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How extremists reconquered Idaho in the age of Trump—and how some locals are fighting back “Who the fuck are these men?”

NEW: One year ago, we caught a peek of MAGA authoritarianism when men roughly dragged a woman named Teresa out of an Idaho town hall.

This is the story behind that viral video and the radicalization of the community where it happened.

My investigation:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

*Shakes magic 8 ball*

"Signs point to yes"

Has his court surpassed the Daniel's court yet? It has to be teetering close.

On the Epstein Files and Oligarchs with Room Temperature IQs One of my ongoing frustrations of our culture's veneration of capitalistic success is that it causes people to ascribe positive qualities to rich people that they may or may not have--intelligence and...

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What’s one way we can rein in ICE?

We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.

Watch.

Their “but the stock market/our stock portfolios” reasoning remains strong.

My personal favorite illustration of that alignment is Order of The Stick's Tarquin. Fantastic character.

What I heard from Buddy here is he is okay with the police busting down his door without a warrant. OKAY BUDDY.

Valve breaks its silence on Steam Deck OLED scarcity and yes, it's because of the RAM and storage crisis AI continues to mop up all the components you need to play videogames.

Not gonna lie, I'm looking forward to 'Gamer Rage' being directed at AI Bros.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...

While you should not trust AI summaries period, this particular story made me and a couple others raise our eyebrows. They didn't name the service that was causing issues, they didn't reply back to questions on the post, and there are other similar posts with small tweaks to them.

Let me get this straight.

Trump can sue the IRS and Treasury for $10,000,000,000, and we know he hasn't suffered any damages.

But...

If ICE kills your daughter or son, or maybe shoots your eye out with a less than lethal round, you have no recourse?

How is that right?

The legacy media keeps getting this wrong. Trump didn't say "nationalize the election."

He said We should take over the VOTING in at least many—15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalize the VOTING."

There is a big difference.

Seriously, don't trust it even if it sounds really good.
Verify everything independently.
Yes, that means it doesn't really save as much time as is claimed.

We just saw this in another chat and did a serious squint at it. Glad my bs detector was going off.

Abolish commercials (I'm being serious).

The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

Tom Homan’s statement on Face the Nation that “masks right now are for officer safety reasons” was an admission of the fundamental moral failing at the base of the Trump administration’s lawless actions.

If you knew what the administration is doing, it would not be sustainable.

Nope. I'm nobody. But I'm from California and I listen to what Newsom actually says and does as opposed to what his brilliant social media team posts.

He isn't the one. So if Establishment Dems are behind him and he doesn't change, I'll be a thorn in his side.

Texas!
Early voting 2/17 to 2/27!

White voters in Texas: this is one of the do-something moments!

What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger? Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s… "Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.

The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000.

So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.

Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...

THE LAME-BRAIN MEDIA.......

I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.

"you're gonna get in trouble for that"

*stone-faced*

"okay"

goddamn son

given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)

MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter

Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes