Keith Fitzgerald

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

Republicans currently hold a very slender majority in the House. Control of the House determines whether subpoenas will be issued to hear from witnesses & obtain additional evidence to provide context for the Epstein pictures that were released this morning.

Sad trombones for Xitter

Huntington's "The Slash of Civilizations"

Life almost never sends us the challenges for which we are most prepared.

US National Security Strategy promised to step up resistance in Europe. Now we know the target: The EU. And why? Check out the thread below. Neo-royalism needs to break the rules based order.
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To the New York Times, a constitutional provision is just something that's "traditional."

NEW Epstein estate photos released by House Oversight Cmte Democrats

Some of the 95,000+ newly obtained by panel

As Dick Van Dyke turns 100, 99-year-old comedian and friend Mel Brooks pays tribute On Saturday, comedic legend Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his 100th birthday.

This is delightful: Robin Young was invited to interview Dick Van Dyke for his 100th birthday, but he wasn't feeling well and had to cancel at the last minute. So she drove to Mel Brooks's house, rang the bell, and interviewed him about Dick Van Dyke instead.

the best description of the manosphere i've ever read

Anti-vaxxism is an ideology with maybe the dumbest combination of pointless and evil that has ever existed bsky.app/profile/nyti...

They're going to try every trick they can to undermine the midterms and/or to convince the MAGA base that the elections are rigged, when they lose.

States' rights are now just states' far-rights.

"Secretary Hegseth’s zeal to have the military punish Senator Kelly is a worst-case scenario of this problem."

National Institute of Military Justice Statement Against Secretary Hegseth’s Threats to Punish a Senator

(disclaimer: I'm a NIMJ Distinguished Fellow)
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"Improving" if you're a fascist party that needs a major economic collapse in order to consolidate your political power and completely transform the economy into something that resembles feudalism under a facist technocratic oligarchy.

It's not uncommon that White House spokespeople lie, but this is not just lies; it's an alternate reality built on lies.

I Went to the Exclusive California Retreat Where Incel Men Pay to Learn How to Seduce Women. It Was Quite a Weekend. The “camp” went from very awkward to something altogether weirder.

At the exclusive retreat, the men wanted to learn how to touch a woman. They got more than they bargained for. slate.trib.al/5celm7F

FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines, sources say | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration intends to put a “black box” warning on Covid-19 vaccines, according to two people familiar with the agency’s plans.

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His whole life he has mistaken pleasure for Happiness and attention for Love.

Five debt hotspots in the AI data centre boom LONDON, Dec 12 : As AI fever has propelled global stocks to record highs, the data centres needed to power the technology are increasingly being financed with debt, adding to concerns about the risks.A UBS report last month said AI data centre and project financing deals surged to $125 billion so far this yea

Five debt hotspots in the AI data centre boom - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/five-debt-hotspots-in-ai-data-centre-boom-5578436

This is so bonkers and lawless that newspapers are struggling to find a headline that fits. “Trump announces pardon…” “Trump asserts he has pardoned…” “Trump symbolically pardons…” Which is kind of a running theme, as Trump routinely announces he’s doing things he has no power to do.

This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.

I would never give ANY government all this information, let alone the Trump regime.

One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”

Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.

"Posobiec’s email arrived the day after my inquiries…This was either an incredible coincidence or a deliberate message: Publish your article and get smeared."

People becoming Democratic voters is not disenfranchising Republican voters.

When your party is dominated by lying, corrupt, hateful racists, and only welcomes white supremacists, you should expect to lose a few votes.

We call this Nojo

Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.

But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.

Trump Grants Tina Peters a Legally Meaningless 'Pardon' Read more here.

BREAKING: Donald Trump claims he has granted a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a state sentence.

Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.

I think many people crave an alternative to the current zeitgeist, but is anyone offering a coherent alternative? I’d like to see a Democratic Party that comes out strongly against stuff like crypto, sports betting, oligarchic media capture, etc. These things are bad. Stand against them.