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To the extent my country is exceptional it is because we are a country of all people and none. The world made manifest. A nation of nations. A people united in truly radical ideas of freedom, equality, and justice for all. Any attempt to undo this is treason and also seeks to make us ordinary.
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"Women are treated as inherently bourgeois" so succinctly and deftly sums up the resentful gender politics at the heart of the reactionary left that I'm shocked I havent seen this expressed before
"Girlboss" as an epithet was a load-bearing piece of the new societal consensus that women are inherently bourgeois and don't deserve power or status, and it needs reclamation stat before we truly return to monke on gender issues
We need to rehabilitate the "girlboss" as a concept, seeing how it took approximately 2.5 seconds for us to go from deciding they were cringe to a rapeboss taking over the world.
February 7, 2026 at 1:51 AM
"Women are treated as inherently bourgeois" so succinctly and deftly sums up the resentful gender politics at the heart of the reactionary left that I'm shocked I havent seen this expressed before
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you don't just offer 500B to separatists without there being a deeper strategy at play here
they're not likely to succeed (imo) but the US is backing the separatists with a 500B line of credit
www.ft.com/content/11dc...
www.ft.com/content/11dc...
February 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
you don't just offer 500B to separatists without there being a deeper strategy at play here
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tbh i think that like the cumulative radicalization of the GOP is probably going to end with them deciding "we either go all in on NatCon authoritarianism or we face a FDR wipeout"
I just can't really imagine republicans getting back to normal, but maybe the US gets lucky with like a meloni figure
February 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
tbh i think that like the cumulative radicalization of the GOP is probably going to end with them deciding "we either go all in on NatCon authoritarianism or we face a FDR wipeout"
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oh they have this delusion that UN mandates access to the coasts which will somehow force BC(?) to allow them to build a pipeline once they seperate
Access to the oceans? Who needs it!
February 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
oh they have this delusion that UN mandates access to the coasts which will somehow force BC(?) to allow them to build a pipeline once they seperate
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it is sort of fascinating that canadian conservatives in the prairies are so depressed they'd rather destroy Canada
Fascinated by the Alberta separatists who read and comment on the Line:
www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-p...
www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-p...
The Line Podcast: Federalists, unite! Quickly!
The latest from Alberta, Harper, 20 years later, and why crypto and AI are useful in moderation, but not as identities.
www.readtheline.ca
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM
it is sort of fascinating that canadian conservatives in the prairies are so depressed they'd rather destroy Canada
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The entire GOP going MODS MODS I SPILL MY HOUSE MAJORITY
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The entire GOP going MODS MODS I SPILL MY HOUSE MAJORITY
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Look, the Supreme Court has said multiple times now that partisan gerrymandering is fully consistent with American democracy, who are we to argue with the wisdom and insight His Most Honorable Excellence Chief Justice Roberts?
Some thoughts:
1. Gerrymandering is terrible and a betrayal of fundamental democratic principles
2. Democrats, unfortunately, had to betray those principles to prevent the country from falling further into auth-right politics
3. The self-own by Trump is, yes, absolutely hilarious
1. Gerrymandering is terrible and a betrayal of fundamental democratic principles
2. Democrats, unfortunately, had to betray those principles to prevent the country from falling further into auth-right politics
3. The self-own by Trump is, yes, absolutely hilarious
February 7, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Look, the Supreme Court has said multiple times now that partisan gerrymandering is fully consistent with American democracy, who are we to argue with the wisdom and insight His Most Honorable Excellence Chief Justice Roberts?
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Prosecutor brain is amazing
February 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Prosecutor brain is amazing
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gotta agree with this. at some point we all have to contend with what good faith is actually for and extend it accordingly
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
gotta agree with this. at some point we all have to contend with what good faith is actually for and extend it accordingly
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bullshit. I dare you to find a single person who was exploded by a direct RPG blast to the torso and has anything negative to say about the experience.
this is why you should *never* hit someone with an rpg. it’s dangerous, it’s shitty, and it’s wrong
Physics of a direct hit from an RPG type projectile
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
bullshit. I dare you to find a single person who was exploded by a direct RPG blast to the torso and has anything negative to say about the experience.
