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this bullshit has got to stop
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"resistance" and "fight or fold" is high salience voter shit. it's useful in intraparty squabbles but i sincerely doubt it will be top of mind in 2027/8 - in some senses i don't even think it's top of mind *right now*. it seems to be a proxy for either <insert voter's pet concern> or ideology
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I’m Julie Gonzales, a state senator and daughter of a rancher and a teacher. I’m running for U.S. Senate because this race is about who controls our lives: billionaires and the politicians they own, or the working people who actually make Colorado run.
👉 Join us at julieforcolorado.com
👉 Join us at julieforcolorado.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m Julie Gonzales, a state senator and daughter of a rancher and a teacher. I’m running for U.S. Senate because this race is about who controls our lives: billionaires and the politicians they own, or the working people who actually make Colorado run.
👉 Join us at julieforcolorado.com
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If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
kind of hilarious how the Texas redraw seems to have weeded out the worst members of that delegation (Doggett, Veasey, and maybe Crockett?)
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
kind of hilarious how the Texas redraw seems to have weeded out the worst members of that delegation (Doggett, Veasey, and maybe Crockett?)
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I feel like it's really obvious and in fact has been discussed ad nauseam that one of the main drivers of Gen Z's dalliance with the right, such that it exists at all, is that conservatism was *not* perceived as the dominant ideology being pushed by power structures
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I feel like it's really obvious and in fact has been discussed ad nauseam that one of the main drivers of Gen Z's dalliance with the right, such that it exists at all, is that conservatism was *not* perceived as the dominant ideology being pushed by power structures
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Underrated factor in millennials being libs is how omnipresent right wing scolds and pop-evangelical culture was in the 90s and especially the Bush years. The right was a guy who looks like your dad telling you to pull up your pants, stop listening to that dang rap music, and save yourself for Jesus
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Underrated factor in millennials being libs is how omnipresent right wing scolds and pop-evangelical culture was in the 90s and especially the Bush years. The right was a guy who looks like your dad telling you to pull up your pants, stop listening to that dang rap music, and save yourself for Jesus
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Republicans continue to overindex the results of the 2024 election and Trump's shock popular vote win, even in the face of increasing evidence they are going to lose all their persuasion gains and more. it's not going to work out well for them or their ideology.
I feel like it's really obvious and in fact has been discussed ad nauseam that one of the main drivers of Gen Z's dalliance with the right, such that it exists at all, is that conservatism was *not* perceived as the dominant ideology being pushed by power structures
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Republicans continue to overindex the results of the 2024 election and Trump's shock popular vote win, even in the face of increasing evidence they are going to lose all their persuasion gains and more. it's not going to work out well for them or their ideology.
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They’re calling it “a politician’s ideal headline.” www.westword.com/news/colorad...
Jared Polis Promotes White Supremacist and Child Porn Defender as "Intellectuals"
The governor encouraged Coloradans to follow the controversial online personalities, saying they do "actual thinking."
www.westword.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
They’re calling it “a politician’s ideal headline.” www.westword.com/news/colorad...
Gonzales can knock aside Breslin easily. Hick has a lot of backing, though.
I think whether or not she gets traction in the early weeks is going to be indicative of the viability of her candidacy
I think whether or not she gets traction in the early weeks is going to be indicative of the viability of her candidacy
1) Our Revolution is washed.
2) that's a loooot of institutional support for Hick
2) that's a loooot of institutional support for Hick
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Gonzales can knock aside Breslin easily. Hick has a lot of backing, though.
I think whether or not she gets traction in the early weeks is going to be indicative of the viability of her candidacy
I think whether or not she gets traction in the early weeks is going to be indicative of the viability of her candidacy
1) Our Revolution is washed.
2) that's a loooot of institutional support for Hick
2) that's a loooot of institutional support for Hick
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
1) Our Revolution is washed.
2) that's a loooot of institutional support for Hick
2) that's a loooot of institutional support for Hick
1) blatantly stealing the Zohran endorsement graphics
2) Barragan is the current chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, this is a big get for Swalwell
2) Barragan is the current chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, this is a big get for Swalwell
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨: Honored to have the support of SoCal’s own Congresswoman @nanettebarragan as we fight to make California more affordable for working families!
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
1) blatantly stealing the Zohran endorsement graphics
2) Barragan is the current chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, this is a big get for Swalwell
2) Barragan is the current chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, this is a big get for Swalwell
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I think also part of what the internet did was allow disparate rural areas to form cross-cultural bonds with other rural areas.
It’s forming a rural culture that’s just their shared resentment to cosmopolitanism rather than like something that was just a little less exposed.
It’s forming a rural culture that’s just their shared resentment to cosmopolitanism rather than like something that was just a little less exposed.
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I think also part of what the internet did was allow disparate rural areas to form cross-cultural bonds with other rural areas.
It’s forming a rural culture that’s just their shared resentment to cosmopolitanism rather than like something that was just a little less exposed.
It’s forming a rural culture that’s just their shared resentment to cosmopolitanism rather than like something that was just a little less exposed.
