Enlightened Despotist in Name Only
@edino.bsky.social
A true DINO. (In reality a progressive incrementalist.) Math and board game fan.
Phila, PA
Tax the rich.
Phila, PA
Tax the rich.
Ideally you want to go ham on doing this. (I think, but I honestly don’t know what that means.)
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Ideally you want to go ham on doing this. (I think, but I honestly don’t know what that means.)
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The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
“Republicans have a tiny bit of agency, and, yes, they used it to do something bad, but you have to understand that’s only because democrats — the ones who have full-fledged agency, and thus deserve most of the blame — did something bad first.”
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“Republicans have a tiny bit of agency, and, yes, they used it to do something bad, but you have to understand that’s only because democrats — the ones who have full-fledged agency, and thus deserve most of the blame — did something bad first.”
DHS is shutting down shortly while the rest of the government remains open bc democrats (so far, things could change) actually handled this situation pretty well, but if you think those facts are going to have any effect on senate Gabe’s poasting, well, I’m afraid you don’t know senate Gabe.
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
DHS is shutting down shortly while the rest of the government remains open bc democrats (so far, things could change) actually handled this situation pretty well, but if you think those facts are going to have any effect on senate Gabe’s poasting, well, I’m afraid you don’t know senate Gabe.
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“I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated.“
February 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM
“I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated.“
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I know a major climate group spent all of 2024 loudly and proudly proclaiming it could see no difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris that would justify actually voting for one over the other, but perhaps controversially I do not think a Harris Presidency would have done this
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.
Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I know a major climate group spent all of 2024 loudly and proudly proclaiming it could see no difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris that would justify actually voting for one over the other, but perhaps controversially I do not think a Harris Presidency would have done this
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Aside from bullshit that centrist outlets spout (which, to be clear, I am not excusing) we also need to acknowledge that the average American voter saw “Mass Deportation Now” signs at the GOP convention and thought “cool, as long as my car juice gets cheaper”. This is largely a nation of bigots.
Trump lied about immigrants in 2016 too. He then defeated an official from the administration that holds the deportation record.
If migration caused Trump's reelection (I don't think it did), it wasn't b/c of migrants. It was b/c mainstream, centrist outlets amplified fearmongering about migrants.
If migration caused Trump's reelection (I don't think it did), it wasn't b/c of migrants. It was b/c mainstream, centrist outlets amplified fearmongering about migrants.
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Aside from bullshit that centrist outlets spout (which, to be clear, I am not excusing) we also need to acknowledge that the average American voter saw “Mass Deportation Now” signs at the GOP convention and thought “cool, as long as my car juice gets cheaper”. This is largely a nation of bigots.
Since Bovino surely has absolutely no idea what he is talking about, we need to get someone to feed him a giant pile of elephant crap and tell him it’s like stewed wolverine or something so he eats it all and says it’s delicious.
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Since Bovino surely has absolutely no idea what he is talking about, we need to get someone to feed him a giant pile of elephant crap and tell him it’s like stewed wolverine or something so he eats it all and says it’s delicious.
“We simply have redefined due process to mean ‘summary execution if you don’t agree with us’ thank you, no questions at this time.”
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“We simply have redefined due process to mean ‘summary execution if you don’t agree with us’ thank you, no questions at this time.”
Oh word?
Update: FAMU says banning the word Black from a law student’s Black History Month flyer was a mistake, and the result of an “overly cautious interpretation” of Florida law
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/10/b...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/10/b...
A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Oh word?
We’ve run over 1,000 simulations and in each one of them Tim Walz gave kids free lunches at school and you screamed and shat your pants bc you thought poor kids should instead acquire a work ethic by starving.
Rollins: "School lunches are next. A lot of schools don't even have an oven anymore. When I was growing up, lunch ladies were back there cooking meals on stoves. So how do we completely and fundamentally change the system to go back to where we're serving healthy whole foods to these kiddos?"
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
We’ve run over 1,000 simulations and in each one of them Tim Walz gave kids free lunches at school and you screamed and shat your pants bc you thought poor kids should instead acquire a work ethic by starving.
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Come mister tariff man, tarrif me banana
February 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Come mister tariff man, tarrif me banana
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@laurasaurus.bsky.social let me know when you’ve got your tickets so I can get a seat at the same table. Don’t fill up on bread, dessert is included.
@normcharlatan.bsky.social know there’s a lot going on but wanted to make sure you saw this
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
@laurasaurus.bsky.social let me know when you’ve got your tickets so I can get a seat at the same table. Don’t fill up on bread, dessert is included.
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simply one of the greatest calls of all time
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
simply one of the greatest calls of all time
There really are no words for how idiotic this is. It sounds like hyperbole but an average 12 year old understands more about the economy than this shithead. And he IS stupid, but that’s not the main issue here IMO. It’s that he simply DOES. NOT. CARE. about facts. Bc his voters don’t either.
TRUMP: We can grow at 15 percent. I think more than that!
KUDLOW: Well, 15 is a big number sir
TRUMP: But Larry, you can do it. We used to grow at 15 percent because we had spirit. Today we have a lot of communism
KUDLOW: Well, 15 is a big number sir
TRUMP: But Larry, you can do it. We used to grow at 15 percent because we had spirit. Today we have a lot of communism
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
There really are no words for how idiotic this is. It sounds like hyperbole but an average 12 year old understands more about the economy than this shithead. And he IS stupid, but that’s not the main issue here IMO. It’s that he simply DOES. NOT. CARE. about facts. Bc his voters don’t either.
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The purpose is to disincentivize investments in vaccine development
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
The purpose is to disincentivize investments in vaccine development
Chat, is it normal and not racist to draw an inference about Puerto Ricans as a group based on a performance from one singer who is Puerto Rican?
February 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Chat, is it normal and not racist to draw an inference about Puerto Ricans as a group based on a performance from one singer who is Puerto Rican?
A lot of dumbasses on social media seem to think that it somehow follows from the fact that elected/appointed democrats have agency and many deserve considerable blame for doing bad or dumb things in office that voters *don’t* have any agency. Incorrect, comrade Collins.
okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A lot of dumbasses on social media seem to think that it somehow follows from the fact that elected/appointed democrats have agency and many deserve considerable blame for doing bad or dumb things in office that voters *don’t* have any agency. Incorrect, comrade Collins.
The core of Trumpism is hatred. But whereas Trump hates basically everyone, in a totally unfocused way, the kind of fucking idiot interviewed in these NYT stories hates a more specific set of people. The problem is that it’s worth it to them to hurt millions others, to get to hurt those they hate.
These people are just crazy. Trump gets up and says "MASS DEPORTATIONS MASS DEPORTATIONS MASS DEPORTATIONS" and they're like "he probably means a path to legal status for deserving immigrants"
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The core of Trumpism is hatred. But whereas Trump hates basically everyone, in a totally unfocused way, the kind of fucking idiot interviewed in these NYT stories hates a more specific set of people. The problem is that it’s worth it to them to hurt millions others, to get to hurt those they hate.
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"I just wish her well"
Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:35 AM
"I just wish her well"
20 points lol. Maybe 20 total *people* saw the right-wing crackpot alternative halftime who weren’t already ICE-worshipping bigots.
February 9, 2026 at 5:03 AM
20 points lol. Maybe 20 total *people* saw the right-wing crackpot alternative halftime who weren’t already ICE-worshipping bigots.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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A five year old US citizen is not hurt by a five year old refugee's existence.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
A five year old US citizen is not hurt by a five year old refugee's existence.