Austin Wu
@austwu.bsky.social
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They could have simply stuck by their principles: immigration needs to be orderly, yes, but by & large it is good & we need more of it. That would have 1) made them look principled even in the face of shifting public opinion, & ALSO 2) positioned them where public opinion was heading!
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
They could have simply stuck by their principles: immigration needs to be orderly, yes, but by & large it is good & we need more of it. That would have 1) made them look principled even in the face of shifting public opinion, & ALSO 2) positioned them where public opinion was heading!
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So now, the public is (predictably) herding *away* from Trump, toward a more sympathetic view of immigration and ... here are Dems, stuck with the panicked reactionary stances they took on the advice of the Moderate to Win bros, unable to properly ride & harness this shift.
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So now, the public is (predictably) herding *away* from Trump, toward a more sympathetic view of immigration and ... here are Dems, stuck with the panicked reactionary stances they took on the advice of the Moderate to Win bros, unable to properly ride & harness this shift.
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*stares at my Canadian passport*
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
*stares at my Canadian passport*
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This man is your friend, he fights for your freedom
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This man is your friend, he fights for your freedom
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[know nothing voice] just punched a hole in the wall because the new mayor is yet another Catholic
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
[know nothing voice] just punched a hole in the wall because the new mayor is yet another Catholic
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something I've been thinking about if/when we retake power is we're really going to need to shock & awe the elites with accountability. hit em hard and fast. gotta break the entire system and don't give it time to regroup.
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
something I've been thinking about if/when we retake power is we're really going to need to shock & awe the elites with accountability. hit em hard and fast. gotta break the entire system and don't give it time to regroup.
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“you have what it takes to make it to the top” cannot be read as anything but a brutal attack on one’s character
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“you have what it takes to make it to the top” cannot be read as anything but a brutal attack on one’s character
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Will Stancil and Pete Buttigieg are two people who merit mild dislike at absolute most, definitely something psychological going on there if you fixate on them as massive evils
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Will Stancil and Pete Buttigieg are two people who merit mild dislike at absolute most, definitely something psychological going on there if you fixate on them as massive evils
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You ever think how Harvard Law School has a con law professor that wants to end the liberal republic?
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You ever think how Harvard Law School has a con law professor that wants to end the liberal republic?
the crossword puzzle and recipies are not worth it for this shit --
Another thing this email trove has convinced me of is that NYT has been actively and consciously helping Trump since 2015. It wasn't just casual sexism, double standards, and political reporting Kayfabe. They were doing catch and kill
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
the crossword puzzle and recipies are not worth it for this shit --
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It's a slow news day so I decided to share my St. Paul Mayoral election first choice votes dot density map. Same deal as my Minneapolis map. All points are randomly placed within each precinct. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts! arcg.is/19uH482
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's a slow news day so I decided to share my St. Paul Mayoral election first choice votes dot density map. Same deal as my Minneapolis map. All points are randomly placed within each precinct. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts! arcg.is/19uH482
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The major conspiracies theories of the last decade were more or less true is something we’re gonna be unpacking for awhile
“It’s all true.”
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The major conspiracies theories of the last decade were more or less true is something we’re gonna be unpacking for awhile
I've long enjoyed this comment on @askhistorians.bsky.social, on the revolutionary aspects of fascism as a right-wing reaction to alienation under industrial capitalism (presuming this to be society's contemporary status quo), contrasting with the left-response to capitalism (socialism)
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I've long enjoyed this comment on @askhistorians.bsky.social, on the revolutionary aspects of fascism as a right-wing reaction to alienation under industrial capitalism (presuming this to be society's contemporary status quo), contrasting with the left-response to capitalism (socialism)
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man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
James C. Scott's "Seeing Like a State" --
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
James C. Scott's "Seeing Like a State" --
cf. the chinese train station to 'nowhere' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caojiaw...
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
cf. the chinese train station to 'nowhere' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caojiaw...
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amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
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Raja the elephant, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Fun for all road tolling advocates!
(And yes, I suspect that from a wildlife perspective this is probably not ideal.)
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p... #dktrp
(And yes, I suspect that from a wildlife perspective this is probably not ideal.)
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p... #dktrp
Raja the elephant asking for a road toll
In Sri Lanka, a charming elephant cheekily halts traffic for treats.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Raja the elephant, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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Too many treat loss of public education as unfortunate collateral damage. But there is no greater democratic institution than the one responsible for renewing faith in and principles of democracy for each generation.
We lose public education, we lose the long game, the short game, the whole goddamn game, people.
"Should the school privatization agenda succeed, our education systems would be beyond all recognition—exponentially more stratified, segregated, and sectarianized than they are now, further balkanizing an already bitterly divided nation."
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November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Too many treat loss of public education as unfortunate collateral damage. But there is no greater democratic institution than the one responsible for renewing faith in and principles of democracy for each generation.
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Don't want to unfairly dunk on this guy, because pro-Eisenhower propaganda has convinced people that he was George McGovern with an R next to his name, but Eisenhower was an awful President for anyone who considers themselves a friend of progress, and in this thread, I'll cover why. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Don't want to unfairly dunk on this guy, because pro-Eisenhower propaganda has convinced people that he was George McGovern with an R next to his name, but Eisenhower was an awful President for anyone who considers themselves a friend of progress, and in this thread, I'll cover why. 🧵
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Honestly, one of the things that's most shocked me about the last 10 years is the revelation of how many highly-educated elite white men who self-identify as moderates, liberals, and/or Democrats, still seem to be 100% on board with race science and masculine superiority.
How dare you imply that our friendship was based on leering at teenage girls, it was based on sorting races into C, B, A and S tiers
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Honestly, one of the things that's most shocked me about the last 10 years is the revelation of how many highly-educated elite white men who self-identify as moderates, liberals, and/or Democrats, still seem to be 100% on board with race science and masculine superiority.
My "DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My "DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Kathy Ruemmler
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jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
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Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
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Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.
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this is the man who everyone is afraid to defy. he is also a pedophile.
Trump dips below 40% approval on @gelliottmorris.com's tracker for the first time.
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this is the man who everyone is afraid to defy. he is also a pedophile.