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For any Dimension 20 nerds out there, we WILL be bringing the dome to Capitol Hill if I win.
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
For any Dimension 20 nerds out there, we WILL be bringing the dome to Capitol Hill if I win.
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In the world of social media, trans people loom large in these people's imaginations, fetishes, nightmares, and replies. We take on outsized importance in their anxieties, and they then project that onto a general public that largely doesn't share the obsession.
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In the world of social media, trans people loom large in these people's imaginations, fetishes, nightmares, and replies. We take on outsized importance in their anxieties, and they then project that onto a general public that largely doesn't share the obsession.
can someone verify that they remember me saying this last December or in January because this feels like something I was saying back then and it's good to have it validated by someone with more investigative energy than me
I took on the mythology of the "Kamala is for they/them" ad. Since the morning after the 2024 election, trans people have been scapegoated for Harris' loss, with that infamous ad at the centre of recriminations.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
can someone verify that they remember me saying this last December or in January because this feels like something I was saying back then and it's good to have it validated by someone with more investigative energy than me
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And yes I know that enbies are getting away relatively light on this relative to eg transfems
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
And yes I know that enbies are getting away relatively light on this relative to eg transfems
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The reason lies in the fact that a cadre of political and media elites, on both the right and the left, have made transphobia an article of faith--impenetrable to reason.
What the far-right, the reactionary centre, and transphobia-curious liberals/leftists have in common is being Extremely Online.
What the far-right, the reactionary centre, and transphobia-curious liberals/leftists have in common is being Extremely Online.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The reason lies in the fact that a cadre of political and media elites, on both the right and the left, have made transphobia an article of faith--impenetrable to reason.
What the far-right, the reactionary centre, and transphobia-curious liberals/leftists have in common is being Extremely Online.
What the far-right, the reactionary centre, and transphobia-curious liberals/leftists have in common is being Extremely Online.
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You could almost argue that the "Kamala is for they/them" ad was *really* targeted at Democratic elites and pundits who'd long ago talked themselves into an anxious transphobia.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You could almost argue that the "Kamala is for they/them" ad was *really* targeted at Democratic elites and pundits who'd long ago talked themselves into an anxious transphobia.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
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I am not alleging malfeasance here. But if we're assessing the quality of evidence at play, it seems noteworthy that the centerpiece of the "transphobic ads work" argument is a stat we cannot verify. Whereas we can at least evaluate other polls more openly.
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I am not alleging malfeasance here. But if we're assessing the quality of evidence at play, it seems noteworthy that the centerpiece of the "transphobic ads work" argument is a stat we cannot verify. Whereas we can at least evaluate other polls more openly.
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Also I want to re-up this part of the essay because I think it's one of the most important points I make. The most popular stat used to argue the "they/them" ad worked? It can't be verified or independently evaluated.
When I was researching this essay I was struck by the fact that a key piece of evidence used to support the idea that the "they/them" ad was decisive is, apparently, unverifiable to the public.
That inconvenience didn't stop a stampede of people waving the 2.7% figure around like a bloody shirt.
That inconvenience didn't stop a stampede of people waving the 2.7% figure around like a bloody shirt.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Also I want to re-up this part of the essay because I think it's one of the most important points I make. The most popular stat used to argue the "they/them" ad worked? It can't be verified or independently evaluated.
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Also, just to build on this as a they/them, the number of supposed friends who would throw me (& my community) under the bus because some guy said it might possibly have had an effect on one election is not great!
I would appreciate if our supposed friends would stand with us on principle!!
I would appreciate if our supposed friends would stand with us on principle!!
Also I want to re-up this part of the essay because I think it's one of the most important points I make. The most popular stat used to argue the "they/them" ad worked? It can't be verified or independently evaluated.
When I was researching this essay I was struck by the fact that a key piece of evidence used to support the idea that the "they/them" ad was decisive is, apparently, unverifiable to the public.
That inconvenience didn't stop a stampede of people waving the 2.7% figure around like a bloody shirt.
That inconvenience didn't stop a stampede of people waving the 2.7% figure around like a bloody shirt.
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Also, just to build on this as a they/them, the number of supposed friends who would throw me (& my community) under the bus because some guy said it might possibly have had an effect on one election is not great!
I would appreciate if our supposed friends would stand with us on principle!!
I would appreciate if our supposed friends would stand with us on principle!!
no this is actually completely true about texas, crockett is just wrong that it should be her
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
no this is actually completely true about texas, crockett is just wrong that it should be her
..... why
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December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
..... why
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the idea that the United States knew they were condemning generations of Japanese civilians to suffer from radiation poisoning is rather easily disproven by the fact that the same US military had developed plans for marching armies through the aftermath of nuclear artillery
watching this 1995 documentary about nuclear weapons tests and while nuclear weapons are, in general, an insane weapon, nuclear artillery seems even more insane? what do you mean you want tactical nukes to use on the battlefield?
December 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
the idea that the United States knew they were condemning generations of Japanese civilians to suffer from radiation poisoning is rather easily disproven by the fact that the same US military had developed plans for marching armies through the aftermath of nuclear artillery
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McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube