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“he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought” oh my lord. The President of the United States of America, people, grow anxious when he has a thought he hasn’t yet pooped out. According to a defender!
Aaron RuparSen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/
the liberal-moderate wing of the Dems have been getting their asses kicked since at least Reagan and I don’t see why I should listen to anything they have fucking said since then
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌OAN the liberal-moderate wing of the Dems have been getting their asses kicked and I don’t see why I should listen to anything they fucking say right now
We have completely unprecedented (for this country) levels of corruption, and people are seeing it. And they hate it! We need to be banging on *constantly* about the corrupt Trump admin, the corrupt elites that enable it (and profit from it), and the Epstein class.
End Citizens UnitedOur recent polling show that voters don't see corruption as an abstract issue. Voters see it as the cause of government being unresponsive, high prices, and a system that works for the most powerful.