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If there’s a public takeaway from this sad saga, I hope it’s that the grift of moving to the right as a personal advancement strategy is running out of gas, and it’s not worth trying.

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The woman who shouted "people will die" at Joni Ernst, India May, is a nurse and a librarian who first got involved in politics by going to a town hall about bills aiming to defund libraries. Now she's running for state house. eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

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Washington Post: Democracy Dies in AI Slop

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"You're Ukraine SBU, you're like: "Let's get the DJ and his wife the witch-novelist to blow up those jets. They'll never leak our operation while they're high" *You gotta give them credit,that was a gutsy tactic

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I love this for Alina. meidasnews.com/news/newark-...

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How about focusing on achieving real goals in defence, education, health etc rather than trying to spend some arbitrary % of GDP on them? (Remarkable how the same politicians who drone on about "waste" will sign up to arbitrary spending targets that ensure it.)

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other98 I don't like how a billionaire was able to buy a social media platform and change the outcome of an American election and go into hiding like a snake.

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Exactly

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like many metal dickheads I was a giant hater at the time but now I reflect upon the error of my hating ways because this owns

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when i get good news i brace myself for calamity

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BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has sued Alina Habba for malicious prosecution and false arrest.

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There are no good args against more housing near transit, if you're in CA call your reps and tell them as much

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“When one ICE official pushed back against Miller’s call to widen the deportation dragnet, citing border czar Tom Homan’s claims that ICE’s deportation efforts would target criminals, the deputy chief of staff seemed confused. ‘What do you mean you’re going after criminals?”

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JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Life as a genocidal settler-colony can be hard... www.normalisland.co.uk/p/israel-fac...

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I remember being told that one of the early objections to Cartesian dualism was "well, ok, could be; but how do you know there aren't seventeen types of things?" and that really stuck with me. Maybe stuff just be like that.

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starting to think Fredric Jameson didnt watch a lot of Netflix post-apocalyptic shows

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Yesterday I said that, based on talking to my children, Gen-Zers are not yet nostalgia-poisoned. I stand corrected, as they're already getting reboots of their childhood shows. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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Okay, that's a back-patting propaganda statement (in English), but a spy agency using civilian trucks and drones to successfully blow up about a dozen nuclear bombers, that does seem like a historical change of some kind Whatever next

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Adding 2020 election denial to the school curriculum is wild. I'm glad parents are fighting back because that mess is just plain stupid. Pretty sure there's a strong overlap between election deniers and flat earthers.

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"Economics is not the Emperor of the social sciences, but the Humpty Dumpty." -Steve Keen

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Wild how you don't need a liberal awakening if you go to Quaker school K-12.

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Ngl, I am torn about DP engaging in debt/deficit hysteria (incorrect understanding of public finance). It helped elect DJT. But if Trump junta figures it out (have they already?) they will realize there is much more fiscal space for mischief/evil.

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"The fact that the country has to constantly be in court to fight its own president is really wearying" -- anon

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I was of the generation of comic book readers who were reading the Claremont X-Men issues as they hit the stands so I gotta tell you, this is on some pinch-myself stuff here

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I just got back from listening to townspeople in Chile describe how they watched people burn to death in a traffic jam fleeing wildfires. We are not an optimistic profession. We are, however, charming.

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Way too infrequent reminder, I got 30,000 pages of Federal Reserve Board minutes through FOIA last year and I made a free, searchable database of them on my website where you can find pdfs of each individual meeting. www.crisesnotes.com/here-are-the...

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San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat

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very notable how Fox turns every antisemitic act of violence into a way to push for Ilhan Omar's expulsion from Congress

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Please listen to the UN General Secretary.

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I have mostly been offline today and so you mean to tell me that former White House spokesdemon Matt Miller has admitted that he has been a flaming pile of mendacious shit all along?

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Follows the trend the labor movement discovered farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/31/i...

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other98 We funded the COVID vaccine with our taxes and our sky-high health insurance. How does RFK Jr. get to decide we can't access the vaccines we already bought two times over?

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Never thought I’d see this www.ft.com/content/8a82...

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him (an artist): maybe one day i’ll draw you 🍑 me: and maybe i’ll post about you 😈

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Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.

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NEWS: A federal judge just blocked Trump admin from invaliding union rights for 50,000 TSA officers. DHS Sec. Kristi Noem revoked their union rights in March saying “Eliminating collective bargaining removes bureaucratic hurdles that will strengthen workforce agility enhance productivity."

