AMG Himself
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The Angry Metal Guy Himself. The distinguished ringleader of a pugnacious group of cretins. Holder of Very Important Opinions™. Lover of metal. MN sports. PhD in sociology. Opinions here are mine alone.
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· Jun 19
PSA: When there’s a difference between what you feel and what you’re supposed to feel, and you make an effort to correct that, that is called emotion work. When your job is getting paid to do emotion work – the smiling face at MickyD's, flight attendant, even sex work – that’s emotional labor.
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And he's totally setting the stage to disregard a Supreme Court loss claiming doing so would present a "national security" threat.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And he's totally setting the stage to disregard a Supreme Court loss claiming doing so would present a "national security" threat.
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1) this was supposed to be a "clean CR," why is this even included? 2) Look at the fucking privacy rights these people give to themselves and deny to everyone else. Absolutely disgraceful.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
1) this was supposed to be a "clean CR," why is this even included? 2) Look at the fucking privacy rights these people give to themselves and deny to everyone else. Absolutely disgraceful.
Honorary member of ICP may be his greatest honor yet
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Honorary member of ICP may be his greatest honor yet
Yeah, what a dumbass. The idea that Trump has great political instincts is just silly. He's just a Fox News viewer with a propensity to attack because he's afraid of ego death. He holds up a mirror to the base and they love him. But he's a one-trick pony, a sore loser, and an even sorer winner.
it's funny that Trump is the only guy who can take a cave and make it into a even Greater L
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yeah, what a dumbass. The idea that Trump has great political instincts is just silly. He's just a Fox News viewer with a propensity to attack because he's afraid of ego death. He holds up a mirror to the base and they love him. But he's a one-trick pony, a sore loser, and an even sorer winner.
This fucking rules. She's got mean growls, too.
Folks...she did it. Our new favorite death metal singer lady won Miss World Chile.
www.instagram.com/p/DQ4QrRQkVuP/
www.instagram.com/p/DQ4QrRQkVuP/
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This fucking rules. She's got mean growls, too.
I'm mad still, but yes, the fact that Republicans held a knife to the necks of poor children and said "What, are you gonna let us kill these kids?" and the fact that they care so little about the American people that they're fine with people dying from losing health insurance means this is on them.
Actually, BLAME REPUBLICANS. Seriously. Dems failed to overturn the GOP cuts but let’s remember who is responsible for this shit show of government failures.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I'm mad still, but yes, the fact that Republicans held a knife to the necks of poor children and said "What, are you gonna let us kill these kids?" and the fact that they care so little about the American people that they're fine with people dying from losing health insurance means this is on them.
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Jag är så himla tacksam för att mitt insulin är kostnadsfritt för mig i Sverige. Jag är tacksam för högkostnadsskyddet (risigt som det är). För att dö som en amerikan är inget jag vill behöva göra.
Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 26 when he died. He couldn't afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies, so he tried to stretch the doses.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Jag är så himla tacksam för att mitt insulin är kostnadsfritt för mig i Sverige. Jag är tacksam för högkostnadsskyddet (risigt som det är). För att dö som en amerikan är inget jag vill behöva göra.
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Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Fuck the @democrats.org for being such idiots and cowards. What a profound betrayal of their principles, their voters, and the American people. You will get the voter turnout you deserve.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Fuck the @democrats.org for being such idiots and cowards. What a profound betrayal of their principles, their voters, and the American people. You will get the voter turnout you deserve.
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
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November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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The politics of the shutdown:
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The politics of the shutdown:
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Not addressing the ACA in any funding bill is a disgrace. People are going to lose their health insurance in the next 30 days, waiting until January to have a discussion about it is asinine
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Not addressing the ACA in any funding bill is a disgrace. People are going to lose their health insurance in the next 30 days, waiting until January to have a discussion about it is asinine
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
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One thing very funny about Elon musk is you can tell from what he names things that he’s a huge fan of classic sci-fi but also that he doesn’t understand any classic sci-fi.
Classic illiterate genius*
* rich guy
Classic illiterate genius*
* rich guy
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
One thing very funny about Elon musk is you can tell from what he names things that he’s a huge fan of classic sci-fi but also that he doesn’t understand any classic sci-fi.
Classic illiterate genius*
* rich guy
Classic illiterate genius*
* rich guy
Ahh, I think I got got. Sorry.
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ahh, I think I got got. Sorry.
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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Any food which has gotten to poor families the states must send agents to reclaim the food before it is eaten or face new federal penalties
“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Any food which has gotten to poor families the states must send agents to reclaim the food before it is eaten or face new federal penalties
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November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...