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Identifying the arbitrage opportunity presented by fine dining restaurants. I bring my laptop, order one coffee every two hours. Lower markup than a coffee shop, better coffee. WeWorks everywhere for those with eyes to see.
February 7, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Identifying the arbitrage opportunity presented by fine dining restaurants. I bring my laptop, order one coffee every two hours. Lower markup than a coffee shop, better coffee. WeWorks everywhere for those with eyes to see.
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thats my president pro tempore
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
thats my president pro tempore
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If you want to feel the bitterness one has for the Stalinists I recommend his essays about Catalonia and his book on the subject HOMAGE TO CATALONIA.
it's genuinely heart-breaking to me that Stalin had American communists doing protests in front of the White House against Lend-Lease until he was suddenly the newest beneficiary
watched Animal Farm a week ago and even in adaptation Orwell's disillusionment and despair over what Stalin did to Lenin's dream is palpable
February 7, 2026 at 5:18 AM
If you want to feel the bitterness one has for the Stalinists I recommend his essays about Catalonia and his book on the subject HOMAGE TO CATALONIA.
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on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
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I remember this scene from THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS.
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I remember this scene from THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS.
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haha. this sucks man
'[UCP party president] Rob Smith also made it clear that others on the United Conservative elected board are active separatists.' #abpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Braid: Is the UCP still a pro-Canada party? They might take a vote on it
At the top level of the UCP they're pondering whether to hold a vote on the party turning separatist
calgaryherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:50 AM
haha. this sucks man
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Literally use them to try out new authors.
When people ask how to get into GA SF I always say that the right way is via some of those fat "Best Of" short fiction collections
February 7, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Literally use them to try out new authors.
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very good rejoinder to a pretty shoddy and motivated piece. my main comment though is that i would not concede the idea that roosevelt — who essentially coined “liberalism” as americans have understood it — was an “anti-liberal”
Useful, clarifying examination of Trumpism from @nilsgilman.bsky.social, focusing on its foundational elements of "extractive" capitalism, white nationalism, "the systematic dismantling of labor protections," abuses of power, self dealing, and corruption:
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-execut...
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-execut...
The Executive Fetish
Why Moyn and Goldsmith's Roosevelt-Trump analogy fails
nilsgilman.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
very good rejoinder to a pretty shoddy and motivated piece. my main comment though is that i would not concede the idea that roosevelt — who essentially coined “liberalism” as americans have understood it — was an “anti-liberal”
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February 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Liberal breakout committees will never commit a procedural radicalism hold on I'm being handed a note
trump creating the incentive and permission structure for democrats to do insane 2010-era gerrymandering of their own may turn out to be one of the biggest self-owns of all time. dems are now pretty likely to emerge with an advantage from the 2025-26 redistricting wars
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Liberal breakout committees will never commit a procedural radicalism hold on I'm being handed a note
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Wow thanks everyone for sticking with me.
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Wow thanks everyone for sticking with me.
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"Man, the Americans are so Hubristic and Imperialistic."
The French:
The French:
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 AM
"Man, the Americans are so Hubristic and Imperialistic."
The French:
The French:
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There's something very ominous about how the stubborn adherence to "norms" is resulting in looking the other way at highly abnormal behavior
it's kind of depressing that no one on the Democratic side of Congress has written to the state department to ask about the meeting with AB seperatists
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
There's something very ominous about how the stubborn adherence to "norms" is resulting in looking the other way at highly abnormal behavior
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I think the reality is that Mamdani had to choose between being the best mayor for NYC and the best leader for a broader socialist movement and he’s chosen the former - as he was elected to do
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I think the reality is that Mamdani had to choose between being the best mayor for NYC and the best leader for a broader socialist movement and he’s chosen the former - as he was elected to do