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He isn't qualified but Republicans are not ready for a man who spent a decade debating skip Bayless every morning.

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Irradiating things is such a useful food safety thing we barely use because people think it involves radiation

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A 14-year-old American boy and his two friends were gunned down by Israeli soldiers Sunday night. Their largely American village in the West Bank is wondering why Trump and the U.S. government have said so little about the killing of one of its citizens.

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Julio Rodriguez is 6’3 228lbs.

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Good thing the Medicaid fraud has a pretty long statute of limitations.

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That's right

submitted 6 hours ago • 5 comments

Trump’s tariffs are hitting farmers hard — in ways you might not expect. This honey farmer voted for Trump 3X — now costs are through the roof, hiring’s frozen, and he’s lost $150K in government contracts. Asked if he regrets his 2024 vote? “Perhaps I should’ve considered other options.” NO SHIT!

submitted 17 hours ago • 828 comments

If only people could have foreseen what angering college educated professionals with disposable income would do to a company.

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

I just feel incredibly useless at the moment. Who needs a near shut-in whose skills are basically somewhat competent use of Excel.

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Jeopardy! is great, but my real passion… Seattle-area local transit.

submitted 17 hours ago • 31 comments

This kid was inspired by O9A and esoteric Nazism

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Umm. FDIC receives no money from the federal budget. It’s funded by member banks. So if it receives no federal money — There’s nothing for DOGE to cut. So why are they REALLY there?

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

They do not have the statutory authority to do this.

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Every single Democrat needs to make clear that if Bukele does this the best case for him will be that he ends up dying in an American prison

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this report, though not decisive, suggests that state department principals, like rubio, are taking decisions at odds with advice from interested bureaus - including L (legal)? consular? that is, if they are even seeking it.

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

Ever more ways to disempower citizens and empower oligarchs with citizens’ personal data www.wired.com/story/palant...

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On April 11, the 30-year Treasury yield crossed 5%. Briefly. But that was enough to unsettle the White House, spook global markets, and remind everyone that bond yields are not just numbers. They’re boundaries. www.dataandpolitics.net/the-bond-mar...

submitted 13 hours ago • 13 comments

🚨 NEW: These are photos from Pennsylvania @GovernorShapiro’s home after police say an arsonist set it on fire while the Governor and his family were sleeping around 2 a.m. Cody Balmer of Harrisburg was arrested. Charges expected: attempted murder & terrorism. Trump and his administration? Silent.

submitted 9 hours ago • 59 comments

What he means is impossible to meet paperwork requirements that kick a bunch of people out of the program

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There's a reason ICE agents wear masks in the street. From Kristi Noem's war-crime propaganda to the airport officers harassing innocent tourists, the MAGA deportation regime is not just immoral but increasingly criminal Someday, there must be justice. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

submitted 17 hours ago • 167 comments

The @forward.com asked me to write about the destruction of the National Endowment for the Humanities and my canceled @nehgov.bsky.social grant for a translation of prose about the Holocaust. So here’s what I wrote—also about why autocrats don’t need the humanities. forward.com/opinion/7116...

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