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there are a lot of poeple who believe the dems are in charge even when they're not in charge
Every day it becomes harder for my trans friends to get the care they need explicitly because Dems did jack shit while in office and now Republicans are free to push all the anti-trans laws they want, so don't fucking tell me that "democrats have done a lot actually," because they've done *nothing.*
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
there are a lot of poeple who believe the dems are in charge even when they're not in charge
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"Throw us a bone" like capping insulin payouts? Or investing $400 billion in renewable energy? Or expanding Medicaid to cover 20 million uninsured Americans?
Those "bones" and "crumbs" save American lives and lives around the world, it's worth it.
Those "bones" and "crumbs" save American lives and lives around the world, it's worth it.
April 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"Throw us a bone" like capping insulin payouts? Or investing $400 billion in renewable energy? Or expanding Medicaid to cover 20 million uninsured Americans?
Those "bones" and "crumbs" save American lives and lives around the world, it's worth it.
Those "bones" and "crumbs" save American lives and lives around the world, it's worth it.
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i think that this is substantially better than being ruled by Nazis.
If the only way to stop Nazis is to beg corporate-backed politicians to throw us a bone every 4 years, then the system’s already failed.
April 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
i think that this is substantially better than being ruled by Nazis.
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1 April 1939 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Rene Melzer, was born in Antwerp.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from Mechelen on 18 January 1943.
He was murdered after selection in a gas chamber.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from Mechelen on 18 January 1943.
He was murdered after selection in a gas chamber.
April 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
1 April 1939 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Rene Melzer, was born in Antwerp.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from Mechelen on 18 January 1943.
He was murdered after selection in a gas chamber.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from Mechelen on 18 January 1943.
He was murdered after selection in a gas chamber.
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One side of my family and hundreds of thousands of others have exactly zero knowledge of our lineage before the 1930s and I’ve always kind of accepted it as the default state of things, but it’s still just a little bit depressing to see how this is normalized and even amusing on the left
March 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
One side of my family and hundreds of thousands of others have exactly zero knowledge of our lineage before the 1930s and I’ve always kind of accepted it as the default state of things, but it’s still just a little bit depressing to see how this is normalized and even amusing on the left
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The line about campus police not "enforcing immigration law" is pretty annoying because ICE isn't enforcing the law either, marco rubio is just arbitrarily voiding people's visas and/or green cards and claiming that means they can throw you in jail without due process
another student was disappeared at the University of Minnesota
March 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The line about campus police not "enforcing immigration law" is pretty annoying because ICE isn't enforcing the law either, marco rubio is just arbitrarily voiding people's visas and/or green cards and claiming that means they can throw you in jail without due process
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The founder were ultimately in one way *too cynical* about human nature!
March 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The founder were ultimately in one way *too cynical* about human nature!
Trump is kind of an aberration in TrumpWorld in that he actually really does have next to no core beliefs beyond enriching himself and punishing his enemies. He's surrounded himself with maniacs like his loser of a VP and Elon, who have cooked their brains online and have actual deranged goals.
I actually think that one of the main problems is that our political systems were built around the assumption of venal ambition from self serving politicians and are kind of collapsing under a critical mass of genuine ideologues.
March 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump is kind of an aberration in TrumpWorld in that he actually really does have next to no core beliefs beyond enriching himself and punishing his enemies. He's surrounded himself with maniacs like his loser of a VP and Elon, who have cooked their brains online and have actual deranged goals.
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"We are deeply concerned about the shrinking space for civilians in Gaza."
The UN Human Rights Office has accused Israel of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under “mandatory evacuation orders”.
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The UN Human Rights Office has accused Israel of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under “mandatory evacuation orders”.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"We are deeply concerned about the shrinking space for civilians in Gaza."
The UN Human Rights Office has accused Israel of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under “mandatory evacuation orders”.
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The UN Human Rights Office has accused Israel of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under “mandatory evacuation orders”.
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I checked and it's real, Jesus fucking Christ
March 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I checked and it's real, Jesus fucking Christ
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whomever wants the 2028 democratic party nomination is going to need to have a plan to hold these people accountable, and that very definitely includes marco rubio (one of many reasons i'm pulling for a governor rather than a senator)
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
whomever wants the 2028 democratic party nomination is going to need to have a plan to hold these people accountable, and that very definitely includes marco rubio (one of many reasons i'm pulling for a governor rather than a senator)
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The decision a lot of universities face now is whether to:
-- have their federal funding pulled because they stood on principle to protect their students and the integrity of their research, or
-- have their funding pulled anyway just because they exist, regardless of how cravenly they submit.
-- have their federal funding pulled because they stood on principle to protect their students and the integrity of their research, or
-- have their funding pulled anyway just because they exist, regardless of how cravenly they submit.
March 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The decision a lot of universities face now is whether to:
-- have their federal funding pulled because they stood on principle to protect their students and the integrity of their research, or
-- have their funding pulled anyway just because they exist, regardless of how cravenly they submit.
-- have their federal funding pulled because they stood on principle to protect their students and the integrity of their research, or
-- have their funding pulled anyway just because they exist, regardless of how cravenly they submit.
Not just them, but the kleptocrats, the morons, even the cynics themselves, who benefit from encouraged apathy and resignation over the sorry state of affairs!
