Defining deviancy ever downward

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Mamdani has no business talking bout integrity.

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Mamdani thinks he has integrity. He does not.

Mamdani thinks he has integrity. He does not.

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Political power shouldn't be a Kennedy heirloom

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The money quote from Elon: “Trump has 3.5 years left as President, but I will be around for 40+ years…”

Would @Morning_Joe kindly stop taking all credit for balanced budgets when he was in the House? Clinton's 1993 tax increase -- which Joe demagogued as the "largest tax hike in American history" -- played a huge role, as did a booming economy.

Today's real story: Dow down 800 due to Trump's irresponsible tax cut-spending bill. Trump diverts attention by abusing South African president. Media falls for it.

A political bellwether. Possibly.

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Slapping tariffs on things we can't produce -- even if we wanted to -- is crazy

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Congratulations, Anthony. Award totally deserved.

Without comedy or the president, correspondents’ dinner presses on This year’s White House correspondents’ dinner was a relatively solemn affair, with little star power and lots of professional pride

Too bad journalists were there as well.

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That's true, but Trump's attacks on due process (not coincidentally for a Latino immigrant), however serious, are part of his bigger efforts to take the focus off the crashing economy.

Elon Musk has tweeted that the level of propaganda at elite universities "would make North Korea jealous." He hasn't disclosed the schools his college-age children have attended, but at least one of them currently goes to Brown University -- famed as perhaps the most fashionably left of the bunch.

Musk tweets that the level of propaganda at elite universities "would make North Korea jealous." He hasn't disclosed that at least one of his kids currently goes to Brown University -- the most fashionably left of the bunch.

COVID on the Upper East Side - This East Side Covid may seem far in our past, but it was just five years ago that our lives were rearranged and the future of the city became a big question mark. The East Side, however, persevered. Here are some m...

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Has it occurred to some of you that Trump's on-again, off-again tariff war is part of an insider trading scheme? Before he announces a pause, which inevitably causes stocks to rise, he and friends buy stock. Before he announces a resumption, which leads to sharp price drops, they sell.

Also traders going short right before Trump announces tariffs and then going long right before he « delays » tariffs.

The commander in chief of the U.S. military.

Thanks. I find identity politics troubling. One could say Jim Crow was identity politics of the most perverse kind

Waffle House announces $0.50 surcharge on eggs because of bird flu The comfort food franchise said soaring egg prices have forced it to make the decision.

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Where are Dem pols?

Is Trump’s bitcoin embrace the biggest ‘pump-and-dump’ ever? The U.S. government buying bitcoin at inflated prices would do nothing to pay off America’s debt.

Alternative thought to Inauguration Day
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Trump tells allies to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense New U.S. president aims to more than double the alliance’s spending target.

Does this apply to the US? The US defense budget is $824 billion. That’s about 3.1% of GDP. To get to 5% of GDP would mean another $500 billion in defense spending. Is Trump going to propose that and where will the money come from? Or is 5% only for other countries? www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Donald Trump Jr. heads to Greenland as his father eyes the Danish territory The island is strategically located but apparently not for sale.

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Keeping the Greenland distraction alive

Strangers Not Strangers: How I Greeted the Start of Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City We were a solid hundred at 60th Street and Lexington Avenue early this morning, greeting the turn of Saturday into Sunday to count down the start, finally, of congestion pricing in New York City. Ketc...

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Creep

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.

As chair of a Pulitzer jury on cartoonists, I applaud Ann Telnaes’ decision. (I also agree with her message though, it must be noted, that is not a criterion for choosing nominees.)

Musk and His Critics are Both Wrong About Free Speech on X Neither side is using the concept in a constitutionally accurate way.

Musk and His Critics are Both Wrong About Free Speech on X

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As an anti-immigrant America Firster, I want to be ruled by a South African immigrant who answers to a leader in Russia and thinks Americans are too dumb to use computers.