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Sat, 21/12/2024 - 01:00
Welcome Chaos Games With so much chaos this morning in Washington, D.C., I don’t know where to focus. Government shutdown looms, blares CNN unless that’s changed since I last hit Refresh. Kate Riga at TPM wonders just where “on the spectrum of incompetence to malice” the incoming Trump II administration will land. It appears Donald Trump has ceded the presidency to, in NewsHoundEllen’s view, a “likely illegal immigrant.“ David Rothkopf wonders how a great nation functions with three presidents at once. The official president is “currently MIA. Our president-elect has been acting since the first week of November like he has already taken office, meanwhile, but has also effectively appointed a shadow president in Elon Musk, who appears to be the one of the three with the most clout right now.” The rule of law is going on holiday except for punishing them what’s done Trump wrong: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says she has often reassured police officers traumatized by the violence of Jan.
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Sat, 21/12/2024 - 00:33
Elon Musk Threatens Congress Successfully

This is some amazing shit:

Congress was about to vote on a bill called a “Continuing Resolution”, which would fund the operations of the federal government. But yesterday, Musk started tweeting around the clock about how he hated the bill and that he would fund the campaigns of politicians who ran against Congress members who supported it.

….Shortly after Musk decided he was against the Continuing Resolution, Trump and JD Vance issued a statement saying they were against it, too. The politicians in Congress fell in line, and now it looks like the government funding plan is dead.

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 23:08
A post I wrote last week sparked a lively debate, and one strand of that debate was whether it is appropriate to use the term “privilege” (“cis privilege” in particular) to describe the phenomena I was talking about. I identified mainly two clusters of objections, but please do let me know in the comments if […]
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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 21:00

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

The post In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle appeared first on The Intercept.

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 19:54

AS Christmas Day nears and 2025 beckons, I’m reminded of just how swiftly time marches on. It feels like only yesterday when I was elected in 2019. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Yet here we...

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 19:53

THE North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is continuing its call for an immediate end to the logging of public native forests in response to the Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) posting a loss of $29 million on its hardwood logging operations last year – almost double their loss of the previous year. NEFA spokesperson Dailan Pugh,...

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 19:48

MID North Coast architecture practice King and Campbell has won a commendation for a Coffs Harbour project at the Australian Institute of Architects 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards. The Commendation for Public Architecture was awarded for their work on the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore Community Building. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth...

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 19:46

THE just-released City of Coffs Harbour 2023-24 Annual Report shows that the previous Council’s performance was better than many on social media or in election materials would have people believe. Former Mayor Paul Amos told NOTA, “What a great turnaround”. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 19:43

THE Coffs Harbour Christmas Carols will bring festive cheer to life when nine stellar acts take the stage at Brelsford Park on Saturday, 21 December. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Kicking off the evening at...

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 18:22
Dive into these very interesting and enlightening readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy: — “Pick a different theory of liberalism, and you get a different view of its past”. The language of liberal politics is confused, argues Helena Rosenblatt in this essay adapted from her excellent book The […]
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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 11:30

Dear Sarah,

What—and I cannot stress this enough—dafuq?

That could be the whole letter, as it really captures the essence of the white-hot, slightly horny rage I feel every time I watch you cockblock yourself with that fucking Nokia, but I honestly feel bad for you, so I’ll spell it out.

YOU SHOULD TURN OFF YOUR PHONE AND FUCK KARL.

Oh my god, girl, how is this even a choice you are weighing??? Here is what we know about your mentally ill brother: He is in some kind of safe, secure facility with professionals to take care of him (and, apparently, give him unlimited phone time). Here is what we know about Karl: He is BURNING LAVA HOT, and his crotch is currently pressed—gently, consensually—against your leg.