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"There’s no moral arc of the universe that bends towards greater freedom, but nor is there some natural nativism that rules it out," writes @polphilpod.bsky.social. A compelling call for liberals to lean into being pro-immigration. A must-read. www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off The Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
"There’s no moral arc of the universe that bends towards greater freedom, but nor is there some natural nativism that rules it out," writes @polphilpod.bsky.social. A compelling call for liberals to lean into being pro-immigration. A must-read. www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
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No US oil company should risk investing in Venezuela. Companies that take part in Trump's lawless takeover of Venezuela's resources should keep in mind that any American tax dollars they take to invest in a foreign country will be recovered by the next administration.
January 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
No US oil company should risk investing in Venezuela. Companies that take part in Trump's lawless takeover of Venezuela's resources should keep in mind that any American tax dollars they take to invest in a foreign country will be recovered by the next administration.
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Speaker Emerita Pelosi: Congress has almost been abolished by the Republicans. The Speaker has surrendered his title to Trump, the Senate too. We're about affordability, about access to quality health care. That's what we should be talking about, not spending billions of dollars to go into Venezuela
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Speaker Emerita Pelosi: Congress has almost been abolished by the Republicans. The Speaker has surrendered his title to Trump, the Senate too. We're about affordability, about access to quality health care. That's what we should be talking about, not spending billions of dollars to go into Venezuela
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i am so sick and tired of being governed by the worst people on earth
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
i am so sick and tired of being governed by the worst people on earth
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“We are locked into a battle we did not seek and our timidity is keeping us on the defensive. It isn’t working. Our pessimism is self-fullfiling.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off The Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:08 AM
“We are locked into a battle we did not seek and our timidity is keeping us on the defensive. It isn’t working. Our pessimism is self-fullfiling.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
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“Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.”
“We are locked into a battle we did not seek and our timidity is keeping us on the defensive. It isn’t working. Our pessimism is self-fullfiling.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off The Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.”
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Hmmm - Hobbes pointed out that no one is invulnerable and even the weak can kill the strong if they come with ‘forces united’.
"the strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must"
- quote from polis about to suffer what it must
- quote from polis about to suffer what it must
January 7, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Hmmm - Hobbes pointed out that no one is invulnerable and even the weak can kill the strong if they come with ‘forces united’.
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"the strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must"
- quote from polis about to suffer what it must
- quote from polis about to suffer what it must
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 AM
"the strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must"
- quote from polis about to suffer what it must
- quote from polis about to suffer what it must
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Refueling tankers are honestly so cool. Pulling up to a jet mid-flight to be like “I got you buddy”
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Refueling tankers are honestly so cool. Pulling up to a jet mid-flight to be like “I got you buddy”
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literally I don’t wanna hear shit from Europeans unless THEIR leaders are doing anything to stop this tyrant. economic sanctions? pulling diplomats? extremely strongly worded statements? because they have done ~fuck all~ so far
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 AM
literally I don’t wanna hear shit from Europeans unless THEIR leaders are doing anything to stop this tyrant. economic sanctions? pulling diplomats? extremely strongly worded statements? because they have done ~fuck all~ so far
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We cannot forget who was complicit on January 6th.
Ted Cruz fanned the flames of insurrection.
Ken Paxton provoked the rioters before the assault.
John Cornyn refused to investigate the attack.
They have forfeited their right to represent us in our nation’s Capitol.
Ted Cruz fanned the flames of insurrection.
Ken Paxton provoked the rioters before the assault.
John Cornyn refused to investigate the attack.
They have forfeited their right to represent us in our nation’s Capitol.
January 7, 2026 at 4:55 AM
We cannot forget who was complicit on January 6th.
Ted Cruz fanned the flames of insurrection.
Ken Paxton provoked the rioters before the assault.
John Cornyn refused to investigate the attack.
They have forfeited their right to represent us in our nation’s Capitol.
Ted Cruz fanned the flames of insurrection.
Ken Paxton provoked the rioters before the assault.
John Cornyn refused to investigate the attack.
They have forfeited their right to represent us in our nation’s Capitol.
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Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs
January 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs
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'People are dead now who would be alive if you had made different better choices' is not an easy thing to admit to yourself but if you don't hurry the fuck up and start maturing soon you're going to die a stupid blind entitled child.
And you should feel bad about that.
And you should feel bad about that.
January 7, 2026 at 3:21 AM
'People are dead now who would be alive if you had made different better choices' is not an easy thing to admit to yourself but if you don't hurry the fuck up and start maturing soon you're going to die a stupid blind entitled child.
And you should feel bad about that.
And you should feel bad about that.
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Your personal overwrought ultra-special justifications for doing it are not just irrelevant, they are symptomatic, they are the very moral fault you should be furiously trying to eradicate in yourself if you have even a hope of a prayer of a sliver of a chance of being considered a decent person.
