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when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
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I was teaching in austin during this race, and another teacher in my cohort was dear friends with Jessica Cisneros, the woman running against him.
Pro abortion, pro-medicare for all, immigration attorney for RAICES. And the dems backed her conservative opponent.
Pro abortion, pro-medicare for all, immigration attorney for RAICES. And the dems backed her conservative opponent.
Nancy Pelosi gave $4,000 to incumbent Henry Cuellar in December 2021, in his Democratic primary rematch vs. progressive Jessica Cisneros. Dem leaders circled and backed him.
The next month, FBI raided Cuellar's home.
He won the primary in June by only 289 votes. He was indicted on bribery in 2024.
The next month, FBI raided Cuellar's home.
He won the primary in June by only 289 votes. He was indicted on bribery in 2024.
Here Are the Congressional Democrats Who Donated to Anti-Choice Dem Henry Cuellar
Facing a strong primary challenge from pro-choice Jessica Cisneros, anti-abortion Democrat Henry Cuellar secured crucial campaign support from at least 18 Democratic incumbents.
readsludge.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I was teaching in austin during this race, and another teacher in my cohort was dear friends with Jessica Cisneros, the woman running against him.
Pro abortion, pro-medicare for all, immigration attorney for RAICES. And the dems backed her conservative opponent.
Pro abortion, pro-medicare for all, immigration attorney for RAICES. And the dems backed her conservative opponent.
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Your comic relief for today: the US government is asking us to believe that Venezuela has a cartel that actually calls itself 'cartel'. Kind of like Tony Soprano handing out business cards describing himself as
Organized Crime Boss
New Jersey
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Things are really, really stupid
Organized Crime Boss
New Jersey
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Things are really, really stupid
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Your comic relief for today: the US government is asking us to believe that Venezuela has a cartel that actually calls itself 'cartel'. Kind of like Tony Soprano handing out business cards describing himself as
Organized Crime Boss
New Jersey
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Things are really, really stupid
Organized Crime Boss
New Jersey
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Things are really, really stupid
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“Socialism is a process, a transitional system, meaning you have to make compromises w/capital.Any transition means you have one foot in the future, one foot in yesterday, your body in today. That’s what complicates socialist construction.”-Dr. Fred M’membe, pres. of the Socialist Party of Zambia
August 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“Socialism is a process, a transitional system, meaning you have to make compromises w/capital.Any transition means you have one foot in the future, one foot in yesterday, your body in today. That’s what complicates socialist construction.”-Dr. Fred M’membe, pres. of the Socialist Party of Zambia
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I talked to author and investigative journalist Seth Harp about his new book The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces. it is an absolutely insane story you should listen and also read the book www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-400-hum...
Ep. 400: Humble Bragg ft. Seth Harp
Seth Harp's explosive new book explores drug trafficking and murder in the elite Special Forces wing of the US military
www.insurgentspod.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I talked to author and investigative journalist Seth Harp about his new book The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces. it is an absolutely insane story you should listen and also read the book www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-400-hum...
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Note how blue no matter who is near exclusively used to support bigoted right leaning candidates while that energy disappears when a more socialist leaning candidate like Mamdani does well.
August 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Note how blue no matter who is near exclusively used to support bigoted right leaning candidates while that energy disappears when a more socialist leaning candidate like Mamdani does well.
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pretty much everyone understands that a very wealthy person or corporation can subvert democracy by purchasing a politician or even a whole party, fewer people seem ready to accept that if they can do that, then they can just buy the opposition, too
"Invariant, the highest-paid lobbying firm for both Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the Peter Thiel co-founded Palantir, has now bundled nearly $4 million to the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] since the beginning of the year."
readsludge.com/2025/03/20/d...
readsludge.com/2025/03/20/d...
Dems Double Down on Fundraising From SpaceX and Palantir Lobbyists
Senate Democrats have joined their House counterparts in fundraising from the top lobbying firm for the Trump and Musk-tied companies.
readsludge.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
pretty much everyone understands that a very wealthy person or corporation can subvert democracy by purchasing a politician or even a whole party, fewer people seem ready to accept that if they can do that, then they can just buy the opposition, too
Guerrilla Radio | Rage Against the Machine cover | ft. Sophia Urista
YouTube video by Brass Against
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August 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Nazism means all the things that happened under Nazism. You can't legitimately tell me that no actually Nazism just means a safe and prosperous homeland for the German people. We've seen what Nazism looks like, and we've seen what Zionism looks like. To argue otherwise is to argue with reality.
August 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Nazism means all the things that happened under Nazism. You can't legitimately tell me that no actually Nazism just means a safe and prosperous homeland for the German people. We've seen what Nazism looks like, and we've seen what Zionism looks like. To argue otherwise is to argue with reality.
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"Zionism just means self-determination for Jews!"
No that's not what Zionism means. Zionism means exactly what we see before us today. Genocide. Ethnic cleansing. Apartheid. Nonstop violence and abuse. That's what Zionism means. And anti-Zionism means opposing these things.
No that's not what Zionism means. Zionism means exactly what we see before us today. Genocide. Ethnic cleansing. Apartheid. Nonstop violence and abuse. That's what Zionism means. And anti-Zionism means opposing these things.
August 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Zionism just means self-determination for Jews!"
