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Sunday Good Reads for December 7th, 2025
Remember when the US used to fight fascists? Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all - The Washington Post : �They must be held to account for this.
angryea 12/09/2025 1
Milton Friedman is Why Trump is About to Betray Ukraine
Bold statement, yes, but backed up by this Wall Street Journal article on the “peace negotiations” being run by Trump’s special envoy. � The take away from the article is that in exchange for ...
angryea 12/09/2025 1
Business Should Not Be Allowed to Create Artificial General Intelligence
Now, before anyone wonders, I still do not think that artificial general intelligence, computers that can display the kind of general intelligence that humans do, �is anywhere near becoming a reality.
angryea 12/09/2025 1
Why conservatives are obsessed with this bad college essay
Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. Conservatives have spent the last week ...
Oliver Willis 12/06/2025 45
Top Comments: Open Thread
Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most ...
Chitown Kev 12/05/2025 6
Trump’s revenge plot unravels as another grand jury shuts him down
President Donald Trump’s plans for revenge against his political enemies were disrupted yet again on Thursday after a grand jury declined to pursue charges against New York Attorney General ...
Oliver Willis 12/05/2025 46
Trump releases racist blueprint for the world
The Trump administration released its “ National Security Strategy ”� on Thursday night, but the document reads more like a manifesto advocating for white supremacy than a supposed national ...
Oliver Willis 12/05/2025 145
Failed Writer's Journey: The Cult of Ambiguous Endings, or The Sopranos Blew It
Okay, so this is a bit of a weird one, and just wanders off a bit, so you have been warned. The latests literary kerfuffle (and I will keep using this word until you admit its perfection) is about some poor person who said that they thought ambiguous...
angryea 12/05/2025 8
What are you reading? December 5, 2025
In WAYR?, I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books… I am reading: Obsession: The Life and ...
Chitown Kev 12/05/2025 32
Political Landscape as Dems Seek to Avoid the GOP's Year-End Health Care Cliff: 'BradCast' 12/4/2025
Guest: Politico's Alice Miranda Ollstein Also: J6 pipe bomber IG slams Hegseth Dems 'disturbed' by boat strike video Grand Jury denies new James indictment SCOTUS allows TX' racial gerrymander... Yikes. Quite a news day. We do our best to keep up on...
TheBradBlog 12/04/2025 1
In Fox's bizarro world, huge layoffs mean 'good news’ for Trump
Following a report that showed a spike in layoff announcements, a Fox Business reporter said it could be “good news” for President Donald Trump. The consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas ...
Oliver Willis 12/04/2025 58
Hegseth could have killed troops with Signal chat leak
The Department of Defense inspector general’s report on the Signalgate scandal reveals that Secretary of State Pete Hegseth’s actions endangered the lives of American troops by revealing key ...
Oliver Willis 12/04/2025 25
The Geometry of Loss: A Short Review of Every Galaxy A Circle
Should I Read This: Yes Book Seller Link (non-affiliate, but I do know the owner): Every Galaxy a Circle a book by Chloe Clark - Bookshop.org US Author’s Website: ...
angryea 12/04/2025 1
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: ICE storm into The Big Easy
We begin today with� Lucy Campbell �of The Guardian reporting on new ICE actions in the city of New Orleans. Masked agents patrolled a heavily Latino suburb in marked and unmarked vehicles, and a ...
Chitown Kev 12/04/2025 343
A 'Flashing Red Light Warning Sign' for the GOP: 'BradCast' 12/3/2025
Also: Degenerate President spews racist invective against U.S. Somali community ahead of planned federal immigration thuggery... Not that I hope to tip off our degenerate authoritarian oligarchy on today's BradCast. But if the Republican Party still...
TheBradBlog 12/03/2025 1
Vance promises to totally fix economy 'next year'
During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance argued that it was unfair to expect the Trump administration to address issues like affordability in the first 10 months of President Donald ...
