Water was coming into the plane. They both probably died within days.
Trump: more focused on Amelia Earhart’s disappearance than rising costs today.
And George W. Bush remains silent on everything Trump is doing…
Katie Porter is notorious for treating her staff like sh*t. And there are reports of her being racist too. And no, that’s not gendered. All principals, man or woman, should treat their staff professionally. And by all reports she doesn’t & is abusive toward them.
by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by: David Darmofal
Is the mad king watching the History Channel or is this somehow part of the Kash Patel/Bongino clown show?
Obviously the main thing was Trump getting elected. I’m just saying authoritarianism came to the US on a butterfly effect. Without the singular pop culture figure of Trump being elected twice as a backlash to Obama’s elections, things are much different.
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5) Obama picks Kaine in 2008 instead of Biden
6) Weiner doesn’t have a laptop
7) Comey doesn’t write the letter
8) Republicans coordinate in 2015-16, preventing the Trump nomination by winnowing the field
9) Biden doesn’t run in 2024 to & he & his team promote Harris as his successor early on.
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6) Weiner doesn’t have a laptop
7) Comey doesn’t write the letter
8) Republicans coordinate in 2015-16, preventing the Trump nomination by winnowing the field
9) Biden doesn’t run in 2024 to & he & his team promote Harris as his successor early on.
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Monstrous.
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
None of this was inevitable. If just 1 of these changes had happened, we may have avoided this authoritarianism:
1) LePore doesn’t use the butterfly ballot
2) Elian Gonzalez stays in Cuba
3) Gore picks Graham instead of Lieberman
4) SNL focuses on Bush’s incompetence instead of Gore’s sighing
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1) LePore doesn’t use the butterfly ballot
2) Elian Gonzalez stays in Cuba
3) Gore picks Graham instead of Lieberman
4) SNL focuses on Bush’s incompetence instead of Gore’s sighing
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The whole reason Democrats are having to push for the Obamacare subsidies now is because Trump & Vance excluded them from their bill earlier this year, because Trump & Vance prioritized tax breaks for the wealthy over health care costs for the poor and middle class.
"It is going to be disastrous if this continues"
Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research
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Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research
u.afp.com/SmAy
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How can you tell Democrats have the upper hand in the week-old shutdown fight? Marjorie Taylor Greene just endorsed their key demand.
From the great @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
From the great @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight
Turns out Republicans still haven’t figured out the politics of health care.
www.thebulwark.com
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The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.
FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...
www.cnn.com
Reposted by: David Darmofal, Joe R. Feagin
I’m watching the Mariners-Tigers primarily because John Smoltz is announcing the other game.
Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA
Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA
www.nytimes.com
Jamelle Bouie is so exhausting. If you're this obsessed with constantly telling Democrats they're doing politics wrong then get in the arena & run for office yourself. Bouie & other critics act like Statler and Waldorf in the Muppets balcony while Democrats are actually in the arena fighting.
Jonathan Chait & The Intercept using @kamalaharris.com like a human piñata to push their own ideological agendas. The only fact you need to know about this is that @kamalaharris.com massively outperformed what Biden was going to do & saved dozens of Democratic seats in the process.
by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by: David Darmofal, David R. Miller, Jason Lyall
Literally unconstitutional; Congress has the power of the purse under Article I. Trump is trying to create a personalist regime where every dollar of federal spending is allocated at his whim.
The President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association just said on CNN it’s perfectly safe to fly because there have already been 1000 instances this year where air traffic control has had to go to alternative measures because of staffing or other issues. That’s not reassuring!!
Cool! The position here at USC is in our Sociology Department. I can’t speak highly enough of USC. This would be a great job.
Was looking at The Heritage Foundation’s chief economist’s website. Hard to see why Trump wanted this guy :). This is what happens when you value partisanship over expertise. And this is the danger with these conservative centers on college campuses as well.
New jobs for computational social scientists at UNC and USC: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307... amd uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...
Assistant Professor
This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.
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Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.
Ohio State already had an intellectual diversity center. It’s called Ohio State. Ohio State opened its conservative campus center to students, not its intellectual diversity center.
Ohio State’s new intellectual diversity center opens for students
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio State University has opened its doors to its new intellectual diversity center. The Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture and Society was established by …
www.nbc4i.com
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Federal workers in Kentucky didn't cause this shutdown, but Trump wants to punish them anyway by withholding back pay. These are people with mortgages, car payments, and families to feed.
White House memo says furloughed workers might not get back pay
Trump is using the threat of federal workforce cuts to force them to back the GOP’s clean continuing resolution.
www.politico.com
Because you called Brad Raffensperger at Trump’s request to talk about the vote count in GA because Trump couldn’t accept losing a free & fair election. Enough of Graham’s constantly playing the victim card & his amoral service in the Senate. SC can do better by electing @drannieandrews.com.
