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It’s not just an arch, it’s a murder arch.
September 20, 2026 at 12:26 PM
It’s not just an arch, it’s a murder arch.
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Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation.
One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
China: “Thank Trump”
The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation.
One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
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What a chart
Unaccompanied children are being held in ORR custody longer than at any point in the available data. The fiscal year average went from 30 days in 2024 to 117 in 2025. The monthly average is now 187 days.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/habeas-for...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/habeas-for...
September 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
What a chart
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Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
www.propublica.org
September 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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'REALLY WEIRD': Trump getting supporters to pledge to 'cheat like hell' in election raises alarms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrq...
'REALLY WEIRD': Trump getting supporters to pledge to 'cheat like hell' in election raises alarms
YouTube video by MS NOW
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September 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
'REALLY WEIRD': Trump getting supporters to pledge to 'cheat like hell' in election raises alarms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrq...
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Just in general, even aside from the moral rot aspect of it, being hateful racists as a matter of policy IS BAD FOR EVERYONE
ICE enforcement in Chicago cost retail and restaurant businesses $1.26 billion greatcities.uic.edu/news-stories...
Hunkering Down: Immigration Enforcement’s Economic Cost | Great Cities Institute | University of Illinois Chicago
greatcities.uic.edu
September 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Just in general, even aside from the moral rot aspect of it, being hateful racists as a matter of policy IS BAD FOR EVERYONE
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Sen. Marshall, an MD, co-founded a surgi-center that became a full-service 🏥 raking in 10s of million$ per yr.
He sued patients owing as little as $100 & was suing them while repealing the ACA in the House.
If they didn’t show up in court, he had them arrested. Republicans for debtors prison, eh?
He sued patients owing as little as $100 & was suing them while repealing the ACA in the House.
If they didn’t show up in court, he had them arrested. Republicans for debtors prison, eh?
September 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Sen. Marshall, an MD, co-founded a surgi-center that became a full-service 🏥 raking in 10s of million$ per yr.
He sued patients owing as little as $100 & was suing them while repealing the ACA in the House.
If they didn’t show up in court, he had them arrested. Republicans for debtors prison, eh?
He sued patients owing as little as $100 & was suing them while repealing the ACA in the House.
If they didn’t show up in court, he had them arrested. Republicans for debtors prison, eh?
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If the animation in which Trump beats Carney with a hockey stick showed the reverse and were distributed by Carney...
Trump and his criminal cult would be demanding Carney be arrested for threatening a head of state
Canada should demand Trump's arrest and extradition
Trump and his criminal cult would be demanding Carney be arrested for threatening a head of state
Canada should demand Trump's arrest and extradition
September 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
If the animation in which Trump beats Carney with a hockey stick showed the reverse and were distributed by Carney...
Trump and his criminal cult would be demanding Carney be arrested for threatening a head of state
Canada should demand Trump's arrest and extradition
Trump and his criminal cult would be demanding Carney be arrested for threatening a head of state
Canada should demand Trump's arrest and extradition
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"this republican politician is a total piece of shit" is like a dog bites man story at this point www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:17 AM
"this republican politician is a total piece of shit" is like a dog bites man story at this point www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM.
They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war.
Happy Labor Day.
They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war.
Happy Labor Day.
September 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM.
They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war.
Happy Labor Day.
They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war.
Happy Labor Day.
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Oklahoma Republicans are paying people in prison $2 an hour to call voters on behalf of the GOP.
oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/oklahoma-prison-inmates-operated-political-insurance-calls-centers-behind-bars/
oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/oklahoma-prison-inmates-operated-political-insurance-calls-centers-behind-bars/
September 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Oklahoma Republicans are paying people in prison $2 an hour to call voters on behalf of the GOP.
oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/oklahoma-prison-inmates-operated-political-insurance-calls-centers-behind-bars/
oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/oklahoma-prison-inmates-operated-political-insurance-calls-centers-behind-bars/
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I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him.
Tell me a fun fact.
September 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM
I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him.
