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So are we just teaching our kids they have to obey anyone with a mask and an unmarked car and an oddly-fitting vest and zip ties now and go with them? Is this where we’re at?

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If I was in the Senate my first question to Howard Lutnick would be ‘so when you bought the townhouse next door to Jeffrey Epstein, in a deal brokered by Jeff’s own brother, how many times did you see Trump there and is that why you held a fundraiser for him there in May ‘19?’

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Chaos. Cruelty. Corruption.

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Survivors of domestic abuse often struggle to leave their abusers if they are forced to abandon their pets. Now, in the latest attack on domestic violence services, Republicans are hoping to eliminate a program that helps shelters support survivors' pets.

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The well of incompetence has no bottom: "One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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So we're in Arendt's phase of totalitarianism where the regime, in order to sustain its "revolutionary" fervor, turns inwards and creates new enemies among its own ranks.

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When 15 million Americans lose their health care and plunge into personal crisis, none of them are going to give a shit about a made-for-clicks twitter fight between two billionaires arguing about who gets the bigger share of the corruption spoils.

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Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.

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Congrats to great colleague/fellow podcaster @eosnos.bsky.social on his new book out today with the best title, ‘The Haves and the Have-Yachts,’ a summer must read for these oligarchic times

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“Women are at risk of being dragged back to the dark ages by precisely the same technology that promises to catapult men into a shiny new future.”

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We could have him come over to speak to Republicans in Congress… same speech, only in English. Original video by @publico.es

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If I said every hour of every day for the next year that Joni Ernst can go fuck herself, it wouldn’t be often enough.

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The best write up on Ukraine's historic Spiderweb mission that wiped out dozens of expensive Russian warplanes using super cheap drones is by @chrisdyork.bsky.social of The Kyiv Independent. Provides important context missing from mainstream press kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...

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Ryan from The OC, anti-crypto crusader, is one of my favorite running subplots in Hollywood

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The event, organized by Safe Schools South Florida, offered an affirming space at a time when LGBTQ youth in Florida face increasing hostility — including laws restricting classroom discussions of gender and sexuality.

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“The Trump administration has launched a comprehensive attack on knowledge itself, a war against culture, history, and science,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. “If this assault is successful, it will undermine Americans’ ability to comprehend the world around us." https://theatln.tc/HxwwbaTF

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“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” said a former State Dept official about the damage done by Trump and Musk abandoning America's humanitarian aid commitments.

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“.. these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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Gift article: On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

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Student newspapers are really meeting the moment, at this moment. Admiration to 'kids these days' telling the fraught story of univ life on their campus news sites. Including this delicious column from @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social , on a way out of Harvard-Trump impasse. By Yona Sperling-Milner

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Today, the President of the United States is going to wake up, paint his face a weird orange, steal a bunch of money from US, and Make China Great Again. Same as he does every day.

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"When Nixon was not soused to the eyeballs, lying in a fetal position and crying or beating the floor with his fists, he was in total control, unlike Joe Biden, who stuttered and walked unsteadily sometimes." Jake Tapper

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Ray Dalio correctly argues that just about everything Trump has done is closely modeled on things that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini did in the thirties. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Stop the @bsky.app bashing. We’re all under a tremendous strain. We’re not perfect. I block when I need to, but ignore most foolishness. Don’t become goaded into leaving a platform that’s doing almost all the right things. To organize for 2026, we need to stay in communication w/each other.

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The government is withholding an approved vaccine. This like every other self-inflicted destructive decision needs to be challenged in the courts. They can't deny approved treatment. How do we go from 1st world medicine to 3rd? An inversion of right(s) by personality disordered Trump authoritarians.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/o...

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it's pretty damning when it's all laid out like this www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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New Episode with @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com Neither democratic politicians, or many of the activists trying to replace them, are cut out for the current war www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/firing-the-g...

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People not pawns, the editorial board at the Crimson is right on here… www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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For 7 years, Akasha Song ran secret labs that produced tens of millions of doses of DMT—one of the world's most potent psychedelic substances—and made a fortune selling it on the dark web. His story, in this 13,000-word piece, is one of the wildest I've ever told: www.wired.com/story/rise-f... 🧵👇

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Your regular reminder that the entire global economy is subject to the whipsaw whims of a person who doesn’t understand how the global economy works

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“The majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government.”

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Our cover this week.

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"I care about social cohesion and social solidarity, which is why I tried to convince white people in Ohio that Haitian immigrants were eating their dogs." Naturally, Douthat does not challenge him at all on these lies.

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God bless you @markleibovich.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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This times a trillion.

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Another humdinger of a moronic headline from NYT. Really, what drug addled nitwit writes these things?

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"A rapist and a murderer share a giggle."

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Woo hoo, Omaha blue! substack.com/@meidastouch...

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We all need a little Conan today: "A Trump pregnancy, featuring mother of pearl fallopian tubes, and Dom Pérignon amniotic fluid."

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Qatar has spent eye watering sums, tens of billions of dollars, to gain influence in the United States. “The influence built by Qatar in the U.S. has no modern parallel.” www.thefp.com/p/how-qatar-...

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