Daniel Esteban Moore
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New coinage from The Downballot Discord: "margin bro."
Definition: A polling analyst who only looks at the margin between the top two choices and ignores undecideds. Mildly pejorative.
Usage:
"The Dem is at -5 favorability!"
"He's at 20% fave, 25% unfave, 55% don't know. Don't be a margin bro."
Definition: A polling analyst who only looks at the margin between the top two choices and ignores undecideds. Mildly pejorative.
Usage:
"The Dem is at -5 favorability!"
"He's at 20% fave, 25% unfave, 55% don't know. Don't be a margin bro."
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
New coinage from The Downballot Discord: "margin bro."
Definition: A polling analyst who only looks at the margin between the top two choices and ignores undecideds. Mildly pejorative.
Usage:
"The Dem is at -5 favorability!"
"He's at 20% fave, 25% unfave, 55% don't know. Don't be a margin bro."
Definition: A polling analyst who only looks at the margin between the top two choices and ignores undecideds. Mildly pejorative.
Usage:
"The Dem is at -5 favorability!"
"He's at 20% fave, 25% unfave, 55% don't know. Don't be a margin bro."
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February 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
I shocked people think this was even a question? Zohran clearly had to cash in a lot of favors to get so much so quickly. This being the most obvious price-to-play.
This is why I said Leftists can’t hold power because they can’t compromise. Zohran is actually governing, this is what it takes.
This is why I said Leftists can’t hold power because they can’t compromise. Zohran is actually governing, this is what it takes.
NEW: Mayor Mamdani is set to endorse Gov. Hochul’s reelection run this week, providing her a critical inroad with progressive voters, per four sources.
It deals a near fatal blow to Antonio Delgado's campaign.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
It deals a near fatal blow to Antonio Delgado's campaign.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to endorse Gov. Kathy Hochul
The endorsement, expected this week, gives Hochul a critical inroad with left-leaning voters.
www.politico.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I shocked people think this was even a question? Zohran clearly had to cash in a lot of favors to get so much so quickly. This being the most obvious price-to-play.
This is why I said Leftists can’t hold power because they can’t compromise. Zohran is actually governing, this is what it takes.
This is why I said Leftists can’t hold power because they can’t compromise. Zohran is actually governing, this is what it takes.
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In Minneapolis, masked federal agents, dressed as soldiers, have fatally shot two American citizens. Both were victims of an occupation.
The lurid fantasy at the heart of the gun rights movement is playing out, but the leading roles, as they were previously imagined, have been reversed.
The lurid fantasy at the heart of the gun rights movement is playing out, but the leading roles, as they were previously imagined, have been reversed.
Minneapolis is the violent reckoning the gun rights movement has long wanted
The Second Amendment crowd isn’t fighting against tyranny.
www.motherjones.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
In Minneapolis, masked federal agents, dressed as soldiers, have fatally shot two American citizens. Both were victims of an occupation.
The lurid fantasy at the heart of the gun rights movement is playing out, but the leading roles, as they were previously imagined, have been reversed.
The lurid fantasy at the heart of the gun rights movement is playing out, but the leading roles, as they were previously imagined, have been reversed.
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I taught a class on “hope” last year and the few theorists who’ve written on it all point out that hope is the harder choice - that despair is easy and too often fashionable
Too many people on Bluesky think that relentless expressions of despair are a sign of intellectual sophistication.
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I taught a class on “hope” last year and the few theorists who’ve written on it all point out that hope is the harder choice - that despair is easy and too often fashionable
My company got rid of all playback speeds above 1x on training videos. Rude.
February 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
My company got rid of all playback speeds above 1x on training videos. Rude.
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Seeing all the “professional” activists go after Stancil is negatively polarizing me into a stance that Minnesota is winning because it’s normal people rising to the occasion and pushing a lot of activist nonsense out of the way by doing it
February 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Seeing all the “professional” activists go after Stancil is negatively polarizing me into a stance that Minnesota is winning because it’s normal people rising to the occasion and pushing a lot of activist nonsense out of the way by doing it
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They should stop making new games for like 25 years so I can start to catch up
February 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
They should stop making new games for like 25 years so I can start to catch up
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When you set up your own bullshit win conditions and still utterly fail.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
US trade deficit widens by the most in nearly 34 years in November
The U.S. trade deficit widened by the most in nearly 34 years in November amid a surge in capital goods imports, likely driven by an artificial intelligence investment boom, which could prompt econom...
