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For over two decades, as anarchists have been sacrificed on the altar of these hilariously unconstitutional domestic "terrorism" charges, liberals have basically shrugged or at best furrowed their brows. Nothing was done to get the laws off the books. So yeah, Trump has legal means.
September 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
For over two decades, as anarchists have been sacrificed on the altar of these hilariously unconstitutional domestic "terrorism" charges, liberals have basically shrugged or at best furrowed their brows. Nothing was done to get the laws off the books. So yeah, Trump has legal means.
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It's true that there's no magical legal status of "domestic terrorist", but there are a ton of laws that add "terrorism" nonsense to domestic crimes on the flimsiest grounds of any lawbreaking being "political."
"Conspiracy to jaywalk in furtherance of terrorism" is technically chargeable.
"Conspiracy to jaywalk in furtherance of terrorism" is technically chargeable.
No law authorizes the president to designate something as a domestic terrorist org (only a foreign terrorist org), so it will be interesting to see what law he invokes here (if any).
“Domestic terrorism” is more of a concept than anything with a legal underpinning.
“Domestic terrorism” is more of a concept than anything with a legal underpinning.
The thing with designating a group that doesn't actually exist as a terrorist organization is that they can then say anyone they want is a part of that group.
September 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It's true that there's no magical legal status of "domestic terrorist", but there are a ton of laws that add "terrorism" nonsense to domestic crimes on the flimsiest grounds of any lawbreaking being "political."
"Conspiracy to jaywalk in furtherance of terrorism" is technically chargeable.
"Conspiracy to jaywalk in furtherance of terrorism" is technically chargeable.
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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a big reason companies are caving this hard is that they're banking on hunkering down for the next 3.5 years and then coasting by when the dust settles
Democrats need to make it very clear that there will be future consequences for defecting in this prisoner's dilemma
Democrats need to make it very clear that there will be future consequences for defecting in this prisoner's dilemma
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
a big reason companies are caving this hard is that they're banking on hunkering down for the next 3.5 years and then coasting by when the dust settles
Democrats need to make it very clear that there will be future consequences for defecting in this prisoner's dilemma
Democrats need to make it very clear that there will be future consequences for defecting in this prisoner's dilemma
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Far more dangerous than Trump, I think, is how quickly the last eight months have pulled back the curtain on America's elites and shown everyone how venal, how cowardly and how utterly mediocre the foundation of our society has been.
*DISNEY'S ABC PULLS KIMMEL SHOW INDEFINITELY, WSJ REPORTER POSTS
September 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Far more dangerous than Trump, I think, is how quickly the last eight months have pulled back the curtain on America's elites and shown everyone how venal, how cowardly and how utterly mediocre the foundation of our society has been.
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They believe in nothing. They relish the hypocrisy. They want to rub your face in the hypocrisy.
September 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
They believe in nothing. They relish the hypocrisy. They want to rub your face in the hypocrisy.
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They will point out every time you misstep not because they believe that consistency is a virtue, but because they want you to believe you are just as bad as them.
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
They will point out every time you misstep not because they believe that consistency is a virtue, but because they want you to believe you are just as bad as them.
this is the glib, self-righteous moralizing of a priest with a secret child rape dungeon
Well, I just listened to our Vice President tell Jesse Watters that biblical evil explains Kirk's death, that people who are overtaken by evil need to repent, that we all know that leftism and trans ideology caused this, and that Kirk's death will hopefully lead people to God
September 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
this is the glib, self-righteous moralizing of a priest with a secret child rape dungeon
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Like, you can say they're hypocrites I guess but it's much more accurate to say that they're people who've completely strangled their moral capacity; they simply do not have an ethical core or meaningful values, they just say whatever is convenient in the moment. Bad faith as a way of life.
September 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Like, you can say they're hypocrites I guess but it's much more accurate to say that they're people who've completely strangled their moral capacity; they simply do not have an ethical core or meaningful values, they just say whatever is convenient in the moment. Bad faith as a way of life.
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Liberals have this mental model they keep trying to update where they try to fit the words and actions of right wingers into a consistent moral framework while in reality what the right believes is "I should get everything I want" and "I can say or do anything to get that"
September 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Liberals have this mental model they keep trying to update where they try to fit the words and actions of right wingers into a consistent moral framework while in reality what the right believes is "I should get everything I want" and "I can say or do anything to get that"
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Part of the problem with the idea of negotiating a modus vivendi with MAGA is that it's a movement driven entirely the political-entertainment industrial complex; what they want is to keep fighting you, forever, because that's the foundation of their business model. Government for and by podcasters.
September 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Part of the problem with the idea of negotiating a modus vivendi with MAGA is that it's a movement driven entirely the political-entertainment industrial complex; what they want is to keep fighting you, forever, because that's the foundation of their business model. Government for and by podcasters.
