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/4 The fundamental concept is that most people, rather than stand up and say “I’m a terrible person if I go along with this,” will go along and rewrite their mental map to agree with it rather than think themselves terrible.

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This should be the story tomorrow, and every day: The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump Encourages Putin to Attack NATO Memberswww.theatlantic.com At a rally on Saturday, the former president announced he would tell the Russians “to do whatever the hell they want” to states delinquent in their bills.

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I’d prefer that both presidential candidates were younger and sharper, but I don’t buy “singularly uncomfortable.” We’ve had old, questionably physically and/or mentally fit presidents before. I kind of feel like one candidate being entirely lawless is more singular.

The special counsel’s report and President Biden’s performance at a last-minute news conference on Thursday night placed his age, the singularly uncomfortable subject looming over his re-election bid, back at the center of America’s political conversation. nyti.ms/3uvl4a4

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Most of the justices want to rule in Trump’s favor in the disqualification case. They’re struggling to figure out how to do so. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Donald Trump on Monday suggested that the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, should leave her post, when asked about the party’s lackluster fund-raising and electoral results in recent years.

Trump Says Ronna McDaniel ‘Knows’ She Should Step Down as R.N.C. Chairwww.nytimes.com The former president also signaled that he could call for changes at the Republican National Committee soon after the South Carolina primary on Feb. 24.

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Hell yeah let's fuckin go

@kenwhite.bsky.social

Here's the template if anyone wants to try their own hand at a Ken chyron.

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Musk: I’ve solved Twitter’s problems Linda Yaccarino: Great! Musk: We’ll hire super-geniuses Linda: yessss Musk: we will breed them ourselves, here Linda: what now Musk: from my seed and suitable women Linda: erm Musk: FIND ME THE WOMAN WITH THE BIGGEST VAGINA IN AMERICA Linda: I deserve this

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just got my hands on the Epstein list and I’m shook

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my bet: DC Circuit finds no immunity, SCOTUS denies cert, Roberts once again successfully passes on the hot potato

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Meanwhile all the energy around combating antisemitism in mainstream discourse is being directed toward overly circumspect college presidents by dupes and charlatans.

An important thing to understand is that Musk - who genuinely is pretty smart - arrived at all of these insane and despicable beliefs through his emotions and insecurities. LLMs do not have those, and it would be require deliberate effort to train in approximations.

Musk gave Twitter a voice, and when it spoke, it spoke for everything he hated. Grok doesn't have the woke mind virus - it IS the woke mind virus

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Shitty people, shitty culture, shitty values.

NEW: The Texas Supreme Court temporarily STAYS the district court's order permitting Kate Cox to get an abortion while it reviews AG Ken Paxton's petition for mandamus and motion for temporarily relief. Background here: www.texastribune.org/2023/12/07/t...

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The Senate should expel Menendez, too.

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DC Circuit affirms district court in Blassingame, no presidential immunity for J6 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Opinion Filed (Merits Panel) – #2029472 in James Blassingame v. Donald Trump (D.C. Cir., 22-5069) ...storage.courtlistener.com OPINION [2029472] filed (Pages: 54) for the Court by Judge Srinivasan, CONCURRING OPINION (Pages: 6) by Judge Katsas, OPINION CONCURRING IN PART (Pages: 7) by Judge Rogers. [22-5069, 22-7030, 22-7031]

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Quite a story. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/w... (🎁 link)

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Huge deal. US law enforcement has an Indian national in custody indicted of attempting to assassinate a US citizen on the orders of BJP Indian government officials. They will try him, which means a lot may come out in court.

U.S. Attorney Announces Charges In Connection With Foiled Plot To Assassinate U.S. Citizen In New Yo...www.justice.gov Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), and James Smith, the Assistant Di...

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Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days, Qatari mediators said. The Israeli prime minister’s office said it had begun contacting the families of hostages to be released on Monday. nyti.ms/40WbKHS

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Millett is OVER Sauer. Garcia is extremely skeptical. Pillard is thinking about the opinion (and SCOTUS?). Sauer is (1) not answering questions and (2) interrupting the judges repeatedly. All is going well.

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Statement from @goangelo.bsky.social

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More than 11,100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. While there is no breakdown between fighters and civilians, most of the dead are women and children.

Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That’s one out of every 200 people.www.washingtonpost.com More than 11,100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. They include doctors, journalists, professors and poets.

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White nationalism under a second Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/u...

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NEWS President Macron calls on the Israeli government to stop bombing Gaza.

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“The agents approached the mayor on the street and asked his security detail to step away, one of the people said. They climbed into his S.U.V. with him and, pursuant to a court-authorized warrant, took his devices” www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/n... (🎁 link)

F.B.I. Seizes Eric Adams’s Phones as Campaign Investigation Intensifieswww.nytimes.com Days after a raid at Mr. Adams’s chief fund-raiser’s home, federal agents took the mayor’s phones and iPad, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

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The Onion: "Christian Conservatives Present Bold New Message: 'You Will Bathe in the Blood of the Innocent'" The Babylon Bee: "You Will Bathe in the Blood of the Innocent"

I always kind of shuddered at the “someday every knee will bow, someday every tongue will confess” songs and references, because of this “I can’t wait until you are writhing in a lake of fire” vibe.

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It mostly annoys me that folks seem unable to process that while they're saying "the system can't treat him as a normal defendant because he is dangerous", that the reality is closer to "he is dangerous because the system has repeatedly refused to treat him like a normal defendant".

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Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute.

Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second termwww.washingtonpost.com Advisers have also discussed deploying the military to quell potential unrest on Inauguration Day. Critics have called the ideas under consideration dangerous and unconstitutional.

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Bob Barker famously encouraged the neutering and spaying of pets, but many forget that Monte Hall was an equally vocal advocate for pet circumcision

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And what looks to be the highest tank losses of the war

⚰️⚰️ Russians lose 4,000 troops near Avdiivka – Ukraine's Defence Minister

Russians lose 4,000 troops near Avdiivka – Ukraine’s Defence Ministerwww.pravda.com.ua Rustem Umierov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine, and Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense, have held a telephone conversation to discuss further military assistance and preparations for the next Ramst...