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(she/her) Lawyer. Cereal connoisseur. Not verified but my cats will vouch for me.
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running out of goons theory undefeated
Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and a longtime executive assistant for President Trump, is slated to be sworn into the 126-year-old commission that is set to review his White House ballroom plans.
Harris has no notable arts expertise.
Harris has no notable arts expertise.
Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom
Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and the president’s longtime executive assistant, is set to be sworn in Thursday.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
running out of goons theory undefeated
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that's another thing. I think Dems lose a lot of respect from swing voters for not standing up for what they obviously believe, while Trump gets credit for being "honest" (actually just an asshole, but still)
February 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
that's another thing. I think Dems lose a lot of respect from swing voters for not standing up for what they obviously believe, while Trump gets credit for being "honest" (actually just an asshole, but still)
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oh yeah this is the other thing, half of this being polled literally doesn't exist, its just hypotheticals made up to cast folks as evil. I'm reminded of the "litter boxes in schools" bullshit they also tied in with this.
i once confronted one of these people at a public event with direct evidence that "gender surgery for minors" isn't a thing that happens and it made no impact.
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
oh yeah this is the other thing, half of this being polled literally doesn't exist, its just hypotheticals made up to cast folks as evil. I'm reminded of the "litter boxes in schools" bullshit they also tied in with this.
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C. maybe we [the dems] should put effort into shifting public opinion, instead of accepting the ongoing onslaught of republican efforts to demonize a small minority [i.e. trans folks] as a fait accompli, but what do I know i'm just one of those #$SLURS with skin in this game
February 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
C. maybe we [the dems] should put effort into shifting public opinion, instead of accepting the ongoing onslaught of republican efforts to demonize a small minority [i.e. trans folks] as a fait accompli, but what do I know i'm just one of those #$SLURS with skin in this game
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there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"
Lakshya Jain and the Argument fled this website because they couldn't take the criticism and now he's advocating for Dems to abandon trans issues with polling about 'gender surgery for minors' a thing that is not real
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"
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The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
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The thing about Joyce Carol Oates is she posts like a monkey with a gun. She'll get off five good posts where you're like "Yeah! You tell 'em!" but then the seventh post will have to be an apology for the sixth post accidentally supporting race science or something.
February 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The thing about Joyce Carol Oates is she posts like a monkey with a gun. She'll get off five good posts where you're like "Yeah! You tell 'em!" but then the seventh post will have to be an apology for the sixth post accidentally supporting race science or something.
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i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
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correct, “the Biden lane” is not about policy, it is about being the “I’m going to bring back normalcy and lower the temperature and achieve bipartisanship” candidate
nobody believes that anymore, a policy moderate could win but they need to promise fire and brimstone
nobody believes that anymore, a policy moderate could win but they need to promise fire and brimstone
Like they would probably enthusiastically vote for say a Spanberger like candidate that promises to rain holy fire down on Rs, norms be dammed.
February 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
correct, “the Biden lane” is not about policy, it is about being the “I’m going to bring back normalcy and lower the temperature and achieve bipartisanship” candidate
nobody believes that anymore, a policy moderate could win but they need to promise fire and brimstone
nobody believes that anymore, a policy moderate could win but they need to promise fire and brimstone
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In the 80s, Jesse Jackson spoke up for LGBTQ rights when few other politicians dared. I saw him speak powerfully at the first display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in ‘87 while Bush Sr refused to acknowledge it. He was ahead of his time in many ways. May he be an example to future Dem candidates.
February 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
In the 80s, Jesse Jackson spoke up for LGBTQ rights when few other politicians dared. I saw him speak powerfully at the first display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in ‘87 while Bush Sr refused to acknowledge it. He was ahead of his time in many ways. May he be an example to future Dem candidates.
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There are some Dems who are uneasy about "trans issues" and would like to "find a compromise" with MAGA but:
1) there is no compromise with this rhetoric
2) they'd never compromise anyway
3) when you try to do that, all it does is show voters who lean your way that you are weak and unprincipled.
1) there is no compromise with this rhetoric
2) they'd never compromise anyway
3) when you try to do that, all it does is show voters who lean your way that you are weak and unprincipled.
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
There are some Dems who are uneasy about "trans issues" and would like to "find a compromise" with MAGA but:
1) there is no compromise with this rhetoric
2) they'd never compromise anyway
3) when you try to do that, all it does is show voters who lean your way that you are weak and unprincipled.
1) there is no compromise with this rhetoric
2) they'd never compromise anyway
3) when you try to do that, all it does is show voters who lean your way that you are weak and unprincipled.
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so many members of the media hear about our skymiles donation program and want to do a story about it, but only from the perspective of someone who got home from detention.
it drives me crazy. this person was targeted by ICE, unlawfully detained, and you want them to make themselves a target again?
it drives me crazy. this person was targeted by ICE, unlawfully detained, and you want them to make themselves a target again?
