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“The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a ‘breath of fresh air…’” November 2024 apnews.com/article/delt... That air ain’t so fresh anymore, is it Ed?

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SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration one day before ICE detained him. He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving. He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."

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Huge test for Democrats: what's more important, Israel or democracy?

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Scoop: ~33% of NWS offices no longer have sufficient staffing to safely keep 24/7 operations. Critically understaffed @nws.noaa.gov offices now include: Boston Miami Houston Omaha Wichita Kansas City Marquette, MI Sioux Falls, SD Rapid City, SD Cheyenne, WY www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 4 days ago • 56 comments

The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.

submitted 5 days ago • 1188 comments

Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

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“His path to victory is to destroy the women he abused,” @lindseyboylan.bsky.social told the AP. “I’ll do everything within my power and my sense of ethics to make sure it doesn’t happen.” apnews.com/article/cuom...

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Colon cancer killed my wife, and promising earlier-phase mRNA treatments would also be endangered. I’m just enraged.

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I don’t know how historically accurate the Cato the Elder quote about thieves of public and private property is, but it’s all I can think of this week.

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SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

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I should pause here and say that pretty much every time I speak about my own harm (that is being paid for by NY taxpayers) the court receives a letter from Cuomo’s attorney’s trying to silence me.

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

We have kind of two mayoral races going on right now. One is a bunch of earnest left of center wonks putting out policy papers and the other one is two guys doing an Alien vs. Predator thing

submitted 8 days ago • 24 comments

here’s the thing: why wouldn’t you treat every dumbass idea as potentially worthwhile when a month later you can just go “oopsies” and no one holds you accountable for giving credence to stupid shit?

submitted 8 days ago • 212 comments

People assume Andrew Cuomo is tough and A Fighter because he always looks angry and acts weird. Mistaking a total lack of emotional self-regulation and wild, self-destructive spite for Masculine Strength is one of the defining political errors to me. No one even tries to keep it together anymore.

submitted 9 days ago • 300 comments

Hail to the thief. Using the money they stole from us by illegally cancelling government programs to pump cryptocurrency

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“Here’s a fact that should appall New York voters, especially women: You paid for Cuomo’s lawyers to seek the gynecological records of an accuser. Why? It’s a good question that voters should ask the candidate as he makes the rounds.”

submitted 10 days ago • 279 comments

If you think the mainstream media never tries to put their thumb on the scale or push a specific electoral outcome, observe carefully over the next few weeks how they actively promote Andrew Cuomo's mayoral candidacy, and will attempt to present it as an inevitability

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We can all agree what Trump did to Zelenskyy is a shameful embarrassment but I need some folks to understand this deep visceral disgust you're feeling is basically the same thing pro-Palestine folks got when Biden said shit like he had "no confidence" in Palestinian death numbers

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the GOP knows how badly Trump fucked up and so are in ALL HANDS ON DECK mode to quickly spin a different story, reminiscent of Trump's bad loss to Harris in the Presidential debate. You will learn a lot by watching and observing who in the media goes along with this push!

submitted 11 days ago • 70 comments

he's raised $86K on gfm for no clear reason... I thought we were supposed to be spending less lol.

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It's so funny that the GOP always tries to paint Dems as radical Marxist revolutionaries when the reason most people hate them is because they're squishy do-nothing centrists afraid to take a firm stand on even the easiest issue

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TOP DEM POLLSTER: The more New Yorkers learn about the MONSTER that is ANDREW CUOMO the less they will accept him as their mayor. So many of us New Yorkers are ready to show who he is. An abuser. A liar. A crook who constantly helps himself at the expense of New Yorkers. t.co/REla7UwBrn

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I literally can’t drink the water at work today because of how salty it is. Ban road salt

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The subway is a crime-ridden hellhole only used by the wealthiest elite Ivy League libs is really the perfect example of how completely irrational all Republican messaging is

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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

submitted 20 days ago • 88 comments

There's a through line here between this shooting of two Israelis, the IDF's possible killing of Israelis on & since Oct 7, Netanyahu tanking a ceasefire & hostage deal ever since, and the repression of orgs like Jewish Voice for Peace — attacks on Jewish people justified by a hatred of Palestinians

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Not to flex but anyone who followed Elon's hyperloop arc saw this coming a mile away. He said he could save 90% over high speed rail by ... buying land cheaper. That was it, he never offered any further specifics and the media utterly failed to convey how much of a charlatan he was.

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I think one reason it may have been hard for the outgoing administration to back a "democracy is in peril, defend it with all your might" campaign last year is that it was simultaneously providing arms to and diplomatic cover for this campaign of extermination. www.972mag.com/gaza-human-s...

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Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa

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BREAKING: A major, multi-vehicle crash occurred in the tunnels on I-80 in Green River, Wyoming, on Friday, according to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Authorities are calling this a “mass casualty incident.”

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Wyoming tunnel disaster: Video showing thick smoke pouring from the westbound tunnel. Video from Chris Whyte:

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Bernie Wagenblast, the iconic voice of @mta.info subways, has a message, the day after the feds took the letter "T" referring to trans people, off websites about the Stonewall National Monument. @thecity.bsky.social

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Maybe he saw this Red Alert 2 wiki and thought it was an intelligence report cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_s...

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“it’s just one population transfer, michael, how much could it cost? a million lives and and the eternal threat of nuclear war?”

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Hoboken being closed has convinced me PATH needs to run the normal service pattern at least during the day on weekends.

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Donald Shoup was a guest on the third ever episode of Adam Ruins Everything, “Adam Ruins Cars.” He was so generous with his time and so game to do a silly scene with us. RIP to a wonderful man and advocate youtu.be/skm6hp99-5A?...

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Donald Shoup passed. He was my doctoral advisor, and just one of the best people you could know (and his wife Pat is a delight). Don was unique in academia and planning: he was a late bloomer (another inspiration to me) and he changed the world. I'll share two things. parkingreform.org/donald-shoup/

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Yeah, yesterday was a good day to finally delete my twitter account.

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This is the payments system that Elon Musk now has access to. Must listen with @nathantankus.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

submitted 35 days ago • 56 comments

Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.

submitted 34 days ago • 523 comments