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Someone please get Jeff Bezos a copy of Timothy Snyder’s latest book Bezos fundamentally misunderstands the concept of freedom gunksny.substack.com/p/someone-ge...

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Europe: Do not hand Trump a gun he can hold to your head The lesson of Eric Adams: Don’t make yourself vulnerable to extortion gunksny.substack.com/p/europe-do-...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w... Is no one going to make an I Love Lucy joke??

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Is Fetterman still the progressive of 2022, or a reincarnation of Joe Manchin? open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

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Quick Quiz: Trump or Nixon: "He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens..." open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

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NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan could have resigned with honor. Now he can only resign in disgrace.

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The FBI has been on the wrong side of history so often, it feels crazy to be sticking up for it. But here we are. gunksny.substack.com/p/in-relucta...

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Dark Pence is back.

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Here’s an idea: Hochul removes Adams and replaces him with someone who will tell the Secret Service that the next time Trump comes to Manhattan the Secret Service can block the streets themselves without the help of the NYPD

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Now this is a real headline

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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

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How about “Republicans Want Lower Taxes, Even Though They’re Already the Lowest in the Western World” @nytimes.com @nytimespr.bsky.social @nytimes.wtf #failingnytimes

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Major companies in an industry put their proprietary market data into a single third-party software recommendation program. By giving every company the same recommendations, the companies can collude without communicating directly amongst themselves. open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

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Once DEI is gone, we can look at every white person in a job and say, “Hmph. Post-DEI hire.”

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How do you respond to this level of crazy? I take a shot at it here: gunksny.substack.com/p/when-crazy... NextDoor is a microcosm of how deeply embedded are the problems in our culture @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social

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gunksny.substack.com/p/dave-mccor... From the first word to the last, the form letters Senator Dave McCormick (@davemccormick.bsky.social) sends to his constituents show how he shields himself from thinking about issues and representing the state.

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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

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Do ya think? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

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My mother is also otherwise healthy and vibrant but dependent on external oxygen. My mother is still alive. The difference is, she isn’t at the end of a supply chain that has USAID in the middle.

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U.S. steel is back in the news, newly protected by 25 percent tariffs. But U.S. Steel is also back in the news. Trump has proposed a "bold" solution to its problems. But maybe a real solution is possible.

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The is the real Great Replacement: Trump's executive order gives Musk's team veto power over hiring at federal agencies www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter. buttondown.com/5calls

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These companies want to be “non-banks” that can accept deposits of your money and then not have any legal obligations to protect it—which lets them use it to speculate on crypto etc—and not have FDIC insurance. They need to kill the cfpb to do that.

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The red states’ war on blue states: From transportation to immigration, from abortion to tax policy — battle lines are being drawn gunksny.substack.com/p/the-red-st...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b... Curious about the use of “nearly” here, suggesting less than a third, when it’s in fact more than a third. Is fourth-grade math beyond the capacity of both the author and the editor?

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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... “[Vance] was also influenced by his first encounter with … Peter Thiel, who convinced him that social ladder-climbing and endless pursuits of wealth were empty in comparison to living a life of significance and meaning.” Not how I expected that sentence to end

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🚨BREAKING: Democrat Mike Zimmer has flipped an Iowa State Senate seat blue in the first special election of the Trump era. Trump won this seat by 21 POINTS last November. REPOST to congratulate Senator Zimmer on his incredible victory!

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The "radical ideology" of checks notes ...Jesus. The way they tell on themselves.

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Jules Feiffer (1929-2025) Did he know how much, and in how many ways, his life touched others? gunksny.substack.com/p/jules-feif...

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Ffs, they’re eviscerating what remains of the 14th amendment, they’re using a bogus emergency to deploy the military domestically, and they just created a Praetorian guard 1600 strong. Can we please not spend even a moment of anyone’s time on the Nazi salute?

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Dear @nytimes.com, “Catherine, Princess of Wales, Confirms She Is in Remission From Cancer: 'It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery,' she said in an Instagram post” does not rise to the level of “breaking news.” Thank you for your attention in this matter.

