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Formerly DQ's twitter. Now dedicated to Failure to Communicate newsletter. Also co-host @WAWLTshow.

 Miami, FL
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Thomas Kennedy@tomaskennOct 14
BREAKING: @BillyCorben reveals State Rep. Fabian Basabe is using taxpayer money, totaling $2700 per month, to pay himself rent for a “district office” that is not in his district, has no staff, serves no discernible purpose, and is not listed in his official state website.
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Good people are getting pissed but too many euphemisms. It's insurance companies. Unnecessary middle-men who drive up costs, add friction at every step, and make pricing a series of funhouse mirrors. A stupid system, but it's stupid because of the insurance companies.
Common Dreams@commondreamsOct 6
"Americans are done with a healthcare system that puts profits before people," said @Ilhan. commondreams.org/news/66-sup…

'People Are Sick of a Broken Healthcare System': Poll Shows New High of 66% Support Medicare for...

"Americans are done with a healthcare system that puts profits before people," said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

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Just wanna put it out there that I've never met or spoken with Howard Lutnick, I know nothing about his relationships past or present, and I am not suicidal. #receipts
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Does anyone else remember back in the day when doing this was scandalous? archive.ph/UUkmm

Fuzzy Lines Blur Face of TV, Politics - Los Angeles Times

archived 5 Oct 2026 13:13:00 UTC

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Michael M. Grynbaum@grynbaumOct 5
NEW: Karoline Leavitt has found her post-White House gig –– on Fox News. She'll be a contributor on the network starting Nov. 1.
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Failure to Communicate retweeted
Thomas Kennedy@tomaskennOct 1
The choice is an unelected DeSantis hack who wasted more than a billion taxpayer dollars in a concentration camp (Alligator Alcatraz) or an honest man, labor lawyer, and all around good person. Vote Jose Javier Rodriguez for Florida Attorney General.
Miami Herald
@MiamiHeraldSep 30
Herald endorsement: Florida attorney general | Opinion miamiherald.com/opinion/elec…

Herald endorsement: Florida attorney general | Opinion

The Herald Editorial Board releases its endorsements in the Nov. 3 elections.

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Never thought I'd miss Big Oil and Big Tobacco who at least respected us enough to lie about this stuff.
Los Angeles Times
@latimesSep 30
Anthropic says its AI models could manipulate, blackmail and harm humans latimes.com/business/story/2…

Anthropic says its AI models could manipulate, blackmail and harm humans

Nearly a third of Anthropic's IPO prospectus spotlighted AI 'risk factors.' Less than 50 pages were dedicated to business metrics, while 80 of 261 pages were about potential risks of AI.

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Replying to @glasshouseosint @itsnwts @grok
“Ministry of records” can’t even get the most basic facts right
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I accept your apology coward
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Replying to @commsfaildotcom @itsnwts @grok
lol it blocked me after talking so saucy
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Why Are We Like This@wawltshowSep 26
Political journalism is broken. Candidates spend millions, yet the media questions their strategy. Why? Because many campaigns run on skeleton crews, with huge cuts to consultants. What’s your take on this pay-to-play system? #PoliticalJournalism
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Thomas Kennedy@tomaskennSep 25
I, once again, asked Miami’s Mayor Eileen Higgins and city commissioners to end the 287g agreement signed last year establishing local police collaboration with ICE. Higgins campaigned on this issue but now refuses to address it, and won’t even meet with groups advocating on it.
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Pattern recognition should help you recognize the people selling you peptides are the same people who sold you a million other stupid trends, save your energy
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Holy shit it’s joever
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Thomas Kennedy@tomaskennSep 18
Maria Elvira Salazar is trying to distance herself from Trump’s mass deportation agenda, but in the past she has demonized migrants, praised Alligator Alcatraz, voted for billions in funding for ICE, and called for a review of birthright citizenship. Some of her comments:
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Thomas Kennedy@tomaskennSep 16
New from me: Customs & Border Patrol detained and interrogated me at Miami International Airport. Then they scrutinized my reading list. miaminewtimes.com/opinion/op…

Opinion: CBP detained and interrogated me at MIA. Then they scrutinized my reading list.

The experience left me wondering how easily a “secondary inspection” can become something more.

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so unfair we're living through the golden age of corruption but democrats aren't allowed to have a little bit as a treat
The Washington Post
@washingtonpostSep 15
The federal bribery trial of D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. is set to begin today. White is accused of taking $35,000 in cash bribes from a government contractor who he had known for years, and who was working at the time as an FBI informant. wapo.st/4xoo5Dq

Trayon White Sr.’s attorneys say lawmaker was set up as bribery trial opens

The case, which hinges on recordings by a government informant, could come down to a single juror.

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And here's an economist who's saying the subject matter experts who are critical of AI's real and potential effects on our world are ACTUALLY more like climate deniers (not, you know, the enormous corporations facilitating the denial).
Rutger Bregman
@rutgerbregmanSep 12
Moving the goalposts: climate deniers did this all the time as well. First it was: killer robots are a sci-fi distraction from real harms like algorithmic bias. Now it's become: fears of extinction are a sci-fi distraction from real harms like killer robots.
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Business school in 2026: "Just because you're allowed to kill or poison your customers with your product doesn't mean it's a good idea to do it."
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This is like the 2nd wave of climate denialism from the early 2010s when they had to tweak the messaging bc it became obvious that the climate was actually changing. AI has its minions parroting the new talking points years ahead of schedule, very efficient campaign.
Evan Barker
@evanwchSep 14
People hate when I say this, but my uncle built a data center in Missouri and he said it was the best union job he ever had. They catered lunch and brought in physical therapists to teach the workers stretches to help keep their bodies in good shape for the hard work. Data center politics will likely be a major blue collar Union schism
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🚨 OH SHIT NEW ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD VIDEO JUST DROPPED 🚨
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