Occam’s Aftershave
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One of the nicest, most unpretentious, & unostentatiously intelligent actors - let alone famous people - I’ve ever met
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
One of the nicest, most unpretentious, & unostentatiously intelligent actors - let alone famous people - I’ve ever met
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I heard a great plan yesterday.
1. Win the midterms and take control of the House and Senate.
2. DO NOT IMPEACH TACO.
3. Impeach Vance.
4 Refuse to confirm any TACO VP nominee.
5. Impeach TACO and that elevates the Democratic Speaker to the job.
Then use EOs to undo the EOs.
Sounds good.
1. Win the midterms and take control of the House and Senate.
2. DO NOT IMPEACH TACO.
3. Impeach Vance.
4 Refuse to confirm any TACO VP nominee.
5. Impeach TACO and that elevates the Democratic Speaker to the job.
Then use EOs to undo the EOs.
Sounds good.
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 AM
I heard a great plan yesterday.
1. Win the midterms and take control of the House and Senate.
2. DO NOT IMPEACH TACO.
3. Impeach Vance.
4 Refuse to confirm any TACO VP nominee.
5. Impeach TACO and that elevates the Democratic Speaker to the job.
Then use EOs to undo the EOs.
Sounds good.
1. Win the midterms and take control of the House and Senate.
2. DO NOT IMPEACH TACO.
3. Impeach Vance.
4 Refuse to confirm any TACO VP nominee.
5. Impeach TACO and that elevates the Democratic Speaker to the job.
Then use EOs to undo the EOs.
Sounds good.
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Abolish ICE is not enough.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Abolish ICE is not enough.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
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It is important for the reality-based media to report on how Fox lies to its audience. More of this please. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
Most Fox News Reporting on Minneapolis Shooting Supports Official Version
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:43 AM
It is important for the reality-based media to report on how Fox lies to its audience. More of this please. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
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Congratulations to Russia and China.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Congratulations to Russia and China.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
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Virtually every time there is a vote in congress now, there are a handful of Democrats voting with Republicans. Our lack of leadership is telling and obvious. Congressional Dems must demand new leadership. We all must demand it.
January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Virtually every time there is a vote in congress now, there are a handful of Democrats voting with Republicans. Our lack of leadership is telling and obvious. Congressional Dems must demand new leadership. We all must demand it.
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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no greenlander ever called me a libtard
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
no greenlander ever called me a libtard
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“Putin conquered America without firing a shot.” Trump is a Russian asset.
January 20, 2026 at 2:52 PM
“Putin conquered America without firing a shot.” Trump is a Russian asset.
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“A New Coverage Scheme for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act” electionlawblog.org?p=153910
"A New Coverage Scheme for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act" #ELB
Morgan Kousser has written this article for the Election Law Journal. Here is the abstract: Ever since the coverage scheme for Section 5, the preclearance section of the Voting Rights Act, was struck ...
electionlawblog.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:08 AM
“A New Coverage Scheme for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act” electionlawblog.org?p=153910
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I have noticed a disturbing number of calls for violence against ICE agents. One word:
DON'T!
Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
DON'T!
Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I have noticed a disturbing number of calls for violence against ICE agents. One word:
DON'T!
Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
DON'T!
Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
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BREAKING: The Los Angeles Dodgers have purchased the Tampa Bay Rays and traded the entire organization to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for RHP Paul Skenes
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 AM
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Dodgers have purchased the Tampa Bay Rays and traded the entire organization to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for RHP Paul Skenes
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When Uecker died I got asked about his politics a lot. I don't know. I only met him once, for a few seconds. But he was close to Henry Aaron, Bob Gibson, & Willie Mays; someone he loved very much is gay; & he did a lot of good stuff that's never talked about. He was a good person.
January 17, 2026 at 3:01 AM
When Uecker died I got asked about his politics a lot. I don't know. I only met him once, for a few seconds. But he was close to Henry Aaron, Bob Gibson, & Willie Mays; someone he loved very much is gay; & he did a lot of good stuff that's never talked about. He was a good person.
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Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
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Having an admin that lies about everything with no consequence feels very unsustainable.
January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Having an admin that lies about everything with no consequence feels very unsustainable.
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When you succumb to the cynicism, you are helping Trump. He wants you to think that all is lost, that he is all powerful, and that there is nothing we can do.
The fight for democracy is hard, but it is worth having. We have shown we can stand tall. We have shown we can win.
The fight for democracy is hard, but it is worth having. We have shown we can stand tall. We have shown we can win.
Many of you have become drama-addicted doomers, and you seem to think it's important for the rest of us to join you.
Yes, things are bad. But change is within our power. Grow up. Act like sober, responsible adults in a democracy instead of cynical, all-is-lost teenagers.
Now get off my lawn.
/5x
Yes, things are bad. But change is within our power. Grow up. Act like sober, responsible adults in a democracy instead of cynical, all-is-lost teenagers.
Now get off my lawn.
/5x
January 10, 2026 at 2:50 AM
When you succumb to the cynicism, you are helping Trump. He wants you to think that all is lost, that he is all powerful, and that there is nothing we can do.
The fight for democracy is hard, but it is worth having. We have shown we can stand tall. We have shown we can win.
The fight for democracy is hard, but it is worth having. We have shown we can stand tall. We have shown we can win.
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Fox News’ mission has been to make $$ by reinforcing the paranoia of bigoted white people. But there used to be a few places even they would not go. With their outrageous Minneapolis lies, however, I think they’re trying to solidify their role as official state media in the emerging dictatorship.
January 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Fox News’ mission has been to make $$ by reinforcing the paranoia of bigoted white people. But there used to be a few places even they would not go. With their outrageous Minneapolis lies, however, I think they’re trying to solidify their role as official state media in the emerging dictatorship.
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Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
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Avoiding my geopolitical anxiety by reading the Harvard Magazine obits, and damn this issue starts off with a banger
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Avoiding my geopolitical anxiety by reading the Harvard Magazine obits, and damn this issue starts off with a banger
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Trump’s Venezuela incursion has injected a volatile foreign conflict into a political environment defined by voter anxiety over high prices and a softening job market.
Trump Is Turning to Venezuela but Voters Are Focused on the Economy
The president’s move against Venezuela comes as high prices and economic unease continue to shape the midterm landscape.
on.wsj.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
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The death toll from the attack on Venezuela is now at 80, per Venezuelan officials. That includes civilians. Every article about the attack, or how the US somehow claims it will run the country, should mention the fact that, you know, people died, including civilians. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: As Venezuela Projects Defiance, Rubio Says U.S. Will Use ‘Leverage’ to Advance Its Interests
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The death toll from the attack on Venezuela is now at 80, per Venezuelan officials. That includes civilians. Every article about the attack, or how the US somehow claims it will run the country, should mention the fact that, you know, people died, including civilians. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...