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Zikten posted...

How many books are left after Winds of Winter?

Adding to what they said, a chunk of Winds is actually going to be spillover that didn't fit in Dance (as in they physically couldn't bind the books without reducing the page count).

GRRM's original outline listed three major phases: the Stark/Lannister War, Dany's invasion of Westeros, and the showdown with the Others. To date, we're five books in and haven't began the second phase in earnest. So he's either going to truncate the rest of the story to wrap it up in seven books or he's going to expand the number of books he intends to write. Or he could just not bother with any of it since he's filthy rich and his heart is no longer in it. Spoiler alert: it's that last thing.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5qwecmb222j

BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.

"Thats why being called a traitor isnt just hurtful, it puts a target on my back and puts my life in danger. And it only divides our country even more." - MTG

"She's [Nancy Pelosi] a traitor to our country, she's guilty of treason. She took an oath to protect American citizens and uphold our laws. And she gives aid and comfort to our enemies who illegally invade our land. That's what treason is. And by our law representatives and senators can be kicked out and no longer serve in our government. And it's, uh, it's a crime punishable by death is what treason is. Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason." - also MTG

Westernwolf4 posted...

This.

Fortunately, he has as much charisma as a stick in my yard. Someone is going to inherit the dumb MAGA mantle, but it wont be him. Nobody likes him.

Hopefully the party will crumble like Alexander's empire upon his death. May they rip each other to shreds in an attempt to fill the power vacuum.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-biden-justice-department-ed-martin-d525b1911534a40f70394fddf396acc1

The Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of President Donald Trumps signature before quietly correcting them this week after what the agency called a technical error.

The replacements came after online commenters seized on striking similarities in the presidents signature across a series of pardons dated Nov. 7, including those granted to former New York Mets player Darryl Strawberry, former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and former New York police sergeant Michael McMahon. In fact, the signatures on several pardons initially uploaded to the Justice Departments website were identical, two forensic document experts confirmed to The Associated Press.

Within hours of the online speculation, the administration replaced copies of the pardons with new ones that did not feature identical signatures. It insisted Trump, who mercilessly mocked his predecessors use of an autopen, had originally signed all the Nov. 7 pardons himself and blamed technical and staffing issues for the error, which has no bearing on the validity of the clemency actions.

It's always, always, always projection with this guy.

How much of this is him making an example out of her to scare the other Republicans pushing for the Epstein files' release and how much of this is him lashing out at her for criticizing his recent policy pushes?

On a long enough timeline, Trump will eventually turn on everyone.

CobraGT posted...

Do I understand that the suing provision is retroactive?

It is.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1989156598699241581

JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."

Fucking Democrats!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/13/trump-organization-foreign-workers-visas

According to Forbes, which analyzed data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US presidents Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

Oh, wait... Oops. Let's give him a chance to reconcile this before we accuse him of yet another instance of flagrant hypocrisy. I'm sure he's got a perfectly reasonable justification for not criticizing Trump for actually doing the things he falsely accuses Democrats of doing.

PraetorXyn posted...

How much work is it? Its not like theyre there 9 to 5. They make close to $200K to just show up when theres a session and sit through some meetings every now and then. Staffers probably draft all the bills and such.

It's not just the money, which includes the fortunes they make from insider trading. It's the power. It's being able to get a table at any of DC's finest restaurants without reservations. It's being able to hobnob with the foreign dignitaries and industry titans. It's being able to snap your finger and have a slot on any number of prime time cable or Sunday morning broadcast news shows. It's having staffers and lobbyists and local businessmen and women kiss your ass to further their careers or secure your vote on favorable legislation.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5605091-joint-task-force-southern-spear/

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday evening a new operation dubbed Southern Spear to quash narco-terrorists in the Western Hemisphere.

Hegseth said the mission is being led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) to defend the Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs that are killing our people.

The Western Hemisphere is Americas neighborhood and we will protect it, he wrote on social media.

The announcement comes as Hegseth, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine and other senior military leaders reportedly briefed President Trump on Wednesday at the White House regarding military options for the region, including potential land strikes against Venezuela.

Operation Southern Spear is known by some as Operation Distract From the Epstein Emails.

Alucard188 posted...

A catch and kill scheme. Heads should roll over this.

