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Again, Elon Musk is pushing the exact white supremacist conspiracy theory that motivated the mass murders at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 and a Buffalo supermarket in 2022. And he's pushing it with the full support of Podcaster and Part-Time Senator Ted Cruz. This is vile and dangerous.

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Most of yesterday's intelligence hearing focused on Signal. Something else not to be missed: this exchange between Sen. King (ME-I) Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. King asked why the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment did not mention climate change, after doing so for 11 years.

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once again, every accusation is a confession. republicans spent 15 years accusing democrats of winning elections by trading cash for votes. now, here we are.

submitted 21 hours ago • 277 comments

the specifics here are fascinating. it seems like this is intended more to shield the government from possible criticism for unsound decisions than anything else. treating science, primarily, as a PR risk and secondarily, if at all, as a useful field.

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The deans at WV and UNC--both public schools in states w GOP governors who have ALREADY targeted those universities--signed the letter. Which makes the silence of the top-most law schools--almost all privates in deep blue states--all the more unacceptable.

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since the election Altman has been expressing his support for the administration currently defunding attempts to cure cancer

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What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.

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If this doesn’t make you angry, I don’t know what will. 🤬

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there was an English peer who was unaware that toothbrushes did not naturally foam toothpaste, because a servant had always done it for him

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No child is “lost” when 2. This is bogus race-“science” argument for children of color as in “born criminal.” Know what you’re hearing. This refrain will increase.

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Reminder that trans people are a ridiculously small proportion of the population, so all of that paranoia and witch hunt for "evil trans women in female spaces" is ultimately going to harm CISGENDER PEOPLE 99.9% of the time www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/27/c...

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it gets very tiring repeating this, but stuff like this would be a career-ending scandal in any other administration and here it’s just another throwaway example multiple paragraphs into a Times article

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Wyden: "I'm of the view that there ought to be resignations, starting with the national security adviser and the secretary of defense."

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release the long form texts or we can only assume that there is cover up of crimes. questions swirl.

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What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he’s got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device...are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social

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War Architects Enjoy Top Academic Gigs 22 Years After Illegal Invasion of Iraq truthout.org/articles/war...

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I've quoted this passage from Trump -- where he states his intent to cause riots and US economic collapse -- so many times. He flat-out announced it on Fox News in February 2014. In my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT I quote my own 2016 essay warning of his plan: www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

submitted 58 days ago • 62 comments

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:

submitted 8 days ago • 113 comments

'government efficiency! oh boy, that must be a good thing' never forget that the posting on something like bsky represents people largely in the top, oh, ten percent or so of engagement and information about politics. and then think about how much stupid shit gets said on here.

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On a daily basis, I marvel at how many people in putative positions of power are willing to help obliterate American democracy. The US has faced a series of very easy moral tests in the past decade and it’s staggering how often people in once-respected positions have failed.

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Joe Gallina: If you could speak directly to Donald Trump, what would you tell him? Gov. JB Pritzker: What does Vladimir Putin have on you?

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“I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country...” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 8 days ago • 521 comments

always wondered if i'd thrive in a failed state

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Senior scholars are cancelling plans to visit US universities out of fear of arbitrary detention

submitted 8 days ago • 33 comments

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

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I am so excited to announce It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th and is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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I have updated my website with more credits, a link to my #kofi shop, and a link to where you can commission me for consultations or AP production. We can negotiate prices of commissions, but also don't hesitate to reach out for writing or design work. carrion-comfort.com

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school.. When you arbitrarily rip up trade agreements, threaten a country, and say you’re going to break it, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind.

submitted 8 days ago • 749 comments

This is not good

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Tomorrow is judgement day for congress. Trump is going close the education department by executive order. If congress is going to stand up to him and not give up their Constitution granted powers to a wanna be dictator, they have to act tomorrow or never.

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One of Professor Musgrave's gravest: #artisanal musgrave.substack.com/p/the-closin...

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i feel so much rage whenever people try to justify LLM use in art by saying well what about disabled people? disabled people make art every day. they often do utilize tools to help them create. but they don't need a machine to make art for them, and that's all an LLM can do for a writer.

submitted 9 days ago • 93 comments

Post something that’s a flex to a niche group, that most folks won’t understand.

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This is the message. It offers solidarity around a shared enemy (and the satisfaction of inflicting punishment). And it sidesteps stickier questions about what to do with the money we spend.

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Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.

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Top Tesla investor Ross Gerber has issued Musk an ultimatum: If he is not prepared to quit his government job, he must step down as CEO. He should stop meddling in our government and screwing the American people out of their jobs and benefits and go back to building his coffins on wheels.

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#confidently #wrong www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

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NYT: “The White House did not comment on why the group had altered the contracts data or why it’s now harder for the public to scrutinize it.” The savings have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

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I once received an electric shock during torture only for writing for Radio Liberty: I was told that it was "a CIA structure and an enemy of Russia", and for that reason alone I was already guilty. Now, the "enemy of Russia" is being destroyed by America itself, and my torture seems doubly in vain.