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· Nov 16
Great passage from #TheExpanse:
The sad fact of the human species that he understood so well was that you could never overcome tribalism and jingoism with an argument. Tribalism was an irrational position, and it was impossible to defeat an irrational position with a rational argument.
The sad fact of the human species that he understood so well was that you could never overcome tribalism and jingoism with an argument. Tribalism was an irrational position, and it was impossible to defeat an irrational position with a rational argument.
He reminds me of the Jude Law character in Contagion....
September 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
He reminds me of the Jude Law character in Contagion....
My career-limiting flaw in corporate America was I could never be this big of a kiss ass
RFK Jr. kisses Trump's ass: I discovered a self-effacing man of superior intelligence, of empathy and compassion, with an encyclopedic grasp of issues in molecular detail, and most of all, a near reckless courage.
September 11, 2026 at 4:47 AM
My career-limiting flaw in corporate America was I could never be this big of a kiss ass
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Another Christian conservative. This keeps happening.
August 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Another Christian conservative. This keeps happening.
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Aaron Rodgers is obsessed with his own privacy. His neighbors? Not so much.
After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program.
www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...
After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program.
www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...
Aaron Rodgers secretly funded his town's Flock-style cameras
The QB used an LLC to shield his identity.
www.foiaball.com
August 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Aaron Rodgers is obsessed with his own privacy. His neighbors? Not so much.
After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program.
www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...
After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program.
www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...
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I'm loathe to share this man, but this one is personal. My masters thesis was on the MMR controversy, so believe me when I say that this path of separation of the MMR will result in nothing but increased sales of too-small coffins, and children with life-altering medical conditions.
Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."
August 11, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I'm loathe to share this man, but this one is personal. My masters thesis was on the MMR controversy, so believe me when I say that this path of separation of the MMR will result in nothing but increased sales of too-small coffins, and children with life-altering medical conditions.
Someone should tell Trump it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
Trump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."
August 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Someone should tell Trump it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
A great story as long as the listener doesn’t understand how these things actually work…
Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
July 31, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A great story as long as the listener doesn’t understand how these things actually work…
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A few weeks ago I shared my view that prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket should be made illegal.
Today it was announced that Kalshi is now taking bets on FDA drug approvals and clinical trial outcomes.
These markets are metastasizing and nothing good can come of it.
Today it was announced that Kalshi is now taking bets on FDA drug approvals and clinical trial outcomes.
These markets are metastasizing and nothing good can come of it.
Kalshi to allow bets on clinical trials, FDA decisions
Prediction market platform Kalshi will start taking bets on the outcomes of clinical trials and FDA regulatory reviews, it said on Thursday, making drug-development odds public for the first time.
www.reuters.com
July 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
A few weeks ago I shared my view that prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket should be made illegal.
Today it was announced that Kalshi is now taking bets on FDA drug approvals and clinical trial outcomes.
These markets are metastasizing and nothing good can come of it.
Today it was announced that Kalshi is now taking bets on FDA drug approvals and clinical trial outcomes.
These markets are metastasizing and nothing good can come of it.
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Early in Trump's first term, David Frum wrote that every time Trump and MAGA say "the deep state" you should hear "rule of law," then it'll make more sense.
That stuck with me. And I thought of it again as an unqualified and unconfirmed director of national intelligence conducts political purges.
That stuck with me. And I thought of it again as an unqualified and unconfirmed director of national intelligence conducts political purges.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Dozens of intel officials have started receiving notice of their terminations under Trump's unqualified acting DNI, Bill Pulte.
The individuals are officials "who they believe are deep state" and whom leadership claims have not provided complete pictures of available intel.
Dozens of intel officials have started receiving notice of their terminations under Trump's unqualified acting DNI, Bill Pulte.
The individuals are officials "who they believe are deep state" and whom leadership claims have not provided complete pictures of available intel.
July 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Early in Trump's first term, David Frum wrote that every time Trump and MAGA say "the deep state" you should hear "rule of law," then it'll make more sense.
That stuck with me. And I thought of it again as an unqualified and unconfirmed director of national intelligence conducts political purges.
That stuck with me. And I thought of it again as an unqualified and unconfirmed director of national intelligence conducts political purges.
