dhvan.bsky.social
Father, teacher, reformed lawyer. Supporter of democracy. “We face the future with confidence and courage. We are American.” -FDR
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Because the so-called libertarian “leave ME alone” part was quite literally about “ME” and wasn’t about all of us.
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So will ABC be terminating his contract soon?
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The irony of podcasters and media personalities accusing immigrants from the “third world” of not doing useful work.
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Of course, Hegseth would have opted to have been defending the fortifications against the Allied landings had he been around 81 years ago.
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anyway, "judging individuals by race instead of merit" is such a perfect example of how one literally begs the question. embedded in this sentence are a set of conclusions about how diversity programs operate and what constitutes merit.
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"we think it is important to engage in dedicated outreach to black professionals because they may bring important perspectives and insights to our business" = not merit
"oh look, our entire executive team is white, male and attended the same three colleges but they scored highest on a test" = merit
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The Ukrainians would be white enough, but they are an impediment to his master’s desires.
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And we’re supposed to be all upset over a photo of some seashells?
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And even if France had paid for the whole thing, it was something that could be seen by the general public and visited by the general public. Are we all gonna get flights on the plane for the price it takes to catch the ferry over to Liberty Island?
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In the 1960s most observers in both parties regarded the conspiratorial and antisemitic ideas of figures like Wick Vennard to be incredibly fringe. Today it's just standard issue Republican messaging that your average GOP member of Congress would find unexceptionable.
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like, this is a real question - did he send his clerks out to scour whatever they could find and not check, or did he do this himself? either way it's ... really really bad.
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This is Sulzberger - who inherited no qualities from his ancestors, just money - enacting his personal grudge against Biden and his own utter failure to comprehend "journalism" - and of course Bezos is just a whore
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Nothing like Knick fans to be perfectly insufferable. Not merely proud of their deserved playoff victory, but lording over the rest of the basketball world with their two NBA titles from the Nixon administration.
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Golly! You sure are some real whiz bang of a writer. The bee’s knees, as it were.
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Does this mean it’s going to come in parts and he needs private donations for it to be put together? And while we wait, some of the parts will be in public places that the rest of us can visit? Like the hand and torch on Lady Liberty? And when it’s done, do we all get to fly in it?
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When Trump starts talking about in the next [insert number or unspecific adjective here] weeks, it’s the easiest “tell” that nothing’s gonna happen in history
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Sorry. Next week is probably gonna be “infrastructure week,” so maybe the week after that.
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The incentive structure in OR GOP is heavily tilted toward running on a loserdom platform of “we would win if those Communist baby killing sex deviant Democrats didn’t cheat,” rather than a platform of, you know, “here are some legislative ideas that will improve your life.”
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oh the issue is that there were black people on screen
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Was dying for Carney to suggest the U.S. as the 11th Province and 14th Administrative Division of Canada. And when Trump would declare that ridiculous, Carney could reply “Now you’re getting it.”
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Officials closed Alcatraz in 1963 because it was three times more expensive than any other federal prison.