Martin Van Buren
@martinvanburen.bsky.social
Dutch-American barrister, 1812 War prosecutor, Albany Regency, machine hack, Bucktail, Governor, Envoy to London, loyal Vice President, underappreciated 8th President, Free Soil, opposed to Texas annexation, peace in Maine.
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“All Biden had to do to win my vote was not do a genocide” is zero-thought nonsense.
May 15, 2024 at 6:25 AM
“All Biden had to do to win my vote was not do a genocide” is zero-thought nonsense.
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Only two Black women have *ever* been elected to the U.S. Senate, each for just one term (Kamala Harris in 2016, & Carol Moseley Braun in 1992).
That number is poised to double in 2024: Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) & Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) are both strong favorites in blue states
That number is poised to double in 2024: Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) & Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) are both strong favorites in blue states
BIG RESULT: Angela Alsobrooks has won the Democratic primary for Senate in Maryland, the AP calls.
She defeats David Trone, who poured in roughly $60 million of his own money (!?!?!).
Next up in Nov: Larry Hogan, the former governor.
She defeats David Trone, who poured in roughly $60 million of his own money (!?!?!).
Next up in Nov: Larry Hogan, the former governor.
May 15, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Only two Black women have *ever* been elected to the U.S. Senate, each for just one term (Kamala Harris in 2016, & Carol Moseley Braun in 1992).
That number is poised to double in 2024: Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) & Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) are both strong favorites in blue states
That number is poised to double in 2024: Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) & Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) are both strong favorites in blue states
Within Our Lifetime is an antisemitic terrorist organization.
May 14, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Within Our Lifetime is an antisemitic terrorist organization.
It's a start. But they should all be expelled.
If college students set up encampments blocking other students of any other race, ethnicity, or religion from college buildings, this would be no question.
If college students set up encampments blocking other students of any other race, ethnicity, or religion from college buildings, this would be no question.
NYU students who participated in encampment are still currently banned from campus and must complete ‘reflection papers’ on why their behavior was ostensibly lacking integrity.
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May 14, 2024 at 11:37 AM
It's a start. But they should all be expelled.
If college students set up encampments blocking other students of any other race, ethnicity, or religion from college buildings, this would be no question.
If college students set up encampments blocking other students of any other race, ethnicity, or religion from college buildings, this would be no question.
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The spectacle of hateful audience members and a huge angry crowd, there to try to hound away a beautiful lady and her amazing dancers over the actions of their government in responding to a horrific terrorist attack, may have moved some voters to empathize with their performance defying such hate.
May 12, 2024 at 1:58 PM
The spectacle of hateful audience members and a huge angry crowd, there to try to hound away a beautiful lady and her amazing dancers over the actions of their government in responding to a horrific terrorist attack, may have moved some voters to empathize with their performance defying such hate.
R&B acts still overlooked by the #RockHall:
1. Roberta Flack
2. Patti LaBelle
3. Diana Ross (solo)
4. Luther Vandross
5. Barry White
6. The Commodores
7. Mary Wells
8. The Delfonics
9. The Pointer Sisters
10. Chic
1. Roberta Flack
2. Patti LaBelle
3. Diana Ross (solo)
4. Luther Vandross
5. Barry White
6. The Commodores
7. Mary Wells
8. The Delfonics
9. The Pointer Sisters
10. Chic
May 11, 2024 at 1:57 AM
R&B acts still overlooked by the #RockHall:
1. Roberta Flack
2. Patti LaBelle
3. Diana Ross (solo)
4. Luther Vandross
5. Barry White
6. The Commodores
7. Mary Wells
8. The Delfonics
9. The Pointer Sisters
10. Chic
1. Roberta Flack
2. Patti LaBelle
