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It’s the grift that keeps on grifting.

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Roses are redde Noble are the manatees Yf we wante a bettir future Teach artes & humanityes

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Man Can’t Believe He Has To Download Stupid App Just To Bribe President theonion.com/man-can...

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Job requirements for thee, not for me.

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It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...

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Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office And he's going to keep using it after he leaves! Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal

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Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.

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Trump thinks Mattel is a country. And we know what happens when Ken tries to run things.

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Make it make sense

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My danger warning would be, "How about we skip knitting group today and go to a football game instead?"

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Brilliant!

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What a concept.

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🚨 SCOOP: DOGE just cut millions in Labor Department grants to support getting women into manufacturing & construction jobs & tackling gender-based violence & harassment at work. It may be illegal since some grants were mandated by law. New @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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I have a feeling we will look back on the 75th anniversary of the NSF as a useful heuristic for the bookends of the start and end of American hegemony

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The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to protect people in a pandemic eagerly wear one to kidnap people in Gestapo cosplay.

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Bear all of this in mind when someone starts parroting in your direction all the utopian and progressive-buzzword-laden talk about AI’s potentials. I’m looking at you, fellow academics.

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Actually I think they want us to die when we hit retirement age. Not that "retirement age" applies to any of them.

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The commodification of health as a patriotic duty to the state is straight up how the Nazi's approached public health, and that ended with them executing the disabled in the name of racial hygiene.

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#ShowMeYourKnits Cardigans! I have a bunch! Breckon, Robin's Nest, Dream Coat, and a pullover pattern I decided to steek instead.

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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

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But tell us again how the humanities not not important. Every single authoritarian goes after the libraries, the archives, the writers, and the thinkers.

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@hcrichardson.bsky.social is a master of understatement. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration

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The Vatican keeps in tradition of having a Pope who doesn't like JD Vance.

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We’re so sorry, world.

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OK, here's a headline I never expected to see. thehill.com/policy/inter...

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A fair question.

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The conclave begins tomorrow, and cardinals over the age of 80 are not allowed to vote. Would that our Congress had a similar rule.

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“Can you just reprogram yourself and see us as humans, as women? . . . What makes you so much more worthier of your peace? What makes you so much more worthier of protecting your children? What makes you so much more worthy of your citizenship? What makes you more worthy of safety?"

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Well, he's mocked the disabled, he's mocked American soldiers, he's mocked elected officials, and he mocks the Constitution with every breath he takes, and he slept through Pope Francis's funeral in a bright blue suit. The one thing you must never expect of him is respect.

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The moment in week one where he ordered a mass release of water into farmland was the moment it really sunk in what the death of expertise looks like.

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Not all heroes wear capes.

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Bill Cassidy is up for reelection in 2026. And you can be damn sure he knew better when he cast his vote to confirm RFK Jr.

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Well, yes, but then he owes so many apologies--to the women he groped, the contractors he stiffed, the people he mocked. . .

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I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.

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As we’ve said before now confirmed. FOIA requests reveal that DOGE employees are pulling in six-figure salaries, with many holding the title of “Expert,” a specific Office of Personnel Management (OPM) designation that pays around $190,000 a year.

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#ShowMeYourKnits Hmm. DK. Here are a few: Circlet Shrug in Brooklyn Tweed Arbor, Lillet in Greenwood Fiberworks Silky Sheep, and Karin Top in Rowan Softyak DK.

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Angel Egret 😇 Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊😍🐦 #Birds 🪶

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