If Maggie Haberman hadn't already killed the NYT for me, this is would have.

darkmaian23 posted...

I understand not liking Schumer generally, but I've seen no real indication that Democrats ending the shutdown is his fault, or anyone's really, other than the 8 or so centrist Dems who decided to vote with Republicans. The leaders of each half of Congress are supposed to lead their people, but they don't actually have the power to compel them to vote one way or another on anything.

He's either sincere when he says he opposed the deal, meaning he lacked the leadership to stop the eight from crossing the aisle to work with Republicans to strip millions of Americans of their healthcare, or he's lying and coordinated this in a way that puts the blame on the least exposed members of his caucus. Either way, he needs to be shamed and run out of town.

A_Good_Boy posted...

Haven't the Trump's been rugpulling shit coins since the election?

And NFTs before that.

Just yesterday it was 21 million. Democrats let 9 million illegal immigrants into the country over night? And they did so during Trumps presidency, after Trump tripled border securitys budget? Thats impressive.

https://apnews.com/article/california-redistricting-justice-department-lawsuit-025b00f0b3490a5fa8219c4376bcb9d2

Californias redistricting scheme is a brazen power grab that tramples on civil rights and mocks the democratic process, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in an emailed statement. Governor Newsoms attempt to entrench one-party rule and silence millions of Californians will not stand.

In case you're wondering, here's how he reacted to Texas' redistricting.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115064705209848959

Big WIN for the Great State of Texas!!! Everything Passed, on our way to FIVE more Congressional seats and saving your Rights, your Freedoms, and your Country, itself. Texas never lets us down. Florida, Indiana, and others are looking to do the same thing. More seats equals less Crime, a great Economy, and a STRONG SECOND AMENDMENT. It means Happiness and Peace. But Republicans, there is one thing even better - STOP MAIL-IN VOTING, a total fraud that has no bounds. Also, go to PAPER BALLOTS before it is too late - At one tenth the cost, faster, and more reliable. If we do these TWO things, we will pick up 100 more seats, and the CROOKED game of politics is over. God Bless America!!!

I defy you to name a more brazen hypocrite than Donald Trump.

Enclave posted...

Strong "Umm, actually it's ephebophilia" energy there.

She went full Tenlaar.

WingsOfGood posted...

that person is DONALD TRUMP

I'm guessing it's Alan "I Didn't Take My Underwear Off While Getting Massages From Underage Girls on Epstein's Island" Dershowitz.

Final Fantasy VI - Half the cast is underdeveloped.

Final Fantasy Tactics - The game incentivizes grinding to unlock new jobs and abilities, but grinding trivializes the game since story missions don't scale in difficulty with character levels.

Mass Effect - Planetary exploration in general and the Mako specifically.

Civilization VI - The end game isn't nearly as interesting as the early game and there is no vassalage system, meaning you have to micromanage conquered cities/empires.

XCOM 2 - The occasional wonkiness that results in a soldier taking wounds they shouldn't take (e.g. a soldier's shot catching their cover on fire, said fire burning the flood out from under them, resulting in fall damage).

Stardew Valley - The cooking system is uninteresting and bloated and many of the recipes are poorly balanced.

Alucard188 posted...

Which lobby groups rallied to kill this industry?

The usual suspects are big pharma, the alcohol industry, and police and prison guard unions.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jt-B4TfMEZo

"This problem is bigger than one person. And it actually is bigger than the minority leader int he Senate. You had eight Senate Democrats who coordinated their own votes on this as well as two retiring members...with the hope that people will forget this moment. A leader is a reflection of the party and Senate Democrats have selected their leadership to represent them."

She gets it.

BlueBoy675 posted...

Whats the over/under on the judge giving this kid a slap on the wrist because boys will be boys?

I won't make that bet until I know the kid's skin color and//or socioeconomic status.

Refresher: A sheriff in Kansas raided a local newspaper's office and its editor's home because they were investigating him and his friend, a local restauranteur. The warrant was obtained on false pretense and the raids carried out to punish and intimidate the reporters. The editor's elderly mother, the paper's co-owner, died of a heart attack the day after the raid. The sheriff tampered with witnesses and destroyed evidence in an attempt to cover his ass after the story blew up nationally.

https://apnews.com/article/kansas-newspaper-raid-press-freedom-c18f46a215908198335ca6f608c3360b

A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom.

