Katie
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Don't worry, I can be angry about lots of things at the same time.
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This.
Ppl need to understand what's happening here.
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This.
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Feminists have long been scared of looking mean, and as a result we’ve been way too nice to antifeminist women. Sorry no, you’re not submissive, servile, and dependent because you’re a woman and that’s just your feminine nature. You’re submissive, servile,and dependent because you lack self respect.
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Feminists have long been scared of looking mean, and as a result we’ve been way too nice to antifeminist women. Sorry no, you’re not submissive, servile, and dependent because you’re a woman and that’s just your feminine nature. You’re submissive, servile,and dependent because you lack self respect.
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VA, and NJ are getting all the attention, but I think this is the bigger state-level story. I suspect few national reporters have spent much time in the Magnolia state, so they don't know how surprising this is.
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
VA, and NJ are getting all the attention, but I think this is the bigger state-level story. I suspect few national reporters have spent much time in the Magnolia state, so they don't know how surprising this is.
My dad gave me shit for it when I turned 18 and registered to vote as a Dem, arguing Dems are too busy running run away from what they said they believed in to fight for anything.
That he wasn't running away or triangulating was the most heartening part of Mamdani's campaign.
That he wasn't running away or triangulating was the most heartening part of Mamdani's campaign.
and i’m generally of the view that simply refusing to operate in a defensive crouch does a lot of the necessary political work. “i don’t agree with him but he isn’t a punk” is a real phenomenon!
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My dad gave me shit for it when I turned 18 and registered to vote as a Dem, arguing Dems are too busy running run away from what they said they believed in to fight for anything.
That he wasn't running away or triangulating was the most heartening part of Mamdani's campaign.
That he wasn't running away or triangulating was the most heartening part of Mamdani's campaign.
I've always thought one of the secrets to Trump's rise was that his rallies are like Dead shows for monsters. People followed him from city to city and they built a community with red hats and tacky Trump merch in place of tie dye.
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I've always thought one of the secrets to Trump's rise was that his rallies are like Dead shows for monsters. People followed him from city to city and they built a community with red hats and tacky Trump merch in place of tie dye.
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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He's building a gold-guilded ballroom to host the foreign officials who come to bribe him, while denying millions of hungry kids food. Just how thuddingly obvious, how over-the-top, how florid & theatrical does this story have to get before the media starts honestly telling it?
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
He's building a gold-guilded ballroom to host the foreign officials who come to bribe him, while denying millions of hungry kids food. Just how thuddingly obvious, how over-the-top, how florid & theatrical does this story have to get before the media starts honestly telling it?
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Read the whole thread — this is the kind of energy we need.
With SNAP benefits going to shit because of rich assholes and corruption running rampant through politics I'd like to point your attention to a Clinton.
No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.
No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Read the whole thread — this is the kind of energy we need.
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people will complain that there's no longer a shared truth, and blame it on right wing media or fox or the public.
but mainstream media largely abandoned the idea that there should be standards of truth for the right some time back.
but mainstream media largely abandoned the idea that there should be standards of truth for the right some time back.
when I was at Newsweek (in news) people would complain CONSTANTLY about the opinion section publishing utter falsehoods by Benny Johnson and Andy Ngo and just get shrugs in response
October 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
people will complain that there's no longer a shared truth, and blame it on right wing media or fox or the public.
but mainstream media largely abandoned the idea that there should be standards of truth for the right some time back.
but mainstream media largely abandoned the idea that there should be standards of truth for the right some time back.
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Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
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Notable that the people carrying Trumpism don't act like they believe they're carrying out the will of the public, they act like dictators terrified of a spontaneous uprising so swift and massive it overwhelms their protective services before assistance can arrive.
NEW: Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over military homes that until recently housed senior officers. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Notable that the people carrying Trumpism don't act like they believe they're carrying out the will of the public, they act like dictators terrified of a spontaneous uprising so swift and massive it overwhelms their protective services before assistance can arrive.
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"'I'm sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,' Mercer said in his email. 'I would strongly suggest dropping this story.'" www.propublica.org/article/paul...
