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My opinion on here is a whisper in the wind. My action out there is a force.
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A lot of comments under this are saying things like "It's not OUR jobs to stop this, it's the job of Congress to stop it!" and like...NO. It IS our jobs as citizens to stop this; Congress is not some customer support line for us to lodge complaints with. We must be active in our civic virtue. TLDR:
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A lot of comments under this are saying things like "It's not OUR jobs to stop this, it's the job of Congress to stop it!" and like...NO. It IS our jobs as citizens to stop this; Congress is not some customer support line for us to lodge complaints with. We must be active in our civic virtue. TLDR:
These is going to accelerate American journalism’s demise and the industry is embracing it with open arms.
Wtf are we doing?
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December 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
These is going to accelerate American journalism’s demise and the industry is embracing it with open arms.
I think it’s funny how the abbot is like “if dems are verbally condemning war with Venezuela constantly then they are not allies” but he’s also a huge DSA guy despite their leadership breaking their staff union.
Like man I situations are imperfect you kinda got to be in them to change them.
Like man I situations are imperfect you kinda got to be in them to change them.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I think it’s funny how the abbot is like “if dems are verbally condemning war with Venezuela constantly then they are not allies” but he’s also a huge DSA guy despite their leadership breaking their staff union.
Like man I situations are imperfect you kinda got to be in them to change them.
Like man I situations are imperfect you kinda got to be in them to change them.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
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I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
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if I stipulate that I will not develop an opinion on anything Hillary Clinton says do you think that’s enough to get me out of finding out what she said
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
if I stipulate that I will not develop an opinion on anything Hillary Clinton says do you think that’s enough to get me out of finding out what she said
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The chant the fans wrote for the 2022 World Cup laments the men who died there—and not because it was needless war and waste of life from the junta—it’s because they think they died for a just cause!
You’re crazy!
You’re crazy!
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The chant the fans wrote for the 2022 World Cup laments the men who died there—and not because it was needless war and waste of life from the junta—it’s because they think they died for a just cause!
You’re crazy!
You’re crazy!
It is absolutely crazy how crazy Argentines are to this day about the Falkland Islands.
The whole territorial claim and conflict comes from a fever dream from the military junta that disappeared people! And even people who hated the junta are like “las Malvinas son argentinas”
The whole territorial claim and conflict comes from a fever dream from the military junta that disappeared people! And even people who hated the junta are like “las Malvinas son argentinas”
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It is absolutely crazy how crazy Argentines are to this day about the Falkland Islands.
The whole territorial claim and conflict comes from a fever dream from the military junta that disappeared people! And even people who hated the junta are like “las Malvinas son argentinas”
The whole territorial claim and conflict comes from a fever dream from the military junta that disappeared people! And even people who hated the junta are like “las Malvinas son argentinas”
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his account, by the way, appears to be that his pro-Palestine media diet brought him to Fuentes rather than the other way around. much to consider!
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
his account, by the way, appears to be that his pro-Palestine media diet brought him to Fuentes rather than the other way around. much to consider!
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Identical turnout to 2022, but a completely different universe
13% to the left of 2022/2024 despite midterm-level turnout
13% to the left of 2022/2024 despite midterm-level turnout
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Identical turnout to 2022, but a completely different universe
13% to the left of 2022/2024 despite midterm-level turnout
13% to the left of 2022/2024 despite midterm-level turnout
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it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
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Sorry, I’m not doing moderate vs prog discourse tonight. Behn won the primary with 27%. If you can’t figure out how to beat that, it’s on you.
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Sorry, I’m not doing moderate vs prog discourse tonight. Behn won the primary with 27%. If you can’t figure out how to beat that, it’s on you.
Election numbers guys becoming washed pundits, many such cases
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Election numbers guys becoming washed pundits, many such cases
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The Nuzzi story isn't about an affair, it's about the extraordinary corruption, moral stupidity, and cliquishness of elite media. (From the Feed Me Substack.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Nuzzi story isn't about an affair, it's about the extraordinary corruption, moral stupidity, and cliquishness of elite media. (From the Feed Me Substack.)
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Funny thing is thus always happens.
Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Funny thing is thus always happens.
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i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
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Yes! So much yes. 1000x yes.
Just shaving a few percent off the Putin-esque margins in the rurals is enough to sink a *wide* array of R candidates
Just shaving a few percent off the Putin-esque margins in the rurals is enough to sink a *wide* array of R candidates
I have done this thing over and over again where I have encouraged people to understand it's not about winning rural areas. It's about shifting them 5 points to the left.
If it's 10 points instead lmao
If it's 10 points instead lmao
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Yes! So much yes. 1000x yes.
Just shaving a few percent off the Putin-esque margins in the rurals is enough to sink a *wide* array of R candidates
Just shaving a few percent off the Putin-esque margins in the rurals is enough to sink a *wide* array of R candidates
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The Youths are about to learn why for a large part of Millennials' 20s, the word "Republican" was a slur and anyone who was just pretended to be a libertarian.
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Youths are about to learn why for a large part of Millennials' 20s, the word "Republican" was a slur and anyone who was just pretended to be a libertarian.
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There is no money in the world to cover EVERY R+12 seat or less in a last minute resource dump in Nov 2026
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
There is no money in the world to cover EVERY R+12 seat or less in a last minute resource dump in Nov 2026
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14% swing from 2024 when all is said and done? Pretty good considering just how high-profile the race became in the last week
Turnout is currently *93%* of 2022, and it's also a 14% swing from 2022 despite similar turnout levels
Turnout is currently *93%* of 2022, and it's also a 14% swing from 2022 despite similar turnout levels
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
14% swing from 2024 when all is said and done? Pretty good considering just how high-profile the race became in the last week
Turnout is currently *93%* of 2022, and it's also a 14% swing from 2022 despite similar turnout levels
Turnout is currently *93%* of 2022, and it's also a 14% swing from 2022 despite similar turnout levels
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a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?
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Buddy, I gotta tell you, if I was a GOP representative, my ass would not feel comfortable watching a 15-point swing in a deeply red district ahead of a midterm where the President has been behaving erratically while consistently growing more historically unpopular.
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Buddy, I gotta tell you, if I was a GOP representative, my ass would not feel comfortable watching a 15-point swing in a deeply red district ahead of a midterm where the President has been behaving erratically while consistently growing more historically unpopular.
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Consider too that relative to 11 months from now, today may look like the good times, economically and otherwise.
Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
again @gelliottmorris.com says behn still has a chance but damn 3 points in this district is 🦇💩
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Consider too that relative to 11 months from now, today may look like the good times, economically and otherwise.
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I have done this thing over and over again where I have encouraged people to understand it's not about winning rural areas. It's about shifting them 5 points to the left.
If it's 10 points instead lmao
If it's 10 points instead lmao
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I have done this thing over and over again where I have encouraged people to understand it's not about winning rural areas. It's about shifting them 5 points to the left.
If it's 10 points instead lmao
If it's 10 points instead lmao