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This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
August 25, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
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Prediction markets are not predictive and should not be covered as news
August 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Prediction markets are not predictive and should not be covered as news
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Balint on Hegseth's obsession with testosterone and his attacks on women in combat:
"I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic, feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic..."
"I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic, feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic..."
July 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Balint on Hegseth's obsession with testosterone and his attacks on women in combat:
"I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic, feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic..."
"I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic, feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic..."
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Democrats should publicly commit to not recognizing pardons for crimes not yet indicted.
If they don't, this will become a crime free-for-all. Trump is telling staffers laws don't apply to them.
If they don't, this will become a crime free-for-all. Trump is telling staffers laws don't apply to them.
BREAKING WSJ:
Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who have heard his comments.
"I'll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval," Trump said in a recent meeting.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who have heard his comments.
"I'll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval," Trump said in a recent meeting.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office
In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, according to people familiar with the remarks.
www.wsj.com
April 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Democrats should publicly commit to not recognizing pardons for crimes not yet indicted.
If they don't, this will become a crime free-for-all. Trump is telling staffers laws don't apply to them.
If they don't, this will become a crime free-for-all. Trump is telling staffers laws don't apply to them.
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It's crazy how we have both the World Cup and America 250 this year, and almost no one cares about them because this regime has wholly sucked the joy out of even momentous national events.
May 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
It's crazy how we have both the World Cup and America 250 this year, and almost no one cares about them because this regime has wholly sucked the joy out of even momentous national events.
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One of the ways in which people’s intuitions are really wrong is that handguns ‘feel’ less dangerous than like AR-15s, but if you want to actually be serious about reducing gun deaths you focus on the former
May 12, 2026 at 2:55 AM
One of the ways in which people’s intuitions are really wrong is that handguns ‘feel’ less dangerous than like AR-15s, but if you want to actually be serious about reducing gun deaths you focus on the former
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analogy for the America brained is like if the Dems lost to Trump four times in a row and then ran Mitt Romney to save the country and won crazy supermajorities and also Mitt Romney was named Johnny America
Tisza now at 132 seats, one seat away from supermajority.
April 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
analogy for the America brained is like if the Dems lost to Trump four times in a row and then ran Mitt Romney to save the country and won crazy supermajorities and also Mitt Romney was named Johnny America
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okay SO much to report but let's start with how wild it was to be in a living room that skewed like 85% Catholic Grandparents for an event which began "as we all know, we are living under authoritarianism. and now, here is abortion rights advocate Dr. Maxine Dexter"
THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
got invited to a Dem rep house party tonight hosted by a cohort of extremely cool ladies from my old church who were all friends with my mom and it feels like when you get officially promoted from the kids' table to the dining room at Thanksgiving dinner
like oh shit I'm an Adult to them now lmao
like oh shit I'm an Adult to them now lmao
April 7, 2026 at 2:26 AM
okay SO much to report but let's start with how wild it was to be in a living room that skewed like 85% Catholic Grandparents for an event which began "as we all know, we are living under authoritarianism. and now, here is abortion rights advocate Dr. Maxine Dexter"
THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
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Heather Cox Richardson has a larger audience than almost any dudefluencer. More informed. Better values & policy preferences. And yet there are no profiles, no elevation or lionization, because there's *nothing* US media is less interested in than middle-aged lib women. No diner interviews for them.
March 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Heather Cox Richardson has a larger audience than almost any dudefluencer. More informed. Better values & policy preferences. And yet there are no profiles, no elevation or lionization, because there's *nothing* US media is less interested in than middle-aged lib women. No diner interviews for them.
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March 19, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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Officials are normally presented with ceremonial swords or paintings or whatever. But these guys are so fucking stupid that foreign intelligence agencies can literally give them an "Honorary Electronic Communications Device for a Very Special Boi" and they fall for it every time.
March 15, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Officials are normally presented with ceremonial swords or paintings or whatever. But these guys are so fucking stupid that foreign intelligence agencies can literally give them an "Honorary Electronic Communications Device for a Very Special Boi" and they fall for it every time.
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My 2026 Democratic primary thesis remains the same:
In toss-up races, support the best Dem who can win the general.
In Safe D races, support the best Dem who can win the primary.
As such, I’m asking Illinois Dems to please vote for JULIANA STRATTON for Senate.
#ILSen
@julianastratton.bsky.social
In toss-up races, support the best Dem who can win the general.
In Safe D races, support the best Dem who can win the primary.
