Andrew A. Gill

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bad luck for biden to run in an electoral cycle where "are you old" is the most important issue instead of in one of the cycles where email security procedures or accuracy of vietnam war medal citations was the most important issue in the country.

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For NYT/WaPo/NBC political reporters, it appears to them as “wow I wrote this story about Biden, and look at all the attention it’s getting, and the White House is responding!” Which doesn’t happen for Trump stories. Which is another way of saying that it’s about their power to act.

Part of what’s happening with the Biden political media freakout is about power to act. Journalists have felt feeble and useless during the Trump era. They write their usual articles about Trump and it has little effect on his approval. Not so with Biden.

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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise

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I do not regret analogizing these people to the men who took photos of themselves at lynchings www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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Schoolhouse Rock:"No more kings!" The Supreme Court:"No, more kings!" h/t to @jhfhockey.bsky.social for inspiring this.

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"President Biden, who seemed fully conscious and did not drool on himself, warned that an asteroid would wipe out all life in three days. Though he's been long dogged by questions about his physical and mental stamina, the president remained upright as he briefed the nation on the coming apocalypse"

What the actual fuck, NYT?

T Greg Doucette has a decent idea for an amendment here. I think it's a good part of a package of other amendments but it can't be the end of it.

A proposed constitutional amendment in the thread below ❤️ if you like it 💬 if you don't 🔁 for more opinions 1/

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I joke a lot about my capacity for despair, but there's enough Catholic discipline in my youth to remember that it is in fact a sin, one that absorbs all the best in you more comprehensively than a tar pit. I left the church ages ago, but I held onto that cable: despair is not a long-term good.

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Not making any threats here, just thinking out loud as a historian — do they people brazenly pushing for impunity for the wealthy elites not know what traditionally comes next?

the combination of Ohio, Chevron, and Jarkesy is to tell the extraordinarily rich “there’s no one who can hold you accountable for anything if you can afford a lawsuit”

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Mike Masnick

In defense of His Honor Judge Dick Young, “lazy apathetic sex” does not yield porn in its search results.

The debate is less than 24 hours away. Some predictions 1 I haven't seen anything about Donnie backing out. That was my initial prediction but I don't think he'll do it so close. Still a chance he'll back out

When I reply to you including my group's e-mail address, it means I want you to reply to the group in all your replies.

ok i have another quote tweet prompt. what's something, big or small, related to your job or hobby, that most people don't know that you would like to have them know? it can be a concept, a piece of history, some vocabulary, or something else.

Incorrect, Duolingo. I am informed that the correct translation for this phrase is "I want a divorce."

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JUST LOOK AT HIM!

Mine is literally Gavrillo Princip stitting at a table in Schiller's deli, which made my great grandparents refugees (they met in the US), & then their kid met his wife in Europe when the sequel happened.

Jess noticed an ad for a 24hr film festival named Butt-Numb-a-Thon on the back of the Alamo Drafthouse newsletter and suggested I should go...introducing me to the existence of Ain't it Cool News...leading to me having a career in publishing and the film industry.

Upstate NY watching the Downstate NY Congestion Pricing debate

This is not an argument for later; this is an argument for never

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“Okay, so to recap, you want all the women in the kingdom to put their bare feet in a see through heel to see which one you danced with.” “Correct” “And you can’t tell by just looking at her face?” “I wasn’t looking at her face.” “You were looking at her…” “…her feet, yes.” … “Don’t judge me”

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Huge news for Ted Cruz, who can now resume his traditional way of honoring 9/11

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Ben Collins has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars

Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars | CNN Businesswww.cnn.com Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages...

If you see this, post a Wolf

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we love to see it

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good god no

What the holy fuck is this

So I hear they're working on another #AceAttorney game. Will this be the game where someone kidnaps Maya while she's on trial for murdering someone with a stepladder?

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"If I wasn't a libertarian before, I'm sure as hell a libertarian now," Donald Trump tells the Libertarian National Convention, saying this is because he's been indicted by the federal government 91 times.

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Donald is getting booed at the Libertarian convention. You love to see it.

Cool, random article clearly written by AI. I did not know that! (the cookies are cooling but they appear salvageable, & easier to pack anyway. My aluminum free bakimg powder does NOT contain Cream of Tartar)

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This is so true. I see it with my 6 year old. There is a kid born male in my daughters class that wears dresses all the time and absolutely no one notices. When the adults don't make being different a thing, kids don't either. Just like the rest of the adults SHOULD do.

It's fascinating how blase kids are about this stuff. "Remember that boy from your class last year? Now she's a girl." "OK when's lunch?"

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Is this what he meant

Exclusive: A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post.

Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats showwww.washingtonpost.com A WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy Americans after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack reveals their focus on New York Mayor Eric Adams and their work with Israeli officials to shape U.S. opinion of the Gaza...

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Some think the key word in the slogan “facts don’t care about your feelings” is “facts” or “feelings.” But it was always “your.”

2016: "Facts don't care about your feelings," "safe spaces," etc. 2024: We have to challenge elections that we know are fraudulent "intuitively" because you have to "follow your heart"