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San Franciscan, writer, analyst. Interests: democracy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, cognitive science, art, flowers, pastry.

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Not just paramilitary, secret police.

*Bounty hunting* paramilitary, secret police.

06.08.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget Andrew Tate

06.08.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirmed that Trump's Big Ugly Law adds over $4 trillion to the deficit when interest costs are included.

While working families lose their health care, Trump is wasting trillions on massive tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.

04.08.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pictured: 7 former prosecutors

Not pictured: Alex Acosta, the prosecutor who engineered Epstein’s sweetheart deal and who later served as Trump’s Labor secretary

05.08.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 15

I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.

05.08.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3062    πŸ” 1154    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 14

im really not joking about this. democrats need to pledge to tear down the ballroom. tear. it. down. not refurb or repurpose. tear it down. feel free to recycle the material, but it must be torn down.

05.08.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 602    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 10

Just on the face of it, giving all this power to RFKjr was a really really insane move. He is not an expert in anything except quackery.

05.08.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One more month and we are officially in a manufacturing recession.
Nice going Americaβ€”reinstall the idiot who took us into a manufacturing recession before (before COVID) and let him do it again.
β€œNo one has ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people”—HL Mencken

05.08.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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US manufacturing extends slump; factory employment lowest in 5 years U.S. manufacturing contracted for a fifth straight month in July and factory employment dropped to the lowest level in five years amid tariffs that have raised prices of imported raw materials.

U.S. manufacturing contracted for a fifth straight month in July and factory employment dropped to the lowest level in five years amid tariffs that have raised prices of imported raw materials.

05.08.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12

Trump is subservient to his id, impervious to facts, reason or decency. It's all about his arrogance and his nasty insolence.

05.08.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i have been thinking a lot about how the entire concept of β€œthe deal” is antithetical to transparency, fair play and rule of law, as larry notes. the deal is necessarily nonstandard, ad hoc and dependent on the whims of the dealmaker

05.08.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9891    πŸ” 2096    πŸ’¬ 200    πŸ“Œ 58

It’s very strange that the Times is normalizing the fact that the whims of the president and the far-right ideologues who staff his β€œcrusade against top schools” have become a predicate for β€œdeals.” This is authoritarian behavior and should be covered as such.

05.08.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1442    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 18

Pure, unadulterated evil.

05.08.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wu and other House Democrats fled the state this week to block the lower chamber from voting on a controversial redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump. Abbott wants the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court to decide whether Wu forfeited his office by breaking quorum.

05.08.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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8/6/2025- Texas www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/au...

05.08.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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One in Five ICE Arrests Are Latinos on the Streets with No Criminal Past or Removal Order New data obtained from ICE drives home how frequently Latino immigrants are arrested off the streets without any recent prior contact with law enforcement.

The evidence is overwhelming that ICE is violating the Constitution.

Read and share:

05.08.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

And this is from Cato (they are conservatives). βš–οΈπŸ‘‡πŸΎ #ice

05.08.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is she on drugs.

05.08.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I recently spoke with our inaugural MBK Alliance Ambassadors – a group of talented, inspiring young leaders from across the country who are working to give back to their communities. I’m looking forward to following their progress and having them back as alumni to share what they’ve learned.

01.08.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2486    πŸ” 464    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 25
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So much for β€œAmerica first.”

05.08.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4775    πŸ” 1798    πŸ’¬ 681    πŸ“Œ 224

Big job for her. He has gobs of empty spaces. This is what a very unhealthy relationship looks like.

05.08.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't think rich dudes who enjoy the cushiest life on earth because of the federal government would decide to replace the 21st century with horse paste for real. But they clearly think they'll be able to save themselves from however Bobby kills the rest of us.

05.08.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.

This is outright malpractice. We'll never know how many breakthroughs we've missed b/c of an ideological choice that ignores science.

RFK Jr. ends U.S. investment in mRNA research as HHS cuts funding, dealing a blow to the tech behind Covid-19 vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...

05.08.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.

β€œRFK Jr. on Tuesday announced that the government’s emergency preparedness agency will no longer fund work on messenger RNA vaccines, delivering a crippling blow to the country’s capacity to develop vaccines during the next pandemic or public health emergency.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...

05.08.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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EPA has a new name. Come celebrate!

05.08.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

MAHA is a death cult built on grift and sick children.

05.08.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1092    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 9

Generational public health sabotage

05.08.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1623    πŸ” 413    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 8

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

05.08.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6226    πŸ” 2700    πŸ’¬ 246    πŸ“Œ 125

i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being

05.08.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3530    πŸ” 909    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 54

These people are psychopaths who are going to end up killing hundreds of thousands of Americans for no good reason.

Some Cabinet members are buffoons, some wannabe jackboots, but RFK is going to kill more of us

05.08.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

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