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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
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We’re not seeing an empirical dispute of crime stats or a debate about what constitutes “crime under control. We’re seeing federal military occupation of US cities.
What the targets have in common is not crime rates, it’s voting against the president’s party.
Journalistic malpractice.
What the targets have in common is not crime rates, it’s voting against the president’s party.
Journalistic malpractice.
August 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We’re not seeing an empirical dispute of crime stats or a debate about what constitutes “crime under control. We’re seeing federal military occupation of US cities.
What the targets have in common is not crime rates, it’s voting against the president’s party.
Journalistic malpractice.
What the targets have in common is not crime rates, it’s voting against the president’s party.
Journalistic malpractice.
Honored he took time out of his they're-eating-the-cats-they're-eating-the-dogs schedule to shitpost on yet another app.
Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.
June 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Honored he took time out of his they're-eating-the-cats-they're-eating-the-dogs schedule to shitpost on yet another app.
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and that led to... Napoleon.
March 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
and that led to... Napoleon.
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The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
March 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
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"538 team gets canned by ABC on the same night Trump officially dips into net negative approval" is a hell of headline for any media journalist
we added some new polls late this evening. trump's job approval rating average at 538 is now net negative. what timing... projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approv...
March 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"538 team gets canned by ABC on the same night Trump officially dips into net negative approval" is a hell of headline for any media journalist
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"we are going to explode the deficit with tax cuts while raising tariffs to new levels and give everyone a new check while firing the entire civil service including DOD"
how the fuck is this a coherent ideology?
how the fuck is this a coherent ideology?
cargo cult Hooverism-Milleism-Trussism-Peronism
fellas is it good when you fire 50k people when markets are already dooming
February 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"we are going to explode the deficit with tax cuts while raising tariffs to new levels and give everyone a new check while firing the entire civil service including DOD"
how the fuck is this a coherent ideology?
how the fuck is this a coherent ideology?
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Kansas Farmer, Topeka, Kansas, February 20, 1896
February 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Kansas Farmer, Topeka, Kansas, February 20, 1896
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When confronted with a lawsuit alleging viewpoint discrimination, do not insist you did it because they are leftists
February 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When confronted with a lawsuit alleging viewpoint discrimination, do not insist you did it because they are leftists
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I'm about to drop a piece at The Atlantic on this Pentagon purge. As I warned, Trump is capturing Justice, Intelligence, the military. This is praetorianism, pure and simple.
February 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I'm about to drop a piece at The Atlantic on this Pentagon purge. As I warned, Trump is capturing Justice, Intelligence, the military. This is praetorianism, pure and simple.
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man it's so rich to be told that leftists "warned libs about this" when the entire past year was libs screaming about how dangerous it was going to be to reelect trump and leftists replying "yeah i don't care"
February 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
man it's so rich to be told that leftists "warned libs about this" when the entire past year was libs screaming about how dangerous it was going to be to reelect trump and leftists replying "yeah i don't care"
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This is exactly backasswards imo, we are in such a position of profound civic rot because we think that rules and service and public good are for losers. Our media's poisonous cynicism means we don't aspire to better or expect better from those who serve us.
Corruption is normalized.
Corruption is normalized.
February 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is exactly backasswards imo, we are in such a position of profound civic rot because we think that rules and service and public good are for losers. Our media's poisonous cynicism means we don't aspire to better or expect better from those who serve us.
Corruption is normalized.
Corruption is normalized.
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You can never win on a communication platform literally owned by the administration. This isn't just a conservative-leaning media outlet; it's literally owned by Musk/Trump. Any temporary wins you make in getting your message across can just be reversed by tweaking the algorithm/banning accounts.
February 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
You can never win on a communication platform literally owned by the administration. This isn't just a conservative-leaning media outlet; it's literally owned by Musk/Trump. Any temporary wins you make in getting your message across can just be reversed by tweaking the algorithm/banning accounts.
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this would even have been a big scandal *in the previous trump administration.* we will see how much that's still true
February 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
this would even have been a big scandal *in the previous trump administration.* we will see how much that's still true
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A US President is no King. That's the core meaning of the Constitution, written by people who had good reason to not want a king. Congress makes the laws; the President enforces them. Employees of the Executive branch implement the laws passed by Congress, not Presidential whims.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
February 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
A US President is no King. That's the core meaning of the Constitution, written by people who had good reason to not want a king. Congress makes the laws; the President enforces them. Employees of the Executive branch implement the laws passed by Congress, not Presidential whims.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
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"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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the fact that people all over the country who are squeezed by housing costs hear stories about relatives moving to Florida and Texas and improving their material conditions despite overall GOP misgovernance because there is a lot of housing is a huge headwind for the Dems.
