The podcast bros said they were supporting Trump for two reasons: He wouldn’t start any wars, and he’d release the Epstein files. Massie lost tonight for two reasons: (a) forcing the release of the Epstein files, and (b) trying to restrain Trump’s war in Iran.

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

My taxes are going to murder school children overseas and to let pardoned insurrectionist pedophiles get their hush money payoffs to victims, meanwhile, the papers of record want to let me know the real danger is the guy who taxes second homes in Manhattan to balance budgets and feed hungry kids.

Growing up with capitalism we were told if a producer can make something less expensive they pass some savings on to lure in more customers. If they don’t, someone else will, and steal their customers. The power of competition. American capital has decided, fuck all that. We’re oligarchs now.

We are still a long way from a second civil war or breakup of our country. But, if it did happen, I think a breakdown in Full Faith and Credit and fights over long-arm statutes could be triggers. A nation of many sovereigns can't survive if they don't respect the laws of the others.

The “we don’t have the votes” excuse for refusing to force a vote on impeachment is conceding the point and saying even the opposition party doesn’t think this high crime merits removal from office. It’s not being politically astute and pragmatic, it’s self-defeating in its cowardice.

The Trump administration is building a surveillance network to spy on its own workforce across multiple agencies. It has already given Palantir an initial $3.9 million to do so at the USDA, federal spending disclosures show. buff.ly/8UgEnAI

Lots of other things to fix, but allowing the idiot children of rich people to wield influence and power really seems to have gotten us into a bad spot.

Miss Piggy as Helen. Sam the Eagle as Polyphemus.

yes. the clearest path to deal with the SCVA ruling is just to say that it wasn’t a constitutionally valid exercise of judicial review. because it wasn’t!

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

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Several hundred public schools have sued saying private school vouchers violate the state Constitution and lead to underfunding public schools.

sorry I seem distracted just have to keep checking my phone to see if one of my freedoms is being arbitrarily taken away

70% top marginal tax rates

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one thing i used to love to do is entertain the babies at the table so mom/dad can eat a bite real quick. im telling you, all you have to do is go, mmmm that looks good face to them, and they will take a wet french fry out of their mouth and offer it. and be mad if you dont pretend to take a bite

Maybe letting the gas industry comprise half of your "clean energy" trade association makes it more difficult to oppose very obvious oligarchic attempts to enrich the gas industry.

I have said often that white people wield the benefit of the doubt like a bludgeon. It is one of their most potent, tempting and common weapons. It extends outsized reach to bad actors, gives them leverage & is simple & effective. It has killed us many times over. So I no longer extend it.

School vouchers are a scam, inviting fraud, waste, and abuse. Thanks to Arkansas's scam school voucher program, this abusive 'school' received $300,000 of public funds. These funds should have gone to Arkansas public schools, where they are urgently needed. More: forarpeople.org/jonesboro-fi...

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"Angle says initial use cases are focused on families with young children, companionship for the elderly, and addressing the global loneliness epidemic." No. No no no no no. This is not how you solve the loneliness epidemic. This is how you collect data

Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. And we shouldn't here. AI is a giant data-stealing plagiarism machine. Nothing more.

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Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only: King of the Hill Deadwood Seinfeld Muppet Show Mighty Mouse Parks and Rec Columbo MASH Original Star Trek The Jeffersons The Simpsons X Files Bonanza SNL 60 minutes

We amended the Constitution so the people instead of state legislatures elect senators because the old system resulted in corruption and dysfunction, and now we have a system where state legislatures functionally decide the composition of their House delegations before a single vote is cast.

Now do stocks.

Nah Not part of human nature Understanding why shit happens matters. Else genocidaires wouldn’t snuff history. Fully a result of nurture. An aberration. Nobody is born genocidal. Requires intense programming. Entirely narrative driven Would never happen without other sins. Like resource hoarding

Lying is a virtue to fascists. Cruelty is a virtue to fascists. Violence is a virtue to fascists. Killing is a virtue to fascists. It's not inconsistent at all; it's all very consistent to the one true belief of fascists, which is domination.

Prediction markets are hideously inefficient, with prices wildly unreflective of reality, and are therefore a perfect tool for insiders to come in at the last minute and shear some gambling-addict sheep. buff.ly/sTOwRgl

This is from yesterday, but the message is the same. OSU leaders - don’t capitulate. Oppose these unreasonable demands.

Today, two (two!) men ran sub two-hour marathons for the first time in human history and the news is nowhere to be found on the ESPN or Sports Illustrated home pages. One of the greatest feats in sports history and it’s less important than the final round of the NFL Draft.

"Do you regret your heated rhetoric?" "No. Do you regret your chilled rhetoric? Do you regret sitting on the sidelines as norms fell away and so many laws were broken? Do you regret pretending like this was all normal and you alone were savvy enough to see that Both Sides Are To Blame?"

Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact

Byeeeeee hope you figure out the downsides of surveillance capitalism someday

jailing a bunch of these guys is a layup. it's gonna be extremely irritating if (when) they walk away scot free

It's not hyperbole in the least to say Musk purchased a six-month shadow presidency for $280 million and used the power of that shadow presidency to 1. Steal the government’s data, 2. Permanently damage the state’s ability to regulate his businesses, and 3, kill non-white people.

Holy crap, guys. His approval rating is down 300%.

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

even if they were tricked, they were tricked by having their race hate appealed to which is a very...well why was /that/ convincing if you're so innocent dawg

This. They constantly forget the someones they hurt live in the same country as them and they can't harm them without harming the society they live in.

I don’t think you should be allowed to have an important job if you believe in demons

Also, even if that were true, that’s fucking monstrous? Are we not supposed to care when people who have other health problems die?

People with preexisting conditions also don’t deserve to die

Republican redistricting efforts 1) happened first 2) were literally at the behest of the President 3) were not voted on but guess which one gets critical op-eds from the political media

At R&R Head Labs in Denver, former inmates with tonsorial skills become professional barbers. My barber James is now fully licensed. We celebrated over apple pie this morning!

I don't have a podcast

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