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Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

How to win in November

America's Richest People Are Not its Most Generous

Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett.

At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:

Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600

Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.

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Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

These people are the enemy.

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Privately, several chief executives told me that they recognized that imposing the tariffs, as well as Mr. Trump’s intractable support of them, was a potentially cataclysmic mistake. “Few of us ever imagined he would go this far,” one told me. “He could well bring down the economy and himself.” From: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/trump-tariffs-stock-market-recession.html

The theory here is simple: Trump will do what he has repeatedly promised to do and what he started doing in his first term. He will impose widespread tariffs, undercutting the postwar open trade regime, which disincentivizes conflict by promoting economic interdependence. From: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/youll-miss-pax-americana-when-gone-trump-postwar-international-system

CEOs in response to Trump tariffs: We’re in shock, losing money, thrown for a loop, Never imagined he’d go this far.

Me, before Trump took office: He’ll do widespread tariffs and break the system of global trade. Just listen to what he has repeatedly said, and observe what he already did.

if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually

I was led to believe that the two most important issues to American voters were the price of eggs and the risk of dementia in an aging president.

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.

Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.

So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.

GIZMODO CDC Ordered to Scrub Website of Words Like 'Transgender' and 'LGBT' By Matt Novak Published January 31, 2025 | Comments （105） | G President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC © Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A CDC employee spoke with Gizmodo about the "unprecedented" changes.

= I DAILY Newsletter JSTOR Membership from JSTOR, nonprofit library for the intellectually curious POLITICS & HISTORY 90 Years On: The Destruction of the Institute of Sexual Science In May 1933, Nazi-led student groups organized public burnings of "un-German" books, including those held in the library of the Institute for Sexual Science. A member of the Nazi SA and a student of the Academy of Physical Exercise examine materials plundered from the library of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, May 6, 1933 via Wikimedia Commons 企 Share By: Liz Tracey May 31,2023 4 minutes

History repeats gizmodo.com/cdc-ordered-...

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Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning

Kennedy stumbled over his facts when Cassidy pushed him to describe his ideas about Medicaid reform. He describes the program as being fully federally funded. Spending on Medicaid is actually split between the states and the federal government. Kennedy also described the premiums and deductibles as being too high when, except in very rare cases, Medicaid enrollees do not pay either of those types of fees.

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the correct response to being told to build a concentration camp is "absolutely the fuck not" regardless of the legality of the order

this really is "just asking questions" laid bare. there's no basis to ask the question. you're only asking because you have a preferred outcome that is contrary to all of the evidence.

they were never going to stop at legislating bathrooms, they will not stop at legislating children, they most certainly will continue going for all of us. this is NOT a “distraction”

For the past decade we were told canceling events at colleges over private protests was the harbinger of totalitarianism but now a right wing government is doing it so it’s fine bsky.app/profile/adam...

You're not owning MAGA by dehumanizing the trans people who you don't like, all you're doing is sending a signal that the existence of trans people is conditional to you. It's not funny, it's not clever. Don't do it!

do you know how hysterical you sound claiming that a guy who endorsed germany's neo-nazi party, unbanned neo-nazis on his website, reposts neo-nazis daily, endorsed the great replacement, and whose family emigrated to south africa in support of apartheid, intentionally gave a nazi salute? absurd!

AOC comes out swinging against a Nancy Mace for targeting Sarah McBride.

"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."

it’s pretty funny whenever people talk about needing to have a “wider tent” for a political party they always mean people who are transphobic and not trans people

[noticing a group of people having a nice time at the park] enjoy your echo chamber