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
When you set up your own bullshit win conditions and still utterly fail.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
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Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
If it hadn’t been for MeToo, way too many of these Epstein names would have still been Democrats. Republicans welcomed them with open arms.
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
If it hadn’t been for MeToo, way too many of these Epstein names would have still been Democrats. Republicans welcomed them with open arms.
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We have a LOT of Dems to replace. We can’t do it all in 1 voting cycle.
I’m no expert, but it seems to me like our biggest personal payback will come from a LOCAL focus, supporting the state reps, Congresspeople & Senators WE ACTUALLY WANT instead of just shitting on the people who are there now.
I’m no expert, but it seems to me like our biggest personal payback will come from a LOCAL focus, supporting the state reps, Congresspeople & Senators WE ACTUALLY WANT instead of just shitting on the people who are there now.
January 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM
We have a LOT of Dems to replace. We can’t do it all in 1 voting cycle.
I’m no expert, but it seems to me like our biggest personal payback will come from a LOCAL focus, supporting the state reps, Congresspeople & Senators WE ACTUALLY WANT instead of just shitting on the people who are there now.
I’m no expert, but it seems to me like our biggest personal payback will come from a LOCAL focus, supporting the state reps, Congresspeople & Senators WE ACTUALLY WANT instead of just shitting on the people who are there now.
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January 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The “illiberal Left” is not a real threat to America, they don’t make up nearly enough people to do anything. But they are really annoying on the internet.
January 31, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The “illiberal Left” is not a real threat to America, they don’t make up nearly enough people to do anything. But they are really annoying on the internet.
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Coming soon.
Tell your friends and remind your enemies.
Tell your friends and remind your enemies.
★ In this stellar second entry in the Captive’s War series, bestselling author duo Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, writing as James S. A. Corey, ingeniously expand on the worldbuilding of 'The Mercy of Gods.' This wows. @orbitbooks buff.ly/4JaSNsQ
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Coming soon.
Tell your friends and remind your enemies.
Tell your friends and remind your enemies.
Remember when Trump sat next to the Prince of Saudi Arabia and when questioned about the American journalist that was literally chopped into pieces, and Trump said “These things happen.”
Yeah that was like two months ago.
Yeah that was like two months ago.
January 30, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Remember when Trump sat next to the Prince of Saudi Arabia and when questioned about the American journalist that was literally chopped into pieces, and Trump said “These things happen.”
Yeah that was like two months ago.
Yeah that was like two months ago.
Every single time a MAGA responds to one of my comments my first question is always “what?”
Like these people can’t speak.
Like these people can’t speak.
January 29, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Every single time a MAGA responds to one of my comments my first question is always “what?”
Like these people can’t speak.
Like these people can’t speak.
I don’t really understand why we need ICE in America when they already passed the Lakin Riley Act, requiring local police departments to turn over undocumented immigrants who commit minor infractions to ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I don’t really understand why we need ICE in America when they already passed the Lakin Riley Act, requiring local police departments to turn over undocumented immigrants who commit minor infractions to ICE.
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strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
CBP are America’s IDF but we aren’t ready to admit that.
16-year-old José Rodríguez was walking down a street in Mexico in 2012 when U.S. Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz shot at him 16 times. Rodríguez’s body was riddled with ten bullets, eight in his back.
Swartz, who claimed the child threw rocks across the border wall, was acquitted of murder.
Swartz, who claimed the child threw rocks across the border wall, was acquitted of murder.
January 25, 2026 at 3:24 PM
CBP are America’s IDF but we aren’t ready to admit that.
Beyond the “gotcha” response. I’ve found it a lot easier to explain these events as weather systems. You wouldn’t run a car in our house. Well, all the cars running at the same time during the day creates a weather system that moves North in the winter, dislodging globs of cold air from the arctic.
January 23, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Beyond the “gotcha” response. I’ve found it a lot easier to explain these events as weather systems. You wouldn’t run a car in our house. Well, all the cars running at the same time during the day creates a weather system that moves North in the winter, dislodging globs of cold air from the arctic.
This continues to be a problem across the whole internet. We are unable the restart conversations with new people but instead carry over our frustration from other arguments and then find ourselves snapping at the people who bring us bad news.
Me outlining the conclusions the tribunal reached is not me endorsing them. Especially when I emphasised repeatedly that this is a first instance decision and non-binding. I'm really not sure what more I can do to make my position on this clear - it has quite literally been my entire life since FWS.
January 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This continues to be a problem across the whole internet. We are unable the restart conversations with new people but instead carry over our frustration from other arguments and then find ourselves snapping at the people who bring us bad news.
