Sterling
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opinions and thoughts are not reflective of any organizational views and are my own; unless otherwise noted all of my own posts are dedicated to the public domain
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MORE: The Virginia Senate has also approved a constitutional amendment to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage.
The Virginia House also already did this on Wednesday.
There'll be anther referendum later this year on the issue.
The Virginia House also already did this on Wednesday.
There'll be anther referendum later this year on the issue.
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
MORE: The Virginia Senate has also approved a constitutional amendment to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage.
The Virginia House also already did this on Wednesday.
There'll be anther referendum later this year on the issue.
The Virginia House also already did this on Wednesday.
There'll be anther referendum later this year on the issue.
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JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has passed the constitutional amendment to basically allow Democrats to gerrymander the state, joining the state House.
Next up: voters would have to approve this in a spring referendum for a new map to go into effect.
Next up: voters would have to approve this in a spring referendum for a new map to go into effect.
January 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has passed the constitutional amendment to basically allow Democrats to gerrymander the state, joining the state House.
Next up: voters would have to approve this in a spring referendum for a new map to go into effect.
Next up: voters would have to approve this in a spring referendum for a new map to go into effect.
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JUST IN: Virginia's legislature just adopted a constitutional amendment that would end Virginia's rules that ban people from voting for life.
Virginia currently is the only state that strips people of voting rights for life for any felony. Youngkin rolled back reforms.
Now going to a referendum.
Virginia currently is the only state that strips people of voting rights for life for any felony. Youngkin rolled back reforms.
Now going to a referendum.
Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal a Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
boltsmag.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
JUST IN: Virginia's legislature just adopted a constitutional amendment that would end Virginia's rules that ban people from voting for life.
Virginia currently is the only state that strips people of voting rights for life for any felony. Youngkin rolled back reforms.
Now going to a referendum.
Virginia currently is the only state that strips people of voting rights for life for any felony. Youngkin rolled back reforms.
Now going to a referendum.
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JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
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Yesterday’s watercolor lesson was birch trees
January 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Yesterday’s watercolor lesson was birch trees
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a year in and trump is in free fall with the public across every conceivable issue
CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities | CNN Politics
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is f...
www.cnn.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
a year in and trump is in free fall with the public across every conceivable issue
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Schumer needs to be defeated as leader in January 2027.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Schumer needs to be defeated as leader in January 2027.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
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I love that Wikipedia's edit history is public because it only takes two clicks to get to the very first version of the "ant" article in its entirety from 2001. Happy 25th birthday Wikipedia! You've come so far
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I love that Wikipedia's edit history is public because it only takes two clicks to get to the very first version of the "ant" article in its entirety from 2001. Happy 25th birthday Wikipedia! You've come so far
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The complicated reality is there are 3 things happening simultaneously:
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The complicated reality is there are 3 things happening simultaneously:
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
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one bizarre own goal is when he killed a $3.5 billion electric battery plant that the state had been negotiating to put in danville. destroyed about 3,500 jobs to score points with conservative media chuds. meanwhile, just a huge fuck you to the rural virginians that elected him!
January 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
one bizarre own goal is when he killed a $3.5 billion electric battery plant that the state had been negotiating to put in danville. destroyed about 3,500 jobs to score points with conservative media chuds. meanwhile, just a huge fuck you to the rural virginians that elected him!
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but this is the thing, he totally whiffed on stuff that any of his more recent predecessors — i'm thinking bob mcdonnell specifically — would have been able to get through. the failed alexandria sportsplex and the failed bid for the new FBI headquarters specifically.
Full Dem control of legislature for his whole term, right? Guess that makes doing stuff hard.
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
but this is the thing, he totally whiffed on stuff that any of his more recent predecessors — i'm thinking bob mcdonnell specifically — would have been able to get through. the failed alexandria sportsplex and the failed bid for the new FBI headquarters specifically.
