Allen Woke 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🌐
@captainmeap.bsky.social
Pro-abundance, new liberal shill, foreign policy enjoyer, American pragmatism believer, Catholic (but not in a weird way).
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"Cynicism is the death of wisdom."
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"Cynicism is the death of wisdom."
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A key reason why I (usually) align with the new liberal/neoliberal wing is that it presents a fundamentally positive-sum view of the world where even difficult issues are ultimately solvable with patience, pragmatism, and good policy
This is, I think, simultaneously both optimistic *and true*
This is, I think, simultaneously both optimistic *and true*
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You can build a 'conservative university' that's still a totally respectable university but the thing is that means you're getting a place like BYU, not the Epic Center For Lib Owning.
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
You can build a 'conservative university' that's still a totally respectable university but the thing is that means you're getting a place like BYU, not the Epic Center For Lib Owning.
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it’s kinda funny how every single one of these articles is like “neither YIMBYism nor NIMBYism but a secret third thing (NIMBYism)”
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
it’s kinda funny how every single one of these articles is like “neither YIMBYism nor NIMBYism but a secret third thing (NIMBYism)”
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This is a key lesson of Clausewitz: war is the use of force to gain some kind of political objective. Strategy is the understanding of how your use of force is to actually get you what you want.
War without strategy is sheer stupidity.
War without strategy is sheer stupidity.
hesitant to step in on this but I think people pushing for armed resistance really need to think about the goals of armed resistance and the mechanisms by which it could possibly achieve those goals.
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
This is a key lesson of Clausewitz: war is the use of force to gain some kind of political objective. Strategy is the understanding of how your use of force is to actually get you what you want.
War without strategy is sheer stupidity.
War without strategy is sheer stupidity.
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One thing we really need as a country is to start getting ppl to appreciate MLK & co. as hard-nosed, ruthless political strategists who took on an entire Confederacy’s worth of murderous authoritarian oligarchies and won.
And they actively kicked out doomers and edgy weirdos from their movement.
And they actively kicked out doomers and edgy weirdos from their movement.
so the "leftist" position here is that if the ICE thug tries to intimidate you, you walk away with your head down like charlie brown? is that it?
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
One thing we really need as a country is to start getting ppl to appreciate MLK & co. as hard-nosed, ruthless political strategists who took on an entire Confederacy’s worth of murderous authoritarian oligarchies and won.
And they actively kicked out doomers and edgy weirdos from their movement.
And they actively kicked out doomers and edgy weirdos from their movement.
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It’s easy to watch the news and feel overwhelmed or even helpless at everything going on. I need you to fight that feeling.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It’s easy to watch the news and feel overwhelmed or even helpless at everything going on. I need you to fight that feeling.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
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once again: the civil rights movement is worth studying not just because they were right, but because they won
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...
January 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
once again: the civil rights movement is worth studying not just because they were right, but because they won
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...
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it honestly checks out that the same people who thought Biden could magically cancel all student loan debt and pass Medicare for all also think that Trump can magically cancel the midterms. literally just green lantern theory of the presidency
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
it honestly checks out that the same people who thought Biden could magically cancel all student loan debt and pass Medicare for all also think that Trump can magically cancel the midterms. literally just green lantern theory of the presidency
I'm very thankful for him because he seems to be the "only Nixon can go to China" guy when this website starts going through one of its periodic convulsions
This place is about 20% better when Jamelle is pissed off at a bunch of idiot doomers.
January 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I'm very thankful for him because he seems to be the "only Nixon can go to China" guy when this website starts going through one of its periodic convulsions
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One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.
Ironically a lot of the base of Minnesota's activitists' response was laid as a result of the riots following Chauvin's murder of George Floyd. That's part of why I feel like this administration doesn't understand who they're messing with. The Twin Cities got organized in 2020 and remains so.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.
