Classics & Virtues
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William Lloyd Garrison on empty appeals to tradition:
So the “Democratic Shutdown” branding didn’t stick?
It’s almost as if the party in power in America will be blamed no matter how intense their propaganda operation is and I suppose there’s something beautiful about that
It’s almost as if the party in power in America will be blamed no matter how intense their propaganda operation is and I suppose there’s something beautiful about that
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
So the “Democratic Shutdown” branding didn’t stick?
It’s almost as if the party in power in America will be blamed no matter how intense their propaganda operation is and I suppose there’s something beautiful about that
It’s almost as if the party in power in America will be blamed no matter how intense their propaganda operation is and I suppose there’s something beautiful about that
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they call it a "euro step" because the only way to step foot in europe is by traveling
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
they call it a "euro step" because the only way to step foot in europe is by traveling
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Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.
The account hyping up the Confederacy is a Serb?!?
Fork found in kitchen…
Fork found in kitchen…
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The account hyping up the Confederacy is a Serb?!?
Fork found in kitchen…
Fork found in kitchen…
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watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
Yep, this is the line that the Trump social media influencers are going with as well.
It makes sense if you ignore everything Trump said and did
It makes sense if you ignore everything Trump said and did
If you were wondering how Fox is playing Mamdani/Trump:
Hannity (paraphrase): "This scene is profoundly disturbing to Democrat leftists. Here is their Communist hero, shaking hands with the man he has denounced as a despot. The left doesn't know what to think.'
Hannity (paraphrase): "This scene is profoundly disturbing to Democrat leftists. Here is their Communist hero, shaking hands with the man he has denounced as a despot. The left doesn't know what to think.'
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Yep, this is the line that the Trump social media influencers are going with as well.
It makes sense if you ignore everything Trump said and did
It makes sense if you ignore everything Trump said and did
The FDR thing has me thinking about Trump honoring Dorothy Day (he probably doesn’t know who she is but still…)
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The FDR thing has me thinking about Trump honoring Dorothy Day (he probably doesn’t know who she is but still…)
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He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
Wtf are these guys talking about?
Millions of Americans are in danger of losing SNAP benefits because of Trump
Millions of Americans are in danger of losing SNAP benefits because of Trump
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Wtf are these guys talking about?
Millions of Americans are in danger of losing SNAP benefits because of Trump
Millions of Americans are in danger of losing SNAP benefits because of Trump
I bet Mamdani could have got Trump to film a “do not obey unlawful orders” video with him
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I bet Mamdani could have got Trump to film a “do not obey unlawful orders” video with him
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TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
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i get that the past two popes also had cranky uncle energy but this still whips
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth reut.rs/48tKTYY
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
i get that the past two popes also had cranky uncle energy but this still whips
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Trump if Mamdani was WH chief of staff:
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Trump if Mamdani was WH chief of staff:
Of course, Trump prefers the calm, cool, handsome, jovial Mamdani to the sweaty, self-serious, hanger-on Posobiec (the best thing about Trump is how much he despises the MAGA try-hard that he’s stuck with)
trump nodding as mamdani dresses down posobiec. what realm is this?
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Of course, Trump prefers the calm, cool, handsome, jovial Mamdani to the sweaty, self-serious, hanger-on Posobiec (the best thing about Trump is how much he despises the MAGA try-hard that he’s stuck with)
After speaking with Mamdani, Trump would have made 99 if he was a member of the House
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
After speaking with Mamdani, Trump would have made 99 if he was a member of the House
Conservatives watching this and getting flashbacks:
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Conservatives watching this and getting flashbacks:
Hyped about this release tomorrow!
Read the Denis Johnson novella it’s based on, if you haven’t!
Read the Denis Johnson novella it’s based on, if you haven’t!
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Hyped about this release tomorrow!
Read the Denis Johnson novella it’s based on, if you haven’t!
Read the Denis Johnson novella it’s based on, if you haven’t!
I do appreciate Trump undoing the smoke and mirror games that are played by right wing influencers by proving the point of the video that was made, as ordering the death of a lawmaker for reminding service members of the military code would be an unlawful order
We don’t have to play the games of those who retort “what unlawful order?”
Trump I talked about shooting American protestors in the legs but he had adults restraining him back then.
This is not some unfounded hysteria from the left.
Trump I talked about shooting American protestors in the legs but he had adults restraining him back then.
This is not some unfounded hysteria from the left.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I do appreciate Trump undoing the smoke and mirror games that are played by right wing influencers by proving the point of the video that was made, as ordering the death of a lawmaker for reminding service members of the military code would be an unlawful order
We don’t have to play the games of those who retort “what unlawful order?”
Trump I talked about shooting American protestors in the legs but he had adults restraining him back then.
This is not some unfounded hysteria from the left.
Trump I talked about shooting American protestors in the legs but he had adults restraining him back then.
This is not some unfounded hysteria from the left.
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We don’t have to play the games of those who retort “what unlawful order?”
Trump I talked about shooting American protestors in the legs but he had adults restraining him back then.
This is not some unfounded hysteria from the left.
Trump I talked about shooting American protestors in the legs but he had adults restraining him back then.
This is not some unfounded hysteria from the left.
Interesting phenomenon happening on the other app where GOP operatives are posting photoshopped or AI-generated photos of Dem politicians with Epstein, when there are real photos of the Republican President partying with him
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Interesting phenomenon happening on the other app where GOP operatives are posting photoshopped or AI-generated photos of Dem politicians with Epstein, when there are real photos of the Republican President partying with him
Wallace Stevens on being a quirked-up white boy:
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wallace Stevens on being a quirked-up white boy:
Now that MAGA is at its zenith, the MAGA elites are learning a hard lesson about the true nature of the conspiracy theorists they’ve been playing to for 10 plus years:
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Now that MAGA is at its zenith, the MAGA elites are learning a hard lesson about the true nature of the conspiracy theorists they’ve been playing to for 10 plus years:
*minor spoilers*
The interesting thing about this bit is it seems like a random aside at first, until the end when the mom who is pathologically obsessed with security for her son is the CEO of a security/surveillance company. In that context, its contemporary political salience comes to light.
The interesting thing about this bit is it seems like a random aside at first, until the end when the mom who is pathologically obsessed with security for her son is the CEO of a security/surveillance company. In that context, its contemporary political salience comes to light.
Ari Aster called it 2 years ago in “Beau is Afraid”:
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
*minor spoilers*
The interesting thing about this bit is it seems like a random aside at first, until the end when the mom who is pathologically obsessed with security for her son is the CEO of a security/surveillance company. In that context, its contemporary political salience comes to light.
The interesting thing about this bit is it seems like a random aside at first, until the end when the mom who is pathologically obsessed with security for her son is the CEO of a security/surveillance company. In that context, its contemporary political salience comes to light.