McJulie
@mcjulie.bsky.social
Ruining your workplaces since the early 1990s. Former journalist. Current data scientist. For fun I write books about Cajun werewolves https://www.gothhouse.org/tales-of-the-rougarou/
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McJulie
@mcjulie.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Reporter: And a sense of helplessness because there's nothing you can do about it.
Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.
Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.
“We’re not helpless… it’s you guys that are helpless”
That hits HARD
That hits HARD
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i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
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Absolutely true. Not only in relation to sexual labor, but *all* labor
I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Absolutely true. Not only in relation to sexual labor, but *all* labor
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"This kind of mutually reinforcing corruption is what one sees in failing societies and empires in decline"
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/larr...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/larr...
Larry Summers, who is still on the Harvard faculty, tries to strongarm Harvard's administration into punishing the student newspaper for printing the truth about him - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The truth being that Larry Summers is an almost unbelievably disgusting and corrupt person, who also isn’t nearly as smart as he thinks he is. (Lot of that going around in The Meritocracy these days) ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"This kind of mutually reinforcing corruption is what one sees in failing societies and empires in decline"
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/larr...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/larr...
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I just called the Center for American Progress and told them I will have nothing to do with their org until they get rid of Larry Summers. A VERY NICE person answered the phone - if you call, BE NICE TO WHOEVER ANSWERS THEY PERSONALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. (202) 682-1611
“Despite shocking new emails detailing the close friendship between Epstein and Summers released by the House Oversight Committee this week, the CAP employee said they had heard of no plans to remove Summers from the organization, or the policy planning around Project 2029.”
Cancel culture is dead!
Cancel culture is dead!
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I really, really want to believe that Trump is a sinking ship which all the vermin are starting to flee
I’m not sure I do believe it, but I really want to
I’m not sure I do believe it, but I really want to
Donald Trump’s presidency hinges on loyalty, which depends on the perception of power. As a lame duck, that perception is already eroding — and the Epstein scandal is now accelerating it.
Opinion | The Epstein divisions among Republicans are hastening Trump's lame-duck status
These polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than the president wants to admit.
www.msnbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I really, really want to believe that Trump is a sinking ship which all the vermin are starting to flee
I’m not sure I do believe it, but I really want to
I’m not sure I do believe it, but I really want to
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capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh
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It’s embarrassing that anyone actually believed the rich people would actually leave their nice elite enclaves in highly-developed states
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It’s embarrassing that anyone actually believed the rich people would actually leave their nice elite enclaves in highly-developed states
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I am contractually obligated to add that Jay Powell chairs the Fed because Trump felt Janet Yellen was too short for the job. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I am contractually obligated to add that Jay Powell chairs the Fed because Trump felt Janet Yellen was too short for the job. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
I have to assume that’s the main reason he hasn’t gone down yet.
Trump is threatening the other high-powered, wealthy predators that if he goes down for child rape, he will bring them down with him.
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I have to assume that’s the main reason he hasn’t gone down yet.
As a feminist, it’s wild to me how it’s always the people “defending” men who act like it’s just a given that men as a group are inherently shitty people who have all done terrible things
Flippant remarks like this come from a place of believing that the only way we win back men os by leaning into their bigotries, which apparently starts with letting a guy that kept a nazi tattoo on his chest for 18 years & said bigoted things online for years be the Democratic senatorial nominee.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As a feminist, it’s wild to me how it’s always the people “defending” men who act like it’s just a given that men as a group are inherently shitty people who have all done terrible things
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That entire Tim Fullerton thread from yesterday re his Platner intvw seems to be predicated both on the idea that some ppl are just entitled to elected office & also that young men broadly are nazi-adjacent malcontents & I cannot emphasize enough how dumb & corrosive of a political ideas those are
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That entire Tim Fullerton thread from yesterday re his Platner intvw seems to be predicated both on the idea that some ppl are just entitled to elected office & also that young men broadly are nazi-adjacent malcontents & I cannot emphasize enough how dumb & corrosive of a political ideas those are
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My home state has essentially zero regulations of home schooling, despite the serious potential for child abuse. I have a friend who was homeschooled purely because his parents feared he was gay, so they wanted to have complete control over him. He never learned how to formally write.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My home state has essentially zero regulations of home schooling, despite the serious potential for child abuse. I have a friend who was homeschooled purely because his parents feared he was gay, so they wanted to have complete control over him. He never learned how to formally write.
