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It’s been a full week, and not a single penguin has backed down or sold out. Could there be a lesson here for America’s law firms and universities?

submitted 7 days ago • 49 comments

If you still need to share a link to a tweet, but don't want to send people to Musk's cesspool - replace "x" with "xcancel" in the tweet link. For example x.com/dril/status/... becomes xcancel.com/dril/status/... People will still see the tweet, but without going to Twitter.

submitted 180 days ago • 98 comments

The arrogance is astounding.

submitted 22 days ago • 13 comments

In an America that's disappearing campus protesters and rendering refugees to a forced-labor prison in El Salvador, etc., "security leaks" are at the bottom of my outrage list That said, Dems should finally act like GOP, scream for everyone to be fired, every day, and not let go until it happens

submitted 23 days ago • 82 comments

"Fight the authoritarians on everything. If the stock market drops, scream about it. Because it’s their fault. When a kid dies of measles—their fault. Attack them every day, on whatever the latest thing is. Turn 'flood the zone' against them."

submitted 23 days ago • 35 comments

In another blow to legacy media, I'm hearing that the Trump administration plans to remove The Atlantic from its war-plans group chat. The outlet will be replaced in the chat by the Gateway Pundit.

submitted 23 days ago • 33 comments

“This [is] not about the Houthis” is a wild thing to admit

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Begun the trade wars have

submitted 80 days ago • 18 comments

"Let me say it slowly... you say he broke the law. The White House says he didn't. Check with the White House on talking points before you come on TV." I explained to GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw why he's wrong about the detention of Mahmoud Khalil. Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbDh...

submitted 35 days ago • 803 comments

Today's turmoil reminds me of this old TED talk by @nickhanauer.bsky.social He warns that we're moving away from capitalist democracy to neo-feudalist rentier society. Tell me we're not on that threshold right now.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social @adamkinzinger.bsky.social Phillips O'Brian's piece would make a great interview on the Bulwark or Conversations. Definitely depressingly accurate, which seems to be on brand.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

“And the fact is that Trump wants to cut deals with all the autocrats—with Russia, China, Iran, and for that matter North Korea. Those are the leaders with whom he wants to work to make the world safe for autocracy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/four-dimen...

submitted 37 days ago • 19 comments

Defense News asked experts how much time a European alliance will need to reach adequate capacity in nine defense enablers.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments