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Obsession with Autarky? ✅
Hates cities? ✅
Disastrous agriculture policy? ✅
Banning modern medicine? ✅
Leader that looks like a a week old ham? ✅
Welcome back Khmer Rouge
Hates cities? ✅
Disastrous agriculture policy? ✅
Banning modern medicine? ✅
Leader that looks like a a week old ham? ✅
Welcome back Khmer Rouge
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Obsession with Autarky? ✅
Hates cities? ✅
Disastrous agriculture policy? ✅
Banning modern medicine? ✅
Leader that looks like a a week old ham? ✅
Welcome back Khmer Rouge
Hates cities? ✅
Disastrous agriculture policy? ✅
Banning modern medicine? ✅
Leader that looks like a a week old ham? ✅
Welcome back Khmer Rouge
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Another thing is that way too many people don’t understand that even during the worst periods of the most appalling despotisms that they’ve read about a significant number of people could still live relatively “normal” lives
It did and it is. Including but certainly not limited to the sky high dictator caricature levels of corruption. Trump and his gang have made the Marcos family look small time in a very short period of time. You can claim American exceptionalism exists. Emphasis on claim
I think one of the biggest reasons it’s happening here is that many people still believe it can’t happen here.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another thing is that way too many people don’t understand that even during the worst periods of the most appalling despotisms that they’ve read about a significant number of people could still live relatively “normal” lives
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patriarchy is when you expect women to be held to basic ethical standards
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
patriarchy is when you expect women to be held to basic ethical standards
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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NEW: The Olivia Nuzzi-Ryan Lizza saga consuming the polimedia-sphere prompted me to ponder my own journalistic failing regarding another RFK Jr. scandal—a failing that haunts me. I explain all in my OUR LAND newsletter.
link.motherjones.com/public/42901...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
NEW: The Olivia Nuzzi-Ryan Lizza saga consuming the polimedia-sphere prompted me to ponder my own journalistic failing regarding another RFK Jr. scandal—a failing that haunts me. I explain all in my OUR LAND newsletter.
link.motherjones.com/public/42901...
Subscribe to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com.
link.motherjones.com/public/42901...
Subscribe to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com.
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We have normalized climate-controlled isolation so thoroughly that seeing a mother and child existing in fresh winter air triggers a rage response from men in cars.
The baby is fine. You're just soft.
The baby is fine. You're just soft.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
We have normalized climate-controlled isolation so thoroughly that seeing a mother and child existing in fresh winter air triggers a rage response from men in cars.
The baby is fine. You're just soft.
The baby is fine. You're just soft.
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Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
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December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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Imagine seeing this on a Christmas tree and not knowing it’s from a movie
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Imagine seeing this on a Christmas tree and not knowing it’s from a movie
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In fairness, we were also pretty busy with an insurrection at the Capitol, encouraged by people like Patel himself.
I’m sure the very FBI agents who solved the case they worked on for years are pleased to hear their Director call them incompetent.
FBI director suggests 'sheer incompetence' or 'negligence' in Biden admin handling of pipe bomb case
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi...
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi...
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In fairness, we were also pretty busy with an insurrection at the Capitol, encouraged by people like Patel himself.
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The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
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Does Hassett use AI to help him figure out “how do I make my boss happy?” Because it totally shows.
Hassett: "The way to think about what AI & its agents can do is they can act as if they're the best coach you've ever had. And so while you're trying to figure out, how do I make my boss happy? It's like you've got a coach right there with you every step of the way."
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Does Hassett use AI to help him figure out “how do I make my boss happy?” Because it totally shows.
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I’ve begun to think there’s something more sinister about the “ackshually people in the top 10% of wage earners are in poverty too” nonsense.
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I’ve begun to think there’s something more sinister about the “ackshually people in the top 10% of wage earners are in poverty too” nonsense.
