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Here Trump takes his entire theory of governance to its logical conclusion by demanding Democrats improve the parts of government he keeps trying to destroy

also indicates that they’re counting on the GOP Senators to keep their mouths shut. not sure I would rely on that

Meanwhile, me and my excepted colleagues continue to keep the ship not just afloat, but sailing. A testament to how good we are at our jobs. How long do private sector companies carry on without paying employees? What's the record. I bet it's less than a month.

It's touched on in here, but I've been avoiding food lines thinking, "Those should be reserved for people who really need it," while in the back of my mind trying to calculate when that will be us.

a thing I think about from time to time is that people saw the shooter on the roof before the Charlie Kirk assassination, and if we hadn’t already normalized snipers doing overwatch on public events they probably would’ve mentioned that to the cops right away

Even If the other stuff was harmless or irrelevant (it isn’t) you’re never going to get these guys on side in a twenty point gender gap environment

"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."

Chat is it a good sign for holiday demand if the major logistics & retail firms are like Oops! five figure layoffs!

Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.

Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"

Downside: government corruption like this is bad

Upside: Kash Patel abusing his position as FBI Director to corruptly use a jet to try to impress a woman might be the least destructive way he uses his position, and it’s therefore relatively better for the country if that’s how he spends his time

Here's an example of how Trump's corruption factory works.

1. Coinbase put $46M into elections to help Trump allies.
2. Sends him a huge check for his inauguration.
3. Trump drops SEC lawsuit against Coinbase.
4. Trump demands big donation from Coinbase for ballroom.

Done.

US SENATE VOTES 51-47 TO OVERTURN TRUMP’S ‘LIBERATION DAY’ GLOBAL TARIFFS — FOUR REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRATS; MOVE IS MOSTLY SYMBOLIC AS WHITE HOUSE LIKELY TO VETO

at this point I don’t see them actually negotiating, so either we get a filibuster carveout for budget stuff (which is, functionally, the end of the filibuster - something Rs don’t want) or this just keeps going forever and congress has effectively disbanded itself

a major issue for the GOP is that they made a bet on “Dems will fold completely with exactly zero concessions” and are now stuck in a situation where they can’t back down on that but Schumer has comfortably held his caucus together on a small, popular ask so there’s no easy way out

“we will rule you forever with an iron fist of suffering” is maybe not the most compelling message any administration has ever had

Too Much Experience Hurts You in Today’s Tough Job Market Overqualified job applicants are scaring off cost-conscious businesses.

Companies are hollowing out the middle: the middle class, middle management, and middle-aged; leaving qualified and experienced folks on the sidelines.

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"Germans were far better engineers than the Americans"

*hard cut to He 177 on fire*

"near-decimation" is actually correct, this is around 9%, and about 2-2.5% more than a high churn year with a hiring freeze.

this level of coercion with funding hasn’t really been tried before so I expect this will run into some serious issues in court, but we know who sits at the top of the court system and what those ghouls think of trans people

you buy as much time as you can and get ready to undo it

they are trying to kill every trans kid in America

when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink

unconscionable evil

On royal communications letterhead with today’s date: A STATEMENT FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him. Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse. ENDS

King Charles with the new track ‘Not Like We’

i think this may be particularly true of johnson, maybe less true of thune

"You see we're hurting people on purpose because we think Americans won't know it's us that are hurting them. When do we go on the air?"

The Office of Naval Research (for historical and other reasons) has been an important supporter of innovative research (including for me early in my career).

This is deeply worrisome and incredibly stupid.

File under "Shocking but not surprising"

1. Thats what the SNAP contingency fund is for.
2. He’s happy to hand Donald Trump Congress’s appropriations power to “move money around” to fund his own political priorities.
3. I’m no religion expert but it doesn’t seem very G-dly to me to let millions of people go hungry.

ICE are thug trash.

On my lunch break today, I saw them abduct a man and lie to my face about not filming because they were the police. At the corner of Kimball and Lawrence in Chicago. I asked him “what department” and he responded “Chicago” through a tiny cracked window. Would that be a crime to lie about “police?”

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

It's remarkable how straightforward and solvable most societal problems seem as long as you don't know shit about them

CBS News Cuts ‘Evening News,’ ‘Mornings’ Streaming Shows in Newsroom-Wide Layoffs The newsroom downsizing comes as Paramount Skydance lays off 1,000 employees throughout the newly merged company

CBS News has reportedly disbanded its race and culture unit, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020

NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month