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The value of MCU was not that it was a popular series. It was the aura of invincibility, the machine that made nothing but hits. They think serialization is the key, and lots of it. Fans don’t mind lore if they’re invested but flood them and they tire out
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The value of MCU was not that it was a popular series. It was the aura of invincibility, the machine that made nothing but hits. They think serialization is the key, and lots of it. Fans don’t mind lore if they’re invested but flood them and they tire out
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Sometimes they just tell us they are weaponizing the criminal justice system to push their political agenda.
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Sometimes they just tell us they are weaponizing the criminal justice system to push their political agenda.
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🐭🖌️ On this day in 1930, the Mickey Mouse comic strip made its debut! See the very first strip below—and binge the entire year of Mickey comics in our archive.
👀 Start reading now 👉 archive.org/details/@ias...
#mickeymouse #comics #OTD
👀 Start reading now 👉 archive.org/details/@ias...
#mickeymouse #comics #OTD
January 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
🐭🖌️ On this day in 1930, the Mickey Mouse comic strip made its debut! See the very first strip below—and binge the entire year of Mickey comics in our archive.
👀 Start reading now 👉 archive.org/details/@ias...
#mickeymouse #comics #OTD
👀 Start reading now 👉 archive.org/details/@ias...
#mickeymouse #comics #OTD
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Grocery. An old-fashioned word. But a beautiful word.
Grocery prices were up 0.7 percent in December, the largest one-month gain since October 2022. They were up 2.4 percent from a year ago.
January 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Grocery. An old-fashioned word. But a beautiful word.
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Watching them all fall in line to brazenly lie to protect their new secret police/terror squads from accountability for shooting a scared mom in the face 3 times, is a reminder (in case we still needed one) that it’s no where near enough to just replace Trump. It’s the entire immoral & corrupt GOP.
Mike Johnson on Renee Good: "This woman was taunting ICE officers. She was impeding law enforcement. She was violating a number of laws. They were very patient ... what I saw was she hit the accelerator and hit the ICE officer and he reacted in a split second."
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Watching them all fall in line to brazenly lie to protect their new secret police/terror squads from accountability for shooting a scared mom in the face 3 times, is a reminder (in case we still needed one) that it’s no where near enough to just replace Trump. It’s the entire immoral & corrupt GOP.
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If you've ever wondered about the infrastructure behind the Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine, check out this teardown ➡️ hackernoon.com/the-long-now...
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If you've ever wondered about the infrastructure behind the Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine, check out this teardown ➡️ hackernoon.com/the-long-now...
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i don't, like, *know* that Platner has significant campaign finance governance issues but i cannot actually see the candidate through the forest of red flags
Things I did not need to know from a political campaign: ""Graham has great sperm," Gertner said in the video. “The infertility was something that was part of my body.”"
Graham Platner on campaign hiatus to pursue pregnancy with wife in Norway
In a video on social media, Platner said a first attempt at IVF costs $25,000 in the U.S., while one IVF round in Norway costs $5,500.
www.newscentermaine.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
i don't, like, *know* that Platner has significant campaign finance governance issues but i cannot actually see the candidate through the forest of red flags
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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what is happening on this website
seriously, look at this absolute shit. just unhinged insanity. hard not to suspect people who post shit like this are actually feds
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
what is happening on this website
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“CBS News. The place to see BS news.” — Nikki Glaser in her opening monologue at the Golden Globes airing on CBS.
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
“CBS News. The place to see BS news.” — Nikki Glaser in her opening monologue at the Golden Globes airing on CBS.
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on ramps are important. it is how we got joe manchin to vote for a climate bill, by calling it “the inflation reduction act”
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
on ramps are important. it is how we got joe manchin to vote for a climate bill, by calling it “the inflation reduction act”
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Every week is overwhelming evidence of what we saw with our own eyes, but which our credulous media was afraid to print: the Nazi salute was a Nazi salute
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Every week is overwhelming evidence of what we saw with our own eyes, but which our credulous media was afraid to print: the Nazi salute was a Nazi salute
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this is a very good sign
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
this is a very good sign