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very funny to deny that Bubba refers to Clinton but not clear up whether Trump giving head was a bit
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
very funny to deny that Bubba refers to Clinton but not clear up whether Trump giving head was a bit
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The claim that Mamdani is anti-Semitic rests entirely on the idea that well, surely he *must* harbor those beliefs secretly because of his religion.
That's an approach that has itself fueled a lot of *actual* anti-Semitism and is deeply dangerous to push.
That's an approach that has itself fueled a lot of *actual* anti-Semitism and is deeply dangerous to push.
Y'all ever notice how nobody can ever actually point to any *specific thing* that Mamdani *actually said* that was antisemitic, and how people are just baldly asserting it anyway
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The claim that Mamdani is anti-Semitic rests entirely on the idea that well, surely he *must* harbor those beliefs secretly because of his religion.
That's an approach that has itself fueled a lot of *actual* anti-Semitism and is deeply dangerous to push.
That's an approach that has itself fueled a lot of *actual* anti-Semitism and is deeply dangerous to push.
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I'm too lazy/out of practice/don't have a license at home to do this properly but close enough for posting work: I overlaid The City's new general election map over their primary map, and turned the general to 70% opacity. This produces four colors.
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I'm too lazy/out of practice/don't have a license at home to do this properly but close enough for posting work: I overlaid The City's new general election map over their primary map, and turned the general to 70% opacity. This produces four colors.
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A big tent could include everyone Zoe Leonard wants for president! bsky.app/profile/thra...
For no reason, no reason at all, I’m sharing Zoe Leonard’s poem “I want a dyke for president. I want a person with aids for president & I want a fag for vice president and I want someone with no health insurance & I want someone who grew up in a place where the earth is so saturated with toxic waste
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A big tent could include everyone Zoe Leonard wants for president! bsky.app/profile/thra...
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Maine's current AG is 47, not sure why nobody 's looing at him. Maine senate president is 37 and owns a brewery. Platner and MIlls are not our only two guys.
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Maine's current AG is 47, not sure why nobody 's looing at him. Maine senate president is 37 and owns a brewery. Platner and MIlls are not our only two guys.
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Gonna be funny to be on this site when Platner turns out to be Fetterman (redux).
Not really holding my breath for anything more than "Better than the Republican" out of Maine.
Not really holding my breath for anything more than "Better than the Republican" out of Maine.
September 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Gonna be funny to be on this site when Platner turns out to be Fetterman (redux).
Not really holding my breath for anything more than "Better than the Republican" out of Maine.
Not really holding my breath for anything more than "Better than the Republican" out of Maine.
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I honestly think that trying to legislate what was in Platner's heart and what/when he understood is a trap. It doesn't matter to me.
It's actually okay to just go, "man I'd love to believe you've changed but I'm going to need to see proof of it in a place with lower stakes than the US Senate"
It's actually okay to just go, "man I'd love to believe you've changed but I'm going to need to see proof of it in a place with lower stakes than the US Senate"
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I honestly think that trying to legislate what was in Platner's heart and what/when he understood is a trap. It doesn't matter to me.
It's actually okay to just go, "man I'd love to believe you've changed but I'm going to need to see proof of it in a place with lower stakes than the US Senate"
It's actually okay to just go, "man I'd love to believe you've changed but I'm going to need to see proof of it in a place with lower stakes than the US Senate"
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No Kings protests were one of the few times Trump, MAGA, and right-wing media were reacting to something the opposition did, rather than the opposition reacting to whatever they do.
Adopt a principle from war strategy: generally better to be taking action and forcing opponents to react. Good point.
Adopt a principle from war strategy: generally better to be taking action and forcing opponents to react. Good point.
Point five is really important. The protests provoked errors from the administration (shit force one) that may haunt them for years. That’s what happens when you stop being reactive.
October 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
No Kings protests were one of the few times Trump, MAGA, and right-wing media were reacting to something the opposition did, rather than the opposition reacting to whatever they do.
Adopt a principle from war strategy: generally better to be taking action and forcing opponents to react. Good point.
Adopt a principle from war strategy: generally better to be taking action and forcing opponents to react. Good point.
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presidential admins are black boxes so its hard to say where the center of gravity on this stuff was coming from but i cant get over how incoherent the biden admin was on the central question of our time, defending the liberal order
so like, this is what i am talking about in re the authoritarian internationale. trumpworld thinks millei is their guy, so they're trying to keep him afloat through the elections down there. we should consider learning some lessons from this.
Bessent says US bought pesos again, currency dips reut.rs/47ehiB2
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
presidential admins are black boxes so its hard to say where the center of gravity on this stuff was coming from but i cant get over how incoherent the biden admin was on the central question of our time, defending the liberal order
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we are once again locked in a worldwide ideological struggle. kinda sucks but it is what it is. time to pick a side kids
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
we are once again locked in a worldwide ideological struggle. kinda sucks but it is what it is. time to pick a side kids
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one thing that has been obvious for a while is this aspect of the authoritarian internationale: they recognize that their allies abroad are not *countries* but *political movements* within foreign countries.
time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.
time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.
Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.
October 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
one thing that has been obvious for a while is this aspect of the authoritarian internationale: they recognize that their allies abroad are not *countries* but *political movements* within foreign countries.
time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.
time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.
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The perfect encapsulation of Politico.
