Ben Coccio
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Who is ‘you’ here? If there is someone that didn’t know or care about drone strikes the world over lo these many years, but now does care about murdering people in boats, does that make it not murder? Is there a name for this kind of bad faith bullshit?
And for those still going on about drug boat strikes - I wish you’d cared this much about Afghanistan. I don’t love the use of the military to kill drug runners, but it’s no worse than you’ve allowed for three decades. It’s a bit late for moral hazard pearl clutching now.
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Who is ‘you’ here? If there is someone that didn’t know or care about drone strikes the world over lo these many years, but now does care about murdering people in boats, does that make it not murder? Is there a name for this kind of bad faith bullshit?
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
Spin this out a bit?
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
Big difference between King shit and King Shit.
October 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Big difference between King shit and King Shit.
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What middle and upper class cis het white people need to understand is that they only have as many rights as the most vulnerable do. You have only the rights trans people and immigrants do.
Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?
Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.
As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
October 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What middle and upper class cis het white people need to understand is that they only have as many rights as the most vulnerable do. You have only the rights trans people and immigrants do.
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A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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It was definitely the CIA and probably tue KGB who really perfected the art of making a fascist regime look less like one and get all offended when called one. As opposed to the original fascists who were proud to be fascists.
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It was definitely the CIA and probably tue KGB who really perfected the art of making a fascist regime look less like one and get all offended when called one. As opposed to the original fascists who were proud to be fascists.
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
Is it legal to murder people on a whim? The Daily takes the obvious answer to this question and submerges it into a morass of second guessing, bad faith arguments, and ponderous ‘interesting point’ sighs.
The U.S. military has blown up three boats in the Caribbean Sea in the past three weeks, killing 17 people. Each time, President Trump has claimed that the boats were carrying drugs to the U.S. Are the strikes legal? Listen to today's episode of "The Daily."
The U.S. Keeps Killing Venezuelans on Boats. Is That Legal?
President Trump is claiming the power to shift maritime counterdrug efforts from law enforcement rules to wartime rules.
nyti.ms
September 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Is it legal to murder people on a whim? The Daily takes the obvious answer to this question and submerges it into a morass of second guessing, bad faith arguments, and ponderous ‘interesting point’ sighs.
Goose: “Difficult how?”
Man in vest starts to run away, Goose pursues him
Goose: “Difficult how, motherfucker?”
Man in vest starts to run away, Goose pursues him
Goose: “Difficult how, motherfucker?”
September 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Goose: “Difficult how?”
Man in vest starts to run away, Goose pursues him
Goose: “Difficult how, motherfucker?”
Man in vest starts to run away, Goose pursues him
Goose: “Difficult how, motherfucker?”
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Apropos of nothing, there is something weirdly evocative about these early-mid 90's Jolly Ranchers ads (when they were square!) 🧵
September 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Apropos of nothing, there is something weirdly evocative about these early-mid 90's Jolly Ranchers ads (when they were square!) 🧵
I was away from social media for a bit this summer, and I’m really disheartened and sad to come back here and see rampant copium.
August 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was away from social media for a bit this summer, and I’m really disheartened and sad to come back here and see rampant copium.
This is an act of war. The Republicans have started, in earnest, a second civil war.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Republican-led states to send hundreds more National Guard troops to D.C.
National Guard troops in Washington may soon carry weapons, a reversal of their initial orders.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is an act of war. The Republicans have started, in earnest, a second civil war.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Newsom has proved that he will set aside every liberal ideal you think he holds for the sake of power. You simply can’t trust him. I don’t object to him forcefully opposing Trump where he can, but the reason people qualify their support is that he’s a snake.
Why does everyone praising Newsom feel the need to add that that they don't especially like him? There's a freaking rapist in the WH and fascism is taking root. We need someone with cajones, smarts, and the willingness to harness power. It's not a popularity contest, people.
August 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Newsom has proved that he will set aside every liberal ideal you think he holds for the sake of power. You simply can’t trust him. I don’t object to him forcefully opposing Trump where he can, but the reason people qualify their support is that he’s a snake.
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Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
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The thing is that there are a lot of stages. And if you can't call out the early stages for what they are, a lot of people won't, and didn't, take them seriously as early stages of something worse, at all.
Also a lot of early stages are intentional, not incidental, harm.
Also a lot of early stages are intentional, not incidental, harm.
July 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The thing is that there are a lot of stages. And if you can't call out the early stages for what they are, a lot of people won't, and didn't, take them seriously as early stages of something worse, at all.
Also a lot of early stages are intentional, not incidental, harm.
Also a lot of early stages are intentional, not incidental, harm.
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The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
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Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
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Do the right thing: rank me #1, Zohran #2, and DON'T RANK ANDREW CUOMO.
June 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Do the right thing: rank me #1, Zohran #2, and DON'T RANK ANDREW CUOMO.
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Israel is a rogue state - don’t let it drag us into World War III
June 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Israel is a rogue state - don’t let it drag us into World War III
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20-year-old U.S. citizen Adrian Andrew Martinez was swarmed by ICE in Pico Rivera while defending someone. He never hit back—just struggled—before being slammed into a CBP van. No records. No lawyer. His mom can’t find him. This is abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
June 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
20-year-old U.S. citizen Adrian Andrew Martinez was swarmed by ICE in Pico Rivera while defending someone. He never hit back—just struggled—before being slammed into a CBP van. No records. No lawyer. His mom can’t find him. This is abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
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It's amazing how many people are all "marketplace of ideas!!1!" until people choose not listen to them, and suddenly they're like "you know what market we should have? The company store"
June 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
It's amazing how many people are all "marketplace of ideas!!1!" until people choose not listen to them, and suddenly they're like "you know what market we should have? The company store"