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I went on Substack to suggest to Simon Rosenberg that there might be some valid reasons for Minneapolis activists to be suspicious of Dem party fundraising. Ooof.
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I went on Substack to suggest to Simon Rosenberg that there might be some valid reasons for Minneapolis activists to be suspicious of Dem party fundraising. Ooof.
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Corey Booker announcing his legislation to make ICE wear body cameras a week after the entire Republican Party excused an ICE officer murdering somebody by showing the video the officer took with his own cell phone of him murdering them is a testament to how stupid Democrats think all of us are.
January 18, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Corey Booker announcing his legislation to make ICE wear body cameras a week after the entire Republican Party excused an ICE officer murdering somebody by showing the video the officer took with his own cell phone of him murdering them is a testament to how stupid Democrats think all of us are.
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
President Deals
Now it's really done: the liberals of Renew Europe joins the EPP and the Socialists to delay the ratification of the EU-US trade deal. The three centrist parties have a majority in the chamber to make it happen.
The European Parliament is NOT voting this deal.
The European Parliament is NOT voting this deal.
Renew Europe leader Valérie Hayer says Trump's 10% tariff announcement is "unacceptable":
"These announcements follow many other agressive actions towards the EU. Therefore, it is now time to move from reliance to deterrence. Consequently, Renew Europe cannot vote the EU-US Turnberry trade deal."
"These announcements follow many other agressive actions towards the EU. Therefore, it is now time to move from reliance to deterrence. Consequently, Renew Europe cannot vote the EU-US Turnberry trade deal."
January 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM
President Deals
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I personally don’t think it is the right time for language and tone policing when the federal govt is on tv every day laughing about how its armed secret police force can go “door to door” in your community and that you deserve to get your head blown off if you get in its way, all while the…
"Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say"
Trump is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities while Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social for Zeteo:
Trump is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities while Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social for Zeteo:
Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say
The president is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities. Meanwhile, Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
zeteo.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I personally don’t think it is the right time for language and tone policing when the federal govt is on tv every day laughing about how its armed secret police force can go “door to door” in your community and that you deserve to get your head blown off if you get in its way, all while the…
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The fact that CBS didn’t report this incident tells you everything.
NYT publishes audio of Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS over its Trump interview: “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
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January 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The fact that CBS didn’t report this incident tells you everything.
Hearing that Keir Starmer had "never been Trump's little bitch like Nigel Farage is" and has been standing tough for a whole year. More as history is rewritten..
January 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Hearing that Keir Starmer had "never been Trump's little bitch like Nigel Farage is" and has been standing tough for a whole year. More as history is rewritten..
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It’s fun how the public were repeatedly told Starmer had played a blinder with his relentless ball-sucking deference to the Donald but now, once it can no longer be denied, it turns out it was all sycophancy, grovelling, fawning and turning a blind eye. Weird! How did that happen?
January 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
It’s fun how the public were repeatedly told Starmer had played a blinder with his relentless ball-sucking deference to the Donald but now, once it can no longer be denied, it turns out it was all sycophancy, grovelling, fawning and turning a blind eye. Weird! How did that happen?
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sorry as i continue this train of thought
January 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
sorry as i continue this train of thought
10 months ago trump would've been like "300% tariff!!!!!" 10% is funny
January 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM
10 months ago trump would've been like "300% tariff!!!!!" 10% is funny
man I thought starmer was a fucking genius for agreeing to pay more for US drugs to avoid tariffs. Who could've predicted President Deals might come back with more tariffs? Nobody!
January 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
man I thought starmer was a fucking genius for agreeing to pay more for US drugs to avoid tariffs. Who could've predicted President Deals might come back with more tariffs? Nobody!
get how nuzzi was helpless after seeing this
January 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
get how nuzzi was helpless after seeing this
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The Good Place in 2018 might have been the first fictional show to depict Elon Musk as a creep. (I’m not exaggerating…he was a character on Rick & Morty in 2019!)
January 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The Good Place in 2018 might have been the first fictional show to depict Elon Musk as a creep. (I’m not exaggerating…he was a character on Rick & Morty in 2019!)
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They didn’t want a university without cancel culture. They didn’t want to be criticized for their retrograde views so they created a pretend school funding by their rich friends. The only people surprised that this failed were credulous enough to believe the fairy tales these folks told.
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
They didn’t want a university without cancel culture. They didn’t want to be criticized for their retrograde views so they created a pretend school funding by their rich friends. The only people surprised that this failed were credulous enough to believe the fairy tales these folks told.
fortunately they've found the one quick trick to stopping opinion columnists from lying
Apparently the catch is that people who write opinion columns in major outlets will describe "abolish ICE" as interchangeable with "open borders"
Democrats see polling on immigration swinging in their favor, but it comes with a catch
January 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
fortunately they've found the one quick trick to stopping opinion columnists from lying
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My mayor told me police keep killing his constituents so I asked how many constituents he has and he said he just gives the police more money for training afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just paying the police to kill his constituents and then Matt Yglesias started crying.