3. Diana Ross (solo)
4. Luther Vandross
5. Barry White
6. The Commodores
7. Mary Wells
8. The Delfonics
9. The Pointer Sisters
10. Chic
Classic Rock acts still overooked by the #RockHall:
1. Jethro Tull
2. Thin Lizzy
3. Iron Maiden
4. Soundgarden
5. Jane's Addiction
6. Smashing Pumpkins
7. Devo
8. Phish
9. Beck
10. Sonic Youth
1. Jethro Tull
2. Thin Lizzy
3. Iron Maiden
4. Soundgarden
5. Jane's Addiction
6. Smashing Pumpkins
7. Devo
8. Phish
9. Beck
10. Sonic Youth
May 11, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Classic Rock acts still overooked by the #RockHall:
1. Jethro Tull
2. Thin Lizzy
3. Iron Maiden
4. Soundgarden
5. Jane's Addiction
6. Smashing Pumpkins
7. Devo
8. Phish
9. Beck
10. Sonic Youth
1. Jethro Tull
2. Thin Lizzy
3. Iron Maiden
4. Soundgarden
5. Jane's Addiction
6. Smashing Pumpkins
7. Devo
8. Phish
9. Beck
10. Sonic Youth
Based on this year's inductees, this is who I bet has a chance next year:
1. Roberta Flack
2. Patti LaBelle
3. The B-52's
4. Smashing Pumpkins
5. Iron Maiden
6. Jethro Tull
7. Snoop Dogg
8. Björk
Musical Excellence
10. The Commodores
11. Barry White
12. Devo
Early Influence
12. The Shangri-La's
1. Roberta Flack
2. Patti LaBelle
3. The B-52's
4. Smashing Pumpkins
5. Iron Maiden
6. Jethro Tull
7. Snoop Dogg
8. Björk
Musical Excellence
10. The Commodores
11. Barry White
12. Devo
Early Influence
12. The Shangri-La's
May 10, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Based on this year's inductees, this is who I bet has a chance next year:
1. Roberta Flack
2. Patti LaBelle
3. The B-52's
4. Smashing Pumpkins
5. Iron Maiden
6. Jethro Tull
7. Snoop Dogg
8. Björk
Musical Excellence
10. The Commodores
11. Barry White
12. Devo
Early Influence
12. The Shangri-La's
1. Roberta Flack
2. Patti LaBelle
3. The B-52's
4. Smashing Pumpkins
5. Iron Maiden
6. Jethro Tull
7. Snoop Dogg
8. Björk
Musical Excellence
10. The Commodores
11. Barry White
12. Devo
Early Influence
12. The Shangri-La's
1. Cher
2. Ozzy Osbourne
3. Mary J. Blige
4. Peter Frampton
5. Dave Matthews Band
6. Foreigner
7. Kool & The Gang
8. A Tribe Called Quest
Musical Excellence
9. Dionne Warwick
10. MC5
11. Jimmy Buffett
Early Influence:
12. Big Mama Thornton
You know what? That's a really nice inclusive class.
May 10, 2024 at 11:27 PM
1. Cher
2. Ozzy Osbourne
3. Mary J. Blige
4. Peter Frampton
5. Dave Matthews Band
6. Foreigner
7. Kool & The Gang
8. A Tribe Called Quest
Musical Excellence
9. Dionne Warwick
10. MC5
11. Jimmy Buffett
Early Influence:
12. Big Mama Thornton
You know what? That's a really nice inclusive class.
You do realize that this whole story about Eden Golan will inevitably be turned into a Broadway musical, right?
And you know that all of the protesters will be the villains of that musical, right?
And you know that all of the protesters will be the villains of that musical, right?
May 10, 2024 at 8:13 PM
You do realize that this whole story about Eden Golan will inevitably be turned into a Broadway musical, right?
And you know that all of the protesters will be the villains of that musical, right?
And you know that all of the protesters will be the villains of that musical, right?
When I was in college I was the guy on campus organizing peace rallies.
You realize how much protesters for any cause have to done fucked up for me to side with the cops?
You realize how much protesters for any cause have to done fucked up for me to side with the cops?
May 8, 2024 at 4:50 PM
When I was in college I was the guy on campus organizing peace rallies.
You realize how much protesters for any cause have to done fucked up for me to side with the cops?
You realize how much protesters for any cause have to done fucked up for me to side with the cops?
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If Israel intends to shoot every Palestinian, it's unclear why it hasn't already done so in the last six months and is nowhere near that alleged goal. It's almost -- stick with me for a minute -- it's almost like that's not the goal and the goal is to accomplish something else entirely.
May 7, 2024 at 9:48 PM
If Israel intends to shoot every Palestinian, it's unclear why it hasn't already done so in the last six months and is nowhere near that alleged goal. It's almost -- stick with me for a minute -- it's almost like that's not the goal and the goal is to accomplish something else entirely.
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Hamas: Give a dozen of the worst mass murderers you've ever arrested and we'll give you a mutilated body back.