As such, I’m asking Illinois Dems to please vote for JULIANA STRATTON for Senate.
#ILSen
@julianastratton.bsky.social
March 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My 2026 Democratic primary thesis remains the same:
In toss-up races, support the best Dem who can win the general.
In Safe D races, support the best Dem who can win the primary.
As such, I’m asking Illinois Dems to please vote for JULIANA STRATTON for Senate.
#ILSen
@julianastratton.bsky.social
In toss-up races, support the best Dem who can win the general.
In Safe D races, support the best Dem who can win the primary.
As such, I’m asking Illinois Dems to please vote for JULIANA STRATTON for Senate.
#ILSen
@julianastratton.bsky.social
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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."
March 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."
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Tom Nichols: “There are people in the Republican Party who think it’s a hoot to post Nazi memes and to use language from the Third Reich, and I wrote it because we can’t keep ignoring this and pretending that it’s normal. The Republicans in fact do have a Nazi problem.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
February 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Tom Nichols: “There are people in the Republican Party who think it’s a hoot to post Nazi memes and to use language from the Third Reich, and I wrote it because we can’t keep ignoring this and pretending that it’s normal. The Republicans in fact do have a Nazi problem.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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At the very least, Kash Patel's corrupt grifting reign at the FBI should forever end the stupid practice of Democratic presidents feeling they had to appoint a Republican there.
February 23, 2026 at 12:54 AM
At the very least, Kash Patel's corrupt grifting reign at the FBI should forever end the stupid practice of Democratic presidents feeling they had to appoint a Republican there.
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SCOOP — Tom Suozzi has a Democratic primary challenger in the NY-3 congressional race.
Danielle Welch (@daniwelch.bsky.social), a public defender, has officially declared her candidacy.
Welch gave me this comment about launching her campaign:
Danielle Welch (@daniwelch.bsky.social), a public defender, has officially declared her candidacy.
Welch gave me this comment about launching her campaign:
February 22, 2026 at 5:50 PM
SCOOP — Tom Suozzi has a Democratic primary challenger in the NY-3 congressional race.
Danielle Welch (@daniwelch.bsky.social), a public defender, has officially declared her candidacy.
Welch gave me this comment about launching her campaign:
Danielle Welch (@daniwelch.bsky.social), a public defender, has officially declared her candidacy.
Welch gave me this comment about launching her campaign:
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Never has so much US combat power been assembled with so little explanation to the public, allies, or Congress regarding why or how it will be used. Never.
February 21, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Never has so much US combat power been assembled with so little explanation to the public, allies, or Congress regarding why or how it will be used. Never.
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"Disciplines reject what isn’t intellectually valid... If the discipline of Geology determines that the flat-Earth theory doesn’t meet its standards, geologists do not need to hire flat-Earthers and provide lessons in flat-Earth theory to their students."
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/17/v...
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/17/v...
AAUP: Academic freedom on the line | Where ‘viewpoint diversity’ betrays the common good
History professor Priya Satia critiques Paul Brest's recent Daily op-ed. "To endorse the language of 'viewpoint diversity,'" Satia writes, "is falling for a feint in an existential war on academic fre...
stanforddaily.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"Disciplines reject what isn’t intellectually valid... If the discipline of Geology determines that the flat-Earth theory doesn’t meet its standards, geologists do not need to hire flat-Earthers and provide lessons in flat-Earth theory to their students."
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/17/v...
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/17/v...
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The time to treat the pompous, not-actually-clever parlor game theories that the original, plain meaning of the Constitution is that the president is a king & the basic regulation/bureaucracy of a functioning modern state is unconstitutional as stupid nonsense worthy of ridicule was decades ago.
February 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The time to treat the pompous, not-actually-clever parlor game theories that the original, plain meaning of the Constitution is that the president is a king & the basic regulation/bureaucracy of a functioning modern state is unconstitutional as stupid nonsense worthy of ridicule was decades ago.
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Another story about the dangerous defendants DOJ is letting go free in MN even as DOJ finds the resources to prosecute Don Lemon.
apnews.com/article/minn...
apnews.com/article/minn...
How a defendant in Minnesota went free because of Justice Department turmoil
The federal prosecutor’s office in Minnesota has been gutted by a wave of career officials resigning or retiring over objections to Trump administration directives.
apnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Another story about the dangerous defendants DOJ is letting go free in MN even as DOJ finds the resources to prosecute Don Lemon.
apnews.com/article/minn...
apnews.com/article/minn...
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.