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For the time being, at least, our government has stopped going out of its way to *flaunt* its lawlessness. But we must not lose sight of the fact that the new status quo is hardly less outrageous. lnk.thebulwark.com/4r37bXP

always interesting when and how the "God said it, I believe it, that settles it!" crowd suddenly finds nuance in how biblical laws are applied to a modern context.

This guy gets it.

People are asking what else they can do.

My advice is to drop your subscriptions to Paramount and Warner Brothers services and use that money to support as many independent media outlets as you can afford. Pick a couple and give them a try. It's critical we build a pro-democracy media ecosystem.

Of all the things that drive me insane about this man, his nonsensical use of quotes is quite possibly in the top five (if not three!)

donald trump is two quarters away from being completely neutered and hopefully the subject of bribery investigations by a dem congress looking into this shit and these ceos should keep that in mind

On procedural obstruction and acting like things are abnormal, @katmabu.bsky.social is correct

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May you never experience finding out you lost your basic human rights on a social media app.

all accusations are unverified, once verified they aren't accusations anymore. adding "unverified" in front of the word makes it sound like the FBI concluded it didn't happen which .. is not true!

‘Big Four’ meatpackers under fire as beef prices soar McDonald’s and other food industry players accuse the big beef packers of collusion and price-gouging. The packers deny these allegations

This is why anti-trust laws exist. The price of beef is so high because the big meat packers seem to be colluding on production to drive prices artificially higher while they make record profits.

I think sometimes there's a real tradeoff here - I've often said it would be possible for facebook to be 100% less evil if they were ok with it being 50% less valuable - but in Costco's case there's no sacrifice! They make a ton of money! Only Wal-Mart is more valuable among US retailers

shame is back on the menu boys

The people who run these AI projects are so deeply unimpressive as thinkers.

why bother getting out of bed in the morning if you can’t be a little weird

A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors A Nashville comedian’s deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified” in the U.S. immigration crackdown.

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

Turns out there’s an economic cost to everyone hating us.

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. If your tariff policy is so unpopular that you have to bully the central bank into not talking about it, maybe it’s time for a new policy.”

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Any chance to repost this classic Busta Rhymes moment

Why does anyone think this rherotic will actually *persuade* anyone?

It’s just repeating the same old bullshit from every other candidate courting the elusive “centrist“

It’s just a bonkers political position in light of the construction of concentration camps that is underway and ongoing

Hail to the thief

i think it’s funny every american on here is looking at yoon’s lifetime prison sentence going what’s it like to live my dream meanwhile a lotta koreans are like im so confused why isn’t he dead

The underlying decision is HUGE. Judge Sykes vacated under the APA "Matter of Yajure-Hurtado," the decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals that had blessed the Trump admin's new interpretation of a 1996 law to deny the right to seek bond to huge swathes of people it takes into custody.

Respondents engage in a deliberately dense three-step maneuver to reach their core absurd conclusion that no further relief is warranted.  Step 1: Identify an immaterial difference between two things that are functionally the same. [Opp. at 9; Dkt. No. 103 at 3].  Step 2: Insist that the immaterial difference is so consequential that it can violate separation of powers. [Opp. at 12; Dkt. No. 103 at 3]. Finally, and most importantly,  Step 3: Make sure to never mention the Constitution with the hope that a federal court will not notice. [See generally Opp.; Dkt. No. 103 at 3].

I missed this real banger of an opinion yesterday from judge sunshine sykes (the best-named judge), vacating the BIA ruling on mandatory immigration detention

UMMC confirms cyber-attack, closing clinics and canceling surgeries The hospital is unable to access medical records and is serving existing patients using 'downtime procedures.'

just once I'd like to see an article like this point out that the current administration lobotomized all cybersecurity regulators and organizations because large companies didn't want even rudimentary oversight

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Sen Ossoff: We were told that Trump & Maga were for the working class. They are actually the "Epstein class." If you're a Trump supporter, how do you explain loss of affordability, healthcare, jobs, clean air and water? He was supposed to drain the swamp not embody it."

one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files

To all candidates. Three for three or get lost.