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Mostly MMA and politics takes.
Hey! They're doing something right!
Hakeem Jeffries: I'm scheduled to meet with Zohran Mamdani at the end of the week back home in Brooklyn. I haven't had a conversation with Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo and have no plans to do so.
July 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hey! They're doing something right!
Ranked choice allows for to people to vote for who they actually want. Short of the elimination of the two party system it's the best chance of maintaining the will of the people on this country.
"Instead of picking one person to lead the city, voters will rank up to five candidates. This process is wonkish and confusing."
Sorry but you can't argue something is too confusing when it's so basic *fucking Australians* manage to cope with it just fine
Sorry but you can't argue something is too confusing when it's so basic *fucking Australians* manage to cope with it just fine
“It is not a democracy when ranked choice, it’s only a democracy when a divided field means someone with a plurality of 25% wins. I am very smart.”
June 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ranked choice allows for to people to vote for who they actually want. Short of the elimination of the two party system it's the best chance of maintaining the will of the people on this country.
The onion out there with the most accurate social commentary of our time.
Democrats Back Resolution Thanking Federal Agents For Handcuffing Alex Padilla
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June 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The onion out there with the most accurate social commentary of our time.
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Wait... is this the best meme ever made?
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Wait... is this the best meme ever made?
This should be a huge story.
The sheer volume of bad shit going on is staggering.
The sheer volume of bad shit going on is staggering.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This should be a huge story.
The sheer volume of bad shit going on is staggering.
The sheer volume of bad shit going on is staggering.
If they replaced communion wafers with thin mints I would totally go to church.
April 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If they replaced communion wafers with thin mints I would totally go to church.
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I can’t believe how stupid everything is
April 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
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Sharing because this continues to make me laugh. Who doesn't need a giggle.
April 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Sharing because this continues to make me laugh. Who doesn't need a giggle.
Holy fuck undo citizens United.
Aren't you tired of how central money is to our democracy?
To give a sense of out-of-kilter we are, a single state court race saw significantly more spending than the entire United Kingdom national election.
Thanks John Roberts!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
To give a sense of out-of-kilter we are, a single state court race saw significantly more spending than the entire United Kingdom national election.
Thanks John Roberts!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Holy fuck undo citizens United.
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Aren't you tired of how central money is to our democracy?
To give a sense of out-of-kilter we are, a single state court race saw significantly more spending than the entire United Kingdom national election.
Thanks John Roberts!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
To give a sense of out-of-kilter we are, a single state court race saw significantly more spending than the entire United Kingdom national election.
Thanks John Roberts!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
April 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Aren't you tired of how central money is to our democracy?
To give a sense of out-of-kilter we are, a single state court race saw significantly more spending than the entire United Kingdom national election.
Thanks John Roberts!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
To give a sense of out-of-kilter we are, a single state court race saw significantly more spending than the entire United Kingdom national election.
Thanks John Roberts!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
I also wonder how these sorts of communications impact potential freedom of information act requests. Are records kept of these conversations?
They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
March 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I also wonder how these sorts of communications impact potential freedom of information act requests. Are records kept of these conversations?
It's weird how all the "free speech absolutists" are so quiet about all of the governmental attempts at quieting opposition. It's almost like they just wanted to be able to say the n word.
Diplomatic row erupts after French researcher expelled from US for expressing 'a personal opinion' on Trump
A diplomatic row has erupted between France and the US after a French researcher was expelled from the country for expressing "a personal opinion" on Trump.
www.lbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's weird how all the "free speech absolutists" are so quiet about all of the governmental attempts at quieting opposition. It's almost like they just wanted to be able to say the n word.
I have been saying some version of this for a few years now. People are fucking bonkers.
Resigned Pew Research Study Has No Fucking Clue What’s Going On With 15% Of Americans
WASHINGTON—Classifying millions of citizens around the country as “total goddamn mysteries,” a resigned Pew Research study released Friday found it was impossible to determine what the fuck was going ...
theonion.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I have been saying some version of this for a few years now. People are fucking bonkers.
Pretty sure Tim Walz has been reading my Blue Sky Tweets? Posts? Skeets? What do we call these? Also- this is good.
But when I said this, people got mad.
Walz: I own this. We wouldn’t be in this mess if we'd have won the election and we didn't. We have to make sure that Americans know it's not just that Donald Trump is bad, but we're offering them something better
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Pretty sure Tim Walz has been reading my Blue Sky Tweets? Posts? Skeets? What do we call these? Also- this is good.
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So this was a campaign promise not an observation.
March 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So this was a campaign promise not an observation.
The silence from folks screaming about social media censorship while the government is actively punishing dissident speech is deafening.
In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The silence from folks screaming about social media censorship while the government is actively punishing dissident speech is deafening.
Hakeem Jeffries is spineless. Dems should be screaming from the rooftops about being the party of the working class, and for the change they'd bring.
Instead they run on not being Trump. These feckless losers will continue to fail. There is no left party in the US
Instead they run on not being Trump. These feckless losers will continue to fail. There is no left party in the US
KATIE COURIC: Do you think the Democratic Party has become too progressive?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: I think it's important for us to be the party of common sense solutions and getting it done.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: I think it's important for us to be the party of common sense solutions and getting it done.
March 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is spineless. Dems should be screaming from the rooftops about being the party of the working class, and for the change they'd bring.
Instead they run on not being Trump. These feckless losers will continue to fail. There is no left party in the US
Instead they run on not being Trump. These feckless losers will continue to fail. There is no left party in the US
Billionaires will be billionaires
#oligarchy
#oligarchy
SCOOP: Apple CEO Tim Cook will personally donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee.
He believes the inauguration is a great American tradition and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity.
He believes the inauguration is a great American tradition and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity.
Scoop: Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration
Cook joins other top CEOs and companies in making a seven-figure pledge.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Billionaires will be billionaires
#oligarchy
#oligarchy
Pay attention to what people do...
The Luigi perp walk looked like something out of a Batman comic, meanwhile they sic the police on striking employees of real life Lex Luthors...
The Luigi perp walk looked like something out of a Batman comic, meanwhile they sic the police on striking employees of real life Lex Luthors...
Lots of clarity today
December 20, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Pay attention to what people do...
The Luigi perp walk looked like something out of a Batman comic, meanwhile they sic the police on striking employees of real life Lex Luthors...
The Luigi perp walk looked like something out of a Batman comic, meanwhile they sic the police on striking employees of real life Lex Luthors...
Sometimes the onion is just true.
It didn't need to be AOC (although I think she was probably the right choice) but it did need to be someone under 60, but lets continue with "my turn appointments" it's working so well...
It didn't need to be AOC (although I think she was probably the right choice) but it did need to be someone under 60, but lets continue with "my turn appointments" it's working so well...
December 18, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Sometimes the onion is just true.
It didn't need to be AOC (although I think she was probably the right choice) but it did need to be someone under 60, but lets continue with "my turn appointments" it's working so well...
It didn't need to be AOC (although I think she was probably the right choice) but it did need to be someone under 60, but lets continue with "my turn appointments" it's working so well...