Marion County sheriffs officers were involved in the raid on the Marion County Record and helped draft search warrants used by Marion city police to enter the newspapers offices, the publishers home and the home of a local city council member.

They intentionally wanted to harass us for reporting the news, and youre not supposed to do that in a democracy, the editor and publisher, Eric Meyer, said Tuesday. He added he hoped the payment was large enough to discourage similar actions against other news organizations in the future.

The raid prompted five federal lawsuits against the county, the city of Marion and local officials. Meyers 98-year-old mother Joan, the papers co-owner, died of a heart attack the next day, something he blames on the stress of the raid.

During the raid, authorities seized cellphones and computers from the newsroom and rifled through reporters desks. Search warrants linked the raid to a dispute between a local restaurant owner and the newspaper, which had obtained a copy of her driving record while reporting on her request for a city liquor license. The raid also came after the newspaper had dug into the background of the police chief at the time who led the raid.

So now the tax payers are on the hook for $3 million to settle lawsuits stemming from police misconduct. I suspect the standard for hiring law enforcement officers would be a lot higher if these settlements were paid out of police pensions. The good news is the sheriff is facing felony charges for obstruction of justice.

I saw this posted elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1585066117957324801

divot1338 posted...

People are getting hurt the longer this goes on.

Nothing in this country's 250 year history has been gained without people getting hurt in the fight for progress.

Everybody knows appeasement is the key to defeating fascists.

Philip027 posted...

Do you think every school everywhere covers the exact same topics in the exact same ways?

No, but I'd bet any school anywhere on the planet has covered the most impactful war in human history. I might lose that bet, but it's one I'd take any day of the week.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f64dbd2a.jpg

Southernfatman posted...

Do they not? They've been sanewashing him and ignoring the bad he does.

Ill take this one. They do.

Ubergeneral3 posted...

people are already mad. If something happened to Mamdani then all hell breaks lose. We even might have another Nepal.

If all hell hasn't broken loose over yet, it's not going to. This country sucks. It's chock-full of stupid, selfish voters who keep electing stupid, selfish politicians.

TheGoldenEel posted...

So fucking furious

I'm deflated. This was the first time since '14 Democrats had Republicans on the ropes and they just gave up mid-round, threw in the towel on a fight they were winning. I'm done with this useless party.

Ivynn posted...

He, like many old Dems, are just too disconnected from their constituents.

They saw millions of Americans protest Donald Trump, and less than a month later they betrayed each and every one of them...again.

Ya_dun_goofed posted...

Say what now? Did he actually say that XD

https://www.al.com/news/2020/11/what-tommy-tuberville-doesnt-know.html

You know, our government wasnt set up for one group to have all three branches of government, Tuberville said. It wasnt set up that way, our three branches, the House, the Senate and the executive.

Ya_dun_goofed posted...

what the hell does filibuster have to do with Muslims?

You're asking too much from a man who thinks the three branches of government are the executive, the House, and the Senate.

thronedfire2 posted...

shouldn't this guy be coaching a high school football team with a losing record or something

I wouldn't want this shit stain teaching my kids anything about anything.

That's the final straw for me. I will not donate one nickel or cast one vote for anyone right of AOC. I'm done with this pack of spinless cowards.

rexcrk posted...

Idk maybe I just dont see things the way most people do.

You don't see the obvious Nazi salute over the obvious Black Power fist? You don't see the subtext stating "white beats black"?

Also - and this one's far more frightening - "everything will be free."

https://twitter.com/Bannons_WarRoom/status/1986829906412482719

SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE (R): The old rules dont apply anymore. Sixty votes sounded great once, but thats not the country we live in now.

Look at New York. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years, everything will be "free," and they'll spread to the rest of the country.

I'm done supporting any Democrat right of AOC if Schumer caves.

chaos_knight posted...

At least many already got their benefits.

Yeah, about that...

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/09/us/trump-news#trump-administration-states-undo-full-snap-food-stamps

The Trump administration told states that they must immediately undo any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos and uncertainty surrounding the nations largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown.