"Of course the White House is lying, but it's a pretty savvy lie, so let's see how it plays?"
It's all a fun little game with no stakes to them. It's like they're recapping episodes of Real Housewives.
"Of course the White House is lying, but it's a pretty savvy lie, so let's see how it plays?"
It's all a fun little game with no stakes to them. It's like they're recapping episodes of Real Housewives.
This short passage from a Politico afternoon newsletter captures a huge amount of the advantage gained by lying at scale and the why the DC press corps remains wired for the GOP.
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The perfect encapsulation of Politico.
"Of course the White House is lying, but it's a pretty savvy lie, so let's see how it plays?"
It's all a fun little game with no stakes to them. It's like they're recapping episodes of Real Housewives.
"Of course the White House is lying, but it's a pretty savvy lie, so let's see how it plays?"
It's all a fun little game with no stakes to them. It's like they're recapping episodes of Real Housewives.
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ultimately what they want isn't the free speech of a fractious society, but the norms of an academic cocktail party--where any topic is fair game, so long as we all admit it kind of doesn't matter and this is just a little post-dinner diversion we're engaged in
September 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
ultimately what they want isn't the free speech of a fractious society, but the norms of an academic cocktail party--where any topic is fair game, so long as we all admit it kind of doesn't matter and this is just a little post-dinner diversion we're engaged in
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The knowledge that a prosecutor might well get sacked if they don’t find incriminating evidence in matters deemed politically important by Trump really makes you wonder about the incriminating evidence in ongoing matters deemed politically important by Trump
"President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources."
Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources
President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The knowledge that a prosecutor might well get sacked if they don’t find incriminating evidence in matters deemed politically important by Trump really makes you wonder about the incriminating evidence in ongoing matters deemed politically important by Trump
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The key problem with what Ezra Klein says here is that he fails – or is unwilling – to grapple with the fundamental reality of the political conflict: The movement that dominates today’s Right fully rejects the very idea of “living here with each other” as equals. That’s their defining position.
"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"
September 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The key problem with what Ezra Klein says here is that he fails – or is unwilling – to grapple with the fundamental reality of the political conflict: The movement that dominates today’s Right fully rejects the very idea of “living here with each other” as equals. That’s their defining position.
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The lawsuit claims his business is worth $100 billion and generates "hundreds of millions of dollars" in income (less than 1%). The alleged defamation is that he is not good at business.
September 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The lawsuit claims his business is worth $100 billion and generates "hundreds of millions of dollars" in income (less than 1%). The alleged defamation is that he is not good at business.
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Divide between people who think politics is an exercise in increasing status and career opportunities within a static system and those who think it's about creating the circumstances within which people can live well
September 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Divide between people who think politics is an exercise in increasing status and career opportunities within a static system and those who think it's about creating the circumstances within which people can live well
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an unholy alliance of authoritarianism and corporate power are going to merge all of our shittiest media companies into a giant wad of trump ass kissing right wing paranoia, infotainment, and propaganda
Exclusive | Paramount Skydance Prepares Ellison-Backed Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
The bid will be for the entire company, including its cable networks and movie studio, according to people familiar with the situation.
www.wsj.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
an unholy alliance of authoritarianism and corporate power are going to merge all of our shittiest media companies into a giant wad of trump ass kissing right wing paranoia, infotainment, and propaganda
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bro just carry your papers on you. just show them to the masked guys who refuse to identify what agency they're with, let alone give you their name and badge number. what is the big deal?
September 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
bro just carry your papers on you. just show them to the masked guys who refuse to identify what agency they're with, let alone give you their name and badge number. what is the big deal?
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brett kavanaugh’s pretty little mind can’t be bothered to imagine the mother desperate to calm her sobbing child as ICE agents threaten to whisk her away to a secret jail for looking “illegal”
September 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
brett kavanaugh’s pretty little mind can’t be bothered to imagine the mother desperate to calm her sobbing child as ICE agents threaten to whisk her away to a secret jail for looking “illegal”
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Sotomayor on the impact: "The Government, and now the concurrence, has all but declared that all Latinos, U. S. citizens or not, who work low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken away from work, and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the agents’ satisfaction."
September 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Sotomayor on the impact: "The Government, and now the concurrence, has all but declared that all Latinos, U. S. citizens or not, who work low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken away from work, and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the agents’ satisfaction."
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oh yeah this is excellent, and puts a lot of thoughts I've conveyed on here over the last year or two into one well-reasoned post
really, this piece captured all this so well. democrats are trying to save a two party system that is already dead @fleerultra.bsky.social
The End is also a Beginning - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Erik hits the nail on the head. As I once quipped, the good news for the Democrats is that opposition to authoritarianism no longer requires defending status-quo institutions. I wish it were that simp...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
oh yeah this is excellent, and puts a lot of thoughts I've conveyed on here over the last year or two into one well-reasoned post
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The case against worrying about pre-transfer poverty
August 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The case against worrying about pre-transfer poverty
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What really gives the game away is throwing in the word "cisgender". What kind of politics do you need where you don't need a simple, straightforward word for people who aren't transgender? One where transgender people are completely erased from your political reality
August 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What really gives the game away is throwing in the word "cisgender". What kind of politics do you need where you don't need a simple, straightforward word for people who aren't transgender? One where transgender people are completely erased from your political reality