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In 2017, Trump spent 91 days on the golf course. In 2018, 75. In 2019, 87, and in 2020, 54. But we can't sentence him to anything that would interfere with his onerous duties as president? open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

Someone please get Jeff Bezos a copy of Timothy Snyder’s latest book Bezos fundamentally misunderstands the concept of freedom gunksny.substack.com/p/someone-ge...

Europe: Do not hand Trump a gun he can hold to your head The lesson of Eric Adams: Don’t make yourself vulnerable to extortion gunksny.substack.com/p/europe-do-...

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w... Is no one going to make an I Love Lucy joke??

Is Fetterman still the progressive of 2022, or a reincarnation of Joe Manchin? open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

Quick Quiz: Trump or Nixon: "He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens..." open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan could have resigned with honor. Now he can only resign in disgrace.

The FBI has been on the wrong side of history so often, it feels crazy to be sticking up for it. But here we are. gunksny.substack.com/p/in-relucta...

Dark Pence is back.

Here’s an idea: Hochul removes Adams and replaces him with someone who will tell the Secret Service that the next time Trump comes to Manhattan the Secret Service can block the streets themselves without the help of the NYPD

Now this is a real headline

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

How about “Republicans Want Lower Taxes, Even Though They’re Already the Lowest in the Western World” @nytimes.com @nytimespr.bsky.social @nytimes.wtf #failingnytimes

Major companies in an industry put their proprietary market data into a single third-party software recommendation program. By giving every company the same recommendations, the companies can collude without communicating directly amongst themselves. open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

Once DEI is gone, we can look at every white person in a job and say, “Hmph. Post-DEI hire.”

How do you respond to this level of crazy? I take a shot at it here: gunksny.substack.com/p/when-crazy... NextDoor is a microcosm of how deeply embedded are the problems in our culture @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social

gunksny.substack.com/p/dave-mccor... From the first word to the last, the form letters Senator Dave McCormick (@davemccormick.bsky.social) sends to his constituents show how he shields himself from thinking about issues and representing the state.

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

Do ya think? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

My mother is also otherwise healthy and vibrant but dependent on external oxygen. My mother is still alive. The difference is, she isn’t at the end of a supply chain that has USAID in the middle.

U.S. steel is back in the news, newly protected by 25 percent tariffs. But U.S. Steel is also back in the news. Trump has proposed a "bold" solution to its problems. But maybe a real solution is possible.

The is the real Great Replacement: Trump's executive order gives Musk's team veto power over hiring at federal agencies www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter. buttondown.com/5calls

These companies want to be “non-banks” that can accept deposits of your money and then not have any legal obligations to protect it—which lets them use it to speculate on crypto etc—and not have FDIC insurance. They need to kill the cfpb to do that.

The red states’ war on blue states: From transportation to immigration, from abortion to tax policy — battle lines are being drawn gunksny.substack.com/p/the-red-st...

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b... Curious about the use of “nearly” here, suggesting less than a third, when it’s in fact more than a third. Is fourth-grade math beyond the capacity of both the author and the editor?

substack.com/@adamkinzing...

🚨BREAKING: Democrat Mike Zimmer has flipped an Iowa State Senate seat blue in the first special election of the Trump era. Trump won this seat by 21 POINTS last November. REPOST to congratulate Senator Zimmer on his incredible victory!

gunksny.substack.com/p/on-gaza-tr...

The "radical ideology" of checks notes ...Jesus. The way they tell on themselves.

Jules Feiffer (1929-2025) Did he know how much, and in how many ways, his life touched others? gunksny.substack.com/p/jules-feif...

open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

Ffs, they’re eviscerating what remains of the 14th amendment, they’re using a bogus emergency to deploy the military domestically, and they just created a Praetorian guard 1600 strong. Can we please not spend even a moment of anyone’s time on the Nazi salute?

Dear @nytimes.com, “Catherine, Princess of Wales, Confirms She Is in Remission From Cancer: 'It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery,' she said in an Instagram post” does not rise to the level of “breaking news.” Thank you for your attention in this matter.

In 2017, Trump spent 91 days on the golf course. In 2018, 75. In 2019, 87, and in 2020, 54. But we can't sentence him to anything that would interfere with his onerous duties as president? open.substack.com/pub/gunksny/...

gunksny.substack.com/p/let-our-jo...

gunksny.substack.com/p/can-a-110-...

open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...