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We have art so that we shall not die of reality - Nietzsche
Also, Paris is always a good idea.
Blue dot in a red state. No DMs.
Also, Paris is always a good idea.
Blue dot in a red state. No DMs.
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True story: Schumer got spanked…
And it’s not even subtle. Ending the shutdown handed Trump a win, gutted Democrats’ leverage, and left millions still waiting for relief.
It was a surrender.
And it’s not even subtle. Ending the shutdown handed Trump a win, gutted Democrats’ leverage, and left millions still waiting for relief.
It was a surrender.
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
True story: Schumer got spanked…
And it’s not even subtle. Ending the shutdown handed Trump a win, gutted Democrats’ leverage, and left millions still waiting for relief.
It was a surrender.
And it’s not even subtle. Ending the shutdown handed Trump a win, gutted Democrats’ leverage, and left millions still waiting for relief.
It was a surrender.
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When ACA premiums jump, travel is a nightmare & food prices remain high, hopefully people will realize that Trump did this. He promised for 10 years to replace Obamacare with "something better", promised to bring down prices & screwed up travel just because he doesn't care.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When ACA premiums jump, travel is a nightmare & food prices remain high, hopefully people will realize that Trump did this. He promised for 10 years to replace Obamacare with "something better", promised to bring down prices & screwed up travel just because he doesn't care.
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I spy….a man with a functioning brain:
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I spy….a man with a functioning brain:
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#GVerse #Update - via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
"Just wanted to point out that Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is quite possibly the most vulnerable Senator in America right now and tonight, he voted no on this deal.
This is what courage looks like."
"Just wanted to point out that Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is quite possibly the most vulnerable Senator in America right now and tonight, he voted no on this deal.
This is what courage looks like."
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
#GVerse #Update - via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
"Just wanted to point out that Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is quite possibly the most vulnerable Senator in America right now and tonight, he voted no on this deal.
This is what courage looks like."
"Just wanted to point out that Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is quite possibly the most vulnerable Senator in America right now and tonight, he voted no on this deal.
This is what courage looks like."
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Czechoslovakia, Poland
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Czechoslovakia, Poland
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Truth.
Expected: Democrats following the Weimer Germany playbook.
Unexpected: Democrats following the Weimer Germany playbook immediately after winning landslide victory at the polls.
Unexpected: Democrats following the Weimer Germany playbook immediately after winning landslide victory at the polls.
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Truth.
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Trump's Great Gatsby gambit worked.
Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Trump's Great Gatsby gambit worked.
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Exactly.
Someone just asked me "but is political gain (vs Trump) worth seismic political risk?"
Allowing Trump to function as a lawless dictator without any pushback from Congress IS the seismic political risk here.
Someone just asked me "but is political gain (vs Trump) worth seismic political risk?"
Allowing Trump to function as a lawless dictator without any pushback from Congress IS the seismic political risk here.
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Exactly.
Someone just asked me "but is political gain (vs Trump) worth seismic political risk?"
Allowing Trump to function as a lawless dictator without any pushback from Congress IS the seismic political risk here.
Someone just asked me "but is political gain (vs Trump) worth seismic political risk?"
Allowing Trump to function as a lawless dictator without any pushback from Congress IS the seismic political risk here.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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The Democrats who caved just taught Republicans that using mass starvation as a weapon works.
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Democrats who caved just taught Republicans that using mass starvation as a weapon works.
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Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
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Daily Peanuts!
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Daily Peanuts!
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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For only $40 billion, you can have this clown, Javier Milei, dance at your private club while laughing at the rest of America.
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
For only $40 billion, you can have this clown, Javier Milei, dance at your private club while laughing at the rest of America.
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They’ll roll all the way back to ‘reconsidering’ full-on human slavery if we let them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They’ll roll all the way back to ‘reconsidering’ full-on human slavery if we let them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Ok, but let’s just say that TACO actually is a Russian asset (which is likely confirmed by the Epstein files),
isn’t crashing the U.S. economy EXACTLY what he’s supposed to do?
I mean…don’t his actions more clearly demonstrate an intent to harm the United States, than to actually lead it?
isn’t crashing the U.S. economy EXACTLY what he’s supposed to do?
I mean…don’t his actions more clearly demonstrate an intent to harm the United States, than to actually lead it?
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Ok, but let’s just say that TACO actually is a Russian asset (which is likely confirmed by the Epstein files),
isn’t crashing the U.S. economy EXACTLY what he’s supposed to do?
I mean…don’t his actions more clearly demonstrate an intent to harm the United States, than to actually lead it?
isn’t crashing the U.S. economy EXACTLY what he’s supposed to do?
I mean…don’t his actions more clearly demonstrate an intent to harm the United States, than to actually lead it?
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am I correct that "shutting down the government" is not actually a feature of our democratic system but a sort of exploit politicians have started using to force negotiations by extra-constitutional means?
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
am I correct that "shutting down the government" is not actually a feature of our democratic system but a sort of exploit politicians have started using to force negotiations by extra-constitutional means?
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Hey, MAGA, Trump gave $40b of our money to Argentina. And, no, you didn’t get an invitation to the Gatsby party; if you tried to show up at MAL, they’d kick you out, probably arrest you. Trump doesn’t care about you except that you are the first marks in the long con that is Trump populism.
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hey, MAGA, Trump gave $40b of our money to Argentina. And, no, you didn’t get an invitation to the Gatsby party; if you tried to show up at MAL, they’d kick you out, probably arrest you. Trump doesn’t care about you except that you are the first marks in the long con that is Trump populism.
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It's not even noon yet and feds (specifically Border Patrol and BOP officers in this caravan with Bovino) have fired tear gas, pepper balls, and bean bag rounds at people in Little Village and Cicero.
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's not even noon yet and feds (specifically Border Patrol and BOP officers in this caravan with Bovino) have fired tear gas, pepper balls, and bean bag rounds at people in Little Village and Cicero.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.