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the party now cared more about climate change and various academic fixations than cheap energy and good-paying jobs.

This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.

The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.

BREAKING: Trump has just said that the US may enter Nigeria and to get his department of War to prepare for that action.

Jonathan Greenblatt tweeting his support for Kevin Roberts

Jonathan Greenblatt doing clean-up for Kevin Roberts at the Heritage Foundation is the same as Kevin Roberts doing clean-up for Tucker Carlson is the same as Tucker Carlson doing clean-up for Nick Fuentes

He looks pained somehow

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

Speaking at the Univ of Mississippi in Oxford, Vice President JD Vance claimed that when settlers arrived in the New World, they “found widespread child sacrifice,” adding that “Christian civilization ended the practice.”

A cheat sheet:

Dov Hikind: Wore blackface to a Purim party.

Hiram Monserrate: Convicted of assault in a DV case, pled guilty to campaign finance charges

Ruben Diaz Sr: Raging homophobe, essentially kicked out of City Council, endorsed Trump last year

Ladies and gents, the Andy Cuomo campaign!

Rep. Clay Higgins: There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average. Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries. Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

One of the Most Dangerous Interviews Ever in MAGA Media Why Tucker Carlson platformed white supremacist Nick Fuentes.

Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist podcaster Nick Fuentes on Monday, sitting politely as Fuentes criticized the power of “organized Jewry in America.”
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patiently waiting for this to spread to tech companies

Perfect.

Republicans Face Voter Anger Over Rising Health Care Premiums Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters' mailboxes and sending some to Republican town halls to vent their frustration.

“I think most people are going to say, OK, I had a great deal during COVID,” said Club For Growth President David McIntosh. “But now it’s back to business as usual, and I should be paying for health care.”

Cuomo made 4.9M last year, and won't tell anyone who was paying him

helluva guy

Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.

I assume this is separate from the "Hyperion" project Matt Levine was talking about yesterday? I thought these companies didn't want debt on their books

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

Looking at both how Democrats reacted to Gillibrand calling Mamdani a jihadist and how Starmer reacted to Trump calling Sadiq Khan a terrorist has basically confirmed to me that none of the Anglo center left thinks Islamophobia is bad

AI Video Startup Synthesia Valued At $4 Billion In $200 Million Raise Alphabet’s venture firm GV is leading the round, which nearly doubles Synthesia’s valuation, per three sources.

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AI Video Startup Synthesia Valued At $4 Billion In $200 Million Raise Alphabet’s venture firm GV is leading the round, which nearly doubles Synthesia’s valuation, per three sources.

"The startup uses AI models to help large companies turn dry training manuals into videos featuring its AI avatars. [Companies] use Synthesia’s avatars to deliver safety briefings and other training videos in more than 100 different languages."

This is a company valued at $4 billion!!!

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

She's from a Telugu family, so probably not?

at this point it’s very clear that, regardless of whether or not she wins, Kat running for congress has been great and made a real difference

very few politicians out there who have put themselves on the line to this extent

The Times of London retracted an interview with Bill de Blasio in which he criticized Mamdani after discovering that the person they spoke with was not, in fact, de Blasio.

incredible (sorry I'm not linking to the NY Post)

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

from @bofrenchtx Bo French SNAP runs out on November 1st. Are you prepared? November 1, 2025 is National Chimp Out Day. It’s going to be lit. 🔥

if you're wondering how things are going in texas, the chairman of the Tarrant County GOP is joking that Nov. 1st, the day SNAP benefits are poised to run out, is "National Chimp Out Day"

Democrats have changed our focus1.4 In comparison with the Democratic Party of 2012, today's Democratic Party is more focused on issues like climate change, democracy, abortion, and identity and cultural concerns and less focused on the economy and the middle class. The table below shows this shift, through an analysis of the prevalence of select words in the 2024 Democratic Party platform, in comparison with the 2012 Democratic Party platform.5

what the hell are you talking about man, biden's entire presidency was about the middle class. it was the entire political theory behind deliverism and the economy

Last week, I wrote about Doublespeed, essentially a click farm that sells “synthetic influencers” to astroturf whatever product or service you want across social media, despite it being a clear violation of every social media platform's policy on inauthentic behavior. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. a16z’s Speedrun is also backing: Creed: An AI company “rooted in Christian Values” which produces Lenny, a “Bible-based AI buddy who's always got your back with wise words, scripture-inspired guidance, and a listening ear whenever you need it.” Zingroll: The “world’s largest Netflix-quality AI streaming platform,” which is another way of saying it’s a Netflix populated exclusively with AI Slop. Vega: which is building “AI-powered social orbits.” What does that mean? Not entirely clear, but the company has produced one of the most beautiful Mad Libs paragraphs I’ve ever seen: “We’re building the largest textual data moat on human relationships by gamifying the way people leave notes for each other. For the first time, LLMs can analyze millions of raw, human-written notes at scale and turn them into structured meaning, powering the most annotated social graph ever created.” Moona Health: an AI-powered Sleep care app the company says is covered by insurance. “Our AI-powered platform automates insurance claims and scheduling and analyzes sleep data – providing personalized session guidelines to therapists,” Moona says. Jooba: “The world’s first autonomous recruiting firm.” Margin: “The World’s first AI powered credit card.” Margin says “Customers earn points, with dynamic rewards that adapt to their preferences in real time.” First Voyage: A wellness app that gives you AI “mythological pets that turn wellness into play.” Axon Capital: billed as “DeepMind for Finance,” Axon says it has “pioneered brain-inspired, low-latency AI for financial markets.”

This is so bleak:

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My Post headline Mamdani didn’t tell the whole truth about his hijab-wearing ‘aunt’ who feared for safety post-9/11 The “aunt” who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 was actually his dad’s cousin.

lmao