Tarzan Boy
@millennialwhoop.bsky.social
Jungle life, I'm far away from nowhere...
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notable -- Fox News hasn't mentioned Trump's transphobic attack on Annie Andrews a single time. Not once. And they cover a lot of his Truth Social posts.
Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
October 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
notable -- Fox News hasn't mentioned Trump's transphobic attack on Annie Andrews a single time. Not once. And they cover a lot of his Truth Social posts.
Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
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One thing it's useful to remember is that right-wing donors have created a series of local-news-like content sites to poison the information well. And now we have a GOP Senate candidate attacking his opponent by citing claims made by one of these explicitly partisan sites.
October 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
One thing it's useful to remember is that right-wing donors have created a series of local-news-like content sites to poison the information well. And now we have a GOP Senate candidate attacking his opponent by citing claims made by one of these explicitly partisan sites.
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Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses.
Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2157...
Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2157...
Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
newrepublic.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses.
Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2157...
Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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To me, this feels like an extension of DOGE. Big claims about fraud, using data-matching to drop people from coverage. Without actual data, or investigation, it is impossible to refute the claims, but such transparency is unlikely to be forthcoming.
It’s surreal to see federal officials take a victory lap today for cancelling hundreds of thousands of marketplace enrollments, while massive health coverage losses are underway.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h...
Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud
Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
To me, this feels like an extension of DOGE. Big claims about fraud, using data-matching to drop people from coverage. Without actual data, or investigation, it is impossible to refute the claims, but such transparency is unlikely to be forthcoming.
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Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners.
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
(Published March)
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
(Published March)
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
www.propublica.org
September 23, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners.
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
(Published March)
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
(Published March)
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OpenAI disclosed SIX additional incidents where AI agents engaged in unexpected or concerning behavior.
Meanwhile Big Tech remains unregulated & unrestrained.
The problem isn't AI — it's the greedy Big Tech oligarchs pushing it on us.
Meanwhile Big Tech remains unregulated & unrestrained.
The problem isn't AI — it's the greedy Big Tech oligarchs pushing it on us.
September 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
OpenAI disclosed SIX additional incidents where AI agents engaged in unexpected or concerning behavior.
Meanwhile Big Tech remains unregulated & unrestrained.
The problem isn't AI — it's the greedy Big Tech oligarchs pushing it on us.
Meanwhile Big Tech remains unregulated & unrestrained.
The problem isn't AI — it's the greedy Big Tech oligarchs pushing it on us.
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"Trump’s Biggest Con of All"
The president’s alliance with Putin was never a hoax, as author David Corn documents. Meanwhile, the president’s oldest son just had part of his wedding funded by a Putin-aligned Russian oligarch.
John Harwood writes for Zeteo:
The president’s alliance with Putin was never a hoax, as author David Corn documents. Meanwhile, the president’s oldest son just had part of his wedding funded by a Putin-aligned Russian oligarch.
John Harwood writes for Zeteo:
Trump’s Biggest Con of All
The president’s alliance with Putin was never a hoax, as author David Corn documents. Meanwhile, the president’s oldest son just had part of his wedding funded by a Putin-aligned Russian oligarch.
zeteo.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
"Trump’s Biggest Con of All"
The president’s alliance with Putin was never a hoax, as author David Corn documents. Meanwhile, the president’s oldest son just had part of his wedding funded by a Putin-aligned Russian oligarch.
John Harwood writes for Zeteo:
The president’s alliance with Putin was never a hoax, as author David Corn documents. Meanwhile, the president’s oldest son just had part of his wedding funded by a Putin-aligned Russian oligarch.
John Harwood writes for Zeteo:
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Just in case you missed it over the weekend (went up Saturday), I wrote about private equity firms gobbling up the indie-music sphere for @rollingstone.com.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
September 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Just in case you missed it over the weekend (went up Saturday), I wrote about private equity firms gobbling up the indie-music sphere for @rollingstone.com.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Meta's new AI agent wanted my passport info. Not to help me. To train on me.
Actually, it wanted everything: bank accounts, email inboxes, ID info.
No surprise coming from Meta. But always worth reminding readers that AI automations come with major privacy risks.
www.wired.com/story/metas-...
Actually, it wanted everything: bank accounts, email inboxes, ID info.
No surprise coming from Meta. But always worth reminding readers that AI automations come with major privacy risks.
www.wired.com/story/metas-...
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
www.wired.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Meta's new AI agent wanted my passport info. Not to help me. To train on me.
