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These guys think they're spewing cutting-edge posthumanist theory and it's all just the corniest, shittiest science fiction that actual writers wouldn't waste a minute on.

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European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius has said that "an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us", using a phrase normally reserved for NATO member states and Article 5 of the military alliance's founding treaty

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So he want to legalize fentanyl so he can impose tariffs on its import ?!? How is this guy still In public office ?!!

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Wild story: the acting Social Security chief was warned that terminating data collection contracts with Maine would increase fraud. But he responded that it didn't matter because it was more important to punish Maine's governor for disagreeing with Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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Kaine told reporters on Capitol Hill that he approached McConnell on the Senate floor yesterday evening. "I said, 'I want to talk to you about my Canadian tariffs bill.' And, you know, I didn't even get to the question, and he said, 'I'm with you.'

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Jason Stanley explains why he gave up a named chair at Yale to move to Canada. And much of it has to do with the use of "anti-Semitism" by anti-Semites as a pretext to destroy the universities. Jonathan Greenblatt, he's talking about you.

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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.

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They grabbed the guy in the middle of a trial in which he was the defendant.

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WaPo: "Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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this sounds very efficient.

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Update on S 1077, the DC Local Funds Act, which is being held at the desk in the House - the CBO has scored the bill as having no effect on the federal budget (which makes sense, since it simply authorizes DC to spend under its existing budget, based on local tax revenue) ...

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Would a headline ever, EVER have called this a “mishap” if it had been done under Biden or Obama? No, absolutely not. And, for bonus, a Susan Collins-esque “learned a lesson” quote from the president, treating his national security advisor like a chastened 7-year-old.

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If a non-citizen has no right to contest their removal because the government claims that they’re in a Venezuelan gang, what’s to stop the government from claiming that we’re in a Venezuelan gang? That’s the most elementary reason why due process matters: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-133-...

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French President Emmanuel Macron will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Élysée Palace on March 25 to discuss increased military and financial support for Ukraine. english.nv.ua/nation/macro...

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It should be a major scandal that the Social Security Administration made it harder for parents to register their babies in Maine to punish the President's enemies www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...

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Taiwan unveils its first unmanned vessel inspired by Ukrainian naval drones Endeavor Manta features a stealth profile and can engage Chinese naval vessels with torpedo or kamikaze strikes from coastal deployment without relying on Musk's Starlink.

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Green card holders detained. A French researcher denied entry for anti-Trump messages. A new travel ban on 40+ countries coming. Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...

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So dangerous - "an extraordinary threat to fundamental constitutional rights of due process and legal representation" If you cannot get effective legal representation when you challenge the government, you don't enjoy the full protection of the law www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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see, this is how the media covers this. If the story doesn't "stick," it's the Dems' fault for not making it "stick."

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From @rusi.bsky.social @andriypzag.bsky.social rusi.org/explore-our-...

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BREAKING: White House attacks Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as ‘radical’ after she criticized Trump in defiant State of the City address. #bospoli #mapoli This is a developing story by me for @bostonglobe.com, check back for updates. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/20/m...

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Thread: NACDL President Christopher A. Wellborn responds to Trump officials who believe government agents can now search our homes without a warrant (a violation of the Fourth Amendment). Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

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All, Ro spoke to a group of us of the Wake County Democratic Party in North Carolina. Articulate. A master of the issues. Honest. I’m glad he’s going to where the Republicans are. It’s what we need. Please listen. #California #SiliconValley #VoteBlue

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Republicans are whining and the NYT is typically "both sides-ing" this, but it's a good to have them constantly playing defense and by proxy amplifying the criticisms Walz is making to a broader audience this has been a cornerstone of right wing messaging success

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I am enthusiastic about the EU and its member states seizing this moment to collaboratively build shared, open source software to replace US SaaS and COTS tools. And hopefully other countries too! Lazy, cash-fattened Silicon Valley incumbents have too long held us back.

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I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:

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🚨This might be Story of the Year. It should be shared everywhere. “I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family & even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly 2 weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there.”

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Fresh off claiming Trump’s bullshit “war” allows them to ignore habeas corpus, snatch people off the street, and ship them to a foreign gulag without due process, they’re now claiming it also allows them to ignore the Fourth Amendment. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

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At a packed town hall Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern proposed a general strike to combat the Trump administration's assault on the federal government.

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‼️ 🇺🇸 Trump administration leaked personal information of hundreds of people by releasing Kennedy assassination documents, - NYT 😳 Documents have been released without censorship, leaving the complete dossier of at least one CIA officer and the Social Security numbers of hundreds of others.

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Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points. She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine. “Deport Elon, Deport Elon!” Watch to the end…

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Freedom is the flexibility to leave a job or start a business — and still afford medical care. A truly life-changing law!

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This is what I’ve been saying for a long time now. There’s no blue state vision for universities and learning. Just the neoliberal “return on investment” model and the right wing “centers of indoctrination” model.

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In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks over detaching panels

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@repdonbacon.bsky.social #Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of #Ukrainian children and dispersed them all over Russia. This is another war crime committed by #Putin. www.notus.org/foreign-poli... “It looks like we’re playing into the hands of Putin again, and it’s not good,” Rep Don Bacon

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There is a lot to be depressed and angry about and the outright theft of work by companies whose whole product is an extracted and recombined version of this work — that also masks not just the specific sources but the intellectual labor — is so indicative. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.

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