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If Cassidy had any honor he’d turn in his medical license and never refer to himself as a medical doctor again. He’s hurting us all.

“You’re not a contradiction in terms when you’re the one writing the terms. It’s a lesson I wish younger people — sorted into boxes not only by social pressure, but by panopticon data miners — understood through experiences beyond life as prey.”

Read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. What it reveals about Zuckerberg and Sandburg is much worse than I expected.

Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.

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Gut-wrenching read. Mom abducted at work by ICE. Kids left at home.

15-year-old son: “I don’t know what to tell [my brothers] because I don’t want them to freak out. Because they’re little, they’re little kids.”

Amplify this work by Santa Barbara Independent.

The question remains: why would you lie about Mamdani and not apologize to him when called on it? You’re a disappointment when it becomes clear you also don’t want democracy to prevail. I used to be proud of my local Bay Area boy.

“The concentration camp the Trump administration built in Florida is being marketed as normal.…As concentration camps become more common, they will offend fewer people — and they will be called normal…you must remember that normal is not the same as right, no more than law is the same as justice.”

Excellent read to understand where we are today.

Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)

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Thank goodness someone’s saying what should be obvious. No way in hell is Musk gone.

The Substack Dilemma: How Creators Are Inadvertently Fueling America's Failure Creators have flocked to Substack because of its ease of use — but that simplicity comes at a steep price.

If you care about democracy, you *really* need to get off of Substack soon. Here is a guide for creators (and readers) for how and why to do it and without harming creators you want to support.

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The budget bill has one dangerous line that must be removed - it would not allow states to regulate AI for the next 10 years. Call your rep.

Someone should have seen this coming, says Duffy. Look at the numbers. Controllers declined every year under Trump and increased every year under Biden.

The US Embassy staff should enjoy living without utilities if they stop paying their bills.

China can remain totalitarian longer than we can remain solvent. Never screw with people who have total control over their domestic information environment.

Cheap Consumer Goods Are the American Dream, Actually Trump’s tariffs upend a nearly century-old bargain between politicians and US consumers.

Perhaps it’s time to consider that you have an identity beyond what you buy.

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Curtis Yarvin Fears His Authoritarian Fantasy Is Imploding Dark Enlightenment guru sees his desired revolution unraveling under the weight of its own stupidity

New at The Nerd Reich: Curtis Yarvin Fears His Authoritarian Fantasy Is Flopping

Peter Thiel's "Dark Enlightenment" guru gives President Elon Musk a "C-."

Warning: This post contains graphic discussion of mass murder and violence.

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Tariffs Expose Rifts in Fragile MAGA Coalition Republicans don't agree about tariffs, and we're beginning to see visible discord that can be used to break apart the fragile MAGA coalition.

📄 NEW: The Trump tariffs have caused shockwaves inside MAGA, breaking down the fragile coalition that propelled him to a second term. Democrats should seize the opportunity to map the fissures and exploit the chaos.
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London protest today! What happens in the US matters around the world. Make your voices heard.

So Jim Banks R-Ind, the Senator who told the newly laid off HHS employee he probably “deserved it” is the 291st most popular politician. I just can’t imagine why. Maybe he deserves to get voted out.

Often when I warned about this attack, people couldn’t comprehend it because it harms the GOP and their supporters.

You never understood: they don’t think dollars are “real.” Do you get it now? This is an effort to kill the dollar and replace it with “hard” currency.

He’s legally obligated to and then a proxy will continue his work. Nothing will change.

To the rest of the world: we are aware that the United States has been captured by insane sociopaths and apologize for this inconvenience. These policies are wildly unpopular and we will try to fix this in due course. In the meantime, carry on without us and accept our apologies.

US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.

Find out how your community may be impacted.

Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org

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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

This makes me so sick.

The Substack Dilemma: How Creators Are Inadvertently Fueling America's Failure Creators have flocked to Substack because of its ease of use — but that simplicity comes at a steep price.

Using Substack is a bad deal all around. You make less money, they steal your audience and then there's....this

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Thank you! 💕

ICE's Crackdown on Visa Holders and US travelers: Steps to Plan & Protect Yourself What everyone needs to know about ICE and USCIS extreme vetting policies.

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