Actually, it wanted everything: bank accounts, email inboxes, ID info.
No surprise coming from Meta. But always worth reminding readers that AI automations come with major privacy risks.
www.wired.com/story/metas-...
Actually, it wanted everything: bank accounts, email inboxes, ID info.
No surprise coming from Meta. But always worth reminding readers that AI automations come with major privacy risks.
www.wired.com/story/metas-...
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At the behest of Stephen Miller, the Trump administration has agreed to pay at least $410 million to facilitate its so-called “third-country deportations” for immigrants. trib.al/hXhgcKM
Trump Sends Millions to Authoritarian Leaders in Deportation Crackdown
The deals were made at the behest of Stephen Miller.
trib.al
September 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
At the behest of Stephen Miller, the Trump administration has agreed to pay at least $410 million to facilitate its so-called “third-country deportations” for immigrants. trib.al/hXhgcKM
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A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
www.wbur.org
September 21, 2026 at 6:23 PM
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
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your regular reminder that all is not well for those of us living in red states
that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care
we deserve not to die
that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care
we deserve not to die
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published Nov. 2025)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2026 at 2:29 AM
your regular reminder that all is not well for those of us living in red states
that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care
we deserve not to die
that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care
we deserve not to die
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ICE agent wounds man in Austin, Texas, shooting, city officials say reut.rs/4rmoLaV
ICE agent wounds man in Austin, Texas, shooting, city officials say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, city officials said, adding that the man was in serious but stable condition.
reut.rs
September 20, 2026 at 11:25 PM
ICE agent wounds man in Austin, Texas, shooting, city officials say reut.rs/4rmoLaV
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Putting aside the 1st Amendment implications…it’s not like Convicted Felon Donald Trump tells the truth when the press is at the White House anyway.
September 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Putting aside the 1st Amendment implications…it’s not like Convicted Felon Donald Trump tells the truth when the press is at the White House anyway.
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As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.
Mike Johnson claims that the current Congress is "probably in the top three or four of all time" and is "almost unmatched in history" 🙃
September 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.
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Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
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Trump has lurched, in short order, from would-be savior to abductor of the Kennedy Center, replacing vows to restore the facility’s greatness with a threat to demolish it if he can’t put his name on it.
The Kennedy Center is just Trump’s latest hostage
The administration keeps closing off public spaces the president claimed to be saving.
www.motherjones.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Trump has lurched, in short order, from would-be savior to abductor of the Kennedy Center, replacing vows to restore the facility’s greatness with a threat to demolish it if he can’t put his name on it.
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U.S. gas prices approached their highest level of the year Friday, after the national average rose another 3 cents overnight.
Gas prices approach highest level this year with just weeks to go before midterms
Friday’s national average is 10 cents below its May high, fewer than eight weeks before elections to determine which party controls Congress.
nbcnews.to
September 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
U.S. gas prices approached their highest level of the year Friday, after the national average rose another 3 cents overnight.
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Donald Trump personally intervened in favor of a ruling loosening restrictions on certain firearms. trib.al/e46YvjX
Trump Tells DOJ to Back Off Case Making Getting the Worst Guns Easier
Donald Trump personally intervened in favor of a ruling loosening restrictions on certain firearms.
trib.al
September 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Donald Trump personally intervened in favor of a ruling loosening restrictions on certain firearms. trib.al/e46YvjX
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Exclusive: An AI-assisted intel report, circulated across the US military during the Iran war, nearly triggered an operation but was false, sources say. https://cnn.it/4y9MBJO
September 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Exclusive: An AI-assisted intel report, circulated across the US military during the Iran war, nearly triggered an operation but was false, sources say. https://cnn.it/4y9MBJO
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People saying "transgender ideology" in 2026 sound like people saying "race-mixing ideology" in 1956, and their kids and grandkids will feel embarrassment at their feckless cowardice.
Marcy Kaptur is the incumbent with a 5 point polling lead so I must assume she put out this ad because this is what she believes.
September 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
People saying "transgender ideology" in 2026 sound like people saying "race-mixing ideology" in 1956, and their kids and grandkids will feel embarrassment at their feckless cowardice.
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Under Trump, the IRS is refusing to release its usual annual estimate of how many taxes go unpaid. Gee I wonder why www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much.
The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Under Trump, the IRS is refusing to release its usual annual estimate of how many taxes go unpaid. Gee I wonder why www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...