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I like following Bouie because of threads like this where he reminds us of how today's struggles are struggles as old as the republic and similarly, that there is an American identity to be forged in the ideals of liberal democracy.
interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
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February 15, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I like following Bouie because of threads like this where he reminds us of how today's struggles are struggles as old as the republic and similarly, that there is an American identity to be forged in the ideals of liberal democracy.
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sadly the world Communist killing record continues to be held by Communist countries by a long, long distance.
The United States has killed more communist than any other currenly existing countries on earth
February 15, 2026 at 4:13 AM
sadly the world Communist killing record continues to be held by Communist countries by a long, long distance.
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I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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look I know people who blame Democrats for not codifying Roe more than they do Republicans for taking it away. people are unfortunately just fucking dumb.
[democrats give voters something good & republicans take it away] smh these parties are both bad!
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
look I know people who blame Democrats for not codifying Roe more than they do Republicans for taking it away. people are unfortunately just fucking dumb.
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Stancilgrad.
This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Stancilgrad.
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I need a labeller for people who jump in with 'transit fares hurt the poor' when every survey of transit riders show they much prefer increased service over free fares and every time transit revenue gets cut so does service
February 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I need a labeller for people who jump in with 'transit fares hurt the poor' when every survey of transit riders show they much prefer increased service over free fares and every time transit revenue gets cut so does service
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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lol the Swiss far right is pushing the NIMBY final boss ballot measure with a literal population cap
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
lol the Swiss far right is pushing the NIMBY final boss ballot measure with a literal population cap
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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People should put down their phones and pay attention in freshman social studies
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
People should put down their phones and pay attention in freshman social studies
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What part of “If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide,” was fucking unclear.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
February 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
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I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
It should be pointed out more frequently that they fought and died for this country also.
It remains under-discussed in the media how much the current administration is spitting on this history. (same for our 🇪🇺 allies, same for refugees from the Vietnam War).
It remains under-discussed in the media how much the current administration is spitting on this history. (same for our 🇪🇺 allies, same for refugees from the Vietnam War).
“They don’t speak our language.” Well, nobody worried about that when Puerto Rico’s 65th Infantry deployed to Korea in 1950. By war’s end, six men had been awarded DSC’s, 130 were awarded SS’s, and 3,800 were awarded PH’s. They remain one of the most heavily decorated NG units.
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It should be pointed out more frequently that they fought and died for this country also.
It remains under-discussed in the media how much the current administration is spitting on this history. (same for our 🇪🇺 allies, same for refugees from the Vietnam War).
It remains under-discussed in the media how much the current administration is spitting on this history. (same for our 🇪🇺 allies, same for refugees from the Vietnam War).
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“They don’t speak our language.” Well, nobody worried about that when Puerto Rico’s 65th Infantry deployed to Korea in 1950. By war’s end, six men had been awarded DSC’s, 130 were awarded SS’s, and 3,800 were awarded PH’s. They remain one of the most heavily decorated NG units.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
“They don’t speak our language.” Well, nobody worried about that when Puerto Rico’s 65th Infantry deployed to Korea in 1950. By war’s end, six men had been awarded DSC’s, 130 were awarded SS’s, and 3,800 were awarded PH’s. They remain one of the most heavily decorated NG units.
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
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The funny thing about that show? Not a word of it was in English, but it was one of the more patriotic halftime shows I’ve seen.
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 2:18 AM
The funny thing about that show? Not a word of it was in English, but it was one of the more patriotic halftime shows I’ve seen.
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
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in conclusion, statehood for dc and pr
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
in conclusion, statehood for dc and pr
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they performed American Idiot
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 AM
they performed American Idiot
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Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time