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The repeated pattern (see also Washington Post) is that these choices to veer rightward are not economic decisions: they turn off the core audience. Editorial choices are loss leaders for bigger corporate goals.
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The repeated pattern (see also Washington Post) is that these choices to veer rightward are not economic decisions: they turn off the core audience. Editorial choices are loss leaders for bigger corporate goals.
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Donald Trump says that questioning his military campaigns amounts to treason, a crime punishable by death. Democrats predictably disagree. Have the parties fully given up on finding middle ground?
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Donald Trump says that questioning his military campaigns amounts to treason, a crime punishable by death. Democrats predictably disagree. Have the parties fully given up on finding middle ground?
The cancer is spreading
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The cancer is spreading
It’s bad because it’s owned by a Nazi who has tooled it up to spread Nazism. That’s it.
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It’s bad because it’s owned by a Nazi who has tooled it up to spread Nazism. That’s it.
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My friend turned into a Nazi simply by continuing to hang out at their old haunt after it became a Nazi hangout.
I sure hope I can convince more people to go hang out with the Nazis. Maybe that will fix things.
I sure hope I can convince more people to go hang out with the Nazis. Maybe that will fix things.
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My friend turned into a Nazi simply by continuing to hang out at their old haunt after it became a Nazi hangout.
I sure hope I can convince more people to go hang out with the Nazis. Maybe that will fix things.
I sure hope I can convince more people to go hang out with the Nazis. Maybe that will fix things.
When it comes to twitter, the only winning move is not to play
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
When it comes to twitter, the only winning move is not to play
Yes, but we must do better than simply decrying evil. Subjective values are easily discounted. These are also dumb and wrong by attributing a static, essentialist definition of “the west” and crying about its death. Did it ever exist as they conceive it? We need to challenge their trash epistemology
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yes, but we must do better than simply decrying evil. Subjective values are easily discounted. These are also dumb and wrong by attributing a static, essentialist definition of “the west” and crying about its death. Did it ever exist as they conceive it? We need to challenge their trash epistemology
I know folks who still won’t buy a Ford for that reason and I admire and respect it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I know folks who still won’t buy a Ford for that reason and I admire and respect it.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Reminds me of when Breitbart floated the conspiracy theory that public health promotion of the COVID vaccine was intended to trick Republican contrarian tough guys to be more at risk and die at higher rates.
December 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Reminds me of when Breitbart floated the conspiracy theory that public health promotion of the COVID vaccine was intended to trick Republican contrarian tough guys to be more at risk and die at higher rates.
Pretty bizarre segment. They didn’t name RFK but they named his CDC, lumped it with Biden’s, said Biden’s was bad but it’s worse now.
Sounds more like they’re blaming Biden in a “look what he made us do” fashion
Fox is blaming RFK Jr. for the measles outbreak. They promoted him, supported his nomination, and now they are turning on him. 🙄
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Pretty bizarre segment. They didn’t name RFK but they named his CDC, lumped it with Biden’s, said Biden’s was bad but it’s worse now.
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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WATCH — @sawyerhackett.bsky.social: "Trump has created more ‘illegal immigrants’ than he has deported… and 93% have no criminal record.“
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
WATCH — @sawyerhackett.bsky.social: "Trump has created more ‘illegal immigrants’ than he has deported… and 93% have no criminal record.“
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The deep neurological structures here probably relate to why people who get into steampunk often develop reactionary ideologies
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The deep neurological structures here probably relate to why people who get into steampunk often develop reactionary ideologies
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A quick sidenote about this; one reason I stay on X is specifically because of exchanges like this, where @davidjbier.bsky.social and I got a prominent government official to make a claim so outrageous that it’s now ricocheting around the internet and actively undermining official PR campaigns.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A quick sidenote about this; one reason I stay on X is specifically because of exchanges like this, where @davidjbier.bsky.social and I got a prominent government official to make a claim so outrageous that it’s now ricocheting around the internet and actively undermining official PR campaigns.
Like an overpriced retirement home
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Like an overpriced retirement home
So often the case in car accidents, the wrong people get killed
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So often the case in car accidents, the wrong people get killed
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"Every accusation is a confession" still undefeated
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"Every accusation is a confession" still undefeated
Gotta be a shill
December 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Gotta be a shill
That’s a two-fer!
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
That’s a two-fer!
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Good case from @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com for impeaching Pete Hegseth. A key point raised here is that we shouldn't ever assume anything is politically out of reach. Think big and it shapes a better form of opposition politics:
www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
A scenario for 2027.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Good case from @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com for impeaching Pete Hegseth. A key point raised here is that we shouldn't ever assume anything is politically out of reach. Think big and it shapes a better form of opposition politics:
www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...
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This comment highlights the friction between a dupe with a totally materialist worldview and a racist who has incorporated refutation of material reality into their core personality — racism isn’t just morally repugnant, it’s objectively wrong in its relation to observable reality
This comment highlights the friction between a dupe with a totally materialist worldview and a racist who has incorporated refutation of material reality into their core personality — racism isn’t just morally repugnant, it’s objectively wrong in its relation to observable reality
December 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🎯
This comment highlights the friction between a dupe with a totally materialist worldview and a racist who has incorporated refutation of material reality into their core personality — racism isn’t just morally repugnant, it’s objectively wrong in its relation to observable reality
This comment highlights the friction between a dupe with a totally materialist worldview and a racist who has incorporated refutation of material reality into their core personality — racism isn’t just morally repugnant, it’s objectively wrong in its relation to observable reality
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capital believes that labor has built them a mill which turns wage labor into a slave you can ethically employ. they believe that this is the end-state of capitalism. palantir and anduril stand for the proposition that they can use this slave to murder their way into eternal tyranny
it's going to take the bottom 30% and then they will belatedly realize that it only should have taken 10%, and the 10% it should have taken is not from the previous bottom
Prediction: AI/LLM isn't going to take jobs from software engineers except perhaps the very bottom 10% of the industry. There is just gonna be a lot more code.
June 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
capital believes that labor has built them a mill which turns wage labor into a slave you can ethically employ. they believe that this is the end-state of capitalism. palantir and anduril stand for the proposition that they can use this slave to murder their way into eternal tyranny
“All schoolboys were once obsessed with Hitler”
Wtf
Wtf
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“All schoolboys were once obsessed with Hitler”
Wtf
Wtf
These people are not compatible with free society. Talk about real cultural differences
December 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
These people are not compatible with free society. Talk about real cultural differences