The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo, viewed later by The New York Times. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not comply quickly with the governments new orders.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Not on Israel, she cowardly dodged that. But her point that most young people get their news from social media, especially Tik-Tok and it is full of misinformation/we are not educating people . Is completely true

People getting their news from TikTok are misinformed. People getting their news from legacy media, talk radio, and other social media platforms are...?

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Aside from enriching and empowering the rich, Republicans don't have beliefs.

vigorm0rtis posted...

We shouldn't be expecting people with disabilities to live a brutally minimalist lifestyle.

They're trying to kill the ACA, SNAP, and SSDI. I don't think they're expecting people with disabilities to live at all, brutally minimalist lifestyle or otherwise.

Young, pro-Palestinian Americans get their news from algorithm-driven social media platforms like TikTok. Whereas older, well informed pro-Israel Americans get their news from real news sources like Facebook.

What a stupid take.

What a fucking moron.

Sundercles posted...

I feel like Pulaski gets unfairly hated

She does.

When the federal government tells state governments to stop discriminating against minorities, conservatives insist big government should butt out.

When state governments tell city governments they must discriminate against minorities, conservatives insist big government gets the final say.

https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/conservative-warning-to-judges-get-on-board-with-trumps-agenda-or-get-impeached/

The Federalist Societys annual lawyers meeting is going on in Washington D.C., and yesterday there was a panel on Judicial Oversight of District Courts after Trump v. CASA, limiting lower courts ability to issue universal injunctions to block the enforcement of policies. Though conservatives won that case, and have a wildly partisan win rate at the Supreme Court, panelist Chad Mizelle, former chief of staff to the Attorney General, still finds plenty to complain about.

Mizelles comments called out district courts that have tried to place constitutional speed bumps on the Trump agenda. Like his former boss, Mizelle says these are liberal judges that arent acting in good faith (never mind that Reagan-appointed judges are leading the charge). And he knows what we should do about it. Impeach them.

Whats going to force the Supreme Court to do something is fundamentally political pressure. Its going to be when Congress starts impeaching judges and saying You are now encroaching into our territory, Mizelle said during a panel discussion at the Federalist Societys annual lawyers meeting in Washington.

Mizelles impeachment battle cry followed a somewhat cryptic story he shared that appeared to involve an implicit threat his father once issued to put down a stray cat in the familys yard.

What do I think DJT should do? He should stand up, and hes already done this, and say, Judges, I know how to deal with stray cats, said Mizelle, who served as acting associate AG and chief of staff to AG Pam Bondi before stepping down last month. (Mizelles wife, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, is a Trump-appointed federal district court judge in Florida.)

Just another step on the path to fascism.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-cornell-federal-funding-f4e2edc67f9423542e7ab6ffd3fddfb0

Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administrations interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.

Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff announced the agreement on Friday, saying it upholds the universitys academic freedom while restoring more than $250 million in research funding that the government withheld amid investigations into alleged civil rights violations. He said the governments funding freeze had stalled research, upended careers and threatened the future of academic programs.

The university agreed to pay $30 million directly to the U.S. government along with another $30 million toward research that will support U.S. farmers.

The agreement requires Cornell to comply with the governments interpretation of civil rights laws on issues involving antisemitism, racial discrimination and transgender issues. A Justice Department memo that orders colleges to abandon diversity, equity and inclusion programs and transgender-friendly policies will be used as a training resource for Cornells faculty and staff.

The campus must also provide a wealth of admissions data that the government has separately sought from campuses to ensure race is no longer being considered as a factor in admissions decisions. Trump has suggested some campuses are ignoring a 2023 Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action in admissions.

Academia's capitulation to these fascists is almost as disappointing as the mainstream media's.

monkmith posted...

lots of states spending millions getting rid of old pro confederate statues right now. demolition is dirt cheap really in comparison to building this bullshit.

I'm not talking about the demo costs. To tear down a $300 million WH ballroom four years after it was built solely because Trump ordered it built would be irresponsible. Well, not solely because Trump built it; it's also tacky and impractical. But no Democrat is going to have it knocked down and replaced anytime soon. Renaming them or repurposing them is the best we're going to get.

Solar_Crimson posted...

Hopefully it's torn down by then, along with this other vanity projects.

These vanity projects are a colossal waste of money. Tearing them down once they're up would also be a colossal waste of money. It sucks, but I don't see any Democrats supporting tearing them down after the fact.