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Kaelik
@kaelik.bsky.social
· Dec 22
Your regular reminder that if you were ever dumb enough to fall for FIRE or Bari Weiss or any other Free Speech Grifter you should let me tell you all your political positions from now on to protect yourself from being conned by the most pathetically transparent cons of all time.
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There are people who have been voting for a decade who werent alive yet the last time james carville was relevant
Saw a Bulwark guy say that anybody who thinks James Carville is a problematic figure can't win Texas and my only reaction is that I straight up don't know who that is
February 8, 2026 at 3:17 AM
There are people who have been voting for a decade who werent alive yet the last time james carville was relevant
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is there a purer illustration of ACAB than "under no circumstances will the police let you materially stop ICE from abducting, torturing, & killing children"?
the cops won't stop the genocide but they will stop you from stopping it. which makes them also pro-genocide
the cops won't stop the genocide but they will stop you from stopping it. which makes them also pro-genocide
I didn't even see this when I posted the first skeet lol
February 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
is there a purer illustration of ACAB than "under no circumstances will the police let you materially stop ICE from abducting, torturing, & killing children"?
the cops won't stop the genocide but they will stop you from stopping it. which makes them also pro-genocide
the cops won't stop the genocide but they will stop you from stopping it. which makes them also pro-genocide
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WaPo's editorial board pines for a world that no longer exists: one in which liberals can be cowed out of responding to GOP tactics by accusations of "hypocrisy."
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
WaPo's editorial board pines for a world that no longer exists: one in which liberals can be cowed out of responding to GOP tactics by accusations of "hypocrisy."
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
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finally, the ICE reform we’ve been waiting for: no masks unless you really want to wear them
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
finally, the ICE reform we’ve been waiting for: no masks unless you really want to wear them
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abolishing ICE is not enough its members need to be prosecuted
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
abolishing ICE is not enough its members need to be prosecuted
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If Oct 7th did anything long-lasting in geopolitical terms, it shattered the viability of this consensus because it demonstrated that Israel does not actually possess the capacity to manage the issue by itself, and certainly not well. The ramifications are still to be determined.
February 7, 2026 at 7:42 PM
If Oct 7th did anything long-lasting in geopolitical terms, it shattered the viability of this consensus because it demonstrated that Israel does not actually possess the capacity to manage the issue by itself, and certainly not well. The ramifications are still to be determined.
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The underlying political consensus prior to Oct 2023 in the US was that Palestine was an internal issue which the Israelis were entitled to managing for the indefinite future. This was the view of all in DC but literally just a handful. The divide was on the *preference* for *how* Israel managed it.
Most of the time whether implicitly or explicitly what is being said is that there was a ceasefire for Israeli Jews.
February 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The underlying political consensus prior to Oct 2023 in the US was that Palestine was an internal issue which the Israelis were entitled to managing for the indefinite future. This was the view of all in DC but literally just a handful. The divide was on the *preference* for *how* Israel managed it.
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Baked into the very idea of the AA is the notion that Israel has the inherent right to self-adjudicate its role in the lives of millions of Palestinians. This was Kushner's intent. Biden reaffirmed this repeatedly throughout his term.
February 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Baked into the very idea of the AA is the notion that Israel has the inherent right to self-adjudicate its role in the lives of millions of Palestinians. This was Kushner's intent. Biden reaffirmed this repeatedly throughout his term.
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Back in 2020 it wasn't a good career move in the climate space to shit talk Bill Gates' and point out his climate hypocrisy. I was the only person quoted in an article on that issue in a VICE piece.
And that was before we knew of the Epstein connections.
However, I was right.
And that was before we knew of the Epstein connections.
However, I was right.
Bill Gates Says He's Fighting Climate Change While Cashing in on Oil
The billionaire's investment portfolio includes millions of shares of companies contributing to the climate crisis.
www.vice.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Back in 2020 it wasn't a good career move in the climate space to shit talk Bill Gates' and point out his climate hypocrisy. I was the only person quoted in an article on that issue in a VICE piece.
And that was before we knew of the Epstein connections.
However, I was right.
And that was before we knew of the Epstein connections.
However, I was right.
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I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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They gave a bunch of roided up thugs weapons and made them immune from legal consequences. You can't really tinker around the edges of something like that, you have to end it
January 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
They gave a bunch of roided up thugs weapons and made them immune from legal consequences. You can't really tinker around the edges of something like that, you have to end it
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the core issue is that good faith is vanishingly rare on the right, because explicitly acting in bad faith has been elevated as a virtue and rewarded with money and prestige there for decades
it’s not “polite” to say you should treat all right wing pundits as bad faith actors, but it’s true
it’s not “polite” to say you should treat all right wing pundits as bad faith actors, but it’s true
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
the core issue is that good faith is vanishingly rare on the right, because explicitly acting in bad faith has been elevated as a virtue and rewarded with money and prestige there for decades
it’s not “polite” to say you should treat all right wing pundits as bad faith actors, but it’s true
it’s not “polite” to say you should treat all right wing pundits as bad faith actors, but it’s true
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this may be the single most insufferable thing about the radical centrist caucus - not just extending good faith to obviously bad faith people but demanding everyone else do the same and chiding them when they don’t
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
this may be the single most insufferable thing about the radical centrist caucus - not just extending good faith to obviously bad faith people but demanding everyone else do the same and chiding them when they don’t
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Case in point: they are putting innocent people in shackles for days without adequate hearings, despite our system's claim that people are "innocent until proven guilty." Don't pretend they don't know that they are grabbing lots of people who are here legally. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Judge: 'Overwhelming majority' of cases brought to him by ICE were for people lawfully in Minnesota
The U.S. District Court judge says he has seen hundreds of lawfully present individuals detained under Operation Metro Surge — and then held beyond the legal timeframe even after he ordered their rele...
