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To a mantis shrimp, kung fu looks like taichi. --ZeFrank. california, ucla, film, sociology, all things italian be kind blah blah woof woof
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EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.

e.m. vs djt is like ghidorah vs mothra. it doesn't matter who wins. whoever loses falls from the sky into tokyo killing millions

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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

@maddow.msnbc.com made an excellent point in a recent interview with @staceyabrams.com: We need a diverse solidarity movement where we agree to come together for a discreet objective: stop fascism. We don't have to agree on anything else. We form an alliance to accomplish that one goal.

Donald Trump sued me for racketeering, I won and did not back down. Donald Trump tried to have me investigated, I did not back down. Donald Trump named me in executive orders, I did not back down. If your lawyers are so afraid that they are cutting deals with Trump, you have the wrong lawyers.

"Maybe it's time for us to be a little bit meaner. Maybe it's time for us to be a little more fierce."

STEPHANOPOULOS: When will we see an actual trade agreement? Will we see any this week? HASSETT: I expected we were probably going to see one perhaps as early as last week

A Tree Swallow in mid flight. #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature #wildlife #birding #TRAHR

An American White Pelican soaring through the morning light. #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature #wildlife #birding #TRAHR

Trump just let a ketamine addict spend the last three months plundering every American’s personal data, so I’m really glad Jake Tapper came out with a book about Biden

Did Joni rip off Country Joe?

Always love hearing this song.

Good on the CDC. This is the energy we need across all our agencies.

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Have seen a lot of Harvard commencements. Usually the Harvard prez is greeted by brief pro-forma applause. Or nothing. Or in my era, waves of protests and boos. Never heard of *anything* like the sustained standing ovation Alan Garber got today. Deserved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiT0...

Devoting a 352-page book to unmasking a president who is no longer in office instead of the one currently sowing global chaos indicates serious mental impairment, experts say.

always thought greg lake had the voice of an angelic phantom --- and yet here he is, playing a twelve string and ALSO chewing gum youtu.be/yoxHGxQw9ws?...

Trump's HHS is pulling more than $700 million it had committed to Moderna to help develop a bird flu vaccine. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Elon Musk has learned his lesson. by Susan Collins

This sociopath destroyed countless lives and made life worse for millions of Americans, sneering at them as he indulged his narcissistic impulsivity. But now he has feelings. What are they and will he feel better soon? We asked in a six-part series. Today in the New York Times

everything he does comes from a place of pettiness and insecurity. so when he picks a fight with higher education, it's because he's afraid he doesn't belong at the smart kids' table. #harvard

on @stephruhle.bsky.social: @mollyjongfast.bsky.social dunking on max rose is chef's kiss. sushi at harvard? really? i married a harvard grad who doesn't recall having donor-funded sushi fests. max please look up the meaning of academic freedom. i'm sure harvard can loan you a dictionary.

hey @stephruhle.bsky.social max rose's take on harvard is naive and cringe. thank god @mollyjongfast.bsky.social was there to set him straight. kinda tired of his shallow take on just about every topic.

When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody." But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies. Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

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THOU SHALT NOT BE A RAGING HYPOCRITE! I guess Texas Republicans missed that one. My latest video on the Katie Phang News channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nRx...

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the fact that your doctor can yell that you need a specific treatment and some guy at an insurance company can just be like "no" should alone be enough make us burn this system to the ground

The thing is: These attacks on Harvard are attacks on all of us in the American higher education world. Every institution must understand that. As the academy dropout who founded the University of Pennsylvania said, we must hang together or we will hang separately.

@msnbc.com katy tur obviously doesn't watch maddow's show or consume any news. this week she lamented "people should be out there protesting!" katy--look out the window. or watch maddow's weekly protest update. i don't know if you fixed this inane remark bc i'm not watching you any more

when i see tom homan on the screen i turn off the sound and pretend he is making dolphin noises

It’s pretty remarkable just how thoroughly Target got its shit wrecked for the anti-DEI stuff www.cnbc.com/2025/05/21/t...

If I die prematurely, please know it was due to the stress of trying to gather all my documents for the DMV in order to get my Real ID in order to fly on a plane that may or may not even land at its destination

Whether it was Joe Biden with his halting pauses or Donald Trump with his repeated promises to destroy our democracy and plunge us into a world of tyranny and economic collapse, both candidates gave voters plenty to worry about

“Marco, I want you in there as Jean Valjean, and give us your full energy on ‘Look Down’—remember, chest voice, not head voice! You’re a prisoner, for goodness sake, not Patti LuPone,” said the visibly anxious president theonion.com/trump-c...

June 14, 2025 - let’s go! We have to stop this parade before it starts!

i cancelled my ny times subscription a long time ago but this needs to be seen -- share it with anyone who is on the fence about what's happening www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...