r_ephemeral
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a bipartisan consensus for segregation
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
a bipartisan consensus for segregation
would do the ”he chose poorly“ gif here, but to be fair she’s not having that bad a time yet
maybe…
maybe…
December 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
would do the ”he chose poorly“ gif here, but to be fair she’s not having that bad a time yet
maybe…
maybe…
man did she and Bruce Bartlett overlap at all? those are two rather different paths from getting started in Kempworld
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
man did she and Bruce Bartlett overlap at all? those are two rather different paths from getting started in Kempworld
thank you for doing this
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
thank you for doing this
can’t wait to see this time around’s version of the “Tea Party”!
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
can’t wait to see this time around’s version of the “Tea Party”!
still does all feel a bit contingent—had the ’16 primary field managed to narrow to one Non-Trump, maybe they could have held him at bay
but, they have chosen this bigotry, repeatedly, since then, so…
but, they have chosen this bigotry, repeatedly, since then, so…
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
still does all feel a bit contingent—had the ’16 primary field managed to narrow to one Non-Trump, maybe they could have held him at bay
but, they have chosen this bigotry, repeatedly, since then, so…
but, they have chosen this bigotry, repeatedly, since then, so…
all the old Republican pundits‘ complaints about the collapse of standards and morality in America were only 100% correct as applied to the Republican Party
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
all the old Republican pundits‘ complaints about the collapse of standards and morality in America were only 100% correct as applied to the Republican Party
tentative theme for the 2028 Republican National Convention: “every ideal, every utterance, every human as a means to an end”
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
tentative theme for the 2028 Republican National Convention: “every ideal, every utterance, every human as a means to an end”
in certain contexts and slices of society, ideals refrain from having felt meaning, and exist instead as in-group rallying chants
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
in certain contexts and slices of society, ideals refrain from having felt meaning, and exist instead as in-group rallying chants
some people believe the Hispanics and the Jews should be forcibly repatriated; others, of course, strenuously disagree
only through sustained dialogue with one’s fiercest opponents can truth and consensus emerge
only through sustained dialogue with one’s fiercest opponents can truth and consensus emerge
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
some people believe the Hispanics and the Jews should be forcibly repatriated; others, of course, strenuously disagree
only through sustained dialogue with one’s fiercest opponents can truth and consensus emerge
only through sustained dialogue with one’s fiercest opponents can truth and consensus emerge
even tonight, a few sprays and weird decisions
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
even tonight, a few sprays and weird decisions
IIRC he first sketched this out while in the House, chatting with colleagues during a recess
what would two House members have to say about geometry now? deciding whether it’s woke?
what would two House members have to say about geometry now? deciding whether it’s woke?
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
IIRC he first sketched this out while in the House, chatting with colleagues during a recess
what would two House members have to say about geometry now? deciding whether it’s woke?
what would two House members have to say about geometry now? deciding whether it’s woke?
the proposal for more deliberation is innocuous enough. he does misdiagnose the problem, though. it’s not polarization; it’s the Republican Party.
so Mann & Ornstein said, and it still is news. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/let...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
so Mann & Ornstein said, and it still is news. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/let...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Opinion | Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.
Republicans have become more extreme than Democrats.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
the proposal for more deliberation is innocuous enough. he does misdiagnose the problem, though. it’s not polarization; it’s the Republican Party.
so Mann & Ornstein said, and it still is news. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/let...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
so Mann & Ornstein said, and it still is news. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/let...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
“On the one hand leading conservative anti-semites get to meet with the president and earn prominent roles in Republican campaigns; on the other hand, though, some anti-Semitic progressives sometimes earn dozens of RTs”
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“On the one hand leading conservative anti-semites get to meet with the president and earn prominent roles in Republican campaigns; on the other hand, though, some anti-Semitic progressives sometimes earn dozens of RTs”
it’s strange to be old enough to remember nearly-identical past narratives about Our Failing Public Schools, and Those Darn Campus Radicals
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
it’s strange to be old enough to remember nearly-identical past narratives about Our Failing Public Schools, and Those Darn Campus Radicals
conservative is as conservative does
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
conservative is as conservative does
what about the party that controls both houses
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
what about the party that controls both houses
Reposted by r_ephemeral
We must imagine Justin Herbert a champion
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
We must imagine Justin Herbert a champion
Texans O line is actually doing better than a month or so ago, now bad rather than catastrophic
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Texans O line is actually doing better than a month or so ago, now bad rather than catastrophic
“no one had actually ever done it quite right til we figured it out in the basement of the Heritage Foundation in 1977”
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“no one had actually ever done it quite right til we figured it out in the basement of the Heritage Foundation in 1977”
funny, yesterday I was listening to Donald Kagan’s introductory lecture on the relevance of the Ancient Greeks here openmedia.yale.edu/projects/iph...
incredibly disorienting for a guy to preach the importance of freedom, science, etc., posturing as a *conservative* against the lib professor menace
incredibly disorienting for a guy to preach the importance of freedom, science, etc., posturing as a *conservative* against the lib professor menace
CLCV 205
openmedia.yale.edu
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
funny, yesterday I was listening to Donald Kagan’s introductory lecture on the relevance of the Ancient Greeks here openmedia.yale.edu/projects/iph...
incredibly disorienting for a guy to preach the importance of freedom, science, etc., posturing as a *conservative* against the lib professor menace
incredibly disorienting for a guy to preach the importance of freedom, science, etc., posturing as a *conservative* against the lib professor menace
they mostly wanted them for target practice
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
they mostly wanted them for target practice