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>renames it to the Department of War
>names himself the Secretary of War
>fights one war
>loses
>names himself the Secretary of War
>fights one war
>loses
June 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
>renames it to the Department of War
>names himself the Secretary of War
>fights one war
>loses
>names himself the Secretary of War
>fights one war
>loses
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Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
June 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
The Republican Party in a nut shell. The atrocities and crimes are all fine if the rich make a lot of money.
Trump: "My preference has always been to take Kharg Island. I don't know that America has the stomach for it, to be honest with it. You'd make a fortune."
June 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Republican Party in a nut shell. The atrocities and crimes are all fine if the rich make a lot of money.
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A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
June 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
Looking forward to the segment on Fox News about the Trump crime family..... Oh, wait....
The White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied to Don Jr.
The request was made by top aide Peter Navarro.
Of the dozens of companies the Pentagon was considering funding at the time, the Don Jr.-linked company was the only deal initiated by a top aide to Trump.
The request was made by top aide Peter Navarro.
Of the dozens of companies the Pentagon was considering funding at the time, the Don Jr.-linked company was the only deal initiated by a top aide to Trump.
The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
www.propublica.org
May 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Looking forward to the segment on Fox News about the Trump crime family..... Oh, wait....
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One story that sums up the grift, graft and 'morality' of Trump's America.
Meet Robert Morris, who served on Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board. As Trump's spiritual advisor, he founded a Texas megachurch, then pled guilty to 5 counts of child molestation.
He only served 6 months. He’s already home. Full story: letsaddresstexas.substack.com/p/trumps-spi...
He only served 6 months. He’s already home. Full story: letsaddresstexas.substack.com/p/trumps-spi...
Trump's spiritual advisor founded a Texas megachurch, pled guilty to 5 counts of child molestation. He only served 6 months.
Robert Morris, the Southlake megachurch founder who served on Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board, is back home in Texas.
letsaddresstexas.substack.com
May 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
One story that sums up the grift, graft and 'morality' of Trump's America.
Imagine if your boss was the MAGA base. No matter what peers or colleagues said to your boss about your performance, you could just say "meh, fake news" and get a raise.
a young boy in a yellow shirt is smiling and making a funny face .
ALT: a young boy in a yellow shirt is smiling and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
April 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Imagine if your boss was the MAGA base. No matter what peers or colleagues said to your boss about your performance, you could just say "meh, fake news" and get a raise.
Biggs and everyone supporting/advising Trump should be on trial for elder abuse.
Rep. Sheri Biggs on Trump's threat that Iranian civilization will "die tonight": "This is peace through strength"
April 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Biggs and everyone supporting/advising Trump should be on trial for elder abuse.
The biggest issue with MTG and others is they only speak up when they have no power to do anything about it. He's the same Trump that she could have stopped while in Congress.
I completely agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene is a sentence I never thought I would ever write.
April 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The biggest issue with MTG and others is they only speak up when they have no power to do anything about it. He's the same Trump that she could have stopped while in Congress.
🎯. if only Vance wasn't also flawed and a bad person
JD Vance: “Trump is a really bad candidate and frankly, I think, a really bad person.”
April 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🎯. if only Vance wasn't also flawed and a bad person
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I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear...
April 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear...
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Again, he's addressing children gathered for an Easter Egg roll on the White House lawn, standing next to someone in an Easter Bunny costume, talking about all the people he's killed
Every day, I think: there’s no possible way it can get dumber and more embarrassing. And then Trump does something like this. And yes, this is real. It is all too real.
April 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Again, he's addressing children gathered for an Easter Egg roll on the White House lawn, standing next to someone in an Easter Bunny costume, talking about all the people he's killed
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there are so many things i hate about the fascist project, but administration officials making up increasingly absurd lies about the amazing mind of Donald Trump is way up there
Leavitt: "You always want to be the most well-read person in the room, and I try to be every day. But Donald Trump always is."
April 2, 2026 at 11:56 PM
there are so many things i hate about the fascist project, but administration officials making up increasingly absurd lies about the amazing mind of Donald Trump is way up there
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Think about that..
March 29, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Think about that..
Trump did this 👇
BREAKING: U.S. stocks have their biggest loss since the war with Iran started as the S&P 500 drops 1.7%.
Wall Street has its worst day since the war with Iran started and crude oil prices rise
U.S. stocks had their worst day since the war with Iran started, as doubt took over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the conflict.
bit.ly
March 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Trump did this 👇