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How headlines should be written. thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/habeas-thi...

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"So this is a plea to those Democrats: Please rethink your position. Crypto isn’t a legitimate industry. Any vote that further empowers that industry is a vote for more and bigger corruption, even if you personally aren’t corrupt. Just say no to the scam." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypto-is-...

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One more reason I'm just about done with Facebook:

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This is long, but I'm about 2/3rds of the way through, and it just keeps getting crazier... Recommended for those who like to pick things apart to see how they work.

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"One of the most popular, efficient, and money-saving government programs in existence reportedly is being killed by Pres. Donald Trump because it’s popular, efficient, and money-saving." So, just absolute knee-jerk reactionary thinking, then?

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"In other words, they know we have the moral high ground. At least on some level." Evan's on fire this week. evanhurst.substack.com/p/your-moral...

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"Because Trump’s presidency has revealed incontrovertibly that merit and logic and reason have no invisible hand. We either have people championing sanity or we do not."

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"MAHA wants to end the lives of those who can’t survive a world without vaccines, food safety, and hygiene, because MAHA believes that people exist on a spectrum of 'weak' to 'strong' and that they are the chosen Übermenschen who will survive without those things."

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Told you so.

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"Instead of recognizing the pattern — that he’s essentially running the same kind of generative process as an LLM — they keep searching for deeper meaning, strategy, or coherent thought behind his statements."

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"The fatal flaw in Slotkin’s political prescription for the party may be the fact that being not weak and not woke are in irreconcilable tension. Being not woke clearly stems from fear of political blowback. In other words, from being weak."

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Interesting. German Intelligence have just arrested two suspected Russia spies, they had US Sec Defence Hegseth's private phone number in their mobiles. (Der Speigel)

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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

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The one thing he's good at is laundering money. gizmodo.com/trump-plans-...

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This is long, but it's really, really good, if you can stomach any more of ol' Whiskileaks... thewhitepages.net/p/manning-up...

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Every day brings a new low!

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Excellent advice!

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Really? Really?!?

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Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

submitted 23 days ago • 813 comments

"When America’s obituary is finally written, the headline will read, 'We Should’ve Overreacted.'” www.playtyperguy.com/p/jon-stewar...

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Asshole. www.axios.com/2025/04/16/d...

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I almost want to watch the new Hollywood Squares just to see who qualifies as washed-up these days.

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RFK's pledge to find "what caused the autism epidemic" in a few short months is a transparent lie, to cover a preordained conclusion. But digging deeper, it gets much worse: it's about justifying a downright sadistic assault on children's health. www.salon.com/2025/04/14/r...

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"Judge Jamee Comans of the LaSalle Immigration Court in Louisiana said she lacked the authority to overrule a secretary of state." Isn't overruling literally a judge's job?

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I've seen so many articles with this exact premise over the years, going all the way back to Spy Magazine. The answer is always the same...

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This is definitely worth a read...

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ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

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You know MAGA is getting desperate when they resort to arguing that Daddy Trump is trying to make you a man by putting you through economic misery. Of course, they're selling the pitch with misogyny so over-the-top I just laughed at it. An analysis. www.salon.com/2025/04/09/f...

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In a political climate marked by book bans and state suppression, the Black Zine Fair returns as a space of imagination, sabotage, and play. On Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 11am to 6pm, over 70 Black artists, publishers, educators, and collectives will gather at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn

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"Nice country ya got here. Be a shame if it... broke."

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Well, that was... encouraging.

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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.

submitted 40 days ago • 1192 comments

If you have a Republican representing you in the House or Senate, call them to demand they undo Trump's tariffs. They're already shaken by the 20 point shift in Florida and the Wisconsin loss. You can fuel that feeling.

submitted 40 days ago • 83 comments

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

submitted 63 days ago • 1101 comments

People were mean to him on Twitter, so he bought Twitter. People were still mean to him, so he bought the US government. And he is going to use it to hunt down those bad people!

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