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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
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It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
Society broke down and all, but you really still need to stop at red lights
I can't believe we need to explain this one, but it seems that we really do
nygroove.nyc
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
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i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
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You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
I liked the Platner ads too but I think there's a difference between "guy who had some bad reddit posts a decade ago" and "ex-Blackwater merc who still has a Nazi tattoo." Sucks bigtime that he's the only one taking positions and talking policy I like, but them's the breaks!
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
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It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.
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I am proud to be born a Muslim.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.
None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.
Drink some water and touch grass.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.
None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.
Drink some water and touch grass.
September 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am proud to be born a Muslim.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.
None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.
Drink some water and touch grass.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.
None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.
Drink some water and touch grass.
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This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
September 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
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Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place.
I think it's possible that Trump's illegal invasion of DC will really in some sense "get rid of the tents." If that happens, elite commentators will rush to praise him and attribute it to the effectiveness of cruelty, and not to the fact that they spent millions of dollars per tent cleared.
August 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place.
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Michael Ironside has other, more expansive uses but he can absolutely wear a uniform and say stuff like "send in Mendoza" or "may God have mercy on our souls." He'll do that about as well as it can be done.
August 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Michael Ironside has other, more expansive uses but he can absolutely wear a uniform and say stuff like "send in Mendoza" or "may God have mercy on our souls." He'll do that about as well as it can be done.
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But the highlight of the night was some #UPSLAfterDark magic with Tennessee Tempo FC falling behind 1-0 in extra time to a 10-man Chicago Nation FC team, then getting two late goals by Souleymane Balde (114') & former pro Dominic Oduro (116') in extra time to win 2-1. #USOpenCup
August 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
But the highlight of the night was some #UPSLAfterDark magic with Tennessee Tempo FC falling behind 1-0 in extra time to a 10-man Chicago Nation FC team, then getting two late goals by Souleymane Balde (114') & former pro Dominic Oduro (116') in extra time to win 2-1. #USOpenCup
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Dominique Malonga is the first rookie with 20+ PTS and 12+ REB off the bench in a WNBA game u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-kDaKh
Only one other player had 20/12 in a WNBA game before their 21st birthday: Storm legend Lauren Jackson u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-eesuI
Only one other player had 20/12 in a WNBA game before their 21st birthday: Storm legend Lauren Jackson u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-eesuI
August 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Dominique Malonga is the first rookie with 20+ PTS and 12+ REB off the bench in a WNBA game u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-kDaKh
Only one other player had 20/12 in a WNBA game before their 21st birthday: Storm legend Lauren Jackson u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-eesuI
Only one other player had 20/12 in a WNBA game before their 21st birthday: Storm legend Lauren Jackson u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-eesuI
Santos Laguna are in hell right now, Galaxy are running all over them
August 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Santos Laguna are in hell right now, Galaxy are running all over them
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The massive list of suspended UCLA grants came out today: 300 NSF and 500 NIH grants. I am miraculously not on the list, but this is devastating. Science will be lost, progress will be frozen, people will lose jobs, and careers in science and medicine are being destroyed. This is not ok.
August 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The massive list of suspended UCLA grants came out today: 300 NSF and 500 NIH grants. I am miraculously not on the list, but this is devastating. Science will be lost, progress will be frozen, people will lose jobs, and careers in science and medicine are being destroyed. This is not ok.
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Nooooo I thought that was going to be the Dom Malonga Poster Dunk
July 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Nooooo I thought that was going to be the Dom Malonga Poster Dunk
I think that’s the best quarter I’ve ever seen from the Storm. Taking it to the Aces!
May 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I think that’s the best quarter I’ve ever seen from the Storm. Taking it to the Aces!
Is it “time to panic” when the guy who sent you to your 10th straight loss is bragging that he told LinkedIn how he was going to do it?
Hosei Kijima explained this goal after the game and said an absolutely incredible quote:
"I posted this on LinkedIn awhile ago, about: as the backline was stepping forward that's when you should make a run in behind and I've scored maybe two other goals in my college career similar to that..."
"I posted this on LinkedIn awhile ago, about: as the backline was stepping forward that's when you should make a run in behind and I've scored maybe two other goals in my college career similar to that..."
March 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Is it “time to panic” when the guy who sent you to your 10th straight loss is bragging that he told LinkedIn how he was going to do it?
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Ovalle, are you kidding me
March 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ovalle, are you kidding me
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democrats are really going to convince themselves that “a return to normalcy” is what people want when its really “rebuild, investigate, imprison”
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
democrats are really going to convince themselves that “a return to normalcy” is what people want when its really “rebuild, investigate, imprison”
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No democrat should vote for anything in Congress until Musk is fired and all the federal funding he zeroed out on a whim is restored. We simply cannot have a democracy when the Executive's zonked-out Vizier moves fast and breaks things he doesn't understand, which is all things, because he's stupid.
Musk: I should say we will make mistakes. We won't be perfect. But when we make a mistake we'll fix it quickly. So for example with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled briefly was Ebola prevention.
February 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
No democrat should vote for anything in Congress until Musk is fired and all the federal funding he zeroed out on a whim is restored. We simply cannot have a democracy when the Executive's zonked-out Vizier moves fast and breaks things he doesn't understand, which is all things, because he's stupid.
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February 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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I think the reason people are frustrated with Democratic leaders is that they expect these elected representatives to act like a real disaster is happening, which it is. Four-day weekends and bratwurst junkets in Munich kind of undercut that
February 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I think the reason people are frustrated with Democratic leaders is that they expect these elected representatives to act like a real disaster is happening, which it is. Four-day weekends and bratwurst junkets in Munich kind of undercut that
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.