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Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
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I do not think you can make comparisons between individualized disorders and diseases and the actions of a state with coherent but outwardly evil ambitions.
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I do not think you can make comparisons between individualized disorders and diseases and the actions of a state with coherent but outwardly evil ambitions.
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Israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls occupied Quneitra, a province capital of Syria, part of the territory of the Israeli state
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls occupied Quneitra, a province capital of Syria, part of the territory of the Israeli state
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the Laken Reilly Act has officially become a liability in a high-profile Dem primary
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
the Laken Reilly Act has officially become a liability in a high-profile Dem primary
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pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
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I think other people have made this point, but: if college is just a vocational school -- if its sole purpose is to "prepare young people for jobs" -- then there's no point in college at all! Just create actual vocational schools.
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think other people have made this point, but: if college is just a vocational school -- if its sole purpose is to "prepare young people for jobs" -- then there's no point in college at all! Just create actual vocational schools.
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“thank you governor cox for your insights on public assassinations. now on the subject of secret covered up murders, we turn to our next guest”
Tonight, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will share the stage at Washington National Cathedral for a bipartisan discussion on the threat of political violence. NBC's Savannah Guthrie will moderate. I will have coverage of the event tonight from DC on KSL. #utpol
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“thank you governor cox for your insights on public assassinations. now on the subject of secret covered up murders, we turn to our next guest”
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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Unhinged to describe the criticism of her journalistic ethics as a "freaksome lynching" when she has not denied any of the allegations and admits to most of them in her book.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Unhinged to describe the criticism of her journalistic ethics as a "freaksome lynching" when she has not denied any of the allegations and admits to most of them in her book.
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It should also tell you that the US military does NOT fight for your freedom. Since the US military is there to establish order, uphold the oppressive capitalist system and serve the government and its elite.
Hence why the US military has put down every labor strike in the US.
Hence why the US military has put down every labor strike in the US.
You never stop hating America after you learn the history of Blair Mountain West Virginia.
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It should also tell you that the US military does NOT fight for your freedom. Since the US military is there to establish order, uphold the oppressive capitalist system and serve the government and its elite.
Hence why the US military has put down every labor strike in the US.
Hence why the US military has put down every labor strike in the US.
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i will probably keep saying some variation of this because its inevitably going to happen but dems campaigning on “reform ice” need to be met with the same reaction as a someone asking if they can kick your child in the head
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
i will probably keep saying some variation of this because its inevitably going to happen but dems campaigning on “reform ice” need to be met with the same reaction as a someone asking if they can kick your child in the head
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Worth noting that Aaron David Miller, who was present at some of these very meetings like Malley, admitted over 20 years ago that he himself was a lawyer for Israel rather than a diplomat.
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Worth noting that Aaron David Miller, who was present at some of these very meetings like Malley, admitted over 20 years ago that he himself was a lawyer for Israel rather than a diplomat.
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Something a lot of people miss is that in many ways the pre Oct 2023 status quo rested upon the idea that the Palestinian question didn't need solving. Pretty much everyone thought Oslo had permanently rendered the Palestinians docile and that there no longer was a need for a political resolution.
Well the fence is illusory and will never work, that's why expulsionism is more popular than ever.
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Something a lot of people miss is that in many ways the pre Oct 2023 status quo rested upon the idea that the Palestinian question didn't need solving. Pretty much everyone thought Oslo had permanently rendered the Palestinians docile and that there no longer was a need for a political resolution.
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feels like every political problem stems from ever considering right wing politics to be legitimate or worthy of existing in any way
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
feels like every political problem stems from ever considering right wing politics to be legitimate or worthy of existing in any way
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The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.
In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.
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One cool thing about Originalism is that all the very standard ways historians have of trying to understand the meaning of old texts are ignored in favour of communing with the spirit of the author (who strangely always agrees with today’s right wing).
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
One cool thing about Originalism is that all the very standard ways historians have of trying to understand the meaning of old texts are ignored in favour of communing with the spirit of the author (who strangely always agrees with today’s right wing).
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The "major questions doctrine" is just something Supreme Court Justices made up to give themselves more power whenever they feel like it. No basis in law granting the Supreme Court majority additional ability to undo an act of Congress they disagree with because Justices say this one's a big deal.
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The "major questions doctrine" is just something Supreme Court Justices made up to give themselves more power whenever they feel like it. No basis in law granting the Supreme Court majority additional ability to undo an act of Congress they disagree with because Justices say this one's a big deal.
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
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I thought seizing land through armed conquest was bad and that's why we're opposing Russia invading Ukraine
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I thought seizing land through armed conquest was bad and that's why we're opposing Russia invading Ukraine
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I understand that when you are in government or in the think tank world you can just say anything and it often will not even be challenged on the basis of evidence or lack thereof but one of my biggest icks is "the Abraham Accords make a two state solution more likely", no they do not. No evidence.
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I understand that when you are in government or in the think tank world you can just say anything and it often will not even be challenged on the basis of evidence or lack thereof but one of my biggest icks is "the Abraham Accords make a two state solution more likely", no they do not. No evidence.
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Turns out saying “I can’t believe I’m agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene” was stupid as fuck. Who could have possibly seen that coming
December 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Turns out saying “I can’t believe I’m agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene” was stupid as fuck. Who could have possibly seen that coming
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Man you are the Governor of Colorado you do not under any circumstances have to hand it to them, especially when the right wing intellectuals you're handing it to are Epstein defenders and phrenologists
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Man you are the Governor of Colorado you do not under any circumstances have to hand it to them, especially when the right wing intellectuals you're handing it to are Epstein defenders and phrenologists
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i can't imagine a more thorough indictment of the very concept of "america"
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
i can't imagine a more thorough indictment of the very concept of "america"