No that's not what Zionism means. Zionism means exactly what we see before us today. Genocide. Ethnic cleansing. Apartheid. Nonstop violence and abuse. That's what Zionism means. And anti-Zionism means opposing these things.
No that's not what Zionism means. Zionism means exactly what we see before us today. Genocide. Ethnic cleansing. Apartheid. Nonstop violence and abuse. That's what Zionism means. And anti-Zionism means opposing these things.
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politics is fully as inconsequential as professional wrestling to these people, they are 100% just there to cheer for one team and boo the other, what the teams do or stand for is completely pointless and arbitrary
August 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
politics is fully as inconsequential as professional wrestling to these people, they are 100% just there to cheer for one team and boo the other, what the teams do or stand for is completely pointless and arbitrary
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once you've decided to make yourself ok with an atrocity, the main task is finding an excuse to not give a shit, and once you've decided to not give a shit, you don't really give a shit what the excuse is; once you've decided not to perceive atrocity, you also cannot perceive an atrocious excuse
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
August 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
once you've decided to make yourself ok with an atrocity, the main task is finding an excuse to not give a shit, and once you've decided to not give a shit, you don't really give a shit what the excuse is; once you've decided not to perceive atrocity, you also cannot perceive an atrocious excuse
How do people not yet see the unity of the ruling class? While campaigning with Cheney and sharing candy with Bush Jr, they're already rehabilitating Trump and he's not even a year into his term. The red team blue team schtick is pure theater.
Hillary Clinton says she’d nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he helps broker a deal to end Ukraine war
Clinton says she’d nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize if he ends Ukraine war
Clinton, a longtime rival of Trump’s, said she would personally nominate the president for the elusive price if he brokered a peace deal that did not ‘capitulate’ to Putin
www.independent.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How do people not yet see the unity of the ruling class? While campaigning with Cheney and sharing candy with Bush Jr, they're already rehabilitating Trump and he's not even a year into his term. The red team blue team schtick is pure theater.
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Remember when the liberals at least tried to pretend to stand up to Trump? At least their cowardice is more forthright now
August 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Remember when the liberals at least tried to pretend to stand up to Trump? At least their cowardice is more forthright now
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
Nah it's just that govt is moving right regardless, so however conservative voters vote they get what they want, and however leftists vote they don't get what they want. Liberals are doing their part to keep everyone on the hamster wheel who might jump off at some point.
conservative voters are better at politics than liberal voters because they just vote for what they want and don't try to act smart about it. i don't recall much "nooo you can't undermine the tories by switching to UKIP" they just did it & got given exactly what they wanted for it
August 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Nah it's just that govt is moving right regardless, so however conservative voters vote they get what they want, and however leftists vote they don't get what they want. Liberals are doing their part to keep everyone on the hamster wheel who might jump off at some point.
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If a Nazi collaborator gets replaced by a Nazi, the only change is you cut out the middle man
July 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If a Nazi collaborator gets replaced by a Nazi, the only change is you cut out the middle man
To query in August, or not to query in August, that is the question @printrunpodcast.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To query in August, or not to query in August, that is the question @printrunpodcast.bsky.social
So so so same.
-me with important item
-need to put this down. Better just make sure it's somewhere I can easily find it again
-?????
-item is now in shadow realm
-need to put this down. Better just make sure it's somewhere I can easily find it again
-?????
-item is now in shadow realm
July 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
So so so same.
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No matter what else she supported, Kamala Harris enabled a genocide, and that is by itself unconscionable. Someone who can support annihilation of a whole people is someone only using progressive policies for shrewd political gain & will dump them the moment they become inconvenient.
If Kamala ran with the Zohran focus on affordability and bringing housing costs down, she would be president today.
You do not have to like Zohran or his actual policies to admit this. You just have to appreciate his message and focus.
You do not have to like Zohran or his actual policies to admit this. You just have to appreciate his message and focus.
July 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
No matter what else she supported, Kamala Harris enabled a genocide, and that is by itself unconscionable. Someone who can support annihilation of a whole people is someone only using progressive policies for shrewd political gain & will dump them the moment they become inconvenient.
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A sitting U.S. lawmaker just told 2.3 million Palestinians to “starve away,” brushing off their agony as a hoax and spewing Islamophobia. This is an open endorsement of genocide and collective punishment - a war crime.
July 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A sitting U.S. lawmaker just told 2.3 million Palestinians to “starve away,” brushing off their agony as a hoax and spewing Islamophobia. This is an open endorsement of genocide and collective punishment - a war crime.
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The IDF clearly hit that church on purpose and deserves to be condemned for doing so. It's also gross and obnoxious that attacking Christians draws much wider condemnation from the west than exterminating Muslims.
July 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The IDF clearly hit that church on purpose and deserves to be condemned for doing so. It's also gross and obnoxious that attacking Christians draws much wider condemnation from the west than exterminating Muslims.
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I'll never get used to the way I'm watching my own government and its allies support the most nightmarish shit I've ever seen in my life every single day in the middle east and yet people keep trying to convince me to be really fearful and hateful toward Muslims.
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'll never get used to the way I'm watching my own government and its allies support the most nightmarish shit I've ever seen in my life every single day in the middle east and yet people keep trying to convince me to be really fearful and hateful toward Muslims.
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I really don't think it's sensationalist to say that no one from anywhere else should travel here
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I really don't think it's sensationalist to say that no one from anywhere else should travel here