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This story should have more attention. ASU's idiot coach brought in some military prick to run a grueling boot camp-style workout in the heat, which included restricting water intake. NHL prospect player suffers a heat stroke and is probably going to die from it.
arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
ASU hockey player Matthew Mayich has no chance of recovery after heatstroke, attorney says - Arizona Sports
"His body ceased functioning in a fundamental way, and this condition is irreversible," Robert Carey said.
arizonasports.com
September 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This story should have more attention. ASU's idiot coach brought in some military prick to run a grueling boot camp-style workout in the heat, which included restricting water intake. NHL prospect player suffers a heat stroke and is probably going to die from it.
arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
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![Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicenlzjvvtlegllp5khszuneez6ygyiq3d5g37oaqz5hkwoqhteru)
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This regime doesn’t want you to vote. They don’t want you to voice your concerns over their lack of doing anything for America. Tearing down democracy is the goal. Fuck them ALL!
🗣️ #Vote in numbers too big to rig!
🗣️ #Vote in numbers too big to rig!
September 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This regime doesn’t want you to vote. They don’t want you to voice your concerns over their lack of doing anything for America. Tearing down democracy is the goal. Fuck them ALL!
🗣️ #Vote in numbers too big to rig!
🗣️ #Vote in numbers too big to rig!
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www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Bel stepped into oncoming traffic and died from his injuries, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. His family blamed the humiliation brought on by the ankle monitor he had been wearing since July.
🗣️FUCK #ICE
Bel stepped into oncoming traffic and died from his injuries, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. His family blamed the humiliation brought on by the ankle monitor he had been wearing since July.
🗣️FUCK #ICE
Haitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitor
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor. The college student died by suicide days later.
www.nbcnews.com
September 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Bel stepped into oncoming traffic and died from his injuries, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. His family blamed the humiliation brought on by the ankle monitor he had been wearing since July.
🗣️FUCK #ICE
Bel stepped into oncoming traffic and died from his injuries, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. His family blamed the humiliation brought on by the ankle monitor he had been wearing since July.
🗣️FUCK #ICE
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Our outrage is simmering. It needs to be at a boil. joycevance.substack.com/p/about-liam...
About Liam Ramos
Everyone remembers Liam Ramos.
joycevance.substack.com
September 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Our outrage is simmering. It needs to be at a boil. joycevance.substack.com/p/about-liam...
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Well, that can't be good for LeTHaLitY
September 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Well, that can't be good for LeTHaLitY
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Hook this right into my veins.
Happening now in TX: Voters in battleground Tarrant County are telling GOP local officials what they think of their plan to cut 30% of voting locations this year
“Nothing you can do can stop us from removing you in November”
“Nothing you can do can stop us from removing you in November”
September 1, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Hook this right into my veins.
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Apparently, one thing that USAID was funding before Elon put it in the woodchipper was an early warning system along those Nepali rivers
billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-men?r=...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-men?r=...
Two Men
One as great as America ever produced, and the other Elon Musk
billmckibben.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Apparently, one thing that USAID was funding before Elon put it in the woodchipper was an early warning system along those Nepali rivers
billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-men?r=...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-men?r=...
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Kash Patel would not have made it through the first stage (of many) of FBI screening. He knows it, and it makes him
mad. Remember that authoritarians hire mediocre doofuses previsely because it ensures their loyalty: there is no other universe where these guys would ever have their jobs
mad. Remember that authoritarians hire mediocre doofuses previsely because it ensures their loyalty: there is no other universe where these guys would ever have their jobs
“We are losing too many qualified candidates to the rigors of the requirements from yesteryear,” said kash patel in a quote that sounds made-up but i swear is not
FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’
The FBI has reportedly relaxed hiring standards that previously automatically disqualified applicants who admitted to hiring prostitutes, engaging in bestiality, or stealing from an employer.
www.mediaite.com
August 30, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Kash Patel would not have made it through the first stage (of many) of FBI screening. He knows it, and it makes him
mad. Remember that authoritarians hire mediocre doofuses previsely because it ensures their loyalty: there is no other universe where these guys would ever have their jobs
mad. Remember that authoritarians hire mediocre doofuses previsely because it ensures their loyalty: there is no other universe where these guys would ever have their jobs
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As a Jewish person, I'm horrified by this. This is Holocaust-style imagery used to dehumanize an entire people. Anyone who can't call it a genocide is a coward and failing a basic test of morality and human decency.
Ben Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content.
August 31, 2026 at 12:14 AM
As a Jewish person, I'm horrified by this. This is Holocaust-style imagery used to dehumanize an entire people. Anyone who can't call it a genocide is a coward and failing a basic test of morality and human decency.