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Your personal overwrought ultra-special justifications for doing it are not just irrelevant, they are symptomatic, they are the very moral fault you should be furiously trying to eradicate in yourself if you have even a hope of a prayer of a sliver of a chance of being considered a decent person.
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Also worth wider attention. What you did in 2024 is who you are, we saw, we listened, now you've locked in consequences.
The most consequential political act these people will ever partake in was helping Donald Trump get elected a second time. Everything else - and I'm including becoming some kind of renunciant dedicated to selfless charity for the rest of their lives - will pale in insignificance compared to that.
January 7, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Also worth wider attention. What you did in 2024 is who you are, we saw, we listened, now you've locked in consequences.
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Thus always to Social Darwinists
January 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Thus always to Social Darwinists
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I’m not gonna link to their stupid site, and you’ve already seen it anyway. But I gotta once again emphasize here that “Giant Nancy Pelosi and Her Stern and Resolute Band of Warriors” is one of those images that accidentally goes extremely hard. Nancy is coming for your ass.
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I’m not gonna link to their stupid site, and you’ve already seen it anyway. But I gotta once again emphasize here that “Giant Nancy Pelosi and Her Stern and Resolute Band of Warriors” is one of those images that accidentally goes extremely hard. Nancy is coming for your ass.
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Thought experiment: If you (general 'you') didn't vote for Donald Trump, but you (general) _did_ materially aid him by sabotaging his opponent, where do you (general) fit on the grand scale of responsibility for what's happening now?
Hint: the answer makes them feel really bad!
Hint: the answer makes them feel really bad!
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Thought experiment: If you (general 'you') didn't vote for Donald Trump, but you (general) _did_ materially aid him by sabotaging his opponent, where do you (general) fit on the grand scale of responsibility for what's happening now?
Hint: the answer makes them feel really bad!
Hint: the answer makes them feel really bad!
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The most consequential political act these people will ever partake in was helping Donald Trump get elected a second time. Everything else - and I'm including becoming some kind of renunciant dedicated to selfless charity for the rest of their lives - will pale in insignificance compared to that.
January 7, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The most consequential political act these people will ever partake in was helping Donald Trump get elected a second time. Everything else - and I'm including becoming some kind of renunciant dedicated to selfless charity for the rest of their lives - will pale in insignificance compared to that.
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When I look at what Trump is doing to this country I remember that there's a new place opening down the street from me called "USA Donuts" that serves donuts, boba, & kolaches. They can try to enforce their bigotries all they want, but for their trouble they will find themselves grasping at air
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
When I look at what Trump is doing to this country I remember that there's a new place opening down the street from me called "USA Donuts" that serves donuts, boba, & kolaches. They can try to enforce their bigotries all they want, but for their trouble they will find themselves grasping at air
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Okay, I did it
New at The Evening Constitutional! Why Donald Trump is an actual factual traitor, within the meaning of the Treason Clause eveningconstitutional.net/donald-trump...
New at The Evening Constitutional! Why Donald Trump is an actual factual traitor, within the meaning of the Treason Clause eveningconstitutional.net/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Is A Traitor
Today is January 6th, 2026. Five years ago today, the Congress met, as prescribed by law, to count the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election and certify the winner thereof. This had happ...
eveningconstitutional.net
January 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Okay, I did it
New at The Evening Constitutional! Why Donald Trump is an actual factual traitor, within the meaning of the Treason Clause eveningconstitutional.net/donald-trump...
New at The Evening Constitutional! Why Donald Trump is an actual factual traitor, within the meaning of the Treason Clause eveningconstitutional.net/donald-trump...
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This dumbass false dichotomy between military spending and social safety net spending (because "US military evul" idiocy) just won't fucking die. We can - and MUST - do both! A robust defense against fascism requires spending at home and abroad! That is literally how we beat fascism last time!
I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
just grievances all the way down
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This dumbass false dichotomy between military spending and social safety net spending (because "US military evul" idiocy) just won't fucking die. We can - and MUST - do both! A robust defense against fascism requires spending at home and abroad! That is literally how we beat fascism last time!
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Legitimately great news. Substantially increases our odds of taking the senate this year.
#AKSen: It's been expected for a while, but Mary Peltola is getting ready to run against Dan Sullivan.
www.axios.com/2026/01/06/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/06/m...
Scoop: Mary Peltola prepares for Alaska Senate race
Schumer wants to recruit his way out of a bad map
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Legitimately great news. Substantially increases our odds of taking the senate this year.
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we were sitting on top of the most powerful hegemonic structure in human history that allowed us to rule most of the world with only a fraction of the resources required to actually rule the world and they're burning it down because they want to kill people for fun
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
we were sitting on top of the most powerful hegemonic structure in human history that allowed us to rule most of the world with only a fraction of the resources required to actually rule the world and they're burning it down because they want to kill people for fun
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On the Virginia redistricting front . . .
January 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
On the Virginia redistricting front . . .