TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
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TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, itβs a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and theyβre stealing it. Can you believe that?
Weβre going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what theyβre up to
Heβs surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
21.11.2025 20:51 β π 5474 π 619 π¬ 89 π 32Over a month after publication our @bmj.com Investigation into the Q-collar is still attracting reader interest. The second most read article in the journal.
15,000+ reads in the first month. 2500+ last weekend.
People want transparency in sports science and the FDA.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
21.11.2025 21:27 β π 2281 π 346 π¬ 33 π 13Who is this for
21.11.2025 19:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Ethnic cleansing
21.11.2025 16:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Unless Congress acts, the presidency will acquire a second, hidden budget: slush funds drawn from corporations and foreign governments with no external oversight. The power of the purse anchors Congressβs independence, keeping the legislature from becoming a spectator to executive power."
21.11.2025 14:18 β π 73 π 47 π¬ 2 π 2This is conspiracy theory stuff. China doesnβt need to spy on baby monitors to know what Americans are doing. They can just open Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or one of the many apps that Americans use to share the kind of information that two generations ago couldnβt be waterboarded out of them.
21.11.2025 13:14 β π 1862 π 373 π¬ 92 π 18Bingo
21.11.2025 14:34 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
20.11.2025 23:42 β π 2517 π 459 π¬ 36 π 18Bring back the duel
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
right? i only have 13 years left. iβd rather lose most of my 401k now and have time to recover than for the rug pull to happen when i only have a handful of years left to go. i know itβs inevitable. i just want it to be over with. iβm tired
20.11.2025 20:44 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I am rooting for the bubble to pop sooner than later for this basic reason: please end your generational fuckup ASAP so I still have time to attempt to recover my retirement losses
20.11.2025 18:50 β π 33 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
20.11.2025 18:11 β π 4000 π 552 π¬ 86 π 5Every Republican president of my lifetime has destroyed the global economy and it doesnβt matter at all electorally
20.11.2025 22:06 β π 471 π 110 π¬ 16 π 5Post-imperial seppuku
21.11.2025 12:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search."
21.11.2025 12:29 β π 82 π 30 π¬ 5 π 7I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
21.11.2025 00:24 β π 2129 π 456 π¬ 77 π 79Simply too good to be true
21.11.2025 12:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is this what Republicans want
21.11.2025 01:15 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My god
21.11.2025 01:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sure!
20.11.2025 22:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Is that all
20.11.2025 22:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Ha ha ha yes
20.11.2025 13:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You were awfully quiet when universities were firing faculty for trying to keep police from beating the shit out of students, Jason. Glad you found a university HR matter you can get behind!
20.11.2025 12:52 β π 107 π 14 π¬ 3 π 0Hollywood was better when execs were just doing a lot of cocaine and greenlighting everything that sounded cool
20.11.2025 09:14 β π 3240 π 684 π¬ 45 π 29