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well…
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"'I'm sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,' Mercer said in his email. 'I would strongly suggest dropping this story.'" www.propublica.org/article/paul...
See, I'm a special kind if stupid where I misunderstand everything I watch, so inherent criticism flies over my head. Anyway, it won't be Pravda, it'll be the simplistic schlock like Steven Segal churned out combined with Pravda.
Shankar says he's started a production company to make patriotic content. "A lot of our content right now is filled with a little bit of self-loathing, maybe a lot of nihilism — a sense that America’s a force for bad in the world."
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
See, I'm a special kind if stupid where I misunderstand everything I watch, so inherent criticism flies over my head. Anyway, it won't be Pravda, it'll be the simplistic schlock like Steven Segal churned out combined with Pravda.
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
Monsters all the way down.
I cover this stuff day in and day out and I’ve done along with @andrewperez.bsky.social one of those print mag dives on how much Stephen miller is just running country however I keep having to remind myself not to give into the simplistic temptation of saying the admin is Truman Showing Trump while…
October 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Monsters all the way down.
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“Well policy needs to prioritize men’s problems over women’s, because men are the ones who start shooting when they’re dissatisfied.” Ha ha ha. So what you’re describing is actually a hostage situation
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“Well policy needs to prioritize men’s problems over women’s, because men are the ones who start shooting when they’re dissatisfied.” Ha ha ha. So what you’re describing is actually a hostage situation
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With Trump pardoning Changpeng Zhao and accusing the Biden administration of persecuting him because it hated cryptocurrency, here's a reminder of what the IRS's cybercrime investigators dug up on CZ and Binance. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
With Trump pardoning Changpeng Zhao and accusing the Biden administration of persecuting him because it hated cryptocurrency, here's a reminder of what the IRS's cybercrime investigators dug up on CZ and Binance. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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when it's this easy and economical to add context (the WSJ alert isn't longer than the others) the deliberate omission of it betrays a framing bias so obvious it should make you question every headline you see in those outlets
Not the WSJ having the only even moderately acceptable push alert here.
NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.
NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
when it's this easy and economical to add context (the WSJ alert isn't longer than the others) the deliberate omission of it betrays a framing bias so obvious it should make you question every headline you see in those outlets
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This is a great competitor for driving home how limply Dems fight in culture and info wars. Republicans were far more vocal—and pretended to be so much angrier—about the Cracker Barrel logo than Dems are about the demolition of the White House to build a gilded ballroom paid for with bribe money.
Some, but it's relatively tepid. It's not as strong as the pushback against the change in the Cracker Barrel corporate logo.
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is a great competitor for driving home how limply Dems fight in culture and info wars. Republicans were far more vocal—and pretended to be so much angrier—about the Cracker Barrel logo than Dems are about the demolition of the White House to build a gilded ballroom paid for with bribe money.
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This post is amazing in context and you should scroll up.
The Shiraz Haderach
October 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This post is amazing in context and you should scroll up.
When I'm 83 I plan to spend my days watching movies with my feet up, not stumbling around the Capitol looking for ways to make life harder for poor people.
Senator Mitch McConnell, 83, fell in the basement of the Capitol on Thursday while making his way to the Senate floor for a vote. The Kentucky Republican has had a series of health episodes, including falls, in recent years. He plans to retire in 2027.
Senator Mitch McConnell Stumbles and Falls at the Capitol
The former Senate Republican leader has had a series of health episodes, including falls, in recent years. He plans to retire in 2027.
nyti.ms
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
When I'm 83 I plan to spend my days watching movies with my feet up, not stumbling around the Capitol looking for ways to make life harder for poor people.
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Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”
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Important to note that this isn’t a problem for the billionaire buying media properties. If they make them into successful rightwing propaganda? Cool more money. If it fails? Cool they’ve destroyed one of the few outlets with the resources to investigate them. Either way they achieved their goal
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Important to note that this isn’t a problem for the billionaire buying media properties. If they make them into successful rightwing propaganda? Cool more money. If it fails? Cool they’ve destroyed one of the few outlets with the resources to investigate them. Either way they achieved their goal