D. Porpentine
@dporpentine.bsky.social
I could a tale unfold whose lightest word / Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, /Make ... thy knotted and combined locks to part, / And each particular hair to stand on end / Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.
Jacobin continuing its proud tradition of carrying water for MAGA.
A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration.
The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great.
The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great.
It’s Official: Poverty Got Worse Under Joe Biden
A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration. The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great.
jacobin.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Jacobin continuing its proud tradition of carrying water for MAGA.
Oh. So they killed a bunch of Venezuelans to egg Venezuela into responding. So they could help justify the war they're about to start.
An administration of criminals, top to bottom.
An administration of criminals, top to bottom.
From the Fox News National Security correspondent: "It looks to me like the US military is going to war."
September 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Oh. So they killed a bunch of Venezuelans to egg Venezuela into responding. So they could help justify the war they're about to start.
An administration of criminals, top to bottom.
An administration of criminals, top to bottom.
You know by "reality in all its fullness" he means racism, with a dash of anti-feminist, anti-trans spice.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“I’ve been driven away from the right over the past decade, but I can’t join the left because I just don’t think that tradition of thought grasps reality in all its fullness,” our columnist David Brooks writes.
“I’ve been driven away from the right over the past decade, but I can’t join the left because I just don’t think that tradition of thought grasps reality in all its fullness,” our columnist David Brooks writes.
Opinion | Why I Am Not a Liberal
I don’t think the left grasps reality in all its fullness.
nyti.ms
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You know by "reality in all its fullness" he means racism, with a dash of anti-feminist, anti-trans spice.
Every once in a while New York City really delivers.
Sean Hannity says he left New York City because he got too many mean looks from people at restaurants
Sean Hannity says he left NYC because of mean looks from people at restaurants
www.independent.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Every once in a while New York City really delivers.
That a group of powerful cranks, crypto-eugenicists, and anti-vaxxers have embraced organic food should not drive people to ignore the benefits of organic foods.
Are they a panacea? No.
But they are better for farm workers, the soil, and consumers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Are they a panacea? No.
But they are better for farm workers, the soil, and consumers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A Systematic Review of Organic Versus Conventional Food Consumption: Is There a Measurable Benefit on Human Health?
The current review aims to systematically assess the evidence related to human health outcomes when an organic diet is consumed in comparison to its conventional counterpart. Relevant databases were s...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
That a group of powerful cranks, crypto-eugenicists, and anti-vaxxers have embraced organic food should not drive people to ignore the benefits of organic foods.
Are they a panacea? No.
But they are better for farm workers, the soil, and consumers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Are they a panacea? No.
But they are better for farm workers, the soil, and consumers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The New York Times always provides the laughs.
June 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The New York Times always provides the laughs.
"It's not illegal, it's our job" is such incredibly weak tea under the circumstances. No one has more of a compliance mindset than an elected Democrat.
It’s not illegal for a United States Senator to go to a public press conference and ask questions about your constituents safety.
It's our job.
It's our job.
June 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"It's not illegal, it's our job" is such incredibly weak tea under the circumstances. No one has more of a compliance mindset than an elected Democrat.
So many layers of vileness here, starting with the off-the-charts smarminess of that person's look in the photo.
NYT: The White House is looking at ideas "for persuading Americans to get married and have more children."
One proposal: "programs that educate women on their menstrual cycles — in part so they can better understand when they are ovulating and able to conceive." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
One proposal: "programs that educate women on their menstrual cycles — in part so they can better understand when they are ovulating and able to conceive." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So many layers of vileness here, starting with the off-the-charts smarminess of that person's look in the photo.
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Now that we have a palpable and immediate analog, it's good for the rest of the country to understand that the shitshow within the federal bureaucracy is 2 or 3 times the order of magnitude of what the White House team has so far done with global trade regime/equities markets.
April 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Now that we have a palpable and immediate analog, it's good for the rest of the country to understand that the shitshow within the federal bureaucracy is 2 or 3 times the order of magnitude of what the White House team has so far done with global trade regime/equities markets.
It was obvious from basically day 1 that they'd move to strip funding from courts that disagreed with them: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It was obvious from basically day 1 that they'd move to strip funding from courts that disagreed with them: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Notice the lack of receipts here.
March 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Notice the lack of receipts here.
A good test of whether X or Y constitutes "bad writing" is to ask yourself how often Virginia Woolf did it. And in the case of beginning sentences with "and" or "but," she did it a lot.
March 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A good test of whether X or Y constitutes "bad writing" is to ask yourself how often Virginia Woolf did it. And in the case of beginning sentences with "and" or "but," she did it a lot.