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it is, unironically, the absolute vindication of Fukuyama. we ended history and we were completely unprepared for the idea that "the end of history" was a state we'd have to work to maintain
September 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
it is, unironically, the absolute vindication of Fukuyama. we ended history and we were completely unprepared for the idea that "the end of history" was a state we'd have to work to maintain
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it's Trump-supporting elites who think that they can get the political security of oligarchs under authoritarianism and the dynamism of liberalism
it's liberal elites who soft-step against Trump because they cannot conceive of a model of politics that is not thermostasis forever
it's liberal elites who soft-step against Trump because they cannot conceive of a model of politics that is not thermostasis forever
September 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
it's Trump-supporting elites who think that they can get the political security of oligarchs under authoritarianism and the dynamism of liberalism
it's liberal elites who soft-step against Trump because they cannot conceive of a model of politics that is not thermostasis forever
it's liberal elites who soft-step against Trump because they cannot conceive of a model of politics that is not thermostasis forever
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it's a small thing right now but if the worst people in the country are upset by a failure to mourn properly they will collapse where they stand when the day comes and there's actual spontaneous celebrations
September 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
it's a small thing right now but if the worst people in the country are upset by a failure to mourn properly they will collapse where they stand when the day comes and there's actual spontaneous celebrations
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It can't be said often enough: the contemporary US right simply does not accept the background presumption that "we all have to live here together." They want to eliminate liberals! They're very vocal about it!
September 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It can't be said often enough: the contemporary US right simply does not accept the background presumption that "we all have to live here together." They want to eliminate liberals! They're very vocal about it!
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much of donald trump's appeal is watching a powerful sadist pluck the wings off of flies, and many of the people to whom this appealed would have been just as happy to see donald trump's entire life taken apart piece by piece
September 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
much of donald trump's appeal is watching a powerful sadist pluck the wings off of flies, and many of the people to whom this appealed would have been just as happy to see donald trump's entire life taken apart piece by piece
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"...these aren’t actual debates in the classical sense of trying to persuade, they’re spectacles designed to set up bad faith dipshits with the opportunity to dunk on others for social media clout."
I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
September 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"...these aren’t actual debates in the classical sense of trying to persuade, they’re spectacles designed to set up bad faith dipshits with the opportunity to dunk on others for social media clout."
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It’s a cage match with a stupid, rabid gorilla that wants you dead
September 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It’s a cage match with a stupid, rabid gorilla that wants you dead
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We labor under a generation of high achievers who looked around the room & decided the dearth of Black faces was proof they didn't merit a place, & plugged their ears at any Black high achievers' disagreement because their rarity made their prominence suspect. A profound egotism—onanism of the soul
September 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We labor under a generation of high achievers who looked around the room & decided the dearth of Black faces was proof they didn't merit a place, & plugged their ears at any Black high achievers' disagreement because their rarity made their prominence suspect. A profound egotism—onanism of the soul
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You are falling so prostrate before the right because they have guns and the intention to slaughter us. You are hoping that by promising to go politely to your execution they might spare you.
You should be wondering what sort of strength or commitment might make them falter and sue for peace.
You should be wondering what sort of strength or commitment might make them falter and sue for peace.
September 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
You are falling so prostrate before the right because they have guns and the intention to slaughter us. You are hoping that by promising to go politely to your execution they might spare you.
You should be wondering what sort of strength or commitment might make them falter and sue for peace.
You should be wondering what sort of strength or commitment might make them falter and sue for peace.
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👍 "Debate me bro” culture: "creates a false equivalence between good-faith expertise and bad-faith trolling. When you agree to debate someone pushing long-debunked conspiracy theories or openly hateful ideologies, you’re implicitly suggesting that their position deserves equal consideration."
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
www.techdirt.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
👍 "Debate me bro” culture: "creates a false equivalence between good-faith expertise and bad-faith trolling. When you agree to debate someone pushing long-debunked conspiracy theories or openly hateful ideologies, you’re implicitly suggesting that their position deserves equal consideration."
trans people are the vanguard of human freedom, pioneers in morphological liberty and conscripts in the fight against the most intimate of tyrannies: nature
everyday they liberate themselves from the shackles of biology to live as they choose not bound by tradition or cruft; everyday a prison break
everyday they liberate themselves from the shackles of biology to live as they choose not bound by tradition or cruft; everyday a prison break
September 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
trans people are the vanguard of human freedom, pioneers in morphological liberty and conscripts in the fight against the most intimate of tyrannies: nature
everyday they liberate themselves from the shackles of biology to live as they choose not bound by tradition or cruft; everyday a prison break
everyday they liberate themselves from the shackles of biology to live as they choose not bound by tradition or cruft; everyday a prison break
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I like that this is just official DOJ policy now
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I like that this is just official DOJ policy now
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has there been a single piece of political rhetoric that has inspired more mass shootings than great replacement?
A story no one is talking about - last week's high school shooting in Denver.
16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Evergreen H.S. shooter hinted at his plans online, ADL says
The attacker, who shot and wounded two students, reposted a photo of a revolver and a box of ammunition two hours beforehand, research by the group's Center on Extremism shows.
www.nbcnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
has there been a single piece of political rhetoric that has inspired more mass shootings than great replacement?
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Watching the press hagiography of Charlie Kirk is the first time I viscerally felt like they were in all respects the enemy of truth and democracy
September 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Watching the press hagiography of Charlie Kirk is the first time I viscerally felt like they were in all respects the enemy of truth and democracy