Hirschman
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I would vote for Buttigieg he seems good
February 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I would vote for Buttigieg he seems good
The goal of outward-facing political communication is for your audience to instantly say "Yeah!!" not "What do the heck does that mean?"
February 19, 2026 at 6:17 AM
The goal of outward-facing political communication is for your audience to instantly say "Yeah!!" not "What do the heck does that mean?"
It's always telling where someone makes allowances or exceptions to their general principles like the urbanists who want to abolish prisons but car owners get the firing squad or whatever, but Fair Enough my thing is you really should be able to execute holders of high office for treason
February 19, 2026 at 6:01 AM
It's always telling where someone makes allowances or exceptions to their general principles like the urbanists who want to abolish prisons but car owners get the firing squad or whatever, but Fair Enough my thing is you really should be able to execute holders of high office for treason
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So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump, who has sued thousands of times, has not sued anyone calling him a pedophile
"Donald Trump's name is all over these files. I saw a reference today of a 9-year-old girl " Jamie Raskin after reading the unredacted Epstein Files
February 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Trump, who has sued thousands of times, has not sued anyone calling him a pedophile
It’s not 2017 stop posting like it’s 2017 my gosh
February 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It’s not 2017 stop posting like it’s 2017 my gosh
(archly) "Representative Ocasio-*Cortex*?"
February 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
(archly) "Representative Ocasio-*Cortex*?"
pronouncing her name Trē-see-ah MakMilon
February 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
pronouncing her name Trē-see-ah MakMilon
Fasting over Ramadan this year (for Lent)
February 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Fasting over Ramadan this year (for Lent)
It’s Shrove Tuesday everyone time to parrrrty (crowd loses its mind)
February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
It’s Shrove Tuesday everyone time to parrrrty (crowd loses its mind)
Shitlibs outnumber you by a lot
February 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Shitlibs outnumber you by a lot
The Political Consumer has logged on
February 17, 2026 at 4:43 AM
The Political Consumer has logged on
The polls now are probably mostly right, Harris then Newsom
February 17, 2026 at 3:15 AM
The polls now are probably mostly right, Harris then Newsom
Ser Duncan The Tall is virtue posting like it's 1954, like it's 1554, it's like dang old Erasmus's Enchiridion of the Christian Knight
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Ser Duncan The Tall is virtue posting like it's 1954, like it's 1554, it's like dang old Erasmus's Enchiridion of the Christian Knight
Going to annoy everyone posting something like If Alexandria is African so is Athens
February 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Going to annoy everyone posting something like If Alexandria is African so is Athens
But on the other hand Plato and Euclid are really important for understanding Euro and American intellectual history so it is a good idea to read that stuff if institutions are something you care about
February 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
But on the other hand Plato and Euclid are really important for understanding Euro and American intellectual history so it is a good idea to read that stuff if institutions are something you care about
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You can speak of a classical civilization that we are culturally descended from that includes the Greeks and the Romans. But even if you exclude the Phoenicians and the Persians, it makes no sense to cut out the later Islamic World, through which we get Aristotle and, in dialogue, the Scholastics.
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
You can speak of a classical civilization that we are culturally descended from that includes the Greeks and the Romans. But even if you exclude the Phoenicians and the Persians, it makes no sense to cut out the later Islamic World, through which we get Aristotle and, in dialogue, the Scholastics.
Thucydides was a conservative country party guy and he definitely thought Athens lost the war because democracies get over their skies
February 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Thucydides was a conservative country party guy and he definitely thought Athens lost the war because democracies get over their skies
This is nuts and also Thucydides noted Sparta was a dump compared to how much territory it controlled back in like 400 BCE
Sparta and Athens 2000 years after Frank Miller's weirdo comic for weird losers was set.
February 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This is nuts and also Thucydides noted Sparta was a dump compared to how much territory it controlled back in like 400 BCE
How is it possible for people-- who we know have the internet because they are posting on here-- to think Democrats are adopting Republican positions on immigration and trans people?
February 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
How is it possible for people-- who we know have the internet because they are posting on here-- to think Democrats are adopting Republican positions on immigration and trans people?
Counterpoints is correct and it’s nuts to me how committed certain famous left accounts are to the notion that Trump is just basically Biden and use that as a cudgel against Dems
February 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Counterpoints is correct and it’s nuts to me how committed certain famous left accounts are to the notion that Trump is just basically Biden and use that as a cudgel against Dems
You can tell Sir Duncan The Tall is a great drama because it observes the three great unities (of time, place, and action) and because it contains the important plot elements of reversal and recognition
February 16, 2026 at 8:08 AM
You can tell Sir Duncan The Tall is a great drama because it observes the three great unities (of time, place, and action) and because it contains the important plot elements of reversal and recognition
My agents write these posts
February 16, 2026 at 5:12 AM
My agents write these posts
(snorting trying not to laugh) I don't know who needs to hear this but Newsom is probably going to be the Dem nominee in 2028 if he can come to some agreement with Harris
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
(snorting trying not to laugh) I don't know who needs to hear this but Newsom is probably going to be the Dem nominee in 2028 if he can come to some agreement with Harris