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@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!
In America, EVERYONE has a RIGHT to due process - regardless of immigration status. It’s fundamental to our Constitution.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
White House official says 137 immigrants deported under Alien Enemies Act
Trump officials said the deportations don’t violate a judge’s order barring use of the Alien Enemies Act for removals — but also questioned the order’s validity.
wapo.st
March 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!
The only alternative to Democrats are Russian ops. This is a meaningless complaint.
everyone will tear schumer apart and then also say blue no matter who, this is a direct result of the blue no matter who stance. it actually matters who.
March 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The only alternative to Democrats are Russian ops. This is a meaningless complaint.
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republicans like it when pedestrians and cyclists die! they think walking or cycling are unusual, aberrant behavior that gets in the way of drivers and should be discouraged and punished with violence by motorists.
Let’s be clear about the impact of this DOT memo: Pedestrians and cyclists are going to die. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/12/b...
BREAKING: U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes — Streetsblog USA
Now U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes!
usa.streetsblog.org
March 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
republicans like it when pedestrians and cyclists die! they think walking or cycling are unusual, aberrant behavior that gets in the way of drivers and should be discouraged and punished with violence by motorists.
Do all people identified as The Really Important Democrats get daily trainings in fake reasonableness?
Listen – it’s not nuts to ask federal employees to report what they’re working on. My staff has to do weekly reports too.
But the WAY Musk is doing this? What’s he gonna do, read 2 million emails? This is just not serious stuff.
But the WAY Musk is doing this? What’s he gonna do, read 2 million emails? This is just not serious stuff.
February 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Do all people identified as The Really Important Democrats get daily trainings in fake reasonableness?
Part of the madness of Trumpworld that, in every particular, they are horrible on substance and on style.
The U.S. attorney in Washington says DOJ "will be vigilant in standing against entities" like the Associated Press, that "refuse to put America first."
The AP's transgression is, apparently, not adopting the president's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.
The AP's transgression is, apparently, not adopting the president's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.
February 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Part of the madness of Trumpworld that, in every particular, they are horrible on substance and on style.
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the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.
February 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.
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🧵 Blue folks in Red states, we really need you to call your electeds. Watch AOC.
✅ From your phone: 5 Calls even offers useful scripts to follow, based on topics. 5calls.org
✅ Hit 'em w/email them via: democracy.io
✅ Locate all your officials, fed, state (such as your AG!), local.:
is.gd/pn7Q0e
✅ From your phone: 5 Calls even offers useful scripts to follow, based on topics. 5calls.org
✅ Hit 'em w/email them via: democracy.io
✅ Locate all your officials, fed, state (such as your AG!), local.:
is.gd/pn7Q0e
This 3-post thread is based on a series of AOC Instagram stories she posted tonight, explaining the importance and value of calling your House Representative and Senators, EVEN/ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE REPUBLICANS.
Please watch and share.
Please watch and share.
February 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🧵 Blue folks in Red states, we really need you to call your electeds. Watch AOC.
✅ From your phone: 5 Calls even offers useful scripts to follow, based on topics. 5calls.org
✅ Hit 'em w/email them via: democracy.io
✅ Locate all your officials, fed, state (such as your AG!), local.:
is.gd/pn7Q0e
✅ From your phone: 5 Calls even offers useful scripts to follow, based on topics. 5calls.org
✅ Hit 'em w/email them via: democracy.io
✅ Locate all your officials, fed, state (such as your AG!), local.:
is.gd/pn7Q0e
All they needed to do was reduce voter enthusiasm, which they did, and now ethnic cleansing is the open policy of the US. Congrats!
February 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
All they needed to do was reduce voter enthusiasm, which they did, and now ethnic cleansing is the open policy of the US. Congrats!
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For "One First," I wrote about Monday's OMB memo purporting to (temporarily) freeze billions of dollars of appropriated federal spending—and why it constitutes both unconstitutional and unlawful "impoundment" that's unlikely to be upheld by even *this* #SCOTUS:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025
The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of "impoundment"—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
For "One First," I wrote about Monday's OMB memo purporting to (temporarily) freeze billions of dollars of appropriated federal spending—and why it constitutes both unconstitutional and unlawful "impoundment" that's unlikely to be upheld by even *this* #SCOTUS:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
I know a decent number of people who work for the federal government and every single one of them was quietly dotting every semi-permanent i and crossing every long-lasting t before the cruelty factory started back up.
January 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I know a decent number of people who work for the federal government and every single one of them was quietly dotting every semi-permanent i and crossing every long-lasting t before the cruelty factory started back up.