Bluesky: Why won't Israel agree to this amazing deal?
Bluesky: Why won't Israel agree to this amazing deal?
May 7, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Hamas: Give a dozen of the worst mass murderers you've ever arrested and we'll give you a mutilated body back.
Bluesky: Why won't Israel agree to this amazing deal?
Bluesky: Why won't Israel agree to this amazing deal?
Let my people go, motherfuckers.
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May 6, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Let my people go, motherfuckers.
One of the saddest things about dealing with the #FreePalestine crowd is how they are so high on their own supply of fictional narratives that they are violently allergic to facts that prove why their narratives are false.
It's a cult-like mentality.
It's a cult-like mentality.
May 3, 2024 at 5:21 PM
One of the saddest things about dealing with the #FreePalestine crowd is how they are so high on their own supply of fictional narratives that they are violently allergic to facts that prove why their narratives are false.
It's a cult-like mentality.
It's a cult-like mentality.
At this point, to claim that the Columbia students are engaged in "peaceful protest" is simply gaslighting.
April 30, 2024 at 3:13 PM
At this point, to claim that the Columbia students are engaged in "peaceful protest" is simply gaslighting.
If your activist movement is facing credible charges of antisemitism, one thing you definitely shouldn't do is break any glass windows. Especially not at night.
Because now it's a factual statement that the pro-Hamas demonstrators at Columbia committed their own "Night of Broken Glass".
Because now it's a factual statement that the pro-Hamas demonstrators at Columbia committed their own "Night of Broken Glass".
April 30, 2024 at 2:03 PM
If your activist movement is facing credible charges of antisemitism, one thing you definitely shouldn't do is break any glass windows. Especially not at night.
Because now it's a factual statement that the pro-Hamas demonstrators at Columbia committed their own "Night of Broken Glass".
Because now it's a factual statement that the pro-Hamas demonstrators at Columbia committed their own "Night of Broken Glass".
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When European Jews started purchasing land in the Ottoman Empire and later under the British Mandate rule, those were regular land purchases like any non-European, non-Jewish person would make. They weren't tricking people who had a different concept of property. They got ripped off, actually.
April 28, 2024 at 12:30 PM
When European Jews started purchasing land in the Ottoman Empire and later under the British Mandate rule, those were regular land purchases like any non-European, non-Jewish person would make. They weren't tricking people who had a different concept of property. They got ripped off, actually.
I'm reluctantly OK with a hostages-for-convicted terrorists deal.
Because Israel doesn't have the death penalty, in accord with modern norms of criminal justice.
... but if terrorists are on the lamb in Gaza, back to their old ways, they're fair game and can be eliminated.
Because Israel doesn't have the death penalty, in accord with modern norms of criminal justice.
... but if terrorists are on the lamb in Gaza, back to their old ways, they're fair game and can be eliminated.
April 27, 2024 at 8:40 PM
I'm reluctantly OK with a hostages-for-convicted terrorists deal.
Because Israel doesn't have the death penalty, in accord with modern norms of criminal justice.
... but if terrorists are on the lamb in Gaza, back to their old ways, they're fair game and can be eliminated.
Because Israel doesn't have the death penalty, in accord with modern norms of criminal justice.
... but if terrorists are on the lamb in Gaza, back to their old ways, they're fair game and can be eliminated.
I don't think it's useful to compare one police department's comparatively lax response to right wing mobs to another police department's comparatively harsh response to left wing mobs.
If it were up to me, Capitol Police ought to have used lethal force against the January 6 mob much earlier.
If it were up to me, Capitol Police ought to have used lethal force against the January 6 mob much earlier.
April 26, 2024 at 11:45 PM
I don't think it's useful to compare one police department's comparatively lax response to right wing mobs to another police department's comparatively harsh response to left wing mobs.
If it were up to me, Capitol Police ought to have used lethal force against the January 6 mob much earlier.
If it were up to me, Capitol Police ought to have used lethal force against the January 6 mob much earlier.
Are #FreePalestine dorks going to pretend to be outraged when Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Khaled Meshal inevitably get Abottabaded?
April 10, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Are #FreePalestine dorks going to pretend to be outraged when Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Khaled Meshal inevitably get Abottabaded?
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Finally, a day when no one thinks I’m weird for carrying a colander around
April 8, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Finally, a day when no one thinks I’m weird for carrying a colander around