Viewpoint Diversity Is a MAGA Plot
Defenses of the policy miss the political point.
"[V]iewpoint diversity ... is anything but a plea for real 'intellectual diversity.' It is a duplicitous performance, ... needed to provide cover for the real aims: eroding the core mission and functioning of the university." www.chronicle.com/article/view...
14.10.2025 17:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NYC cops are always pulling this crap. When de Blasio was mayor and after George Floyd was murdered, the cops were whining that they couldn't work any more with all the scrutiny and seemed to be a little slow for a while in their response time. But as always, pension uber alles.
13.10.2025 19:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Wow, he's being quite the bulwark himself, serving as a rallying point for unity in opposition to the forces he clearly identifies, and not just for Catholics. Popes are typically circumspect and vague in their language (and hence can be disappointing) . He leaves no doubt who he is talking about.
12.10.2025 20:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Text of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
Uh, is that the best we can do? "Deeply un-American." Like failing to stand for the National Anthem? Where the hell is my Fourth Amendment and who is going to do jack about it?
12.10.2025 18:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
My wife commented, "That Russ Vought never smiles." Well this post proves her wrong. I guess he does smile, when he's doing something depraved - like enjoying firing people.
12.10.2025 18:22 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
It is the guns. They sit there in their drawers, their cabinets, their safes, and they whisper to you, "We're right here. Come, pick us up, take us out, you might need us...right?" So you listen. Just in case. Guns are psychoactive drugs. And they kill people.
12.10.2025 18:10 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Text of the Fourth Amendment to the constitution.
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Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Quick question: Whatever happened to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution? Why isn't every elected official screaming that you cannot seize people, and break doors to their homes, because you don't like their looks or where they're living? It's very simple, black and white, clear as day.
12.10.2025 17:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If perchance they would have elections in Venezuela and she were elected, such bff-level flattery might justify a nice bailout of the Argentinian variety.
11.10.2025 14:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
That sign is for the Boston pedestrians, not the motorists. It means "you're a sitting duck, proceed with caution".
09.10.2025 18:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What, without gangs of masked ICE agents prowling though every town, rappelling down from helicopters, and grabbing random people off the streets? And without armed military to protect them? How can you do that? Please call the tip line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE to let them know how.
09.10.2025 18:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
There was a conspiracy to overturn the '20 election, who doesn't know that? Through violence, fake electors, recruiting Pence & Rep. Senators to obstruct the electoral vote count. Damn well to have checked those phones. Wapo then tries to launder their "lawfare" bs by bringing in Comey.
09.10.2025 03:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's all intentional, and when he gets away with it without apologizing or sanction by his party, with media shrugging, Labour silent, it will further fire up the deplorables, and become a new normal. I hope you do better than we, now a lawless cesspool of open graft, racism, and armed brutality.
07.10.2025 15:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Reading about Jenrick's "white faces" speech at the Tory conference, thinking "All this is deliberate." Pandering to the worst in sound bites, shifting the Overton window, compliant media playing along. Masked men are rappelling from helicopters in the dark over here, beyond the law. Be careful.
07.10.2025 14:46 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Everything is extortion, bribery, and self-dealing with this crowd. Everything. From Trump to Jared to Homan, all the way down.
07.10.2025 14:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Well, this is Deloitte, supposedly professional. And I think NIH had hallucinated papers a report but, that's not unexpected with this crowd. A colleague sometimes uses chatgpt for a quick overview of a topic, and hallucinated papers were showing up from the first time we used it.
07.10.2025 14:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report
Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.
By the way, it's not just students. That's to be expected. Not so much this:
"Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report"
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/d...
06.10.2025 17:24 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A guy who illegally fired people, illegally shut agencies down, illegally deported people without due process, illegally called out troops to cities, illegally commandeered appropriated funds and used them for politics, extorted money from universities. Who's gonna stop him from minting that coin?
05.10.2025 01:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's the money that's doing the talking.
05.10.2025 01:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The vaccines were oversold (recall "breakthrough infections"?). Herd immunity turned out to be ridiculous - the virus mutates, people get Covid multiple times, long covid a threat that grows all the time. Vaccines save(d) lives, that we can say. Paxlovid as well. But no one has/had all the answers.
05.10.2025 01:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 1
Some much for constitutional rights.
"Who are you? Show me your id."
"Why did you stop the car?"
and the next sound is breaking glass.
04.10.2025 16:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
And now he could shoot someone, get it all on video, post it to social media himself, and not only get away with it, but boast about it, while Little Marco extols his greatness.
04.10.2025 16:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So many caves, it's hard to keep up. With just CBS.
03.10.2025 17:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Who? Who? "They're still under cover."
03.10.2025 17:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Looks like a Martian visitor and Yosemite Sam had a kid together. It's Kash!
03.10.2025 17:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Welcome to gun culture!
1) Good guys with guns, bad guys with ...knives, I guess.
2) Best practice: run for your life.
3) If something something, then it's all worth it.
4) Thoughts and prayers.
This has been your gun culture primer.
03.10.2025 17:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Did they say what they might do with the US citizens that they flag? Is that actually legal for citizens? I'm not questioning their authority, absolutely not. I'm just asking for a friend.
03.10.2025 16:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In short, GTFO. With prejudice.
02.10.2025 16:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Of course it hasn't stopped him. A clear violation of any law cannot stop him, the Supreme Court said as much. He can only be stopped through the legal process, culminating in ...oh, the Supreme Court. Who will shoo it away pending full consideration. Next year. If we're lucky.
02.10.2025 15:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Scrolling quickly I took that for Elon, and thought to myself, "Hmm, that kind of works."
02.10.2025 15:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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