bringmethenews.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Case in point: they are putting innocent people in shackles for days without adequate hearings, despite our system's claim that people are "innocent until proven guilty." Don't pretend they don't know that they are grabbing lots of people who are here legally. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
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i am willing to let you suffer for not campaigning for my rights. i'm willing to sacrifice you. you're already conceding victory to the republicans because you're unwilling to fight for me, so why should i fight for you? we're not trapped in this burning building together. you're trapped with me.
Blue sky is going to do everything in its power to ensure a republican victory in 2028
February 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
i am willing to let you suffer for not campaigning for my rights. i'm willing to sacrifice you. you're already conceding victory to the republicans because you're unwilling to fight for me, so why should i fight for you? we're not trapped in this burning building together. you're trapped with me.
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What If We Did Something Differently For Once vs How About We Shoot Ourselves In The Dick For The 700th Time is the dividing line in US foreign policy discourse on the Middle East
February 7, 2026 at 5:17 AM
What If We Did Something Differently For Once vs How About We Shoot Ourselves In The Dick For The 700th Time is the dividing line in US foreign policy discourse on the Middle East
Genuinely extremely funny that liberals know they are in the wrong for supporting genocide so they have invented a fake reality where they claim people were calling him genocide Joe for shorting people 600 bucks.
February 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Genuinely extremely funny that liberals know they are in the wrong for supporting genocide so they have invented a fake reality where they claim people were calling him genocide Joe for shorting people 600 bucks.
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Genuinely Democratic FP would be leaps and bounds better if the import of people who work at WINEP, FDD, and AEI was decreased by like even 50% and the Quaker lobby had its import increased by 50%
But the key thing is that Democratic FP could still be immeasurably better even without such democratization, the voter is obviously not always right, but Democrats *could* just not outsource policy to a crank who works at an analyst desk at WINEP
February 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Genuinely Democratic FP would be leaps and bounds better if the import of people who work at WINEP, FDD, and AEI was decreased by like even 50% and the Quaker lobby had its import increased by 50%
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It's not great that Democratic FP priorities are largely outsourced to the three biggest clowncar think tanks in Washington.
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
It's not great that Democratic FP priorities are largely outsourced to the three biggest clowncar think tanks in Washington.
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another way I’d put it: the Democratic Party establishment that fought against Keith Ellison for party leadership, and fought for Tom Perez*, is one of the Contradictions^ that influenced the slowness of the Democratic response in ‘23-24
*remember him?
^flat-out anti-Islam and anti-Arab Dem donors
*remember him?
^flat-out anti-Islam and anti-Arab Dem donors
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
another way I’d put it: the Democratic Party establishment that fought against Keith Ellison for party leadership, and fought for Tom Perez*, is one of the Contradictions^ that influenced the slowness of the Democratic response in ‘23-24
*remember him?
^flat-out anti-Islam and anti-Arab Dem donors
*remember him?
^flat-out anti-Islam and anti-Arab Dem donors
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I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
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“our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
“our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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A year ago people were talking about how universal free childcare was one of those wild-eyed impossibilities that made Mamdani a hopeless candidate and he got it done inside a month in office
February 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A year ago people were talking about how universal free childcare was one of those wild-eyed impossibilities that made Mamdani a hopeless candidate and he got it done inside a month in office
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Many struggle to imagine the idea of "if you're here, you're here, welcome to the neighbourhood" as an immigration strategy but that was basically how the entire world functioned up until the 1900s, nobody would've imagined it another way because our modern system is a complicated pain in the ass
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Many struggle to imagine the idea of "if you're here, you're here, welcome to the neighbourhood" as an immigration strategy but that was basically how the entire world functioned up until the 1900s, nobody would've imagined it another way because our modern system is a complicated pain in the ass
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"but we must have a way to deport illegal immigrants"
Hey, did you know the passport was invented in 1920? Like as a concept it's barely over 100 years old? I think about this a lot. It actually seems like humanity was managing fine without border control for the majority of our existence.
Hey, did you know the passport was invented in 1920? Like as a concept it's barely over 100 years old? I think about this a lot. It actually seems like humanity was managing fine without border control for the majority of our existence.
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"but we must have a way to deport illegal immigrants"
Hey, did you know the passport was invented in 1920? Like as a concept it's barely over 100 years old? I think about this a lot. It actually seems like humanity was managing fine without border control for the majority of our existence.
Hey, did you know the passport was invented in 1920? Like as a concept it's barely over 100 years old? I think about this a lot. It actually seems like humanity was managing fine without border control for the majority of our existence.