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Actually, conservatism consists of two propositions. The second one is: No one should be allowed to do anything conservatives don't want to do.
So anti-vaxxers have gone from “My body my choice” to “No Covid vaccines for anybody.” newrepublic.com/post/199515/...
The Trump administration reportedly plans to pull it from shelves within months.
".. unless Pulte somehow had particular knowledge about issues with Cook's application, which is unlikely, then one has conclude that Pulte handed Fannie and Freddie a list of political enemies and asked for their loan files for review."
Worth reading this
What can go wrong? Everything.
Deliberate attempt by Stephen Miller to incite violence to invoke Insurrection Act and declare martial law.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Guard members will carry their service-issued weapons, which may include pistols or rifles, and “detentions may occur leading to arrests,” a spokesperson said.
[GIFT ARTICLE] Make America Healthy Again, Even if It Gets You Sick by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
When steam starts coming out of my tea kettle, does that mean it's angry?
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
Click the link below for my new song You Can Add Eight Hashtags But Can't Be Bothered To Alt Text?
If your government subscribes to the conservative belief that you deserve nothing, then nothing is what you will get. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
The Trump administration's cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a new KFF Health News...
Speaking of needing investment in local news, @51st.news — which we should all subscribe to! — just published this piece by @janeese4dc.bsky.social describing her news coupon proposal to use individual choice to strengthen local journalism in DC.
In this moment local journalism is vital.
The need for public investment in local journalism is dire. The Local News Funding Act would support vital sources of information in D.C.
Just received this statement from Lisa Cook: "President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."
President Trump said he is firing Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, "effective immediately." It's his most direct assault yet on Fed independence -- and a step that it is far from clear he can legally take. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u... #EconSky
so i think the key to understanding this is that the current palingenetic ultranationalism of the US basically views the 50s-80s as the high point of American Civilization
I just looked up this "Cracker Barrel" restaurant chain and I was somewhat unprepared for the level of theming they apparently have? Like this is a chain founded in 1969 that is kind of play-acting about being a turn of the 19th century general store?
