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What cabinet position is he getting?

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meanwhile the Opposition is spending its time trying to goad trump into yet more belligerence and more war

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(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency’s head said during a briefing that he hadn’t been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

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Lol just heard the NPR story about the DOGE guy who lost his job when he said he was surprised at how hard it was to find inefficiencies in the federal govt because he came from Silicon Valley where companies always have lots of people sitting around doing nothing

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A defining feature of conservatism, in addition to the Wilhoit Maxim, is "my X is the only good X." My abortion is the moral one. The gay man that I know is okay, not like the rest of them. The undocumented waitress at my diner is a community staple, unlike all those other criminals.

submitted 10 hours ago • 25 comments

From the New York Times, a 5 part podcast ignoring their own role in fomenting a moral panic targeting trans youth.

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Shoutout to @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for being one of the few with an accurate headline about Musk's departure, although @nytimes.com should have these headlines under "news," not just "opinion." It's not an opinion; it's a fact. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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After three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a Filipino green-card holder who had been arrested at Seattle-Tacoma Airport has finally gone home.

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Bigots getting angry about kids’ platforms or spaces celebrating pride is such a huge tell. Sexuality is not inherently sexual. A same-sex couple is not immediately sending pervy sex rays towards people in the vicinity. Neither is a hetero couple. Stop being weird!

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It would be bad enough for the Democratic Leader of the House to not have the aptitude for meeting the moment but Hakeem Jeffries doesn't even seem to have the appetite

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The purpose of saying "yes, you did fucking vote for this" isn't to say i told you so or make people feel guilty (although they should feel guilty) The point is trying to get them to understand what they did to prevent them from doing it again It's to get them to stop touching hot stoves

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how it started / how it's going

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This is why people across the country need to remain engaged and not give up in the face of oppression

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My “you’re over 30” advice is hold onto the bannister. Stairs will kill you and not even look back

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Pride is important. If I'd had a single role model, I would have transitioned a decade before I did.

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This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

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A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/27/a-hidden-measure-in-the-republican-budget-bill-would-crown-trump-king

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What was done to Israelis on October 7th, and the ongoing detention of the hostages, was and is an atrocity. The ongoing genocide in Gaza was not an appropriate response— it is also an atrocity. Responding to that atrocity with fresh ones, like Jews being gunned down or set on fire? Also atrocity.

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Some women want love. Some seek power and money. Some seek attention and fame. Me? I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is. My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇 www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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Yes, this is very much worth reading. A summary of engineering gap between Musk's longtime promises to land people on Mars by next year, and real-world explosive results. Also, why clunky old-tech NASA/Apollo had a much better record.

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Remember the Supreme Court saying that women no longer had a material reliance interest on Roe in part because unlike in 1973 they could count on state support for healthcare for pregnancy, childbirth and babies

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Oh, thank God. I don't have the build for a strength power tool.

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Republican health care plan is now explicitly “die” www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/05/repu...

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If Joe Biden posted something like this Hannity would be roused from his sleep to anchor special coverage. But Trump posts apeshit conspiracy theories and the mainstream press yawns. His craziness has been completely normalized.

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NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...

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Putin's helicopter "attack" that "risked his life" was a staged PR stunt — sources tell The Moscow Times. State-funded media promoted a story that the presidential helicopter was "at the epicenter of repelling a massive attack by enemy drones" during his visit to Kursk Oblast on 20 May. ⤵️ 📷TASS

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peter theils palantir becoming the worlds most powerful military system and data harvester is going to usher in a new, worse age of humanity. i hate to say it but this is complete libertarian cultural victory

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I hate these people, and I know someone is going to say that we should be trying to reach them, but I am sick of playing along with their bullshit. They knew, they didn't care until it impacted their community.

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Dash: - En Dash: – Em Dash: — Emn Dash: —– Emm Dash: —— Emnm Dash: —Slim shady—

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As someone with multiple folks like this in extended family, she absolutely voted for all of it. And she will again. I've gone no-contact with all of these assholes and let them know exactly why. This is a sniveling way of trying to win back favor after being an abusive creep without doing any work.

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Never has any leader had so many people wanting to make the argument that “not wearing any clothes actually makes the emperor better dressed if you think about it.”

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Great offseason for Saquon’s image!

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To be clear, this shields any research coming out of the NIH from independent peer review, which gives him total control to spread propaganda and makes any NIH study completely untrustworthy.

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This is a great thread outlining what happened with Unbound, who published the first two Effin' Birds books, which they then sublicensed to a US publisher — that means they collected my US royalties, took a cut, and passed the rest to me. They owe me as much as I made in a year at my old day job.

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So hey: The First Amendment does not apply to private companies. Pass it on. Seriously, apparently we need to pass it on. It is not a “free speech violation” for a social media platform like X or a newsletter app like Substack to disallow hate speech. IT SIMPLY ISN’T.

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metro.co.uk/2025/05/30/s...

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Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.

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The Trump administration let a drug-addicted Nazi destroy dozens of government offices, leading to thousands of deaths, raising key questions about Joe Biden

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I don't watch CNN, but it's on at this restaurant. First, Suge Night on the phone complaining about how the Diddy trial is going and insisting that Diddy should take the stand and "tell his own truth". Then, trans kid in sports. God, I hate CNN.

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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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Given how much real world pain he's inflicted, it's insane that he managed to get a round of press coverage mostly focusing on not saving as much money as he promised and positioning his return to Tesla as some sort of chance at Wall Street purification.

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