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
My mayor told me police keep killing his constituents so I asked how many constituents he has and he said he just gives the police more money for training afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just paying the police to kill his constituents and then Matt Yglesias started crying.
Matt bai has been writing the dumbest shit about politics for 25 years. Literally "do you live in this dimension" stufff
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Matt bai has been writing the dumbest shit about politics for 25 years. Literally "do you live in this dimension" stufff
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It’s terrible, Matt, and you should feel bad for writing this fact-free and ludicrous bit of nonsense. Imagine seriously publishing a piece that says the democrats (lol) are capable of a ‘ferocious cultural revolution’ or that US academics and leftists were
UTTERLY unmoored from reality.
UTTERLY unmoored from reality.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
It’s terrible, Matt, and you should feel bad for writing this fact-free and ludicrous bit of nonsense. Imagine seriously publishing a piece that says the democrats (lol) are capable of a ‘ferocious cultural revolution’ or that US academics and leftists were
UTTERLY unmoored from reality.
UTTERLY unmoored from reality.
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Like Bastani & the rest of the Novara crew its been obv since at the v latest her book promotion tour, Sarkar is on a lifelong quest to be taken seriously by political media class centrists & is totally chill fucking over some vulnerable groups in the hope of a pat on the head from a Times columnist
Totally agree though I'm not sure this is just a centrist position. On Novara Media's end-of-2025 review, Ash Sarkar spoke of the need to avoid 'low-salience & low levels of support' issues like trans rights in order to build coalitions, but leaving minorities behind is a depressing message.
January 17, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Like Bastani & the rest of the Novara crew its been obv since at the v latest her book promotion tour, Sarkar is on a lifelong quest to be taken seriously by political media class centrists & is totally chill fucking over some vulnerable groups in the hope of a pat on the head from a Times columnist
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So Emma Hilton is now the interim chair of Sex Matters.
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 AM
So Emma Hilton is now the interim chair of Sex Matters.
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
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Stephenson is fully aware that her collaborative correspondence with anti-trans extremist groups will be exposed through FOI requests
She likely doesn’t care
She knows the Labour government that appointed her is equally committed to erasing, targeting, harassing, and terrorising Trans+ people
She likely doesn’t care
She knows the Labour government that appointed her is equally committed to erasing, targeting, harassing, and terrorising Trans+ people
Chair of EHRC seeking a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss not only ‘mutual priorities’ but also ‘ways to work together going forward’! 🤔
Utterly inappropriate from a supposedly neutral Chair of the EHRC. Interested to see what will @commonswec.parliament.uk have to say?
Utterly inappropriate from a supposedly neutral Chair of the EHRC. Interested to see what will @commonswec.parliament.uk have to say?
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Stephenson is fully aware that her collaborative correspondence with anti-trans extremist groups will be exposed through FOI requests
She likely doesn’t care
She knows the Labour government that appointed her is equally committed to erasing, targeting, harassing, and terrorising Trans+ people
She likely doesn’t care
She knows the Labour government that appointed her is equally committed to erasing, targeting, harassing, and terrorising Trans+ people
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When the fact that Tories used to attend Stonewall Award ceremonies and other LGBTQIA+ is being used by the BBC as a stick with which to beat them, I think we need to worry.
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
When the fact that Tories used to attend Stonewall Award ceremonies and other LGBTQIA+ is being used by the BBC as a stick with which to beat them, I think we need to worry.
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remember when the idea that trans women using single sex spaces was a problem was the domain of the far right?
it was about 5 years ago
ppl ranting about trans women in changing rooms and bathrooms was considered a crazy person thing
now thanks to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social it's government policy
it was about 5 years ago
ppl ranting about trans women in changing rooms and bathrooms was considered a crazy person thing
now thanks to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social it's government policy
January 17, 2026 at 9:53 AM
remember when the idea that trans women using single sex spaces was a problem was the domain of the far right?
it was about 5 years ago
ppl ranting about trans women in changing rooms and bathrooms was considered a crazy person thing
now thanks to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social it's government policy
it was about 5 years ago
ppl ranting about trans women in changing rooms and bathrooms was considered a crazy person thing
now thanks to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social it's government policy
i was never a harry reid superfan but he was actually good at being a bit full of shit (this is half praise, half condemnation) unlike schumer and jeffries
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
i was never a harry reid superfan but he was actually good at being a bit full of shit (this is half praise, half condemnation) unlike schumer and jeffries
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Looks like the EHRC's new lead is off to a flying start - meeting with a renowned anti-trans hate group.
A sign of things to come I guess.
A sign of things to come I guess.
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Looks like the EHRC's new lead is off to a flying start - meeting with a renowned anti-trans hate group.
A sign of things to come I guess.
A sign of things to come I guess.