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Professor, Spouse, Dad & the King in Yellow. Former Geographer & amateur archeologist, currently teaching Economics. Previous incarnations include: disc jockey, electrician, airline ground support, travel agent, bookstore manager, founder & CEO.

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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.

05.12.2025 02:04 — 👍 6898    🔁 3546    💬 197    📌 138
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How Elon Musk and X Became the Biggest Purveyors of Online Misinformation A timeline of how Elon Musk has turned X into a misinformation weapon that spews falsehoods about migrants, gender, health and elections.
05.12.2025 01:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Maurice DuBois to leave ‘CBS Evening News’ His departure leaves the network’s flagship broadcast anchorless amid a series of changes under new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

Somebody please fire Weiss before she does even more damage to the organization.

05.12.2025 01:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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He is an ignorant madman that, in the end, will cause thousands of unnecessary deaths and permanent disabilities with his incompetence.

04.12.2025 23:38 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Any of these kids die due of Hep, he gets put up on negligent homicide. Every. Case.

04.12.2025 23:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is so messed up… Amnesty International reports that detainees at Alligator Alcatraz (and at another facility, Krome North Service Processing Center) describe being placed in a “punishment box,” a cage-like structure in the yard so cramped that people could not sit, lie down, or

04.12.2025 23:18 — 👍 1486    🔁 658    💬 108    📌 65
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This makes my blood run cold.

03.12.2025 18:17 — 👍 7016    🔁 2487    💬 359    📌 131
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BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee They’re questioning how 31,000 additional votes appeared with 99.4% votes counted - and that's not all.

Exactly what I figured happened-- they saw they were losing, so suddenly "found" votes out of nowhere.

04.12.2025 23:20 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Democrats will force a Senate vote on a 3-year extension of Affordable Care Act funds The legislation is all but guaranteed to fail next week, due to widespread Republican opposition, and become a key issue in the 2026 elections as insurance premiums rise.
04.12.2025 22:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

White supremacists, fascists, religious fanatics, and weak personalities who idolize authoritarians. Same as the United States.

04.12.2025 22:28 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This is either really good news (Paramount is out on WBD) or really bad news (previewing government intimidation into taking a bad deal to appease the president).

04.12.2025 14:36 — 👍 1107    🔁 222    💬 29    📌 6

The clip that launched 1,000 ads

04.12.2025 04:06 — 👍 1436    🔁 198    💬 62    📌 14
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Congressional watchdog probes Trump FHFA chief Bill Pulte

Congressional watchdog probes Trump FHFA chief Bill Pulte

04.12.2025 17:53 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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A defiant Pete Hegseth lashed out at his critics on Thursday. “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” he said. “You're never gonna keep me down.” Revealing the secret to his resilience, Hegseth said, “I drink a whiskey drink, I drink a vodka drink, I drink a lager drink, I drink a cider drink.”

04.12.2025 22:16 — 👍 434    🔁 88    💬 22    📌 16
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Remove Megyn Kelly from SiriusXM! Kelly just received a multiyear deal with SiriusXM. Her on-air comments defending Epstein's child trafficking make it clear: she should NOT have a platform with millions of listeners. Sign the petitio...

Kelly just received a multiyear deal with SiriusXM. Her on-air comments defending Epstein's child trafficking make it clear: she should NOT have a platform with millions of listeners. Sign the petition now to demand that SIriusXM cancel Megyn Kelly’s show NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

04.12.2025 22:17 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 1
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Man accused of planting pipe bombs before Jan. 6 Capitol attack is charged with explosives offenses A man arrested by the FBI in its investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has been charged with explosives offenses
04.12.2025 19:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yup.

04.12.2025 18:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Make a EV version of the '72 Datsun 240 and you have a sale!

04.12.2025 18:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bingo.

04.12.2025 18:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We owned one!

04.12.2025 18:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No, we aren't. I made that determination 20 some odd years ago.

04.12.2025 18:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Shit, bring back the Pinto!

04.12.2025 18:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Well, apparently asbestos is OK in makeup again.

04.12.2025 18:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
04.12.2025 17:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

That man would be outsmarted by your average Boston fern.

04.12.2025 14:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Duffy apparently doesn't remember the smog days in every American city during the 1970s.

Hint: if your technology is going backwards, you are doing it wrong.

04.12.2025 14:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles
04.12.2025 14:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They weren't faked videos of that war. Quit being apologists for tge actions of the Israeli state. Close to 100,000 people are dead. Don't try to justify war crimes.

04.12.2025 14:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One conspiracy theory was the Marjorie Taylor Greene was the bomber.

04.12.2025 14:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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