News and opinions that get under your skin.

Joined March 2010
Reminder that we are on Bluesky and the vibe is just so much better over there (also you get to see our links over there unlike here where Elon throttles them, so you only get to read his posts) bsky.app/profile/splinternew…
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Ah, a police officer and ICE agent who are married to each other: The ultimate surveillance state abuse power couple! Story: jezebel.com/a-fired-police-o… #immigration #ICE #police #flock #flockcameras #surveillance #privacy
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A new poll finds that even Republican voters now think Donald Trump is using the White House to enrich himself. Story: jezebel.com/gop-voters-start… #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #corruption #grifters #TrumpFamily #polls
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Currently the admin is trying to get a federal judge to recuse herself from a case about a golf course, so that's how well it's going. Story: jezebel.com/golf-courses-dc-… #golf #golfcourse #washingtondc #DC #DonaldTrump #EastPotomac
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This is simply another attempt to do what capital always does, and entrench gains for themselves while paying labor less than they are worth. Story: jezebel.com/dodgers-hurt-own… #Dodgers #Brewers #NLCS #WorldSeries #MLB #baseball #playoffs
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Rep. Max Miller is out with a new ad that describes all those abuse allegations as just politics and family business. Story: jezebel.com/max-miller-new-a… #MaxMiller #Ohio #congress #midterms #midtermelections #gross
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After hitting an immigrant with an SUV, ICE agents said they were really looking for another man, but he's been dead for a decade. Story: jezebel.com/ice-hits-man-wit… #ICE #immigration #DHS #stupid
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The Katie Zacharia Era at the White House lasted only 45% of a Mooch. We clearly have a new record holder here. Full story: jezebel.com/katie-zacharia-f… #KatieZacharia #fired #PressSecretary #WhiteHouse #DonaldTrump #mooch #scaramucci
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Elon Musk unveiled a gargantuanly stupid flying Tesla Roadster, which you will quite obviously never get to actually pilot. Story: jezebel.com/tesla-roadster-f… #ElonMusk #Tesla #flyingcars #Roadster #TeslaRoadster #SpaceX
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Donald Trump, coward that he is, is now running away from the plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan. Story: jezebel.com/trump-calls-off-… #NidalHasan #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #execution #livestreamed #capitalpunishment
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Less than 48 hours seems like a reasonable time frame to investigate 20,000 supposed "noncitizen" ballots, right? Story: jezebel.com/california-voter… #California #lawsuit #voterrolls #voters #noncitizens #DOJ #midterms #election
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Alaska demonstrates pretty perfectly how a single fringe weirdo taking advantage of open primaries can cause chaos. Story: jezebel.com/alaska-congress-… #Alaska #congress #midterm #midterms #EricHafner #NickBegich #BillHill
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It would be shocking if male streamers thought of anything to do with a robot that DIDN'T involve harassing women. Story: jezebel.com/humanoid-robot-s… #robot #robots #influencers #streamers #germany #harassment
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The GOP is admitting defeat and giving up on holding the House of Representatives in the midterms. On to the Senate? Story: jezebel.com/the-republicans-… #HouseofRepresentatives #congress #midterms #midtermelections #electionday #senate
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Vance, who once wrote that he thought HE was gay, and was photographed in drag, insists that actually, it's Talarico who bigots should hate. Story: jezebel.com/jd-vance-implies… #JDVance #Talarico #JamesTalarico #KenPaxton #Texas #senate #midterms
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Even the people in Maryland’s lone conservative district weren't buying it. Story: jezebel.com/andy-harris-blam… #AndyHarris #congress #gas #gasprices #diesel #Iran #IranWar
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"Went to law school" is a pretty different thing than "licensed to practice law." Story: jezebel.com/katie-zacharia-l… #KatieZacharia #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdmin #PressSecretary #attorney #law
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Only in the Trump administration can your boss demand your resignation and say you're a wonderful asset simultaneously. Story: jezebel.com/kimberly-guilfoy… #KimberlyGuilfoyle #DonaldTrump #Greece #ambassador #diplomacy #resign #fired
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After the Trump administration bulldozed trees at a historic golf course, a judge appeared remotely from Istanbul to yell at everyone. Story: jezebel.com/trump-admin-bull… #DonaldTrump #DC #washingtonDC #golf #golfcourse #EastPotomac
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