I think of it this way: imagine everyone grumbling and accepting shitty street repair in your city, doing nothing to advocate for fixing it
I think of it this way: imagine everyone grumbling and accepting shitty street repair in your city, doing nothing to advocate for fixing it
The big lesson of the last 50 years is that cynicism benefits authoritarians. As such, if liberals are ever able to regain power, we should prioritize restoring trust in institutions. The best way to do this is to mete out extremely harsh punishments against powerful people who abused this trust.
March 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Not just them, but the kleptocrats, the morons, even the cynics themselves, who benefit from encouraged apathy and resignation over the sorry state of affairs!
I think of it this way: imagine everyone grumbling and accepting shitty street repair in your city, doing nothing to advocate for fixing it
I think of it this way: imagine everyone grumbling and accepting shitty street repair in your city, doing nothing to advocate for fixing it
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JD Vance talking about housing as a supply issue while part of the Tariffs and Construction Worker Deportations admin is basically the whole NatCon shtick writ large: you accurately diagnose the problem, talk eloquently about it’s impacts, then enthusiastically commit yourself to being part of it.
March 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
JD Vance talking about housing as a supply issue while part of the Tariffs and Construction Worker Deportations admin is basically the whole NatCon shtick writ large: you accurately diagnose the problem, talk eloquently about it’s impacts, then enthusiastically commit yourself to being part of it.
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every single person who is currently supporting what’s happened to Mahmoud Khalil is a fascist sympathizer, a coward, or both
this is “they came for” and it’s happening right now
this is “they came for” and it’s happening right now
First they came for the Palestinian protestor and I said “hey you Nazi fucks, you’re being Nazis, everyone else we need to shut these motherfuckers down RIGHT now” because I actually paid attention to the poem
March 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
every single person who is currently supporting what’s happened to Mahmoud Khalil is a fascist sympathizer, a coward, or both
this is “they came for” and it’s happening right now
this is “they came for” and it’s happening right now
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An heir to a south african emerald mine calling an American war veteran, astronaut, and elected senator a "traitor" for supporting Ukraine
March 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An heir to a south african emerald mine calling an American war veteran, astronaut, and elected senator a "traitor" for supporting Ukraine
I’ve become very proud of Tim Kaine
23 Senators constituents have gotten responses from - out of 23 four are some version of No, Sens. Kim, Sanders, Murray and Kaine. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tally-3
Tally
In this post, I am collecting reports about where Democratic senators are...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’ve become very proud of Tim Kaine
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One thing I've wanted to do for a while now is go back through the Times archives and figure out when their headlines changed from, like, "Nixon Fires Attorney General" to "Flexing Executive Power, Trump Shows Few Limits"
'why is the new york times so bad at headlines' is an interesting question that is related to, but not completely correlated with, 'why are the new york times' politics so bad'
March 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
One thing I've wanted to do for a while now is go back through the Times archives and figure out when their headlines changed from, like, "Nixon Fires Attorney General" to "Flexing Executive Power, Trump Shows Few Limits"
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there are many reasons to drive tesla's stock into the ground (and we have a long, long way to go on that), but one of the best medium term reasons is that it will constrain his liquidity at a point when he has become the single most important republican donor
Guessing it's at least partly down to the drying up of Republican funding sources in 2024. Elon bailed them out and could cut them off.
Which makes tanking Tesla may have some sudden ripple effects.
Which makes tanking Tesla may have some sudden ripple effects.
March 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
there are many reasons to drive tesla's stock into the ground (and we have a long, long way to go on that), but one of the best medium term reasons is that it will constrain his liquidity at a point when he has become the single most important republican donor
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if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
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today it's the edgier portions of pro-palestinian activism, tomorrow it's "gender ideology", a year later maybe it's "the climate hoax". you draw the line here or not at all.
March 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
today it's the edgier portions of pro-palestinian activism, tomorrow it's "gender ideology", a year later maybe it's "the climate hoax". you draw the line here or not at all.
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The Bush administration created an infrastructure for fascism - the unitary executive, a shadow criminal legal system, the "terrorism" exception to the Constitution - that Obama failed to dismantle and that Trump is now wielding to its fullest potential
March 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Bush administration created an infrastructure for fascism - the unitary executive, a shadow criminal legal system, the "terrorism" exception to the Constitution - that Obama failed to dismantle and that Trump is now wielding to its fullest potential
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Every government on the planet should be unwinding relations with Musk owned companies.
He is a threat to your national security.
He is a threat to your national security.
March 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Every government on the planet should be unwinding relations with Musk owned companies.
He is a threat to your national security.
He is a threat to your national security.
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The Trump admin has dropped a lawsuit that sought to cut toxic emissions from a facility in a highly polluted area of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley.”
The EPA hasn't explained why they dropped the suit against a company emitting a likely carcinogen.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
The EPA hasn't explained why they dropped the suit against a company emitting a likely carcinogen.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Trump admin has dropped a lawsuit that sought to cut toxic emissions from a facility in a highly polluted area of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley.”
The EPA hasn't explained why they dropped the suit against a company emitting a likely carcinogen.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
The EPA hasn't explained why they dropped the suit against a company emitting a likely carcinogen.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Amjad Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, says Palestinians in Gaza have become entirely dependent on humanitarian aid, which is quickly running out because of Israel’s total blockade with “severe implications” on their lives.
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March 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Amjad Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, says Palestinians in Gaza have become entirely dependent on humanitarian aid, which is quickly running out because of Israel’s total blockade with “severe implications” on their lives.
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