Alfe
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This is going to be very funny.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is going to be very funny.
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Minnesotan here. Not a hellhole. Just a diverse and beautiful place, which I guess is something his shriveled racist mind can't comprehend.
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Minnesotan here. Not a hellhole. Just a diverse and beautiful place, which I guess is something his shriveled racist mind can't comprehend.
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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you can correct me if i've forgotten something, but i'm not even sure first-term trump was as crudely, boorishly racist in public as second-term trump is
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
you can correct me if i've forgotten something, but i'm not even sure first-term trump was as crudely, boorishly racist in public as second-term trump is
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see the thing is I think the answer to this is yes, they would
and that is somehow even more horrifying than them just being giant hypocrites about it
and that is somehow even more horrifying than them just being giant hypocrites about it
One wonders if these people would, say, take kindly to the “financializing” of their marriages or health by other people.
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
see the thing is I think the answer to this is yes, they would
and that is somehow even more horrifying than them just being giant hypocrites about it
and that is somehow even more horrifying than them just being giant hypocrites about it
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I think "financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion" might be the worst thing I've ever read
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I think "financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion" might be the worst thing I've ever read
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
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the UAW ought to be loudly and publicly asking these executives whether they agree that their own workers and communities should be ethnically cleansed of somalis
It was auto industry execs.
So far I have:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
General Motors Co. plant manager at the Orion Assembly site, John Urbanic.
Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
So far I have:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
General Motors Co. plant manager at the Orion Assembly site, John Urbanic.
Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
the UAW ought to be loudly and publicly asking these executives whether they agree that their own workers and communities should be ethnically cleansed of somalis
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she has absolutely been proven right
it also undermines leftist economic policy because as a rule trans people tend to be worse off (since society treats them so poorly) and so any government assistance that might go to trans people gets attacked along those lines
it also undermines leftist economic policy because as a rule trans people tend to be worse off (since society treats them so poorly) and so any government assistance that might go to trans people gets attacked along those lines
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
she has absolutely been proven right
it also undermines leftist economic policy because as a rule trans people tend to be worse off (since society treats them so poorly) and so any government assistance that might go to trans people gets attacked along those lines
it also undermines leftist economic policy because as a rule trans people tend to be worse off (since society treats them so poorly) and so any government assistance that might go to trans people gets attacked along those lines
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the main problem with British politics is that transphobia brainworms infected basically all of their elites (which, yes, everyone being too online)
you cannot effectively fight back against people who want ethnic purges when you want gender purges
you cannot effectively fight back against people who want ethnic purges when you want gender purges
a lot of it genuinely comes down to the fact that almost all their elites were too online on X and the post-Musk thing has basically driven the socially conservative, fiscally socialist types insane (see e.g. the Blue Labour guy) and the right is basically now calling for ethnic purges
The UK is weird and getting weirder right? Thats not my imagination? I know that's rich coming from an American, but still, I'm right on this arent I?
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
the main problem with British politics is that transphobia brainworms infected basically all of their elites (which, yes, everyone being too online)
you cannot effectively fight back against people who want ethnic purges when you want gender purges
you cannot effectively fight back against people who want ethnic purges when you want gender purges
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December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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The optics of this are shittier than they realize. They are not coming across as protectors of America, they are just coming across as big assholes.
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The optics of this are shittier than they realize. They are not coming across as protectors of America, they are just coming across as big assholes.
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I understand that the way to defeating them involves getting some folks who voted for Trump to flip and that people trying to win elections need to talk to those folks
but I, personally, am judging them all for putting this shit back in the White House
but I, personally, am judging them all for putting this shit back in the White House
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I understand that the way to defeating them involves getting some folks who voted for Trump to flip and that people trying to win elections need to talk to those folks
but I, personally, am judging them all for putting this shit back in the White House
but I, personally, am judging them all for putting this shit back in the White House
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these are bad, racist, disgusting people and no matter how much the powers that be attempt to normalize this kind of shit it is unacceptable
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
these are bad, racist, disgusting people and no matter how much the powers that be attempt to normalize this kind of shit it is unacceptable
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The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.
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this whole exchange is bonkers, i cannot believe these people get paid for this horseshit
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
this whole exchange is bonkers, i cannot believe these people get paid for this horseshit
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In case anyone is wondering how Whiskey Pete Hegseth's plan worked out to stack the press room with right wing trolls and propagandists in advance of a damning IC Report, I present Laura Loomer.
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering how Whiskey Pete Hegseth's plan worked out to stack the press room with right wing trolls and propagandists in advance of a damning IC Report, I present Laura Loomer.
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i also think trump will not make it easy for them and fire him, he’s going to make them do it (because he doesn’t make decisions anymore)
senate republicans have earned our cynicism but i think hegseth may be genuinely testing the bounds of what they will tolerate
MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i also think trump will not make it easy for them and fire him, he’s going to make them do it (because he doesn’t make decisions anymore)
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This is related to the explanation for why the COVID lockdowns cooked so many brains. It's also related to one of the many reasons why American-style city planning is bad.
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is related to the explanation for why the COVID lockdowns cooked so many brains. It's also related to one of the many reasons why American-style city planning is bad.
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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When that narcissistic asshole is finally gone, I fully support a taxpayer-funded effort to scrub his name off of everything he forced it onto. Dismantle his entire misbegotten "legacy." Leave nothing.
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
When that narcissistic asshole is finally gone, I fully support a taxpayer-funded effort to scrub his name off of everything he forced it onto. Dismantle his entire misbegotten "legacy." Leave nothing.
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This feels like the central toxicity of these dude-gurus: They're feeding men an ideology that immediately casts it as "virtue signaling" whenever anyone states a moral value of any kind. An explicitly nihilistic worldview and a recipe for lifelong misery.
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This feels like the central toxicity of these dude-gurus: They're feeding men an ideology that immediately casts it as "virtue signaling" whenever anyone states a moral value of any kind. An explicitly nihilistic worldview and a recipe for lifelong misery.
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It's also funny because they are whining about women judging them for their political opinions — while judging women on their political opinions.
These guys never bother to ask why women don't want Trumpers. They just assume it's virtue signaling. The MAGA movement worships a rapist and has destroyed abortion rights, with their sights set on the rights to BC, divorce and voting next. Trumpers are not safe for us to be with.
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's also funny because they are whining about women judging them for their political opinions — while judging women on their political opinions.
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Yes where else could men possibly receive this scorching insight
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yes where else could men possibly receive this scorching insight
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fwiw i don’t think platner is (or even ever was) an actual blood and soil nazi, i just think he’s a vapid, arrogant, incurious, stubborn fucking know-nothing jackass
lmao you fucking credulous marks, there are a million fucking skull and crossbones tattoos in the world, there is, like, ONE that is specifically associated with the SS, you fucking rubes
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
fwiw i don’t think platner is (or even ever was) an actual blood and soil nazi, i just think he’s a vapid, arrogant, incurious, stubborn fucking know-nothing jackass
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Really think we should be saying this more to counter the defeatism and doomerism out there. We're winning these information wars:
Trump's white nationalist aides are churning out vile videos glorifying migrant suffering. But Trump-MAGA are *losing* the online culture wars over deportations, because the humane side is info-warring better.
Check out @paulwaldman.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
Check out @paulwaldman.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Really think we should be saying this more to counter the defeatism and doomerism out there. We're winning these information wars: