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I personally find the consistent approach by bigots to call every living transgender person an “activist” to be fucking disgusting.
And naturally, he falsely refers to me as a "transgender activist." I am not an activist. There's nothing wrong with activists. But I am not one. Meanwhile, he, a guy who has made his entire career about trying to stoke a moral panic about trans people, juat gets to be considered a journalist.
February 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I personally find the consistent approach by bigots to call every living transgender person an “activist” to be fucking disgusting.
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Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of 84. The civil rights icon always held America to account—and never stopped fighting to preserve what he knew could be taken away. I wrote about how he saw our future so well.
Jesse Jackson Knew Better Than to Forget
The civil rights icon always held America to account—and never stopped fighting to preserve what he knew could be taken away
www.theringer.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of 84. The civil rights icon always held America to account—and never stopped fighting to preserve what he knew could be taken away. I wrote about how he saw our future so well.
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X is absolutely cooking the brains of the entire political class that remains on there. The ones who think they're immune are probably the most affected.
February 18, 2026 at 5:46 PM
X is absolutely cooking the brains of the entire political class that remains on there. The ones who think they're immune are probably the most affected.
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They also did it in Charlottesville. I know a lot of people thought her death would move the political needle but they are just going to call her a race traitor in their little groups just like they did white protesters during the height of the Civil Rights movement. These people love to hate.
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
February 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
They also did it in Charlottesville. I know a lot of people thought her death would move the political needle but they are just going to call her a race traitor in their little groups just like they did white protesters during the height of the Civil Rights movement. These people love to hate.
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He is inasmuch as he’ll serve as a vehicle for them to indulge in their worst instincts under the auspices of his racist “more cops, close the border” stances being the thoughts of “real” Black people. So, Eric Adams 2.0.
"He's a threat to the the democrats": Jemele Hill shares honest thoughts as Stephen A. Smith leaves the door open for run at the presidency
February 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM
He is inasmuch as he’ll serve as a vehicle for them to indulge in their worst instincts under the auspices of his racist “more cops, close the border” stances being the thoughts of “real” Black people. So, Eric Adams 2.0.
So I actually looked into the creator behind that 'Captain Durag' show. And, yeah both she and that show need to be tossed right into the trash.
February 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
So I actually looked into the creator behind that 'Captain Durag' show. And, yeah both she and that show need to be tossed right into the trash.
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and i think the example of washington — whose peer, in this regard, is frederick douglass — is a reminder that artifice and performance are important parts of democratic society, and that the contempt for virtue signaling is corrosive. virtue is meant to be signaled!
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
and i think the example of washington — whose peer, in this regard, is frederick douglass — is a reminder that artifice and performance are important parts of democratic society, and that the contempt for virtue signaling is corrosive. virtue is meant to be signaled!
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notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
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The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
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I think people are not taking seriously enough that this is a Peter Thiel outlet and one of its major successes is validating bad experiences with hormonal birth control while also doing somewhat innocuous pop culture commentary, then putting women on a right wing pipeline before they realize it.
Named for a modern take on the Bible’s original woman, Evie aims to reach a new kind of conservative: the churchgoing, city-dwelling, working young mother. on.wsj.com/3ZHV1s8
Evie Magazine, a ‘Conservative Cosmo,’ Meets the Cultural Moment
Named for a modern take on the Bible’s original woman, Evie aims to reach a new kind of conservative: the churchgoing, city-dwelling, working young mother.
on.wsj.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I think people are not taking seriously enough that this is a Peter Thiel outlet and one of its major successes is validating bad experiences with hormonal birth control while also doing somewhat innocuous pop culture commentary, then putting women on a right wing pipeline before they realize it.
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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Kennedy had to dress as a Black historian today.
February 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Kennedy had to dress as a Black historian today.
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it is obviously true that there's bigotry of various kinds among the unwashed masses but, despite what the decorum demands of class apparently have some of y'all believing, this is very obviously a feature that the rulers and the ruled have in common
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
it is obviously true that there's bigotry of various kinds among the unwashed masses but, despite what the decorum demands of class apparently have some of y'all believing, this is very obviously a feature that the rulers and the ruled have in common
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one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
What strikes me is that 'the volk' have incredibly incoherent and everywhere ideas, but the people who claim to speak for them in the press are like clerics who think there are two poles for all politics and everything must fit between them. These poles are like, eight inches apart
February 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
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the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
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Just talked in class about the role local chambers played in supporting school desegregation because white resistance hurt their bottom line.
As a leader of Atlanta's CoC said, they weren't "a bunch of do-gooders." They were "hard-headed businessmen who know you can't sell peanuts at a funeral."
