John Stange
@stange.shakespeareinthe.pub
Social Justice Artificer, raw-dogging the collapse of civilization.
Occasional paid theatrical word-sayer and body-mover
Token Straight on the producer team of https://shakespeareinthe.pub
he/him/that MFer over there
Occasional paid theatrical word-sayer and body-mover
Token Straight on the producer team of https://shakespeareinthe.pub
he/him/that MFer over there
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John Stange
@stange.shakespeareinthe.pub
· Dec 17
Me and mine like to desecrate classical (read: royalty-free) plays in bar readings. Dildo props, inebriated actors, you get the idea.
We perform at a bar around Capitol Hill, so we, uh, decided on a theme for this year. Our leadoff play is as close to President's Day as we could get it.
We perform at a bar around Capitol Hill, so we, uh, decided on a theme for this year. Our leadoff play is as close to President's Day as we could get it.
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jeffrey epstein calling trump "functionally illiterate" is so fucking funny in the context of all those emails where he types like he eats paint chips for breakfast
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
jeffrey epstein calling trump "functionally illiterate" is so fucking funny in the context of all those emails where he types like he eats paint chips for breakfast
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It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
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There's a reason his name isn't Thomas Thinkerton Williams.
I love writing one single article over and over again every month
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
There's a reason his name isn't Thomas Thinkerton Williams.
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A pedophile who acts on his urges is a child rapist, whereas an ephebophile who acts on his urges is a child rapist.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A pedophile who acts on his urges is a child rapist, whereas an ephebophile who acts on his urges is a child rapist.
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401(K) HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS HIT THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE RECORDKEEPING BEGAN
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
401(K) HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS HIT THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE RECORDKEEPING BEGAN
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This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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"This is respect."
Mamdani flipped the entire script, casting his support of trans rights as "a trial of all of us to see who we are willing to give up, and the answer is no one."
Mamdani flipped the entire script, casting his support of trans rights as "a trial of all of us to see who we are willing to give up, and the answer is no one."
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"This is respect."
Mamdani flipped the entire script, casting his support of trans rights as "a trial of all of us to see who we are willing to give up, and the answer is no one."
Mamdani flipped the entire script, casting his support of trans rights as "a trial of all of us to see who we are willing to give up, and the answer is no one."
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Spanberger faced a total retread of the trans panic attacks on Harris, using some of the exact same language. She didn't leave those attacks unanswered. Instead, she turned the race into a referendum on discrimination.
"... by focusing on policies that benefit everyone and standing up very deliberately for the most marginalized groups, you can show that you are strong enough to stand up for everyone."
Andrea Pitzer on how both Mamdani and Spanberger showed Democrats how to fight back against the trans panic.
Andrea Pitzer on how both Mamdani and Spanberger showed Democrats how to fight back against the trans panic.
Ending Trans Panic
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Spanberger faced a total retread of the trans panic attacks on Harris, using some of the exact same language. She didn't leave those attacks unanswered. Instead, she turned the race into a referendum on discrimination.
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It's uncomfortable for a lot of kidlit creators to contend with, but if you leave porn without defense, the censors are comin for you next THEY ALWAYS DO
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's uncomfortable for a lot of kidlit creators to contend with, but if you leave porn without defense, the censors are comin for you next THEY ALWAYS DO
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
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If your theory of change involves a third of your coalition shutting up and you have no coherent analysis of earned media, you do not in fact have a theory of change.
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If your theory of change involves a third of your coalition shutting up and you have no coherent analysis of earned media, you do not in fact have a theory of change.
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According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...
www.pbs.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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“Sami was on a routine speaking tour in the United States when he was arrested — after a far-right social media influencer pressured the Trump administration to revoke his visa. Days later, in an act as unconscionable as it was surreal…
The DHS taunted the wife of British journalist Sami Hamdi, who is being detained by ICE, on social media on Wednesday, after she publicly urged her husband’s release and warned that he was suffering a health emergency in custody.
DHS Falsely Labels Journalist a “Terrorist Sympathizer” After Wife’s Op-Ed Denounces ICE Detention
The detention of Sami Hamdi "is about silencing political dissent to create a chilling effect," his wife wrote.
truthout.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“Sami was on a routine speaking tour in the United States when he was arrested — after a far-right social media influencer pressured the Trump administration to revoke his visa. Days later, in an act as unconscionable as it was surreal…
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This is all with no senate confirmed SOUTHCOM commander btw
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is all with no senate confirmed SOUTHCOM commander btw
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In addition to being straight-up Nazi rhetoric, the "undocumented immigrants caused the housing crisis" lie seems designed to drive me, personally, insane.
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In addition to being straight-up Nazi rhetoric, the "undocumented immigrants caused the housing crisis" lie seems designed to drive me, personally, insane.
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My thing is that 15 is not “barely legal.” It is, quite comfortably “Statutorily ILLEGAL”
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My thing is that 15 is not “barely legal.” It is, quite comfortably “Statutorily ILLEGAL”
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"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
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on a slightly closer read this piece suffers from the same malady as every TCW piece: he is incapable of dealing with the substance of a thing. the most relevant thing to him is that jan 6ers and george floyders *sounded the same*, the substance of what they wanted is irrelevant. this is stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
on a slightly closer read this piece suffers from the same malady as every TCW piece: he is incapable of dealing with the substance of a thing. the most relevant thing to him is that jan 6ers and george floyders *sounded the same*, the substance of what they wanted is irrelevant. this is stupid.
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Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast are putting in bids for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Paramount, Comcast, Netflix Prepare Bids for Warner as Deadline Approaches
Warner Bros. Discovery is holding an auction process in the hopes of having it completed by the end of the year.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast are putting in bids for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
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Is all I could read.
He's a very evil person, like you get that, ya?
He's a very evil person, like you get that, ya?
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Is all I could read.
He's a very evil person, like you get that, ya?
He's a very evil person, like you get that, ya?
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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idk why these grown men even want to hang out with teenagers. have you spoken to a teenager? they're annoying.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
idk why these grown men even want to hang out with teenagers. have you spoken to a teenager? they're annoying.