I truly believe that NIMBYism, the ensuing crisis of housing supply in America’s cities, and its manifold, rippling, ramifying effects, amounts to slow seppuku by the Democratic Party.
vital political priority to get blue states to stop refusing to build housing. not only giving up electoral college votes to the GOP but clearly pushing many people to the right
January 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
the fact that people all over the country who are squeezed by housing costs hear stories about relatives moving to Florida and Texas and improving their material conditions despite overall GOP misgovernance because there is a lot of housing is a huge headwind for the Dems.
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These false claims were trumpeted endlessly on TV and in print.
The prosecution and guilty plea of the "informant" who spread those false claims has received little attention.
This is how disinformation works.
The prosecution and guilty plea of the "informant" who spread those false claims has received little attention.
This is how disinformation works.
Remember the FBI informant who claimed President Biden took millions in bribes from Burisma?
He admitted today in federal court that he made the whole thing up.
And that he started spinning new lies after meeting with Russian intelligence.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He admitted today in federal court that he made the whole thing up.
And that he started spinning new lies after meeting with Russian intelligence.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 13, 2024 at 5:35 AM
These false claims were trumpeted endlessly on TV and in print.
The prosecution and guilty plea of the "informant" who spread those false claims has received little attention.
This is how disinformation works.
The prosecution and guilty plea of the "informant" who spread those false claims has received little attention.
This is how disinformation works.
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only real take on the Daniel Penny thing is that it's beyond clear that sustained visible public disorder, even if not actually that dangerous, makes otherwise open/liberal/cosmopolitan people into frothing reactionaries by now, and appeals to empathy aren't an effective counter.
December 9, 2024 at 5:48 PM
only real take on the Daniel Penny thing is that it's beyond clear that sustained visible public disorder, even if not actually that dangerous, makes otherwise open/liberal/cosmopolitan people into frothing reactionaries by now, and appeals to empathy aren't an effective counter.
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The neocons were always pro-democracy. That’s their big thing.
A lot of people don’t like hearing this because of how badly neocons messed up thinking that trying to spread democracy at gunpoint in Iraq was a good idea, but when democracy was threatened in the US, they followed their main principle.
A lot of people don’t like hearing this because of how badly neocons messed up thinking that trying to spread democracy at gunpoint in Iraq was a good idea, but when democracy was threatened in the US, they followed their main principle.
former neocons have begun talking like wild-eyed second wavers about the intertwining of fascism and patriarchy
the fifth seal is broken, the end shall soon be upon us
the fifth seal is broken, the end shall soon be upon us
November 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM
The neocons were always pro-democracy. That’s their big thing.
A lot of people don’t like hearing this because of how badly neocons messed up thinking that trying to spread democracy at gunpoint in Iraq was a good idea, but when democracy was threatened in the US, they followed their main principle.
A lot of people don’t like hearing this because of how badly neocons messed up thinking that trying to spread democracy at gunpoint in Iraq was a good idea, but when democracy was threatened in the US, they followed their main principle.
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The only definition of "working class" that lines up with Trump voter is the postmodern "holds right-wing views on culture war issues."
That's how the "working class" can include car dealership owners and rich tech VCs along with some laborers, but not include many waiters and grade school teachers.
That's how the "working class" can include car dealership owners and rich tech VCs along with some laborers, but not include many waiters and grade school teachers.
December 24, 2023 at 4:09 PM
The only definition of "working class" that lines up with Trump voter is the postmodern "holds right-wing views on culture war issues."
That's how the "working class" can include car dealership owners and rich tech VCs along with some laborers, but not include many waiters and grade school teachers.
That's how the "working class" can include car dealership owners and rich tech VCs along with some laborers, but not include many waiters and grade school teachers.
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I’ve noticed that an ironic-but-not-really approval of the concept of bullying is a popular trope amongst certain subgroups on the Left.
I mean, dream your little dream. Maybe put it in your five-year plan?
I mean, dream your little dream. Maybe put it in your five-year plan?
December 22, 2023 at 7:43 PM
I’ve noticed that an ironic-but-not-really approval of the concept of bullying is a popular trope amongst certain subgroups on the Left.
I mean, dream your little dream. Maybe put it in your five-year plan?
I mean, dream your little dream. Maybe put it in your five-year plan?
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You can believe: (1) plagiarism is bad (2) elite college professors should be held to plagiarism standards (3) the people pursuing President Gay are mostly doing so in transparent bad faith (4) It’s news, but very dubious it’s a front-page story other than by bad faith (5) it’s not a Congress issue
December 22, 2023 at 4:53 PM
You can believe: (1) plagiarism is bad (2) elite college professors should be held to plagiarism standards (3) the people pursuing President Gay are mostly doing so in transparent bad faith (4) It’s news, but very dubious it’s a front-page story other than by bad faith (5) it’s not a Congress issue