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
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The ACC slashed APS’s energy efficiency budget by 50%. Programs that cut bills, ease grid strain, & help Arizona grow? Gone. Every APS measure was cost-effective & the Commission offered zero analysis to justify these cuts. swenergy.org/arizona-corporation-commission-cuts-proven-efficiency-programs
Arizona Corporation Commission cuts proven efficiency programs, undermining grid reliability and customer savings - Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
www.swenergy.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The ACC slashed APS’s energy efficiency budget by 50%. Programs that cut bills, ease grid strain, & help Arizona grow? Gone. Every APS measure was cost-effective & the Commission offered zero analysis to justify these cuts. swenergy.org/arizona-corporation-commission-cuts-proven-efficiency-programs
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Really struggling with the claim that “countries that really care about housing (from the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, and Ireland to Singapore) have construction cost controls.”
medium.com/@el.compay.n...
medium.com/@el.compay.n...
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Really struggling with the claim that “countries that really care about housing (from the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, and Ireland to Singapore) have construction cost controls.”
medium.com/@el.compay.n...
medium.com/@el.compay.n...
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Newsom’s comms team still going hard
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Newsom’s comms team still going hard
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wearing a suit while i drive the worst car ever invented
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
wearing a suit while i drive the worst car ever invented
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
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www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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"I would have run as a Democrat had the process been open and fair, but since it was not, I’m running as an independent to be on the ballot in November because Congressman Chuy García anointed his chief of staff,” Mayra Macías told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...
Democrat Announces Surprise Electoral Bid As Independent
Mayra Macías will run as an independent after Rep. Chuy García schemed to install his chief of staff.
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"I would have run as a Democrat had the process been open and fair, but since it was not, I’m running as an independent to be on the ballot in November because Congressman Chuy García anointed his chief of staff,” Mayra Macías told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...
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In 1978, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors downzoned the city, banning multifamily homes in many areas and sparking a decades-long affordability crisis.
47 years later, on a 7–4 vote, they passed the Family Zoning Plan to finally begin to undo that mistake.
The times, they are a-changin’!
47 years later, on a 7–4 vote, they passed the Family Zoning Plan to finally begin to undo that mistake.
The times, they are a-changin’!
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
In 1978, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors downzoned the city, banning multifamily homes in many areas and sparking a decades-long affordability crisis.
47 years later, on a 7–4 vote, they passed the Family Zoning Plan to finally begin to undo that mistake.
The times, they are a-changin’!
47 years later, on a 7–4 vote, they passed the Family Zoning Plan to finally begin to undo that mistake.
The times, they are a-changin’!
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"Unitary executive" is really "24 year olds in the West Wing tell everyone in the federal government with experience and knowledge what to do at their jobs."
thinking more about this: it is highly ironic that at the same time that it serves as a test case for the "unitary executive," this administration is all but being led by two subordinate officials with no immediate political accountability.
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Unitary executive" is really "24 year olds in the West Wing tell everyone in the federal government with experience and knowledge what to do at their jobs."
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Schmitt’s argument is unintentionally revealing.
The “color revolutions” were non-violent, pro-democracy political movements aimed at ending autocratic regimes in former Soviet bloc nations.
If the Democrats are leading a “color revolution,” then Trump is an autocrat & Schmitt is pro-autocrat.
The “color revolutions” were non-violent, pro-democracy political movements aimed at ending autocratic regimes in former Soviet bloc nations.
If the Democrats are leading a “color revolution,” then Trump is an autocrat & Schmitt is pro-autocrat.
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Schmitt’s argument is unintentionally revealing.
The “color revolutions” were non-violent, pro-democracy political movements aimed at ending autocratic regimes in former Soviet bloc nations.
If the Democrats are leading a “color revolution,” then Trump is an autocrat & Schmitt is pro-autocrat.
The “color revolutions” were non-violent, pro-democracy political movements aimed at ending autocratic regimes in former Soviet bloc nations.
If the Democrats are leading a “color revolution,” then Trump is an autocrat & Schmitt is pro-autocrat.