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Identity & humanity are non-negotiable.
Telling people not to choose is voter suppression. Pick a candidate. Get involved. #vote
#regnatpopulus
#ARpx #democracy
"We come in the age's most uncertain hour." Paul Simon
Identity & humanity are non-negotiable.
Telling people not to choose is voter suppression. Pick a candidate. Get involved. #vote
#regnatpopulus
#ARpx #democracy
"We come in the age's most uncertain hour." Paul Simon
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a cartoon of snoopy and charlie brown with the words merry christmas
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We're hosting the fam tomorrow. Just finished the last touches on the house and the pre-prep for the meal. See y'all on the other side.
They're starting to figure out some things that other people know about how they've been doing are about to come to light, and they're trying to cover their asses. It's not going to work
Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
They're starting to figure out some things that other people know about how they've been doing are about to come to light, and they're trying to cover their asses. It's not going to work
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Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
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In the spirit of the season, I want to offer my fellow historians and other scholars the gift of an amazing, largely untapped archive.
Ladies and gentlemen, the John Doar Papers at Princeton. 🗃️
Ladies and gentlemen, the John Doar Papers at Princeton. 🗃️
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In the spirit of the season, I want to offer my fellow historians and other scholars the gift of an amazing, largely untapped archive.
Ladies and gentlemen, the John Doar Papers at Princeton. 🗃️
Ladies and gentlemen, the John Doar Papers at Princeton. 🗃️
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
Heritage just collapsed over it. So welcome to 2026, Project 2025 assholes. We've been waiting for you.
Conservatives are upset that this new breed of TPUSA weirdos don’t have the sense to keep the antisemitism hidden any more.
Newsmax segment accuses Turning Point event of pushing 'Third Reich' ideology
www.rawstory.com/amfest-third...
www.rawstory.com/amfest-third...
December 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Heritage just collapsed over it. So welcome to 2026, Project 2025 assholes. We've been waiting for you.
We have an unsustainable problem that will inevitably cause them a problem.
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We have an unsustainable problem that will inevitably cause them a problem.
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we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
On the other side of this, there really needs to be an examination from everyone, but especially from top academic institutions, of what's being accepted without question as scholarship. People need to return to getting comfortable with having their work critically questioned.
The entire point of what she is doing is to produce long policy briefs that superficially look like scholarship. They make obvious mistakes, don’t engage any relevant contrary literature, and rely on other people for whom the same can be said.
December 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
On the other side of this, there really needs to be an examination from everyone, but especially from top academic institutions, of what's being accepted without question as scholarship. People need to return to getting comfortable with having their work critically questioned.
So that's where Nancy Sinatra gets her strong character.
Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So that's where Nancy Sinatra gets her strong character.
Both of whom would have slapped him silly over saying stuff like that.
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Both of whom would have slapped him silly over saying stuff like that.
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Prof. Wurman is now tossing about bits of historical evidence for his mission to undermine the 14th Amendment. Far from useful, this tells us nothing.
To start, this unsigned newspaper blurb was published in 1862– years before the 14th Amendment.
To start, this unsigned newspaper blurb was published in 1862– years before the 14th Amendment.
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Prof. Wurman is now tossing about bits of historical evidence for his mission to undermine the 14th Amendment. Far from useful, this tells us nothing.
To start, this unsigned newspaper blurb was published in 1862– years before the 14th Amendment.
To start, this unsigned newspaper blurb was published in 1862– years before the 14th Amendment.
Well chicken shit is white, so....
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Well chicken shit is white, so....
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
Right there. And people need to be able to file claims for stuff like this.
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Right there. And people need to be able to file claims for stuff like this.
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Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, 39, an immigrant from Nicaragua who has been in ICE custody since September, has died in a Mississippi hospital following a “failed test to determine brain function.”
