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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.
"Give it to bari, she will run with anything " - something regularly said at DHS
As you already well know by now, it's all lies.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
"Give it to bari, she will run with anything " - something regularly said at DHS
Why abundance is such a joke - all these rich guys who back them are huge nimbys
Marc andreesen used to follow me but then he blocked me when I called him out for being a NIMBY lol
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Why abundance is such a joke - all these rich guys who back them are huge nimbys
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It’s only been four days since I had to say this but Democrats don’t have an enthusiasm problem; they have a Chuck Schumer problem. He is literally why Democrats aren’t popular. It has never been more clear what is damaging this party and Democrats just don’t care
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I doubt it’s the main point people want to derive from this, but it is astonishing how nobody outside our own social media circles wants to point out the blatantly obvious, which is the biggest drag on the overall appeal of the Democratic Party is unambiguously Chuck Schumer
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
It’s only been four days since I had to say this but Democrats don’t have an enthusiasm problem; they have a Chuck Schumer problem. He is literally why Democrats aren’t popular. It has never been more clear what is damaging this party and Democrats just don’t care
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lol, replacing Swin with Matt Bai is such a depressing downgrade that it basically feels like giving up
20-odd years ago, I was fired from my dream job at Rolling Stone before I could publish anything. So let's try this again! Thanks to all who read me in the Post these past 6 years - hope you'll follow the next chapter.
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 AM
lol, replacing Swin with Matt Bai is such a depressing downgrade that it basically feels like giving up
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reminder that you can and should block all gov accounts on this site and subscribing automatically blocks new ones that are added for you
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January 17, 2026 at 2:49 AM
reminder that you can and should block all gov accounts on this site and subscribing automatically blocks new ones that are added for you
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Yggy-pilled Dems, Jan. 2025: Polls say immigration is Trump's strongest issue, talking about it is falling into his trap.
Yggy-pilled Dems, Jan. 2026: Polls say there's broad public support for "Abolish ICE." Whatever you do, don't say "Abolish ICE"
Maybe the problem was cowardice all along 🤷♂️
Yggy-pilled Dems, Jan. 2026: Polls say there's broad public support for "Abolish ICE." Whatever you do, don't say "Abolish ICE"
Maybe the problem was cowardice all along 🤷♂️
Amazing. Plurality of Americans support abolishing ICE (46%-43%); Moderates by double digits (45%-35%) and Indies as well (47-35%). Yet Schumer Dems are looking for ways to increase fundings for ICE. 🙃 d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
January 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Yggy-pilled Dems, Jan. 2025: Polls say immigration is Trump's strongest issue, talking about it is falling into his trap.
Yggy-pilled Dems, Jan. 2026: Polls say there's broad public support for "Abolish ICE." Whatever you do, don't say "Abolish ICE"
Maybe the problem was cowardice all along 🤷♂️
Yggy-pilled Dems, Jan. 2026: Polls say there's broad public support for "Abolish ICE." Whatever you do, don't say "Abolish ICE"
Maybe the problem was cowardice all along 🤷♂️
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Politico:
"We've got the world's most credulous reporter here to tell you that a university sponsored by billionaires whose anti-trans faculty are at the cutting edge of 18th-century race science wasn't a hard-right project."
Jesus Christ.
"We've got the world's most credulous reporter here to tell you that a university sponsored by billionaires whose anti-trans faculty are at the cutting edge of 18th-century race science wasn't a hard-right project."
Jesus Christ.
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Politico:
"We've got the world's most credulous reporter here to tell you that a university sponsored by billionaires whose anti-trans faculty are at the cutting edge of 18th-century race science wasn't a hard-right project."
Jesus Christ.
"We've got the world's most credulous reporter here to tell you that a university sponsored by billionaires whose anti-trans faculty are at the cutting edge of 18th-century race science wasn't a hard-right project."
Jesus Christ.