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submitted 18 hours ago • 23 comments

Insane.

submitted 7 days ago • 105 comments

America is literally in the midst of bringing to life a 23-year-old Family Guy joke about Nazi Germany So that's cool

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I took Kevin Hassett to lunch once in the before times. I can trace the crumbling of my belief in meritocracy to that meal. I’ll share the full story later. Short version: He is a silly man.

submitted 6 days ago • 34 comments

#ICYMI: ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man dismantle or downsize federal agencies one by one.

submitted 7 days ago • 302 comments

Elon Musk’s terrifying vision for AI; short, urgent new piece at Marcus on AI. I can’t remain silent - and hope you won’t, either. open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

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A Reddit thread of terminated federal employees ready to run for office to fight back. www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

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This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ? And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions ! We all look forward to reading your thoughts

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Why did Trump have himself put in charge of the Kennedy Center? Because he knows that the educated and cultured people who patronize it despise him. So he seeks revenge. And he knows that his being in charge of the center will destroy it.

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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 13 days ago • 3912 comments

Slashing funding for cancer research does not make America great or groceries cheaper.

submitted 13 days ago • 51 comments

Again, Trump is trampling the 14th Amendment. He stated that DOGE "analysts" found “irregularities” in U.S. treasuries and that the U.S. may not be obligated to pay some of them. This violates the 14th re: questioning the validity of the public debt of the U.S. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

The security, privacy, national security, issues here are manifold and so is the potential for absolute insanity in treasuries if investors no longer believe in the full faith and credit backing a $29 trillion market

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Disrupting your promise to pay holders of US Treasuries is a bold move indeed.

submitted 13 days ago • 14 comments

For those not familiar with how financial markets work, US Treasuries are the ultimate safe asset, used as collateral for everything. Even a hint that some Treasuries might not be honored could bring everything to a screeching halt 1/

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“If you are dumbfounded into inaction, if you don’t even want to hear the news, if you feel as though you’re living through a nightmare over which you have no control, I get it. Every other day I feel the same. But hear me out.” We can flood THEIR zone: robertreich.substack.com/p/the-petty-...

submitted 14 days ago • 112 comments

Psychologists Arthur and Elaine Aron are known for research behind the “36 Questions That Lead to Love.” They share how their relationship has lasted over 50 years.

submitted 14 days ago • 6 comments

The repercussion of voter apathy in America will be felt for generations by our ancestors.

submitted 18 days ago • 89 comments

Fast Track for Dismantling America. Putin will be so proud of his puppet. Without a doubt, Trump is Putin's best investment.

submitted 18 days ago • 13 comments

“There’s too much wackiness in his background to trust America’s health to such a figure. Senators need to block RFK Jr.’s nomination — and keep America healthy.”

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submitted 18 days ago • 72 comments

In a TV panel on Tuesday, and I joked that Canada's promised "24/7 eyes on the border" should be some hockey sticks with googly eyes jammed in a snowbank. Aaron and his mom KJ, in Winnipeg, liked the idea, so they made us some truly amazing border sentries. I hope Mr. Trump feels more secure now.

submitted 18 days ago • 82 comments