If there’s a public takeaway from this sad saga, I hope it’s that the grift of moving to the right as a personal advancement strategy is running out of gas, and it’s not worth trying.

The woman who shouted "people will die" at Joni Ernst, India May, is a nurse and a librarian who first got involved in politics by going to a town hall about bills aiming to defund libraries. Now she's running for state house. eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

Washington Post: Democracy Dies in AI Slop

"You're Ukraine SBU, you're like: "Let's get the DJ and his wife the witch-novelist to blow up those jets. They'll never leak our operation while they're high" *You gotta give them credit,that was a gutsy tactic

I love this for Alina. meidasnews.com/news/newark-...

How about focusing on achieving real goals in defence, education, health etc rather than trying to spend some arbitrary % of GDP on them? (Remarkable how the same politicians who drone on about "waste" will sign up to arbitrary spending targets that ensure it.)

other98 I don't like how a billionaire was able to buy a social media platform and change the outcome of an American election and go into hiding like a snake.

Exactly

like many metal dickheads I was a giant hater at the time but now I reflect upon the error of my hating ways because this owns

when i get good news i brace myself for calamity

BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has sued Alina Habba for malicious prosecution and false arrest.

There are no good args against more housing near transit, if you're in CA call your reps and tell them as much

“When one ICE official pushed back against Miller’s call to widen the deportation dragnet, citing border czar Tom Homan’s claims that ICE’s deportation efforts would target criminals, the deputy chief of staff seemed confused. ‘What do you mean you’re going after criminals?”

JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Life as a genocidal settler-colony can be hard... www.normalisland.co.uk/p/israel-fac...

I remember being told that one of the early objections to Cartesian dualism was "well, ok, could be; but how do you know there aren't seventeen types of things?" and that really stuck with me. Maybe stuff just be like that.

starting to think Fredric Jameson didnt watch a lot of Netflix post-apocalyptic shows

Yesterday I said that, based on talking to my children, Gen-Zers are not yet nostalgia-poisoned. I stand corrected, as they're already getting reboots of their childhood shows. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Okay, that's a back-patting propaganda statement (in English), but a spy agency using civilian trucks and drones to successfully blow up about a dozen nuclear bombers, that does seem like a historical change of some kind Whatever next

Adding 2020 election denial to the school curriculum is wild. I'm glad parents are fighting back because that mess is just plain stupid. Pretty sure there's a strong overlap between election deniers and flat earthers.

"Economics is not the Emperor of the social sciences, but the Humpty Dumpty." -Steve Keen

Wild how you don't need a liberal awakening if you go to Quaker school K-12.

Ngl, I am torn about DP engaging in debt/deficit hysteria (incorrect understanding of public finance). It helped elect DJT. But if Trump junta figures it out (have they already?) they will realize there is much more fiscal space for mischief/evil.

"The fact that the country has to constantly be in court to fight its own president is really wearying" -- anon

I was of the generation of comic book readers who were reading the Claremont X-Men issues as they hit the stands so I gotta tell you, this is on some pinch-myself stuff here

I just got back from listening to townspeople in Chile describe how they watched people burn to death in a traffic jam fleeing wildfires. We are not an optimistic profession. We are, however, charming.

Way too infrequent reminder, I got 30,000 pages of Federal Reserve Board minutes through FOIA last year and I made a free, searchable database of them on my website where you can find pdfs of each individual meeting. www.crisesnotes.com/here-are-the...

San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat

very notable how Fox turns every antisemitic act of violence into a way to push for Ilhan Omar's expulsion from Congress

Please listen to the UN General Secretary.

I have mostly been offline today and so you mean to tell me that former White House spokesdemon Matt Miller has admitted that he has been a flaming pile of mendacious shit all along?

Follows the trend the labor movement discovered farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/31/i...

other98 We funded the COVID vaccine with our taxes and our sky-high health insurance. How does RFK Jr. get to decide we can't access the vaccines we already bought two times over?

Never thought I’d see this www.ft.com/content/8a82...

him (an artist): maybe one day i’ll draw you 🍑 me: and maybe i’ll post about you 😈

Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.

NEWS: A federal judge just blocked Trump admin from invaliding union rights for 50,000 TSA officers. DHS Sec. Kristi Noem revoked their union rights in March saying “Eliminating collective bargaining removes bureaucratic hurdles that will strengthen workforce agility enhance productivity."

Mystery. Lockdowns in 2020 somehow? insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/d...

one sock of each pair i own

imagine having free will and then writing a conclusion