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December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is a refreshing can of Coke Zero
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is a refreshing can of Coke Zero
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A grim reminder he has been a benighted presence in American public life for so long a guy who died in 1998 had a firm opinion about him.
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A grim reminder he has been a benighted presence in American public life for so long a guy who died in 1998 had a firm opinion about him.
I watched the Rankin/Bass puppet-animation show Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, and I have to ask: is it strange I forgot the Island of Misfit Toys was ruled over by a lion with wings and a crown, named Moonracer? I forgot other things, but I *really* forgot that.
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I watched the Rankin/Bass puppet-animation show Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, and I have to ask: is it strange I forgot the Island of Misfit Toys was ruled over by a lion with wings and a crown, named Moonracer? I forgot other things, but I *really* forgot that.
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The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
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I'm just gonna take a wild guess at how we got here:
JUDGE: Bring me somebody who knows why the government is not sending Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica.
DOJ: Here is that somebody, Your Honor.
JUDGE: Why is the government not sending him there?
WITNESS: Oh, I don't know that.
JUDGE: Bring me somebody who knows why the government is not sending Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica.
DOJ: Here is that somebody, Your Honor.
JUDGE: Why is the government not sending him there?
WITNESS: Oh, I don't know that.
Judge: how do you know that
C: i believe the atty told me that verbally
G: did you participate in discussions with Costa Rica?
C: no.
G: see in ¶4 where it says "certain understandings"?
what are those
C: i dont know.
G: see the word "contingencies"? what are those?
C: do not know
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C: i believe the atty told me that verbally
G: did you participate in discussions with Costa Rica?
C: no.
G: see in ¶4 where it says "certain understandings"?
what are those
C: i dont know.
G: see the word "contingencies"? what are those?
C: do not know
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November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm just gonna take a wild guess at how we got here:
JUDGE: Bring me somebody who knows why the government is not sending Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica.
DOJ: Here is that somebody, Your Honor.
JUDGE: Why is the government not sending him there?
WITNESS: Oh, I don't know that.
JUDGE: Bring me somebody who knows why the government is not sending Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica.
DOJ: Here is that somebody, Your Honor.
JUDGE: Why is the government not sending him there?
WITNESS: Oh, I don't know that.
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this is flawless
December 5, 2023 at 4:12 PM
this is flawless
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I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
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I hope this is how at least one person is just now finding out for the first time lol "Mark Epstein" oh I didn't know he had a brother "asked Jeffery Epstein" ugh hate that guy "to ask Steve Bannon" wait what "if Putin" lmao what "has the photos of Trump" lol piss tape amirite "blowing Bubba" omg
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I hope this is how at least one person is just now finding out for the first time lol "Mark Epstein" oh I didn't know he had a brother "asked Jeffery Epstein" ugh hate that guy "to ask Steve Bannon" wait what "if Putin" lmao what "has the photos of Trump" lol piss tape amirite "blowing Bubba" omg
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
Trump was talking about eliminating the insurance companies and giving money directly to people to pay for healthcare--the single-payer system! You were so close, Chuck! So close.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Trump was talking about eliminating the insurance companies and giving money directly to people to pay for healthcare--the single-payer system! You were so close, Chuck! So close.
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So @schumer.senate.gov really thinks we don’t understand that he orchestrated this by getting senators not up for re-election to vote yes?
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
So @schumer.senate.gov really thinks we don’t understand that he orchestrated this by getting senators not up for re-election to vote yes?
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Chuck, with respect: Read the room.
Nothing about it this moment makes people want to hear "we will keep fighting" from the team that just caved.
Nothing about it this moment makes people want to hear "we will keep fighting" from the team that just caved.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Chuck, with respect: Read the room.
Nothing about it this moment makes people want to hear "we will keep fighting" from the team that just caved.
Nothing about it this moment makes people want to hear "we will keep fighting" from the team that just caved.
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i think the sports thing is easy messaging if pressed if you describe the actual requirements that previously existed and emphasize following the evidence and putting fairness first
ie, the same position but explained for the uninformed
ie, the same position but explained for the uninformed
this is also my read on the electorate
for instance I think it's likely that, as much as it is bullshit transphobia cooked up by bigots, the majority of people in this country don't want trans kids to play sports
but are they going to condition their vote on it? no, they don't care that much
for instance I think it's likely that, as much as it is bullshit transphobia cooked up by bigots, the majority of people in this country don't want trans kids to play sports
but are they going to condition their vote on it? no, they don't care that much
The majority of US voters, so far as I can tell, flatly do not care about trans people one way or another. They aren't necessarily especially friendly to them, but they clearly find the notion that they're supposed to obsess over them distinctly offputting. (Despite major efforts by the right!)
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
i think the sports thing is easy messaging if pressed if you describe the actual requirements that previously existed and emphasize following the evidence and putting fairness first
ie, the same position but explained for the uninformed
ie, the same position but explained for the uninformed
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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One thing that strikes me is just how fake all of our problems related to government are
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
One thing that strikes me is just how fake all of our problems related to government are
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
So, with this government shut down, these I.C.E. goons aren't getting paychecks, right?
Right?
Right?
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So, with this government shut down, these I.C.E. goons aren't getting paychecks, right?
Right?
Right?
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This is 100% true. I’m in Manhattan today for work and they made me convert to Islam before I was allowed to purchase my BEC and coffee this morning. Inshallah I’m able to get a slice of pizza tonight because the ration lines are so long.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is 100% true. I’m in Manhattan today for work and they made me convert to Islam before I was allowed to purchase my BEC and coffee this morning. Inshallah I’m able to get a slice of pizza tonight because the ration lines are so long.
Listening, or trying to listen, to today’s oral arguments, but Sauer sounds like RFK Junior at 1.5x speed. It’s painful.
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Listening, or trying to listen, to today’s oral arguments, but Sauer sounds like RFK Junior at 1.5x speed. It’s painful.