February 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
so many members of the media hear about our skymiles donation program and want to do a story about it, but only from the perspective of someone who got home from detention.
it drives me crazy. this person was targeted by ICE, unlawfully detained, and you want them to make themselves a target again?
it drives me crazy. this person was targeted by ICE, unlawfully detained, and you want them to make themselves a target again?
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jesse jackson was constantly played as a punchline on 90s late-night TV to the point that i didn't understand his history of activism and serious left-leaning political platform until i was much older. i have to think, to some degree, that was on purpose.
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
jesse jackson was constantly played as a punchline on 90s late-night TV to the point that i didn't understand his history of activism and serious left-leaning political platform until i was much older. i have to think, to some degree, that was on purpose.
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Given the fucked up racial politics of ANTM, it was striking to me that in like 2018 she still defined black beauty via the exotic / the other. Black people can’t be beautiful to here inherently, something has HAS to be thrown in there for her. She has learned nothing.
And I hated her outfit.
And I hated her outfit.
In addition to be a true villain, Tyra Banks is WEIRD. When I interviewed her years ago, she stopped me in the middle of the convo for having “beautiful Native American features.”
Like????? Girl, I know my ancestors through and through on both side and they were NIGGAS. Fuck outta here.
Like????? Girl, I know my ancestors through and through on both side and they were NIGGAS. Fuck outta here.
February 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Given the fucked up racial politics of ANTM, it was striking to me that in like 2018 she still defined black beauty via the exotic / the other. Black people can’t be beautiful to here inherently, something has HAS to be thrown in there for her. She has learned nothing.
And I hated her outfit.
And I hated her outfit.
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I think it is more about fight than age or policy, honestly, though age can be a signal for some voters
imo the primary electorate wants retribution and if asked whether a progressive or a moderate will deliver it they pick “progressive”
which is an opportunity to bring good policy along with it
imo the primary electorate wants retribution and if asked whether a progressive or a moderate will deliver it they pick “progressive”
which is an opportunity to bring good policy along with it
tbh i sort of think this might be more about age than policy
February 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I think it is more about fight than age or policy, honestly, though age can be a signal for some voters
imo the primary electorate wants retribution and if asked whether a progressive or a moderate will deliver it they pick “progressive”
which is an opportunity to bring good policy along with it
imo the primary electorate wants retribution and if asked whether a progressive or a moderate will deliver it they pick “progressive”
which is an opportunity to bring good policy along with it
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The degree to which “moderate” has become an epithet for “coward” amongst normie Democratic voters is extremely underestimated by the media and political elite.
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The degree to which “moderate” has become an epithet for “coward” amongst normie Democratic voters is extremely underestimated by the media and political elite.
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Centuries-old immortal but also you just like, have a job. "Did you know Charlemagne?" No, man I was working on a boat for like a hundred years. "Did you meet Winston Churchill?" *why would I have met Winston Churchill*
February 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Centuries-old immortal but also you just like, have a job. "Did you know Charlemagne?" No, man I was working on a boat for like a hundred years. "Did you meet Winston Churchill?" *why would I have met Winston Churchill*
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No. The Fairness Doctrine was repealed, allowing right wing radio to rise.
Right-wing radio was thriving while the Fairness Doctrine was in effect.
February 17, 2026 at 4:49 PM
No. The Fairness Doctrine was repealed, allowing right wing radio to rise.
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the "moderate middle" of swing voters was never really that, either. anybody who's doorknocked could tell you that the average swing tends to hold a grab-bag of contradictory beliefs, ranging from moderate to extreme -- idealized "moderates" exist in numbers only amongst the beltway pundits
February 17, 2026 at 4:28 PM
the "moderate middle" of swing voters was never really that, either. anybody who's doorknocked could tell you that the average swing tends to hold a grab-bag of contradictory beliefs, ranging from moderate to extreme -- idealized "moderates" exist in numbers only amongst the beltway pundits
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whoever runs in the Biden lane in the 2028 primary is going to get obliterated
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
whoever runs in the Biden lane in the 2028 primary is going to get obliterated
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And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
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The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
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TIL that before Gov. Abigail Spanberger joined the CIA, she was a Postal Inspector, which I suspect is actually where her impeccable energy comes from.
Postal Inspectors are apex predators.
Postal Inspectors are apex predators.
Putting this up in mine and my friend’s houses like it’s Mao
February 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
TIL that before Gov. Abigail Spanberger joined the CIA, she was a Postal Inspector, which I suspect is actually where her impeccable energy comes from.
Postal Inspectors are apex predators.
Postal Inspectors are apex predators.
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you're using your institutional authority to delete the civil rights of 340 million people and install Trump as a king? okay, the next president, if there is one, is changing the locks on the Court building. those are the rules that you people established
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
you're using your institutional authority to delete the civil rights of 340 million people and install Trump as a king? okay, the next president, if there is one, is changing the locks on the Court building. those are the rules that you people established