JTDC
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JTDC
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I love my dog. I love coffee. Hate Trump. Simple as.

He/Him. 40+
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Just an FYI, if you post anything AI generated, odds are I'm gonna block you.

Just...don't do it.
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Solidarity is both righteous selflessness and self-defense. Our lives are bound-up with each other, as is our safety. Where we live is, there is our homeland.
I wrote a piece a few weeks ago claiming antisemitism was on the verge of going mainstream. It was clear to me that most people had trouble buying it.

That's understandable. But it's happening.

Example: Conservatives themselves are now saying that 30 to 40% of Zoomers in Washington are Groypers.
What I Saw And Heard In Washington
Groyperism's Spread Among Generation Z Conservative Apparatchiks Is Real
roddreher.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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So proud of my dear friend Sam for writing this. So furious he has to go through it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Opinion | Cancer Patients Like Me Are Casualties of MAHA’s Hypocrisy
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Worth noting that with the dismantling of USAID, Musk killed more children than the IDF
In which a man responsible for the deaths of 600,000 so far, mostly children, whines about an octogenarian novelist's observation (which she says was about ultrafiche men in general, not the whiner in particular).
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.

KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.

His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.

My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:

newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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I grew up thinking the bottom could fall out at any moment. Too many folks feel that way right now.

We need Senators that get it - and vote like they give a damn.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Evergreen message from Joyce Carol Oates about Curtis Yarvin...
October 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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an occasional reminder that while JStreet and AIPAC are both lobbying groups for Israel they are not the same and in fact fucking hate each other
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I’ve got to hand it to this administration. They are doing everything humanly possible to make every non-billionaire miserable. And the billionaires are still miserable because a number on a spreadsheet will never be high enough to satiate them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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thank you. this is my campaign slogan and it's a campaign against one weird thief
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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As others have said, we all need to be clear on the fact that what is happening in Chicago is a preview of what they are planning for all blue cities.

Especially as midterms approach.

They will tear gas us at the polls and say, oh, this isn't voter suppression. It's just business as usual.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Cannot emphasize enough that they're getting booed on the like Salute to Service night at a fucking Washington Commanders game

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM