Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 6hBeing mad at the Mamdani announcement is just straightforwardly anti-Semitic. Like there’s not really any excuse left to hide behind there. 655253
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantZeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 56mHegseth purged all the trans and woke cybersecurity specialists aaaaaaaand 45719
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantBen 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 2hGuys we can just say that hijacking a plane is bad. It's ok to just say that. 171
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4hremember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all. 332729651
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 9hThis isn't a court at all. They're literally not even reading the fucking briefs before making "decisions". 11826189
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7hI really think Jon Ossoff, James Talarico, and a few others are in the process of creating a new kind of language, a new politics, for the era of Late Stage Trumpism. As I argue in the piece, the banal cruelties of sunsetting Trumpism are all around us, and some Dems are pointing to a way out. 21470116
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 14hI think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them. 202546462
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 10hIn a fight you are meant to hit back. 18532
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 11h> Ms. Vuittonet has no plans to vote this year. The electorate is healing 🌱 020
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America. 412631389
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s almost impressive how incompetent they are. An entire political party sustained by bigotry, idiocy, and thermostatic backlash. 000
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hahaha. Take this as a blue wave datapoint. Not even kidding. 000
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantJeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NASA teased an image that many say looked like an SR-71. And now a static display SR-71 has gone missing. Pretty cool. We're going to see the Blackbird flying again. theaviationist.com/2026/09/28/i...theaviationist.comIs An SR-71 Blackbird Returning to Flight 27 Years Later?NASA quietly removed the SR-71 #844 from static display at the Armstrong Flight Research Center, where it sat since the type’s last flight in 1999, just 3113
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every person who tries to disprove "it's the phones" ends up providing strong evidence for "it's the phones". 821813
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A former Wagner fighter, now in Ukrainian captivity, said Russian mercenaries in Mali used captured Africans as live subjects for brutal "tactical medicine training." In 2023-2024, Russian instructors deliberately maimed African prisoners, after which the mercenaries practiced stopping bleeding. 23318167
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantMichael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There’s a large number of people on this website in a constant state of frothing rage over inconsequential shit. Iced coffee, pop-country, people moving to NYC. Things of that nature. Seems like a miserable way to live 3334
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Because of course. Wonder what the GOP China hawks are doing these days. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...nytimes.comTrump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador SaysPresident Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale. 109735
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantMaciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets. 1501944547
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comRead the document (Gift Article)Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter 20161212203
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump. 17057372133
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026Interesting. The Phillipines pivoted to the US, away from China, and now, under Trump, are beginning to regret it www.worldpoliticsreview.com/philippines-...worldpoliticsreview.comThe Philippines Chose to Align with the U.S. Now It Regrets ItDespite Manila’s efforts, it is increasingly evident that Washington cannot be trusted to uphold its commitments. 42672225
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW White House reporter Laura Barrón-López has been denied entry to the White House despite the court order restoring press access. 1542333761
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026An ongoing story during the Obama administration was the Big Problem of policy uncertainty. 730734
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026the priority here being the migrants and not the vigilantes is *insane* and also more evidence of my Belphegor theory. 744168
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🪖💬 Every 10th soldier in Ukrainian captivity is not a Russian citizen, reports the “I Want to Live” project, which helps Russian military personnel surrender to captivity. As of September, among the prisoners of war in Ukraine were citizens of 55 countries. 512436
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026??? 1030618
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It was pretty clear we'd get here, which is why it was so disappointing to see so many institutions believe a permanent "vibe shift" away from progressive policies existed. 1535837
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We do not apply this reasoning - that you are responsible when your enemy in a war decides to kill civilians (which is not just some, but most of the deaths totaled here) - to any other war. People have agency and are responsible for their choices, including groups and countries other than the USA. 3073592
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 22/09/2026He would've struck the Houthis last weekend if he were prepared to follow through with this bluster. 010
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Legitimate Watergate-shaped scandal. 000
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026no, it is the other way around. if you are looking at D+14 (or D+12 or +10 or even +8) generic ballot then there is basically no point in trying to tamper with anything. you are going to lose, the only ? is how bad it is going to be. it's when the election is *tight* that tampering makes sense. 851818142
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantNPV10 @npv10.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Feels like we will have our very own 1MDB… between this and the office of strategic capital not sure which one is more likely to produce indictments first 0144
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Canada annual potash exports total: 22-23 million tons Canada annual potash exports to the US: 12 million tons Belarus annual potash exports total: 10-12 million tons Belarus potash exports already contracted, with China the biggest recipient: All This is stupid, moving on 1062486630
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantpolitiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If Schumer or Jeffries or Hochul or any other NY Dem attended an event with Donald Trump like this and said this quote the DSA would light DNC headquarters on fire. 35418119
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 22/09/2026After narrowly escaping being ensnared in an Abscam-level corruption probe thanks to the corrupt POTUS, Susan Collins has learned her lesson. 010
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think this is mostly true, with the caveat that in Trump II, some relationships with trade partners have been ruptured past the ability for a non-Trump president to repair quickly or in the same form they’d existed before. Not such that we’re doomed, but it’ll be necessarily different. 4516
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I guess the funniest thing here is W. deciding to come off the sidelines *now*. Dude has an unerring sense of when to throw up a Mission Accomplished banner just before eating absolute shit. 814415
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This has got to be the result of an influence operation, right? Because… why? 100
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantMac William Bishop @macwbishop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"We have entered the Great Interregnum... the liminal space between the American Century and whatever comes next. We cannot say with certainty what guiding power or idea will order the world over the next century. But we can be certain that chaos will precede it." 35213
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes, much cheaper and better to get potash from a landlocked, sanctioned, and hostile country than our neighbors to the north. 000
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You fundamentally just cannot fight and win a war like this. There isn’t a military on earth that could effectively operate when your leadership is waffling back and forth on decisions on a daily basis for months on end. It’s not sustainable. None of this is sustainable. 421479279
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026if we're gonna do stupid utilitarian math then USAID saved more lives than every war-related death since WWII combined 1648171
ubi cedunt, vincere se appellant @pt109.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I think this would be an awesome closing argument for the Republican Party this year. 011
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantB. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the first real indicator I've seen that China isn't happy with the situation. 3889
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This site is obsessed with "ensuring agency stays with the humans" -- seemingly for social and political and emotional reasons -- but the new and frightening thing we're learning about AIs is how much agency they can exercise. So what you're really doing is just obscuring the emerging problem. 12551
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is a big deal on its own. But hard to overstate the level of fail on Trump's part. He committed various high crimes to boot the old Fed chief and finally appoint his own nepo-by-marriage-Fed Chief, all to get soft money policies. And now his new guy has raised rates. Sad. 1938587
Reposted by ubi cedunt, vincere se appellantZeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I can't even point to a feasible military need for this anymore. They're at peace with Egypt and Jordan. De facto peace with the Gulf states. Assad/Gaddafi/Saddam all gone. Hezbollah & Hamas decapitated and cut off. Bibi handed off Iran to Trump. 2.8 billion to raze Lebanese villages is all this is 23412