As a leader of Atlanta's CoC said, they weren't "a bunch of do-gooders." They were "hard-headed businessmen who know you can't sell peanuts at a funeral."
libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
February 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Just talked in class about the role local chambers played in supporting school desegregation because white resistance hurt their bottom line.
As a leader of Atlanta's CoC said, they weren't "a bunch of do-gooders." They were "hard-headed businessmen who know you can't sell peanuts at a funeral."
As a leader of Atlanta's CoC said, they weren't "a bunch of do-gooders." They were "hard-headed businessmen who know you can't sell peanuts at a funeral."
Given what's generally known about the NYT editorial choices, it's grimly amusing that even in their own handpicked Democratic focus group, they couldn't find a single person who wanted to see a "moderate" Presidential candidate.
February 18, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Given what's generally known about the NYT editorial choices, it's grimly amusing that even in their own handpicked Democratic focus group, they couldn't find a single person who wanted to see a "moderate" Presidential candidate.
It's unscientific, but I determine which stories are getting a concentrated push based on whether or not my very offline mother randomly calls me about it.
Based on this evening's broadcast news it appears that they're really trying to make the "AOC Stumbled" hit job into a Thing.
Based on this evening's broadcast news it appears that they're really trying to make the "AOC Stumbled" hit job into a Thing.
February 18, 2026 at 1:25 AM
It's unscientific, but I determine which stories are getting a concentrated push based on whether or not my very offline mother randomly calls me about it.
Based on this evening's broadcast news it appears that they're really trying to make the "AOC Stumbled" hit job into a Thing.
Based on this evening's broadcast news it appears that they're really trying to make the "AOC Stumbled" hit job into a Thing.
Yeah there's plenty of academic literature on it, but white supremacists fetishizing Black bodies is a tale as old as time.
Kid Rock being a MAGAt when he’s the father of a biracial child.
a man is carrying a bag of trash down a sidewalk in front of a don villas van
ALT: a man is carrying a bag of trash down a sidewalk in front of a don villas van
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Yeah there's plenty of academic literature on it, but white supremacists fetishizing Black bodies is a tale as old as time.
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He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
How many of the media outlets eulogizing Rev. Jesse Jackson today spent decades trying to undermine his work & turn him into a punchline?
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
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Wow: Amnesty International official says they were sharing info with the Biden-Harris admin as soon as October 2023 that there wasn't even a "semblance" of Israel following international law.
They kept trying again and again — soon declaring Israel was committing genocide. Admin kept ignoring them.
They kept trying again and again — soon declaring Israel was committing genocide. Admin kept ignoring them.
"We see [Israeli] attacks still occurring. But we also see complete impunity."
Amnesty International USA’s Amanda Klasing tells @premthakker.bsky.social the organization warned the White House in 2023 about Israel’s non-adherence to international humanitarian law.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/how-the-us...
Amnesty International USA’s Amanda Klasing tells @premthakker.bsky.social the organization warned the White House in 2023 about Israel’s non-adherence to international humanitarian law.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/how-the-us...
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Wow: Amnesty International official says they were sharing info with the Biden-Harris admin as soon as October 2023 that there wasn't even a "semblance" of Israel following international law.
They kept trying again and again — soon declaring Israel was committing genocide. Admin kept ignoring them.
They kept trying again and again — soon declaring Israel was committing genocide. Admin kept ignoring them.
Yeah the bizarre treatment of Coates among (mostly) white leftists pre-2024 is something that is still wild to think about. I'll never forget how a certain segment of the Intercept/Jacobin crowd was more than happy to lead the emptyheaded charge of labeling him a neoliberal.
Once he wrote about Palestine he was held out as a convert to leftism despite the fact he’s been pretty clearly on the left for the entirety of his public life and he comes from a family of leftist intellectuals.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Yeah the bizarre treatment of Coates among (mostly) white leftists pre-2024 is something that is still wild to think about. I'll never forget how a certain segment of the Intercept/Jacobin crowd was more than happy to lead the emptyheaded charge of labeling him a neoliberal.
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Big weird considering most of us who are Black leftists actually learned from the historical Black public figures whom we all venerate during Black History Month
Yall talk about Black leftists as if none of them have their own thoughts. As if they all get their talking points from white leftists.
It’s fucking weird.
It’s fucking weird.
February 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Big weird considering most of us who are Black leftists actually learned from the historical Black public figures whom we all venerate during Black History Month
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when Chuck Schumer tries to say something nice about Jesse today just remember he blocked the Jackson campaign’s 1984 proposed plank to recognize Palestinian self-determination
February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
when Chuck Schumer tries to say something nice about Jesse today just remember he blocked the Jackson campaign’s 1984 proposed plank to recognize Palestinian self-determination