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  This Fourth of July, the world declares its independence from America https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/jul/04/independence-day-america-decline

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  'with every immigrant parent torn from their children’s arms, every family that loses their health coverage, every young person who decides to forego college, every rural health clinic that shuts down, every research grant that gets revoked, every solar energy project that gets dismantled, they can sit back, smile, and say, “This is why we came to Washington. No matter what happens tomorrow, it was worth it.”' Why They Did It https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-they-did-it

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  "The crazy thing about the Streisand Effect is that it’s so predictable, yet people keep falling for it." Litigious Company Demands Removal Of A Tweet Linking To An Article About How Litigious They Are https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/09/litigious-company-demands-removal-of-a-tweet-linking-to-an-article-about-how-litigious-they-are/

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  Trump Administration Sends In The Marines… To Do Paperwork? https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/11/trump-administration-sends-in-the-marines-to-do-paperwork/

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  I Don't Disapprove of Trump's Strategy, Because He Doesn't Have One https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/i-dont-disapprove-of-trumps-strategy

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  The right-wing outrage machine gears up, and a cartoonist gets death threats https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-right-wing-outrage-machine-strikes

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  "Democrats have been down this road before. It leads nowhere good. You can't build a political coalition by constantly throwing people out of it. You can't inspire voters by standing for nothing. You can't protect some children by agreeing that others are disposable." The Smallest Room in the House https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-smallest-room-in-the-house

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  Twitter Is Dead, X Is Elon’s Personal Propaganda Platform, Where Grok Checks His Feed Before Answering https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/14/twitter-is-dead-x-is-elons-personal-propaganda-platform-where-grok-checks-his-feed-before-answering/

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  'Trump’s cuts to scientific research aren’t about shrinking government and saving money. They’re about dealing with possibly inconvenient evidence by covering the nation’s ears and shouting “La, la, la, we can’t hear you.”' For MAGA, Ignorance is Strength https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/for-maga-ignorance-is-strength

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  When someone posts something and someone replies with a Snopes post denying it, some original posters will be, How dare you disbelieve my lived experience. But when someone you've never met who may or may not be the person in their profile picture, and may or may not live where they say they live and be who they say they are, makes a claim it would be insane to unquestioningly believe them. Snopes isn't perfect, but if you rage against Snopes I suspect you of being an asshole or...

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  Got this used Barry White album, and the first song begins with this *endless* spoken part. So I drop the needle about an inch in. And I noticed it was extra scratchy right there, which means whoever had this album before me *also* always skipped the monologue! @vinylrecords #NowPlaying #BarryWhite #ShutUpAndSingBarry

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  @pseudonym apparently I'm not the only one who dreams about weird toilets!

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  @StefanThinks innocent bystander?

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  "The main benefit from these deals (assuming they happen and last for a while), is that the United States will stop hitting itself in the face." How We Lost the Trade War https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-we-lost-the-trade-war