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Love math, music, second-hand bookstores, and politics. Forever Liberal. Proud Pittsburgher. πŸŒŠπŸ’™πŸŒˆπŸ–€πŸ’›

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Ah yes, "We the Democrats" is definitely what a Republican official in a Republican administration meant when she said "your government is failing you...we have failed you"

31.10.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1960    πŸ” 429    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 8

Yes!!!

30.10.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A running team from Chicago posted that Trump’s federal agents dragged a runner (67 years old) from his car, broke his ribs, and caused internal bleeding.

IG: dwrunning1

27.10.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1342    πŸ” 893    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 122

Sheer buffoonery.

28.10.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2477    πŸ” 492    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 23

BREAKING: Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announces government investigation into β€œso-called solar energy,” including possible heath risks of β€œsolar radiation” from solar panels and concerns that solar energy initiatives β€œmay use up all of the sun, leaving us dark and cold.”

28.10.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2218    πŸ” 384    πŸ’¬ 352    πŸ“Œ 149

CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as β€œmy man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York

28.10.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10020    πŸ” 1007    πŸ’¬ 387    πŸ“Œ 100
Measles kills people

Measles kills people

Joe Rogan is confusing measles with chicken pox

26.10.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4648    πŸ” 744    πŸ’¬ 374    πŸ“Œ 238
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Chatbots β€” LLMs β€” do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re β€œright” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

19.06.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 36854    πŸ” 11370    πŸ’¬ 640    πŸ“Œ 964
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Epstein survivors sue Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon After Epstein victims reached major settlements with JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank, two more shoes dropped on allegedly "complicit" financial institutions.

STARTING NOW

Epstein survivors' class action lawsuits against Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon head to an initial conference.

Background www.allrisenews.com/p/epstein-bo...

Info on how to connect remotely www.allrisenews.com/p/gregory-bo...

27.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1478    πŸ” 608    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 32

this is a good idea and they should do it, just so the court can expose itself again bsky.app/profile/cris...

27.10.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 653    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

26.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 28937    πŸ” 11115    πŸ’¬ 1058    πŸ“Œ 524

When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.

26.10.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 29675    πŸ” 8817    πŸ’¬ 898    πŸ“Œ 339

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

25.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 44057    πŸ” 15357    πŸ’¬ 1709    πŸ“Œ 715

Go Blue Jays!!! I'm old enough to remember when the Dodgers left Brooklyn, and I never forgave them.

25.10.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute learned that the Government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan delivering his "Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade," dated April 25, 1987. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and
edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter. We encourage you to watch President Reagan's unedited video on our
YouTube channel.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute learned that the Government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan delivering his "Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade," dated April 25, 1987. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter. We encourage you to watch President Reagan's unedited video on our YouTube channel.

The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.

The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy

25.10.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13700    πŸ” 3197    πŸ’¬ 886    πŸ“Œ 258

A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.

The GOP could stop ALL of this, right nowβ€”if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.

It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.

Until then, they're all to blame.

25.10.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3572    πŸ” 1172    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 39

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

25.10.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 32833    πŸ” 10961    πŸ’¬ 1101    πŸ“Œ 437
Trump ends trade talks with Canada after β€˜anti-tariffs’ ad featuring Reagan
YouTube video by The Independent Trump ends trade talks with Canada after β€˜anti-tariffs’ ad featuring Reagan

And here's the ad that has gotten the President crying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pABU...

24.10.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10
But here’s the deal: There’s no deal to be had. 

Behind the glad-handing and theatrics, Trump doesn’t even know what he wants. He has found his preferred tool in achieving his grandiose goals β€” ending the drug crisis, eliminating America’s trade deficits, reviving American manufacturing β€” and it is tariffs. Don’t like those demands? Don’t worry, he has others: A place to send the people he’s deporting, free capital to invest in American manufacturing, or unrivaled access to rare earth minerals. Exactly what Canada is supposed to do to escape tariffs remains murky as ever.

We’re not the only ones. Trump’s conspiratorial trade adviser Peter Navarro once promised to sign β€œ90 deals in 90 days.” The administration’s biggest deal has been with China β€” and it’s a loser. The deal reduces, but doesn’t drop, American tariffs on China in exchange for more critical minerals from Beijing. This is Trump’s version of a win-win: He gets concessions, but gets to keep the tariffs.

But here’s the deal: There’s no deal to be had. Behind the glad-handing and theatrics, Trump doesn’t even know what he wants. He has found his preferred tool in achieving his grandiose goals β€” ending the drug crisis, eliminating America’s trade deficits, reviving American manufacturing β€” and it is tariffs. Don’t like those demands? Don’t worry, he has others: A place to send the people he’s deporting, free capital to invest in American manufacturing, or unrivaled access to rare earth minerals. Exactly what Canada is supposed to do to escape tariffs remains murky as ever. We’re not the only ones. Trump’s conspiratorial trade adviser Peter Navarro once promised to sign β€œ90 deals in 90 days.” The administration’s biggest deal has been with China β€” and it’s a loser. The deal reduces, but doesn’t drop, American tariffs on China in exchange for more critical minerals from Beijing. This is Trump’s version of a win-win: He gets concessions, but gets to keep the tariffs.

Trump is posting on Truth Social that he's terminating negotiations with Canada over a "fake" ad criticizing tariffs (that was run by Ontario, and which isn't fake.)

It's all theatre. There was never a deal to be gotten. Trump just wants to claim victory. #giftlink www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

24.10.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 807    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 31

Also as I understand it the Reagan ad was run by Ontario Province, not by Canada’s federal government or privy council or whatever. Imagine if countries cut off trade with us because of shit Alabama or Vermont did.

24.10.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4416    πŸ” 715    πŸ’¬ 199    πŸ“Œ 40
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When Tish James walks into a courthouse tomorrow β€” the target of a political prosecution demanded by a President obsessed with revenge β€” she does not walk in alone.

New York has her back.

Grateful to Governor Hochul for bringing us together tonight.

24.10.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23425    πŸ” 4987    πŸ’¬ 326    πŸ“Œ 157

BREAKING:

Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.

In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.

23.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 21758    πŸ” 5726    πŸ’¬ 615    πŸ“Œ 316
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It’s a real shame that the dumbest, pettiest, most petulant rich guy asshole on the planet is also the most powerful.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

24.10.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 876    πŸ” 177    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 19
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Priorities.

24.10.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12774    πŸ” 6217    πŸ’¬ 416    πŸ“Œ 245

will there be any followup to this fascinating story by the president of the united states that a friend of his sent him a check for $130 million dollars and the president is going to give the money to the military because i for one am fascinated about the details tbh

23.10.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5899    πŸ” 1214    πŸ’¬ 307    πŸ“Œ 52

it's so odd to me to see people go to bat for a political newcomer like platner. it's not like he's spent years earning our trust. we have very, very few data points about this dude, and one of those data points is "he has a nazi tattoo."

23.10.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4057    πŸ” 445    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 44

We’re going to need a shitload of quicklime

23.10.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1472    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 8
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christ almighty what is this guy doing

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

22.10.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 24775    πŸ” 6978    πŸ’¬ 3563    πŸ“Œ 796
Trump ordered two luxury private jets for Kristi Noem.

Trump ordered two luxury private jets for Kristi Noem.

While the nation is protesting Trump and his thieving thugs,
the corruption continues.

No Kings

18.10.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 890    πŸ” 464    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 29

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