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White people’s inability to think collectively plays into this misunderstanding.
Far too many fundamentally misunderstand what voting is. It's not a form of personal moral expression; it's a large scale harm v benefit equation, & that takes certain sympathetic & critical thinking skills, of which there's a woeful dearth in this country.
Dumb & mean. That's what we are, mostly.
Dumb & mean. That's what we are, mostly.
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
White people’s inability to think collectively plays into this misunderstanding.
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I am in the “blue no matter who” crowd and we should run every single coward in congress that refused to back Mamdani out of Washington.
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I am in the “blue no matter who” crowd and we should run every single coward in congress that refused to back Mamdani out of Washington.
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In the most fundamental sense, sovereignty belongs to the people. It can only be relinquished through consent or stolen through fear. If we refuse to consent and remain unafraid, we win.
For one example: I covered the Ayman Soliman situation — the children’s hospital Muslim chaplain beloved here in the Cincy area jailed by Trump’s ICE for weeks, with intention of deporting him to Egypt where he says he’d face political targeting perhaps death — here very closely. Like so many cases…
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
October 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In the most fundamental sense, sovereignty belongs to the people. It can only be relinquished through consent or stolen through fear. If we refuse to consent and remain unafraid, we win.
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It’s a hell of a grift the Mattys Yglesias and Ezras Klein of the world have; your Davids French, your Conors Friedersdorf. So conveniently confused about the most obvious things yet so certain about the most laughable nonsense. Always interested in seeking answers, yet so allergic to finding any.
October 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s a hell of a grift the Mattys Yglesias and Ezras Klein of the world have; your Davids French, your Conors Friedersdorf. So conveniently confused about the most obvious things yet so certain about the most laughable nonsense. Always interested in seeking answers, yet so allergic to finding any.
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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If the Voting Rights Act is deemed unconstitutional, it won't be long until these malicious cartoon villains come for the Civil Rights Act. The biggest trick the Devil ever played was the "both sides are the same" nonsense.
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If the Voting Rights Act is deemed unconstitutional, it won't be long until these malicious cartoon villains come for the Civil Rights Act. The biggest trick the Devil ever played was the "both sides are the same" nonsense.
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“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time
October 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time
Get these thugs out of the NFL
Travis Kelce fined for ‘obscene gestures’ during NFL game #nationalnews
Travis Kelce fined for ‘obscene gestures’ during NFL game
The league fined Kelce for unsportsmanlike conduct.
www.12onyourside.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Get these thugs out of the NFL
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Animal, Surrender! Hits the road next week. Trio style with @curtsydnor.bsky.social on Vox organ. Supporting our new album on @ejrc.bsky.social coming out Sept 26. Come through!
Flyer by @dnorsen.bsky.social
Flyer by @dnorsen.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Animal, Surrender! Hits the road next week. Trio style with @curtsydnor.bsky.social on Vox organ. Supporting our new album on @ejrc.bsky.social coming out Sept 26. Come through!
Flyer by @dnorsen.bsky.social
Flyer by @dnorsen.bsky.social
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White folks try to kill black folks even when Black folks have literally nothing to do with their problems.
September 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
White folks try to kill black folks even when Black folks have literally nothing to do with their problems.
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Ha ha eat shit Tubby
Q: "Do you have plans for Chicago this week?"
Trump: "No. Not really. We're going to go some place, but we're picking."
Q: "You've been talking a lot about Chicago?"
Trump: "No, Chicago's been talking a lot about it."
Trump: "No. Not really. We're going to go some place, but we're picking."
Q: "You've been talking a lot about Chicago?"
Trump: "No, Chicago's been talking a lot about it."
September 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Ha ha eat shit Tubby
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"What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
September 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
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This resignation letter from one of the CDC leaders is important.
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
August 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This resignation letter from one of the CDC leaders is important.
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"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.
August 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.
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We cannot let them steal our joy. Write damn it! Sing. Make art. Dance. Play that instrument. Loud.
August 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We cannot let them steal our joy. Write damn it! Sing. Make art. Dance. Play that instrument. Loud.
