Tony Becker

Tony Becker

@tony.nacho.org

“All of my activities are sensitive.” • Hadas Becker 17 yrs • Isaac & Samson & Leo's Dad

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Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

Tony Becker
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Dafuq?

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: The Trump administration has proposed stripping private schools of their tax-exempt status if they consider race, furthering the administration’s intense pressure on institutions that have sought diversity in their classrooms.

washingtonpost.comTrump administration aims to strip schools’ tax exemption if they consider raceThe Treasury Department and IRS proposal would apply to private schools and colleges.
Tony Becker
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We live along a major east-west rail line and sometimes the driver of the locomotive toots “shave and a haircut” on the air horn, which I enjoy.

Tony Becker
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Tonight was the first time I remember being so distracted by people looking at their phones during a movie that it was genuinely upsetting.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

The President is telling the IRS to give him $10 billion rn

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "There's a lot of fraud in the federal government. It's unbelievable how much you've been fleeced by your own government."

Tony Becker
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I’ve met General Haugh and people should listen to him.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

In @nytopinion “The claim that America is outmatched in cyberspace — technically, organizationally or intellectually — is wrong,” writes Timothy D. Haugh, who formerly led the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.

nyti.msOpinion | I Ran the N.S.A. This Is How to Defeat China’s Hacker Army.Beijing has hacked America, but we have all the tools we need to fight back.
Tony Becker
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In fairness, Atlanta TSA sort of looked like this before. I had TSA Pre and a friend I was traveling with did not. I breezed through, went to the bar by our gate, and was three sheets to the wind by the time he got through security. But that was maybe 2-3 hours.

Paul J. Dauenhauer@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social

Atlanta airport

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Joe Adalian@tvmojoe.bsky.social

"This is the most despicable public statement by an American public official in my lifetime."-- @jfallows.bsky.social in The Atlantic The NYT's response? No stand-alone story, and one sentence: "Mr. Trump remained unforgiving of Mr. Mueller’s investigation even after Mr. Mueller’s death."

Tony Becker
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Is this horrible? Yes. Was it fairly predictable as of, say, Thursday, absent insider knowledge, that the attack was coming over the weekend? Also yes. I am just not enough of a ghoul to have thought to place a bet on it.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in

bloom.bgPolymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw NoticeAs US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in. Almost immediately, blockchain sleuths began hunting for unusual patterns in recent bets.
Tony Becker
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So I have watched like 15 minutes of this game and commercials, I feel like I just did a handful of mushrooms, and I just want to go back to watching The Rockford Files.

Tony Becker
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Only someone who fundamentally does not understand anything about health insurance would make this suggestion. Grouping all the sick people together does not lower the average cost for that group. It would be like putting all the most hurricane-prone houses in a homeowners insurance pool.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

John Kennedy on Republican healthcare ideas: "Bringing back high risk pools, which have been outlawed under the ACA."

Tony Becker
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These guys really do not get how big of a mess this is going to be.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

THUNE: These premiums are going up a little bit b/c of the expiration of the enhanced tax credits VITALI: I think people hearing their premiums are doubling don't feel that it's a little bit T: I'm just saying only a small part of that is attributable to the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

Tony Becker
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I’m not familiar with NYC local brands. Is that considered a “good” bag of chips?

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

thecity.nycEric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato ChipsTHE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
Tony Becker
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Bad idea. Literally, like a dozen movies were made about this. They were popular. Perhaps you’ve heard of them.

WIRED@wired.com

Human judgement remains central to the launch of nuclear weapons. But experts say it’s a matter of when, not if, artificial intelligence will get baked into the world’s most dangerous systems. www.wired.com/story/nuclea...

wired.comNuclear Experts Say Mixing AI and Nuclear Weapons Is InevitableHuman judgement remains central to the launch of nuclear weapons. But experts say it’s a matter of when, not if, artificial intelligence will get baked into the world’s most dangerous systems.
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Natasha Bertrand@natashabertrand.bsky.social

Breaking: Another F/A-18 fighter jet from the Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, the second jet lost from the carrier in just over a week, per 4 people familiar w/the incident. 2 aviators ejected and were recovered by helo with minor injuries. www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/p...

cnn.comSecond US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier | CNN PoliticsAnother F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, the second jet lost from the carrier in just over a week, four people familiar with ...
Tony Becker
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I can’t decide if I feel bad for posting this same thing that everybody else already posted, or pleased that we all thought of the same exact scene… but I’m leaning toward the latter.

Tony Becker
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Annie Karni@anniekarni.bsky.social

Schumer told Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater: “Here’s my hope … after this election, when the Republican party expels the turd of Donald Trump, it will go back to being the old Republican party.” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

theguardian.comChuck Schumer clung to belief Republicans would ‘expel’ Trump, book saysEven as 2024 election loomed, reporters say, Democratic Senate leader was sure GOP would ‘expel the turd of Trump’
Tony Becker
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Make Crystal Pepsi Great Again?

Christina Jewett@by-cjewett.bsky.social

NEW: Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told executives of major food companies that he wants synthetic colors removed from their products. “Decision time is imminent,” a trade group warned its members in a memo obtained by @julie_creswell. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/s...

nytimes.comRFK Jr. Rattles Food Companies With Vow to Rid Food of Artificial DyesMr. Kennedy told executives of major food companies that he wants synthetic colors removed from their products. “Decision time is imminent,” a trade group warned its members.
Tony Becker
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This is pretty dark. At best, it’s utterly incompatible with an administration that claims to be advancing the cause of free speech. I would like to know how many other schools received this.

Adam Steinbaugh@adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social

The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it" Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.

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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social

No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress. No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States. Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.

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dan sinker
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18f were a bunch of badasses who actually *did* make government more efficient in a way that actually worked. And they did it while also being good people who cared deeply for the work, for each other, and for the people that used it.

Ryan Mac 🙃@rmac.bsky.social

18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.

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David Rothkopf
@djrothkopf.bsky.social

Please listen to this pod.

The DSR Network@thedsrnetwork.bsky.social

Recent statements and meetings between Russia and the US suggest Trump is ready to throw Ukraine under the bus. @rosabrooks.bsky.social @edwardluce.bsky.social @kschake.bsky.social and @djrothkopf.bsky.social explain why this is calamitous. youtu.be/0YIRtLKYa_s podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Nicholas Grossman
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election. A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen. This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.

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