Thomas Boyd
30 years in higher ed: teaching, research, and admin. Retired. Loving life with my wife, my cat, the Big Lebowski, music, backyard astronomy, and bike racing. Proudly liberal.
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- Ah, the great negotiator… What a fucking fraud…
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- I remember it well
- While I disagree with much in this self congratulatory NYT defense, I do agree with this: “As the free press and democracy more broadly face this period of pressure, I’d urge you to support both by seeking out news sources worthy of your trust.” Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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View full threadWIRED Vanity Fair (?) Mother Jones Pro-Publica
- The Atlantic Rolling Stone
- REFUGEE: "We'd like asylum in the United States." ASYLUM HOTLINE: "We're full. Not taking any more." REFUGEE: "We're white." ASYLUM HOTLINE: "How soon can you get here?"
- Not quite true - small fix: "We're white and racist."
- Totally true...
- Winning!!!
- Ted Cruz: "I also think the plane poses significant espionage and surveillance problems ... I certainly have concerns."
- Yeah, but is he at Susan Collins levels of concern?
- Laughter. #OligarchEra 🤡
- I'm sorry, that's fucking beyond parody...
- Rule of thumb: Never assume the GOP is making a good faith argument about anything...
- some personal news! www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
- Congrats!
- After over 1.5 years of deliveries the cybertruck has sold about 50k units. The current annualized delivery rate is under 15k/year -- a trickle The model was predicted to sell at least 250k units/year
- Wasn't the 250k/yr a downsize from the original 500k/yr?
- I can't top this one.
- TODAY the NYT publishes an investigation into the Trump memecoin $TRUMP and how it has turned into a extraordinary venue for foreign influence campaigns. What we are seeing is potentially corrupt attempts to change US policy by paying the Trump family money. This is no "Russian Hoax" nyti.ms/4kkv7D7
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View full threadCorruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
- Well, that's a take. But, thank you again, for reminding why I cancelled my NYTimes subscription...
- DOJ is Trump's personal lawyers—its view means nothing. In any other scenario this would be deemed illegal Bribery—thus impeachable—and an Emoluments Clause violation. And more people should be pointing out that Trump has been more upset over AF1 not being ready than anything, so this gift is huge.
- Sue the administration. Make the DOJ defend their position in court...
- What kind of message does it send to have the president of the United States flying around in a plane gifted to him by a foreign government?
- That America is officially for sale...
- How not surprising that a lobbyist for Qatar, who took a bribe from Trump to shut down an investigation of Trump University for consumer fraud, found that it was OK for Qatar to bribe Trump.
- Need to sue the administration and see this defended in court...
- The container ships coming from China are nonexistent and the passenger planes coming from Canada are empty. Donny, you're doing a heck of a job!
- Saving money baby!!!!
- Lutnick: "We do expect a 10 percent baseline tariff to be in place for the foreseeable future ... what happens is the businesses and the countries primarily eat the tariff."
- 😂😂😂😂
- If it were me, I wouldn’t announce a ceasefire between India-Pakistan unless I knew it would hold. Super embarrassing for Marco Rubio to claim credit and for it to not even last 6 hours.
- But then again, completely on brand...
- Almost makes you wonder if market research is a good thing?
- Even Putin would be embarrassed by this.
- JFC, at least try to make the lies make sense. Fuck...
- I actually can't believe this isn't a law already...
- Is she gonna try to get the Pope fired? 😂
- So, in other words, Loomer agrees, the new Pope is pro Christ...
- Love this...
- Wow. This sounds fantastic. For lovers of early Floyd this is a must listen... music.apple.com/us/album/pin...
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- Brilliant...
- It would be impossible for me to agree more with this sentiment (@fetterman.senate.gov)...
- Fetterman needs to resign and let Shapiro replace him. apnews.com/article/john...
- Teens & 20-somethings think 30-40 year olds are uncool? Wow this is a brand new phenomenon.
- Boomers reading this thread...
- John Fetterman was meeting with reps from a teachers union when things quickly devolved. He began repeating himself, shouting & questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk. It is raising concerns about his mental health.
- Resign John (@fetterman.senate.gov) and get the help you need...
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- Huh. Now that's a mystery, isn't it?
- Chief Justice John Roberts tonight spoke about how an independent judiciary has to "check the excesses" of the president: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
- Well, it may have been a bit easier if you didn't give the fucker immunity. Asshat...
- Yep. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
- More of this please...
- I’m still waiting to be informed how many dolls boys are allowed to have in this brave new economy
- Don't you mean action figures?
- Breaking: NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election - six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost. Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.
- Don't live in the State, but thank you...
- Good, he should actually be in prison for illegally accessing sensitive data and personal info. I hope he’s shamed and shunned forever. FAFO.
- Subtitle: Harvard student learns actions have consequences
- The number of vehicles sold by Tesla fell 81% year-on-year in April in Sweden and 73.8% in the Netherlands, with steep falls in Denmark, France, and the UK, despite demand for EVs going up.
- JD Vance’s younger brother is losing in an absolute landslide in the Cincinnati mayor election after JD endorsed him.
- 😂😂😂😂😂😂 <stopping for breath> 😂😂😂😂😂😂
- I love reading US-centric media, because they feel the need to include the US president's comments on like every issues. It makes every article sound as if they walked into a elementary school and asked a random 6 year old to comment on an ongoing geopolitical crisis.
- Well, in thruth, you'll get a more cogent answer out of a random six year old...
- This sums it up well.
- In other words, no surprises...
- NEW: The City of Brighton, Colorado is set to pass a proclamation praising Scientology tonight. The city manager told the local newspaper the request came from the community. Emails show it actually came from a California-based PR rep for Scientologists. #copolitics
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- 100 days after Trump takes office and the whole world is on fire with conflicts everywhere.
- I’m sure Marco is on it!
- Are they gonna do parades for other branches of the military whose anniversary isn't on Trump's birthday?
- Now, clearly you already know the answer to your question...
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- Don't forget the cats...
- JFC...
- Lutnick has shifted from "90 deals in 90 days" to "you gotta be patient" and "we're gonna get some deals done pretty soon"
- Always moving the goal posts
- He is such a profoundly troubled (and misogynistic) person And his in-your-face creepiness somehow makes it easier to briefly forget that his actions will kill millions, and that simply cannot be allowed to happen
- Let me guess, Trueanon has trouble getting dates...
- Seriously?!
- Wow, in the current environment simply doing your job merits a Courage Award.
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- Well, they are cats and as such deserve nothing but the best !-)
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- Jesus, don't give him any ideas 😂
