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Senator Durbin has had this explained to him multiple times. Getting rid of 230 doesn't help this, but will make it worse. It will make it impossible for smaller sites to exist (like this one) and will give MORE POWER to companies like Meta and X.
Why would Durbin want to do that?
Why would Durbin want to do that?
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Senator Durbin has had this explained to him multiple times. Getting rid of 230 doesn't help this, but will make it worse. It will make it impossible for smaller sites to exist (like this one) and will give MORE POWER to companies like Meta and X.
Why would Durbin want to do that?
Why would Durbin want to do that?
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It really is that simple, and I am not going to bullshit it.
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It really is that simple, and I am not going to bullshit it.
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The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
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Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.
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Everyone who is having a pleasant holiday season because they aren't in the Epstein files, step forward.
Not so fast, David Brooks.
Not so fast, David Brooks.
See the newly released photos here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cl62l...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Everyone who is having a pleasant holiday season because they aren't in the Epstein files, step forward.
Not so fast, David Brooks.
Not so fast, David Brooks.
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All you really need to understand about water usage in the western United States is that every single use - even the ones that sound egregiously wasteful like AI data centers - rounds down to 0 compared to what irrigated agriculture uses
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
All you really need to understand about water usage in the western United States is that every single use - even the ones that sound egregiously wasteful like AI data centers - rounds down to 0 compared to what irrigated agriculture uses
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again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
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regurgitating slop to the rich and powerful like a mother bird feeding its chicks.
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
regurgitating slop to the rich and powerful like a mother bird feeding its chicks.
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Your job should be to break news and investigate powerful people!!
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Your job should be to break news and investigate powerful people!!
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It's not discrimination if you're a dipshit Robby that's not a suspect class
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's not discrimination if you're a dipshit Robby that's not a suspect class
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this is completely delusional
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
this is completely delusional
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Venezuela is a case study in how letting the leader of a failed coup evade serious punishment and go on to participate in electoral politics can lead to the destruction of liberal democracy and the establishment of an illegitimate authoritarian regime. Good thing that could never happen here.
December 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Venezuela is a case study in how letting the leader of a failed coup evade serious punishment and go on to participate in electoral politics can lead to the destruction of liberal democracy and the establishment of an illegitimate authoritarian regime. Good thing that could never happen here.
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picturing GOB here trying to shove larry ellison into The Aztec Tomb
Trying to imagine the audience for Bari Weiss having a struggle session with Erica Kirk, and it's literally just this dork.
December 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
picturing GOB here trying to shove larry ellison into The Aztec Tomb
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When I'm testing the guardrails of the AI porn bot with the worst prompts I can think of
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When I'm testing the guardrails of the AI porn bot with the worst prompts I can think of
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I have come to the view that a) there is nothing inherently wrong with pornography, b) a worrying amount of Actually Existing Pornography is essentially hate propaganda against women, c) a lot of b is made under deeply abusive conditions.
Yes, which is why it is both true that (1) allowing THIS congress and THIS administration to sign internet restrictions or porn bans is crazy, but (2) there is a major, major problem with online access to pornography and liberals/Democrats needs to start thinking of ways to reckon with it.
also the online far-right are, almost to a man, porn-brained at a level that's quite difficult for people to process. they genuinely believe pornography is an expression of reality, and porn tropes shape their thinking about women.
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I have come to the view that a) there is nothing inherently wrong with pornography, b) a worrying amount of Actually Existing Pornography is essentially hate propaganda against women, c) a lot of b is made under deeply abusive conditions.
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Christian Fascism with Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job characteristics.
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Christian Fascism with Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job characteristics.
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It's only through the equally blurry social construction of race that any of these civilizational boundaries make sense. And because the dominant social construction of race emerged in Europe and the US to justify colonialism, those racial hierarchies are embedded in our notions of civilization.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's only through the equally blurry social construction of race that any of these civilizational boundaries make sense. And because the dominant social construction of race emerged in Europe and the US to justify colonialism, those racial hierarchies are embedded in our notions of civilization.
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I'm privileged to work with Harrison, who spent a day off as a volunteer interpreter at an immigration detention center. He wrote about the experience for Jesuits.org, and I can't recommend it enough for your Our Lady of Guadalupe feast day reading.
www.jesuits.org/stories/what...
www.jesuits.org/stories/what...
What I Learned During My Visit to an Immigration Detention Center - Jesuits.org
Harrison Hanvey, Jesuit Conference Office of Justice and Ecology, reflects on his visit to an immigration detention center in Virginia.
www.jesuits.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm privileged to work with Harrison, who spent a day off as a volunteer interpreter at an immigration detention center. He wrote about the experience for Jesuits.org, and I can't recommend it enough for your Our Lady of Guadalupe feast day reading.
www.jesuits.org/stories/what...
www.jesuits.org/stories/what...
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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It's heartening the leadership firewall against any talk of impeachment is breaking down, because it's so delusionally out of touch with reality. Either you mean what you say about the current anti-constitutional crime spree or you don't, and if you do, impeachment is the unavoidable implication.
Yes, I'm taking the first step towards Noem's impeachment.
I demand a full investigation into Secretary Noem's unlawful actions and unethical behavior. The people will have accountability.
I demand a full investigation into Secretary Noem's unlawful actions and unethical behavior. The people will have accountability.
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It's heartening the leadership firewall against any talk of impeachment is breaking down, because it's so delusionally out of touch with reality. Either you mean what you say about the current anti-constitutional crime spree or you don't, and if you do, impeachment is the unavoidable implication.
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It’s been very neat to see people posting clips of Olivia Nuzzi narrating her audiobook going “can you believe this?!” and then 15 minutes later going “looks like I fell for a clever hoax” and then 15 minutes later going “oh wait that is actually how it sounds I guess”
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It’s been very neat to see people posting clips of Olivia Nuzzi narrating her audiobook going “can you believe this?!” and then 15 minutes later going “looks like I fell for a clever hoax” and then 15 minutes later going “oh wait that is actually how it sounds I guess”
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One thing that drives me crazy about this is that it would constitute a bait-and-switch that radically rebalances power in a way that fundamentally relies on Congress having deceived about its own ability to constrain executive agencies.
NEW: SCOTUS appears ready to give Trump greater firing powers, over sharp liberal warnings.
The Republican appointees are almost certain to overturn a 90-year precedent, as Trump wants. Pushing back, Sotomayor told DOJ: “You’re asking us to destroy the structure of government.”
Law Dork:
The Republican appointees are almost certain to overturn a 90-year precedent, as Trump wants. Pushing back, Sotomayor told DOJ: “You’re asking us to destroy the structure of government.”
Law Dork:
SCOTUS appears ready to give Trump greater firing powers, over sharp liberal warnings
The Republican appointees are almost certain to overturn a 90-year precedent, as Trump wants. Pushing back, Sotomayor told DOJ: “You’re asking us to destroy the structure of government.”
www.lawdork.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
One thing that drives me crazy about this is that it would constitute a bait-and-switch that radically rebalances power in a way that fundamentally relies on Congress having deceived about its own ability to constrain executive agencies.