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One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

Liberals say that recent Supreme Court ruling have given the executive branch too much power. But they’re wrong, because the rulings only apply to Trump and will all be reversed when there’s a Democratic president.

YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal Mass deportations cause American workers to lose jobs, wages to go down, and our economy to slow

Very succinct explanation of the effects of the loss of unauthorized immigrants in the workforce to the US economy.

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Paris too

It's official: 🏛️➡️ 🚫

why is it worded like that

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

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A map titled United States High Speed Rail System showing a theoretical high speed rail system in the United States. Some lines also connect north to Vancouver or the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, or south to Tijuana or Monterrey. The map is credited to First Cultural Industries AKA Alfred Twu, dated from February 2013, and is downloadable at www.californiarailmap.com

the US if Tylenol actually caused autism

a photo of Trump in a suit

Trump, citing no evidence at all, suggests Tylenol during pregnancy is linked to autism

He says the FDA will recommend pregnant women avoid using the painkiller unless “medically necessary"

It’s got to be so wild trying to teach law school classes now: “Um, yea, so there’s no such thing as ‘precedent’ or ‘law’ anymore — the law is just whatever John Roberts thinks helps Donald Trump the most right now.”

At this point, the Supreme Court may as well just declare Donald Trump a deity, who cannot, and must not, be subject to the laws of mortal men.

You wouldn't notice a difference from how they're currently treating him, & it would save a lot of time & paperwork.

SCOTUS is now an illegitimate court.

autism diagnostic criteria has gotten better for men over the years, this & the expanded awareness is the reason for "autism rates surging" its not a vaccine. this is why theres no similar surge for women despite same vax rates. autism diagnosis for women is still behind.

Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump’s power to shape agencies by overturning 90-year-old ruling The Supreme Court will consider expanding President Donald Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning a nearly century-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will consider expanding Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning 90-year-old precedent.

She Survived 141 Days in ICE Custody Thanks to a ‘Beautiful Sisterhood.’ Now She’s Fighting for Those Still Inside. 22-year-old Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman who has lived in Texas since she was 9, talks about her experience in federal detainment.

22-year-old Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman who has lived in Texas since she was 9, says her experience in federal detainment could only be identified as “human trafficking.” And she’s not staying quiet about the women she was forced to leave behind.

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argentina will get more support from the united states government so they can continue their libertarian collapse than americans will get during a recession lol

Asked why he hasn't endorsed Zohran Mamdani, Hakeem Jeffries replies: "I'm going to make that decision on an individual basis, consulting with other members of the congressional delegation and beyond."

$3,800 Flights and Aborted Takeoffs: How Trump’s H-1B Announcement Panicked Tech Workers President Trump’s sudden policy shift sent tech firms scrambling to get immigrant workers back to the US and avoid $100,000 fees.

Regardless of where the Trump admin lands on H1-B visas, the absolute shit-show they created this weekend is yet another deterrent to convincing smart, qualified people to come work in the United States:

It’s the “Hamburger Helper” economy.

Sales “up 14.5 percent ..

“.. Distressed shoppers are also buying more cans of tuna, salmon and sardines.”

@nytimes.com
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we suffer under an administration and its following that are Too Online

Uniformed soldiers sitting in an unmarked white van outside of a subway station in Washington dc

Nothing makes me feel safer than uniformed soldiers sitting in an unmarked white van outside of the subway station

its almost as if regular ppl cant be perfectly sorted between boxes labeled ‘left’ and ‘right’

'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.

New: The federal probe of Charlie Kirk’s killing has yet to find a link between Tyler Robinson & LW groups, per 3 sources familiar

“Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive”

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Checking the "No food poisoning" box on DoorDash but it raises my price by $2 so I frown and uncheck it

U.S. Department of Education, AFPI, TPUSA, Hillsdale College, and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch America 250 Civics Coalition The U.S. Department of Education, alongside the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 40 leading national and state-based organizations today announced th...

Two days ago, the U.S. Department of Education announced the America 250 Civics Education Coalition in partnership with 40 right wing groups, including Turning Points USA. The leader of the coalition is Katie Gorka, the wife of Sebastian Gorka.

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ICE fires chemical agents at Broadview protest: Live updates At least two people were arrested after ICE and Border Patrol agents confronted demonstrators. Protesters said they haven’t seen the people who were arrested since they were taken inside the Broadview...

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The Death of Internet Culture It's not just you. The web is boring now.

My latest newsletter is about how Internet culture died, and why the centralization of the web around a handful of large platforms is responsible for making the web a duller, more boring place.

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