Cliff Poole

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

So, so instructive to compare media response to Afghanistan withdrawal -- months of hysterical garment-rending & catastrophizing, relentless criticism of the admin -- with the response to an unprovoked, unmotivated, illegal war of aggression, ie, "some critics say maybe Trump should have reasons."

I mean, the weird influencer guy’s girlfriend gets to fly around in a private jet, so at least they have their priorities straight.

Reupping for the record in light of recent events. Basically anyone can inflict mass civilian casualties in the US whenever and wherever they want because that’s the kind of society we choose to live in because ‘Merica!

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal

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People are always like what’s something you miss from the past and one of mine is antitrust laws

This is deeply disappointing. I expect better of our city and especially the mayor I knocked doors for. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@mayor.nyc.gov

Trans New Yorkers Deserve Better Than Mamdani's Inaction On Trans Youth Care Closures The mayor has immediate steps he can take to ensure continuity of care for trans youth.

1. Its been a week since NYU Langone ended its trans youth care program.

Then Sinai followed a few days ago.

There are immediate steps Mamdani can take, and he refuses to do so. When asked about those steps, his office has chosen not to comment repeatedly.

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I saw your post and googled Stuy Town out of curiosity. Stuyvesant and Peter Cooper together are a little over 11,000 units on 80 acres. And that’s obviously not 20-30 story glass towers. Agree they should think bigger, even if it’s just Stuy Town scaled up for 200 acres that’s 25,000+ units.

Fact that they’ve already bombed Iran and declared that bombing to have totally achieved their objectives really ought to be raised more when they claim they’re going to do it again.

This has nothing to do with fraud.

The agents Trump allegedly sent to investigate fraud are shooting protesters and arresting children. His DOJ is gutting the U.S. Attorney’s Office and crippling their ability to prosecute fraud. And every week Trump pardons another fraudster.

The Grand Illusion: The US - Europe Growth Gap Claims that the US economy outperforms Europe largely reflect measurement differences in GDP and productivity, not real economic superiority.

The gap in growth between the U.S. and Europe might be primarily a measurement issue rather than something that exists in the world cepr.net/publications...

Is the president mocking the U.S. women’s hockey team on a celebratory call with the men’s team going to attract even an iota of the sustained handwringing that the idea of trans athletes disadvantaging women’s sports has gotten

“They cut Medicaid to expand ICE” is the bump sticker message Dems need. It combines two highly salient, highly unpopular GOP policies, and it has the added benefit of being 100% true.

Gallego: "They're going and racially profiling people and rounding up Americans until they can prove their citizenship. That money came from kicking millions and millions of Americans off Medicaid. It was the same bill. They cut Medicaid to expand ICE."

Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

At my farmer’s market they have doughnut peaches which are pretty amazing. If you’ve never had doughnut peaches I highly recommend trying them.

Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn

Is is just me or is the focus on US targets “abroad“ downplaying the risk to US targets IN THE US?! In a country where any jackass with a pulse can buy an AR-15 & a gazillion rounds of ammo, I’m pretty sure Iran could inflict many civilian US casualties very easily.
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This guy could be 10 toes down, bulling ahead with ICEWatch=ANTIFA=domestic terrorists=Gitmo, and instead he’s doing… whatever this is, so… an improvement I guess??

Turtles all the way down, as it were.

Dayum. Just heard a minister say, as perhaps only Black ministers can, “We will fight until hell freezes over, and then we will fight on the ice.”
I’m stealing that!!

Thanks Zohran!

The ROI on bribes stays winning. 😡😭

And it cost him just a few million.

Disgusting.

They can’t figure out how to spend the extra $500 billion they gave themselves for the military, but cut our healthcare and food assistance because they said they couldn’t afford it.

Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files?

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With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity.

The subheadline on this NYT piece is going to turn me into the Joker.

Like... this... is exactly what trans people have been saying was going to happen for years.