Oliver Willis 12/03/2025 117
Small businesses suffer brutally under Trump
A new report released Wednesday shows that small businesses experienced a six-figure drop in employment in the month of November as millions of Americans struggle with a worsening economy under ...
Oliver Willis 12/03/2025 78
Wednesday 12/3 edition of lots and lots of Democrats in action!
Good morning friends! �This will be my last Wednesday diary for at least a month. �I’ve got surgery coming up in 2 weeks, and Congress will be on recess for a few weeks after the surgery. �I will ...
Janesaunt 12/03/2025 11
Device Hoarding, AI, Oligarchs, Affordability, And The End of the American Economy
Did you know that your refusal to purchase new devices is destroying the economy? It’s true, at least according to CNBC, the people who sell devices, and various economists. �The problem, you see,
angryea 12/03/2025 102
Overnight News Digest December 2, 2025
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
Chitown Kev 12/02/2025 14
'Fog of War'?: Hegseth, War Crimes and the DoD's 'Politicization Death Spiral': 'BradCast' 12/2/2025
Guest: Carrie A. Lee, civil-military relations expert, formerly of the U.S. Army War College Also: Trump pardons notorious cocaine trafficker... On today's BradCast: Things are now moving very quickly, it seems, in the story of our Defense Secretary...
TheBradBlog 12/02/2025 2
Trump claims 'affordability' to be made-up Democratic thing
During his televised Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed that concerns about the affordability of goods and services are a “fake narrative.” Trump also falsely claimed ...
Oliver Willis 12/02/2025 167
Calls for Trump to Send in the Troops to Storm a Colorado State Prison
Tina Peters is the one-time Mesa County (CO) clerk who was convicted in August 2024 on three counts of attempting to influence a public official; conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation; official misconduct; violation of duty; and failure to comply...
Dan K 12/02/2025 75
Delirious president goes on manic posting binge
President Donald Trump went on a manic late night social media posting binge on Monday night, reinforcing concerns about how abnormal his behavior has been during this presidency. Between the hours ...
Oliver Willis 12/02/2025 246
Trump's EPA Just Approved What???
There are harmful administrative decisions that have immediate but reversable negative consequences. But what of decisions that are reversable in policy only – those whose effects will almost ...
announ 12/02/2025 116
Imitative AI Limits, Human And Mathematical
One of the reasons that imitative AI like ChatGPT is almost certainly a bubble is that running these systems simply cost too much money compared to the amount of value that they generate. �Even ...
angryea 12/02/2025 7
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Why Latin America and why now?
We begin today with� Greg Sargent �of The New Republic and his many doubt about the Congressional Republicans willingness to investigate the Caribbean boat strikes. To be sure, this does look like ...
Chitown Kev 12/02/2025 331
Follow the ... Voting: 'BradCast' 12/1/2025
We're back! And so is our election and accountability coverage, callers and much more!... It's no easy feat getting caught up on The BradCast after just one week off during the madness of the Trump Era. But, hey, nobody said fighting to save democracy...
TheBradBlog 12/01/2025 1
Ho, Ho, Ho! It finally feels like Winter. A Colorado State Open Thread, December 1, 2025
When I get to stand in for the Jolly Old Elf himself, I do what I can to make everyone feel happy, welcome and special, no matter how they might otherwise be feeling in this hustle-bustle holiday world. I think I mostly succeed, but there are some kids...
ColoTim 12/01/2025 6
Trump tariffs gut manufacturing as jobs shrink for 9 months straight
The Institute for Supply Management released the results on Monday of its most recent survey of the manufacturing industry, revealing a loss of jobs for the ninth month in a row. The trend under ...
Oliver Willis 12/01/2025 83
Nothing says 'tough on drugs' like Trump pardoning a trafficker
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted of conspiring to traffic drugs within the United States ...
Oliver Willis 12/01/2025 53
My People Used To Be Not White
The headline is true — my mom’s people used to be considered less than fully white. �For those who know me, this is an amusing fact. �I am extremely white. �Hockey is my favorite sport. �I think ...
angryea 12/01/2025 105

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