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a first step to organizing people to do anything right now is just bringing people together for anything—to vent. to eat together. to make art.
to remind people we have each other. to ask what we can do together. to keep the despair at bay.
to remind people we have each other. to ask what we can do together. to keep the despair at bay.
August 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
a first step to organizing people to do anything right now is just bringing people together for anything—to vent. to eat together. to make art.
to remind people we have each other. to ask what we can do together. to keep the despair at bay.
to remind people we have each other. to ask what we can do together. to keep the despair at bay.
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Imagine all these people getting Bronze Stars for their 2025 Deployment to Georgetown.
August 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Imagine all these people getting Bronze Stars for their 2025 Deployment to Georgetown.
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Once you unlearn this your entire world’s perspective shifts.
We cannot waste our time and effort invested in trying to change the hearts and minds of racists.
That effort should go to PROTECTING the marginalized and building a world that’s safe and just - despite (and in spite of) the racists.
We cannot waste our time and effort invested in trying to change the hearts and minds of racists.
That effort should go to PROTECTING the marginalized and building a world that’s safe and just - despite (and in spite of) the racists.
August 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Once you unlearn this your entire world’s perspective shifts.
We cannot waste our time and effort invested in trying to change the hearts and minds of racists.
That effort should go to PROTECTING the marginalized and building a world that’s safe and just - despite (and in spite of) the racists.
We cannot waste our time and effort invested in trying to change the hearts and minds of racists.
That effort should go to PROTECTING the marginalized and building a world that’s safe and just - despite (and in spite of) the racists.
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Told my guy at the Times it needs to be be on the front page that ICE is literally deliberately recruiting Nazis. We'll see what happens.
August 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Told my guy at the Times it needs to be be on the front page that ICE is literally deliberately recruiting Nazis. We'll see what happens.
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10/10, no notes @vinnythomas.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
10/10, no notes @vinnythomas.bsky.social
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I finished this, and it's clear that Mamet has Boomer brain rot - he grew up & prospered in post WW2 America, where higher tax rates and the New Deal enabled his success, and like most of his generation, now wants to pull up the rope ladder after him and deny all that to those who came after him.
in which David Mamet walks out on @samfragoso.bsky.social for questioning his stance on the Columbia protests vs J6 insurrectionists
David Mamet Has Left the Building | Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
YouTube video by Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
www.youtube.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I finished this, and it's clear that Mamet has Boomer brain rot - he grew up & prospered in post WW2 America, where higher tax rates and the New Deal enabled his success, and like most of his generation, now wants to pull up the rope ladder after him and deny all that to those who came after him.
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rich people after moving to Austin:
August 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
rich people after moving to Austin:
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People know they should have voted for her. They won't admit it and don't want to accept responsibility. "You didn't win me over as opposed to the mass deportations/lie about immigrants eating pets/convicted felon/rapist/insurrection guy. I am a smart and blameless political critic."
August 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
People know they should have voted for her. They won't admit it and don't want to accept responsibility. "You didn't win me over as opposed to the mass deportations/lie about immigrants eating pets/convicted felon/rapist/insurrection guy. I am a smart and blameless political critic."
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Venezuelan men the U.S. deported to El Salvador are starting to speak out.
The Trump administration sent over 230 of them, many with no criminal record, to CECOT, a brutal prison. No charges. No convictions. Just locked away in a place one man said “wasn’t meant for humans.”
(1 of 2)
The Trump administration sent over 230 of them, many with no criminal record, to CECOT, a brutal prison. No charges. No convictions. Just locked away in a place one man said “wasn’t meant for humans.”
(1 of 2)
July 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Venezuelan men the U.S. deported to El Salvador are starting to speak out.
The Trump administration sent over 230 of them, many with no criminal record, to CECOT, a brutal prison. No charges. No convictions. Just locked away in a place one man said “wasn’t meant for humans.”
(1 of 2)
The Trump administration sent over 230 of them, many with no criminal record, to CECOT, a brutal prison. No charges. No convictions. Just locked away in a place one man said “wasn’t meant for humans.”
(1 of 2)