Wannabe Apparatchik
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History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
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Wild take but maybe if people obsessed with The Sports Question want to continue this game where they pretend they're not transphobic they can stop saying "biological men"
I'm shocked, shocked she's also transphobic, well, not that shocked.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Wild take but maybe if people obsessed with The Sports Question want to continue this game where they pretend they're not transphobic they can stop saying "biological men"
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i am mad as shit about the democrats caving, have a very good memory, and if you quiz me on exactly what happened this week on election day 2026 i will get maybe 30% right
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
i am mad as shit about the democrats caving, have a very good memory, and if you quiz me on exactly what happened this week on election day 2026 i will get maybe 30% right
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one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
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listening to some of their victims tonight made me even more certain that the single best thing any of us can do to bring about justice for DHS is make sure that in three years everybody you know is ready to demand nuremburg type stuff.
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
listening to some of their victims tonight made me even more certain that the single best thing any of us can do to bring about justice for DHS is make sure that in three years everybody you know is ready to demand nuremburg type stuff.
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“Hi. I am [Name] and my zip code is [ZIP]. I am a longtime supporter of [SENATOR] but am calling to express my disappointment at [SPECIFIC THING]. I would like the Senator to do [OTHER THING] instead. Thank you”
This isn’t rocket science
This isn’t rocket science
Y’all, don’t be fucking dicks to staffers, it is neither nice nor particularly productive
You ever call a senator's office and ask the staffer who picks up what it's like to work for someone without a spine?
10/10 recommend.
10/10 recommend.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
“Hi. I am [Name] and my zip code is [ZIP]. I am a longtime supporter of [SENATOR] but am calling to express my disappointment at [SPECIFIC THING]. I would like the Senator to do [OTHER THING] instead. Thank you”
This isn’t rocket science
This isn’t rocket science
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the idea that “democracy is a sham, moneyed interests have always controlled it” feels very intuitive when you’re teenager who’s just discovered that lobbying exists, but doesn’t even make sense on its own terms—what happens when rich guys disagree about something?
ok Big Pharma spends so, so much more money on lobbyists for both parties than Israel does
Big Pharma clearly does not control the government
why do people attribute things like the shutdown to AIPAC when clearly lobbying money cannot even protect Tylenol from being slandered
Big Pharma clearly does not control the government
why do people attribute things like the shutdown to AIPAC when clearly lobbying money cannot even protect Tylenol from being slandered
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
the idea that “democracy is a sham, moneyed interests have always controlled it” feels very intuitive when you’re teenager who’s just discovered that lobbying exists, but doesn’t even make sense on its own terms—what happens when rich guys disagree about something?
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remember when elon fired the most beloved man in Iceland and posted its explicitly (actionable) because hes disabled and then reversed after learning his contract gave him like a 100mm severance and spent the next month replying “so true!” “Wow this is so insightful“ to every banal post the guy did
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
remember when elon fired the most beloved man in Iceland and posted its explicitly (actionable) because hes disabled and then reversed after learning his contract gave him like a 100mm severance and spent the next month replying “so true!” “Wow this is so insightful“ to every banal post the guy did
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The historian in me feels the need to note that contests between cities and their rural hinterland are not new things and they do not generally go great for the rural folks.
California alone produces a third of all the food America eats. So this is a lie.
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The historian in me feels the need to note that contests between cities and their rural hinterland are not new things and they do not generally go great for the rural folks.
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I am not a crazy ideologue. I just think that the richest society in human history has a moral responsibility to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, treat the sick, and house the homeless. If doing that requires forcing comfortably-housed people to accept neighborhood change, I'm ok with that.
Probably the key part of this piece. It comes down to the following: "What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor and unhoused do to our souls?"
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I am not a crazy ideologue. I just think that the richest society in human history has a moral responsibility to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, treat the sick, and house the homeless. If doing that requires forcing comfortably-housed people to accept neighborhood change, I'm ok with that.
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that's in part because costco feels so old fashioned. the approach generally seems to be, "will this provide additional value to our customers?"
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
that's in part because costco feels so old fashioned. the approach generally seems to be, "will this provide additional value to our customers?"
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i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.
Why Costco Went All in on Kirkland — and How It Paid Off | WSJ Case Study
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.
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The funniest part of Elon spiraling out about this is that he isn’t responding with anything linked to others or relationships, just posting “great movie”
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The funniest part of Elon spiraling out about this is that he isn’t responding with anything linked to others or relationships, just posting “great movie”
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'what about x faction of DSA' I absolutely guarantee a bunch of angry libs joining will upset them far more than yelling at them from outside the tent
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
'what about x faction of DSA' I absolutely guarantee a bunch of angry libs joining will upset them far more than yelling at them from outside the tent
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I feel like everything about televised police chases should be illegal
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I feel like everything about televised police chases should be illegal
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"We can't reform the Dems, we need a new party" is the political equivalent of "we can't fix climate change on earth, we need to colonize Mars" in that however hard the former is, the latter is *way* harder
and you'll just need the D voter base so you wind up with the Schmemocrats, anyway
and you'll just need the D voter base so you wind up with the Schmemocrats, anyway
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"We can't reform the Dems, we need a new party" is the political equivalent of "we can't fix climate change on earth, we need to colonize Mars" in that however hard the former is, the latter is *way* harder
and you'll just need the D voter base so you wind up with the Schmemocrats, anyway
and you'll just need the D voter base so you wind up with the Schmemocrats, anyway
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Yeah "we got rid of a major party once, 170 years ago, immediately before a civil war that killed up to a million people" is not a very compelling argument.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yeah "we got rid of a major party once, 170 years ago, immediately before a civil war that killed up to a million people" is not a very compelling argument.
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you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
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this is a terrifying development and should be opposed as much as possible
lmfao he knows he's unpopular so he's trying to hit the affordability button by sending out checks with his name on it again
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
this is a terrifying development and should be opposed as much as possible
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so Paul is asking for the hemp provisions to be removed otherwise he'll refuse UC
Shutdown update: Sen. Rand Paul asking for “vote on an amendment to remove language in the current package that would restrict the production and sale of certain hemp-derived products and result in significant economic harm to farmers and small businesses in Kentucky.” Wants guv reopened ASAP tho
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
so Paul is asking for the hemp provisions to be removed otherwise he'll refuse UC
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Is there actually any way a human being can make 53 smaller than 47? No. Nonetheless, some blue governor who has a Churchill moment is going to win more fans by virtue of not being structurally doomed to eat shit to quote the same degree.
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Is there actually any way a human being can make 53 smaller than 47? No. Nonetheless, some blue governor who has a Churchill moment is going to win more fans by virtue of not being structurally doomed to eat shit to quote the same degree.
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Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
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co-conspirator pardons are themselves an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy and thus inherently invalid
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
co-conspirator pardons are themselves an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy and thus inherently invalid
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"