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The usual chunk of this website is once again crashing out hard this morning bc they are unable to distinguish between what Trump wants and what Trump can do/get
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The usual chunk of this website is once again crashing out hard this morning bc they are unable to distinguish between what Trump wants and what Trump can do/get
This is incredibly inaccurate on both counts
the rule of law in the us is very interesting because it completely depends on people acting with virtue and propriety because the law, let alone the constitution, leaves massive legal gaps of behavior that is lawful but awful. exactly the same as the roman republic, by the way
had a really interesting conversation last night with an investor and died-in-the-wool capitalist where the conclusion was something like, most Americans don't realize that functioning capital markets and the rule of law are America's actual superpowers and those things could absolutely end
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is incredibly inaccurate on both counts
I'd absolutely grain of salt this (one poll from a mid pollster) but frankly I do not want either of them winning a primary
Presidential Polling:
🔵 Harris: 49%
🔴 Vance: 42%
🔴 Vance: 45%
🔵 Newsom: 41%
Zogby / Jan 7, 2026
🔵 Harris: 49%
🔴 Vance: 42%
🔴 Vance: 45%
🔵 Newsom: 41%
Zogby / Jan 7, 2026
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I'd absolutely grain of salt this (one poll from a mid pollster) but frankly I do not want either of them winning a primary
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the constitution has many flaws but addressing our current circumstances is not among them; the framers were in fact quite concerned about this kind of thing and were clear that it should not happen here
what they did not and could not guard against is the people in charge ignoring their plain text
what they did not and could not guard against is the people in charge ignoring their plain text
As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
the constitution has many flaws but addressing our current circumstances is not among them; the framers were in fact quite concerned about this kind of thing and were clear that it should not happen here
what they did not and could not guard against is the people in charge ignoring their plain text
what they did not and could not guard against is the people in charge ignoring their plain text
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Good scoop by @liamjscott.bsky.social:
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Good scoop by @liamjscott.bsky.social:
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Inshallah something is happening
Watching Assad and his cronies AND the mullahs eat shit within a year and a half of each other will not make up for everything else going on, but by god it'll come close
Watching Assad and his cronies AND the mullahs eat shit within a year and a half of each other will not make up for everything else going on, but by god it'll come close
If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Inshallah something is happening
Watching Assad and his cronies AND the mullahs eat shit within a year and a half of each other will not make up for everything else going on, but by god it'll come close
Watching Assad and his cronies AND the mullahs eat shit within a year and a half of each other will not make up for everything else going on, but by god it'll come close
I like how she says almost the exact same thing many other Dems have been saying over the last few weeks and instead of being criticized for it like everyone else has been she gets praised
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 5:26 AM
I like how she says almost the exact same thing many other Dems have been saying over the last few weeks and instead of being criticized for it like everyone else has been she gets praised
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My name is Mary Peltola, and I'm running for U.S. Senate to fight for fish, family, and freedom – and that begins with fixing the rigged system in DC that’s shutting down Alaska.
We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.
We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
My name is Mary Peltola, and I'm running for U.S. Senate to fight for fish, family, and freedom – and that begins with fixing the rigged system in DC that’s shutting down Alaska.
We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.
We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.
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If Jerome Powell has million fans, then I'm one of them.
If Jerome Powell has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE.
If Jerome Powell has no fans, that means I'm dead.
If the world is against Jerome Powell I’m against the entire world
If Jerome Powell has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE.
If Jerome Powell has no fans, that means I'm dead.
If the world is against Jerome Powell I’m against the entire world
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 AM
If Jerome Powell has million fans, then I'm one of them.
If Jerome Powell has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE.
If Jerome Powell has no fans, that means I'm dead.
If the world is against Jerome Powell I’m against the entire world
If Jerome Powell has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE.
If Jerome Powell has no fans, that means I'm dead.
If the world is against Jerome Powell I’m against the entire world
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It's so cool how they made King Charles I 2, the exact nightmare of the founding generation real
TRUMP: CREDIT CARD COMPANIES WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF LAW IF THEY DON’T COMPLY BY JAN 20 ON INTEREST RATE CAP
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
It's so cool how they made King Charles I 2, the exact nightmare of the founding generation real
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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Can we maybe stop appointing his judges and funding his government now
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Can we maybe stop appointing his judges and funding his government now
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once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
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*whispering* this is the performance of public virtue and should be feted
Losing my shit at Ashley St Clair doing a reverse Naomi Wolf.
January 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
*whispering* this is the performance of public virtue and should be feted