Nat Lifton

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

When someone uses this emoji 🤣 they are more mad than they have ever been in their entire life

The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal

A Few Thoughts on KimmelGeddon Let me start by noting the obvious: What we saw yesterday with...

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I understand this ad is running in Texas this weekend during football games 👀

@tommalinowski.bsky.social: "The parts of government that do the most good are the parts you never hear about, because when they succeed, nothing happens: no disease outbreaks, or terror attacks, or financial crashes, or horrible accidents.

These are the parts being slowly dismantled today."

CDC director ousted after RFK Jr. pushed her to change vaccine policy Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Absolutely no deviations from the strict party line of Trump and RFK Jr. will be allowed, science-be-damned.

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Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN Politics US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

Can you imagine a US envoy handing a Nazi medal to the family of an American who died fighting for Hitler? Because this just happened:
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New euphemism for "corrupt authoritarian abuses of power" just dropped

RFK wants to lean into “whole cell” vaccine technology, which has existed for decades, comes with increased risk of side effects and can take years to develop.

mRNA vaccine technology comes with far decreased risk of side effects and can take mere months to develop.

Make it make sense!

I’m sorry — *Cracker Barrel* is too woke for the Trump administration?

Cracker Barrel?!?

Trump's Pretense Of Following The Law. And What We Can Do About It. Trump‘s effort to shut down asylum applications by declaring an “invasion” at the southern border was rejected by a federal district judge last Wednesday.

Trump's Pretense Of Following The Law. And What We Can Do About It.
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An image with a black and white background and a Latin American immigrant and a title Schröinger's Immigrant. On the left, it reads, "Lazily collecting all the welfare." On the right, it reads, "But also somehow taking all the jobs."

Despite some public criticism and internal grumbling, the paper’s leadership has continued to back the piece. One person familiar with the editorial process noted that the Times’ senior editors were aligned on whether to publish the piece, which was read and greenlit by multiple top editors before its’ publication. Others on staff that spoke with Semafor on the condition of anonymity said the reaction to the piece showed why it was important to tackle it. “The fact that this story engendered all the conversation and debate that it has feels like all the evidence you need that this was a legit line of reporting,” one senior reporter told Semafor.

This does not inspire much confidence in the NYT. www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

The Week Ahead July 6, 2025

The Week Ahead
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Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...

What a fucking gullible ignorant moron.

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas.

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the National Weather Service, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk. What’s more, they say it underscores the need to sustain funding to the crucial agency.

Heavy Rains Cause Deadly Flooding and Evacuations in Texas

Your occasional reminder that climate change makes intense rain events more intense.

At this point, the question is not "did climate change affect this" but instead "how much of an affect did climate change have?"

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👇🏽 🎯 💰 🤷🏼‍♂️

You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.

Trump's Brutal & Bellicose Bill; Standing Up for America as a Nation of Immigrants Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.

Trump's Brutal & Bellicose Bill; Standing Up for America as a Nation of Immigrants
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Trump's civil war And our new birth of freedom

Trump's civil war
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Republicans Are Cutting Medicare. Not Only Medicaid, Medicare. Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.

Surprise!

Mike Johnson: "The reconciliation bill was a big, giant leap forward, but we're gonna do this again. We're gonna have a second reconciliation package in the fall, and a third in the spring of next year."

Mike Johnson is going to lie right through it: "What we did in Medicaid in strengthen the program, strengthen that safety net so that it is available for the people who need it most ... we're gonna make young abled-bodied men who are able to work work."

Not a dog whistle, but a fog horn

Thank you sir! Keep on keeping on!