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From various vidya gaem internet places since 1996. Sandlapper. Bitter Optimist. Tired of gullible and resentful people. Former Republican. Tree enthusiast. These are the times that try men's souls.
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⚡️Trump extends Biden's sanctions executive order against Russia. U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the national emergency and the associated sanctions against the Russian government for a further year, according to a document from the U.S. Federal Register.

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Forgive the rant, but what the hell is this Administration doing?  Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.

submitted 17 hours ago • 457 comments

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A DOJ lawyer said nope to a presidential pardon for Mel Gibson. She got fired. The Trump administration tried to keep her quiet. But she's still speaking out. I detail the latest below:

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i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery

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Rep. Maria Salazar on tariffs: "It's good for the economy. The president is right on target. He is the master of the deal when he was in construction, so he knows how to put together a good business."

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Oh how shocked I am to find out Howard Lutnick lied to me and we won't actually be making iPhones in America! Think of that! Howard Lutnick! Just going on TV and lying. What ARE the chances?

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The Trump administration has declared that things in Afghanistan are just fine under the Taliban, so he's going to deport the people who fled here after supporting the US military effort there www.bbc.com/news/article...

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An Australian man with a US work visa was detained upon reentry, called a “retard” and told, “Trump is back in town; we’re doing things the way we should have always been doing them.” He was held with 100 people including many Canadians. Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.

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Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government. DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox. with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social

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JUS TIN: Susman Godfrey becomes the latest firm to sue over Trump's retaliatory executive orders. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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BREAKING: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from freezing funds used by Maine to pay for school lunches and food for kids/adults in day care settings. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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NEW: For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir reps, along with dozens of IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API” that would potentially allow intentionally siloed IRS data to be viewed in one place. @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/palant...

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NEW: A federal judge has ruled against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a lawsuit involving insurance coverage of sex abuse settlements: www.fox13now.com/news/local-n... #Utah

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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

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New memo from the Office of Personnel Management sure reads like the Trump admin opening the door to bypassing HR to let the White House decide on unlimited salaries + raises for its political appointees.

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Another court defeat for Trump White House Judge rejects request for pause on order restoring access to Associated Press Judge: "Constitutional protections would be worth little indeed if they wilt in the face of presidential incursion"

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Trump's Transportation Secretary blames Elon Musk and DOGE for cuts after multiple fatal aircraft crashes

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BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech. The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.

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Judge Friedrich has turned down, on standing grounds, a request by a group of churches to immediately block the Trump administraiton's policy that could allow immigration raids at places of worship. There's no evidence the raids are imminent, she says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The SSA is shifting all public comms to X amid major staffing cuts: www.wired.com/story/social...

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Welp, got an answer to this question: Apparently the answer is no tariffs are being collected. Trump broke the system www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...

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Breaking news: The Trump administration did not comply with a federal judge’s order setting a Friday morning deadline for officials to lay out steps for the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador.

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Vampire Survivors: Emerald Diorama DLC is free on Steam buff.ly/DmWUedt "In a universe where a single level up choice can change everything, the SaGa: Emerald Beyond characters stand shoulder to shoulder with the Vampire Survivors, united to face their next adventure together."

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www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/u... Soft cykas got a visit from this hard-ass woman's ghost.

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www.dailygamecock.com/article/2025... #visa #southcarolina

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www.usatoday.com/story/news/i... Weaponized. Incompetance.

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COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back

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Trump's job approval rating is down to 44.9%, disapproval up to 51%, with new polls added today. That's a new low on net of -6, and he's fast approaching his historically unpopular position of -9 at this point in his first term. Live updates here: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-appr...

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NASA will adopt Elon Musk's goal as one of its top priority--after Musk recommends the new NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, a former business partner and friend who is now in a position to drive billions to SpaceX. nyti.ms/42ANzRI

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SCOOP: Elon Musk's DOGE is getting audited. The General Accountability Office's audit examines DOGE’s handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED. from me and @timmarchman.bsky.social:

submitted 3 days ago • 35 comments

Media reports say FBI Director Kash Patel has been abruptly removed as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after not showing up for work there for weeks.

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MICROSOFT: “.. any significant new endeavor at this size and scale requires agility and refinement .. What this means is that we are slowing or pausing some early-stage projects.” @thehill.com $MSFT thehill.com/policy/techn...

submitted 2 days ago • 29 comments

Ooooooooooh, this is the source of the "dead people on the SS benefits list" brainworm.

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After the IRS, the Trump admin and Musk’s DOGE are moving on the Social Security Administration for data to locate and deport undocumented immigrants. In Feb, SSA agreed to send the last known addresses associated with 98k SSNs, according to docs we saw. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

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JUST IN: Two jets bumped wings on the ground at Washington's Reagan National Airport, with members of Congress aboard one of the planes. No injuries were reported.

submitted 2 days ago • 74 comments

Almost back to where the market was before the pullback announcement

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The filing deadline for Virginia's elections has passed. Democrats filed candidates in 96 of 100 House districts, and Republicans filed candidates in 66 of 100 districts, per virginiamercury.com/2025/04/08/f...

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The law firm Susman Godfrey — which represented Dominion Voting Systems in the big case against Fox News — is out with a statement saying it's going to fight Trump's executive order targeting it www.susmangodfrey.com/news/susman-...

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Nearly half of CDC's developmental disabilities and birth defects center is now off the job Secy Kennedy's layoffs included entire team working on sickle cell disease www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cut...

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