This entire video was a joy to listen to - highly recommend the entire conversation with these two wonderful professors

At least 1B in taxpayer money for flattery!? That money should be seized from his estate. He has gained billions just this year through corrupt means

AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects

“TikTok and other social media platforms are hosting AI-generated deepfake videos of doctors whose words have been manipulated to help sell supplements and spread health misinformation.”
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Republican free marketeers:

Wow yeah probably. I just imagined little fiefdoms belching out contaminated air and shipping off radioactive waste from their nuclear stations for other people to deal with. A commune, but populated by drug-addled fascist megalomaniacs and an army of sycophants obsessed with tanning their balls 😆

It is so flagrantly immoral. Designed to be offensive. Like all the pardons of people who were painstakingly investigated and convicted of corruption or insurrection by our legal system.

This is such a special moment for families, when they finally take the oath to become a U.S. citizen. Grabbing people and disappearing them is horrendous, but this - this is especially sickening.

Key thing to remember is: They want these fascist fortress cities because *they believe existing nations are going to collapse*

These are escape hatches for a post-democracy world they seek to create. I would argue that they have gotten much farther than they should have. See: DOGE, crypto, etc

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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.

Epistemological warfare

Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’

It’s all just so gross. So stupid.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders “This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”

“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”

The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.

It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.

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Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’

I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.

In their confirmation hearings, RFK Jr pledged he would not be anti-vax, Hegseth said he respected women serving in leadership positions in the military, and Bondi said she would not weaponize DOJ against Trump’s political enemies.

CDC authority is in the gutter. Regional health alliances are more trustworthy at this time.

At some point there's a fiduciary duty to require drug testing

Extraordinary.

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Really impressed by what you guys are building. The “conservative” wing of politics has collapsed, take from it what was good and move ahead. Classical liberalism is worth defending and reinterpreting. Preserve the Republic, reform what’s broken, protect the rights and well-being of all Americans.

This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.

are these guys like ‘sovereign citizens’, only even more crazy entitled? like they just decided they shouldn’t have to pay taxes or follow the law or have democracy at all because they’re just so so special

brb going to start a conference where I explain to you all that I shouldn’t have to obey laws pay taxes or abide by the American constitution or social contract because it is long past time you were my subjects in feudal subservience I’m a smart libertarian tech guy it is my birthright I cannot help

Have a calm day, sir

I cannot watch. Too much vicarious cringe omg

Look up the vote margins you need to impeach/remove. Not comparable.

Why is Peter Thiel’s lapdog trying to interfere in EU affairs?

Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

Important @motherjones.com piece here:

They’re going to need to haul her out of court next time. Every lawyer in America, to a person, should be beyond offended at the constant disrespect and mockery of the judicial system. The entire edifice rests on following the rules