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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 21m

We need a separate office, "Tribune" or something, elected in its own right. The IGs report to them and they rule on FOIA requests.

Can't be reflected. Pay is $1M/yr and you get the same as a lifetime pension, but you're not allowed to receive any other income for the rest of your life.

jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 26m

lol

jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 49m

Do you think I was talking about the actor Clint Eastwood?

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 2h

Like, what happened that stripped away any of the "noble" pretensions of the traditional masculinity and why was its harbinger a guy who wears more bronzer than a Florida grandma who chain smokes 120s?

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 3h

Sure but I'm really talking about the aesthetics here too - Trump is a whiny, fussy, theatrical germaphobe who carries his weight in his hips, eats steak well done and can't walk downstairs. And they're still eating it up. Something is wrong aside from just traditional gender roles suck.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 5h

Kimmel didn't say anything vile.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 5h

The oldest active constitution in the world sitting on a base of English common law is pretty rickety for a globe spanning empire with a president that's more powerful than most gods.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 5h

They thought all the chokepoints they built into the system would slow down a demagogue. They couldn't imagine how those would be exploited by the richest people to ever exist, and certainly not that the president would become the most powerful person in the world.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 5h

It wasn't set up as an honor system; the Framers were explicit that they did not expect everyone to be virtuous and built a system where they thought ambition would check ambition.

The problem is that the framework has barely been updated since 1789.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5h

Charlie Kirk credited Susan Collins for casting the “deciding vote in the Senate that ultimately led to the repeal of Roe v Wade”

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 5h

Conservative conceptions of manhood always included being quick to anger and the tinge of violence but it also included not whining, being taciturn, being hardworking , etc. Clint Eastwood, not a 12 year old raging at Mom for not having chicken nuggets.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 5h

For all the ink spilled on manhood, this is the crisis in masculinity.

I get, on some level, why a whiny, queeny, bratty blowhard appeals to people who resent the notion of self-regulation or restraint. But something is fundamentally fucked up when that's "macho".

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 18h

I'd like some explanation for Gen X; "they got middle aged" sure but that's not happening with Millennials and that doesn't explain why they are going so crazy for Trump.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 18h

We held his seat and won an election in Alabama.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 22h

Erfurt latrine disaster - Wikipedia

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah they are. Jews can be fascists, but they're not going to be *Nazis* and since we are talking about Nazi-specific symbology, not any discernible fascist policy position or generalized outlook, that distinction is meaningful. I think you're the one who needs to be serious about serious words.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 1d

You're quoting a post where he literally says the Nazi tattoo is too much.

jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 1d

He's also Jewish so I think people should be a little more circumspect about darkly implying he's a crypto Nazi.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 1d

"Marine gets skull tattoo without realizing it's *that* skull" is something I'm willing to believe, I guess, but this is what primary campaigns are for. Pearl clutching about an "oppo dump" is dumb. No one else's fault he got caught flat-footed on this one.

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 1d

You minimized ACA; implyed it only allowed people to stay on their parents' coverage until 26 (a minor part of the law) & people defend it b/c they are "institutionalist".

You knew exactly what you were doing, you disingenuous little twerp.

Also, GoFundMe didn't exist before ACA.

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CJ 🏳️‍🌈🤘 @drensteppur.bsky.social · 2d

I was DENIED EMPLOYER HEALTH COVERAGE 4 TIMES from ages 19 to 25 because the first insurer rejected me because I had hay fever, and then three others rejected me because my previous rejection made me too 'high risk.' yes, that's right: your employer's insurer could just ... choose not to cover you!!

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jms @malthusiantrap.bsky.social · 3d

Did you see the one that's a car?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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