It's unclear what caused his death.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
It's unclear what caused his death.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
Nicaraguan Man in ICE Custody Dies in Mississippi Hospital
A Nicaraguan man has died in ICE custody at a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of a person in custody this month.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, 39, an immigrant from Nicaragua who has been in ICE custody since September, has died in a Mississippi hospital following a “failed test to determine brain function.”
It's unclear what caused his death.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
It's unclear what caused his death.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
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I’m watching the back & forth between @mcuban.bsky.social & @bsky.app and I’m reminded of one of the better pieces I’ve ever written (and it wasn’t even for my own blog):
www.cracked.com/blog/a-zero-...
www.cracked.com/blog/a-zero-...
A Zero B.S. Guide To American Healthcare
Why the hell is it so difficult to make major changes to the healthcare system in America?
www.cracked.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I’m watching the back & forth between @mcuban.bsky.social & @bsky.app and I’m reminded of one of the better pieces I’ve ever written (and it wasn’t even for my own blog):
www.cracked.com/blog/a-zero-...
www.cracked.com/blog/a-zero-...
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Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.
Almost.
Almost.
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
They still think they can get something out of this and they're gonna ride this old nag until he collapses.
The President of the United States is very seriously mentally ill, and elected Republicans are so afraid of him that they won’t do or say anything about it.
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
They still think they can get something out of this and they're gonna ride this old nag until he collapses.
This is what needs to be happening. Make these people household names. They're operating to destroy the country while hiding behind trump.
“.. His fingerprints are so evident on the GOP’s redistricting plan that some White House aides refer to it as ‘Blairymandering.’”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is what needs to be happening. Make these people household names. They're operating to destroy the country while hiding behind trump.
And if you're trying to justify and validate your own feelings and actions by writing an essay about what everybody else should be doing either way, it's out of line. Holidays are filled with emotional pain for many people for many reasons, often having to do with family dynamics. Leave them alone.
I genuinely do not understand why so many people are so interested in other people's personal relationships, ok so this person doesnt talk to their dad, cool, am I their dad and if not why do I even care
Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
And if you're trying to justify and validate your own feelings and actions by writing an essay about what everybody else should be doing either way, it's out of line. Holidays are filled with emotional pain for many people for many reasons, often having to do with family dynamics. Leave them alone.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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i hope this holds so we can get japanese politics bluesky cooking
Japanese and Korean soon-to-be-former Twitter users are waking up. Merry Christmas everyone
December 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
i hope this holds so we can get japanese politics bluesky cooking
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Reposting: Born on Christmas Day: The Chevalier and Cab Calloway
www.dailykos.com/stories/2016...
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Born on Christmas Day: The Chevalier and Cab Calloway
As a person interested in history (and black history in particular), I was curious to find out who was listed as being born on Dec. 25th, the date celebrated by Christians as the day Jesus of Nazareth...
www.dailykos.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Reposting: Born on Christmas Day: The Chevalier and Cab Calloway
www.dailykos.com/stories/2016...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2016...
We're hosting the fam tomorrow. Just finished the last touches on the house and the pre-prep for the meal. See y'all on the other side.
a cartoon of snoopy and charlie brown with the words merry christmas
Alt: a cartoon of snoopy and charlie brown with the words merry christmas
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
We're hosting the fam tomorrow. Just finished the last touches on the house and the pre-prep for the meal. See y'all on the other side.
So far there's not a single person I've seen complain about it here who hasn't had this particular problem. There are shits on here, but that's social media if you let people be people. A lot of it, though, is people challenge you and they actually know what they're talking about here.
Again, not what I've observed through colleagues who are still there. It may have gotten worse here, but it's still very Nazi-porn-scam and "Musk bans whoever he sees being mean to him" there.
Maybe, just maybe, you're uncomfortable being challenged.
Maybe, just maybe, you're uncomfortable being challenged.
December 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
So far there's not a single person I've seen complain about it here who hasn't had this particular problem. There are shits on here, but that's social media if you let people be people. A lot of it, though, is people challenge you and they actually know what they're talking about here.