It’s always a bit funny to me how much atheists seem to forget that religion was invented by humans for human reasons and, in that sense, behaves more or less like other things humans invent
Carl Sagan lived through, among other things, Vatican II, liberation theology, and the ordination of women - and that's just in Western Christianity. This is well meaning ignorance on his part.
[sigh]
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It’s always a bit funny to me how much atheists seem to forget that religion was invented by humans for human reasons and, in that sense, behaves more or less like other things humans invent
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The difference in treatment in Trump’s America when you’re the most infamous living child predator vs. when you’re someone’s who’s been building a peaceful family life for 20 years
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The difference in treatment in Trump’s America when you’re the most infamous living child predator vs. when you’re someone’s who’s been building a peaceful family life for 20 years
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Abigail Spanberger was just elected Governor of Virginia by a wider margin of victory than any Democratic gubernatorial candidate there since 1961, on a campaign explicitly repudiating Platner's brand of anti-minority white populism.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Abigail Spanberger was just elected Governor of Virginia by a wider margin of victory than any Democratic gubernatorial candidate there since 1961, on a campaign explicitly repudiating Platner's brand of anti-minority white populism.
Wait, does Trump think Larry Summers is one of **our** people? I thought he was one of theirs.
a) go right ahead and keep Epstein Epstein Epstein in the news, I’m sure that’ll be great for you
b) oh no what would we ever do without Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, JP Morgan, etc - the only problem with investigating them is that your team is full of incompetent clowns who will do a piss-poor job
b) oh no what would we ever do without Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, JP Morgan, etc - the only problem with investigating them is that your team is full of incompetent clowns who will do a piss-poor job
he’s crashing out
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Wait, does Trump think Larry Summers is one of **our** people? I thought he was one of theirs.
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Fact-check: true 😕
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Fact-check: true 😕
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Every single judge, no matter the docket, should have to spend one 34 hr day in the local jail, one in the state prison, and one in federal prison.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Every single judge, no matter the docket, should have to spend one 34 hr day in the local jail, one in the state prison, and one in federal prison.
Previous repost. She’s disabled quote posts and who can blame her? It’s probably kind of distressing to have the entire internet gang up to tell you why you’re wrong. But I still think it’s important to address why she’s wrong from a journalism standpoint, and what’s going on in the world right now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Previous repost. She’s disabled quote posts and who can blame her? It’s probably kind of distressing to have the entire internet gang up to tell you why you’re wrong. But I still think it’s important to address why she’s wrong from a journalism standpoint, and what’s going on in the world right now.
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"I'm a rando who prefers to believe that everything is a conspiracy and am happy to tell women that I know better than she does how their literal job works" That a news org makes an editorial decision you wouldn't (or I wouldn't) doesn't mean someone is killing a story on behalf of a powerful person
"I write for the New York Times, and I can assure you that we've never buried stories on behalf of powerful people, many of those powerful people being part of NYT management. We only publish what's fit to print, like Zohran's application to Columbia that was leaked by a white nationalist"
I don't understand why people have to concoct wild conspiracy theories in order to critique the NYT. I say this as someone who writes for them: there is plenty to critique without making up wild scenarios and insisting they're true!
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"I'm a rando who prefers to believe that everything is a conspiracy and am happy to tell women that I know better than she does how their literal job works" That a news org makes an editorial decision you wouldn't (or I wouldn't) doesn't mean someone is killing a story on behalf of a powerful person
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get in girls we're bringing back the red guards
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
get in girls we're bringing back the red guards
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I hope if nothing else it opens people's eyes to what's going on. I used to consistently hear "the media just wants clicks/ratings." If they wanted that they would be doggedly pursuing the Epstein story. But what they actually want is to help Trump rule us and ultimately enslave us
Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
“a nothing burger” lol
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I hope if nothing else it opens people's eyes to what's going on. I used to consistently hear "the media just wants clicks/ratings." If they wanted that they would be doggedly pursuing the Epstein story. But what they actually want is to help Trump rule us and ultimately enslave us
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"Every time I have been on major network channels to talk about this, they’re very quick to say, 'Trump has not been implicated.' Well, there are emails now that say Trump spent hours with victims and knew what was going on."
Dems should do more mockery of networks for their Epstein disclaimers:
Dems should do more mockery of networks for their Epstein disclaimers:
Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Every time I have been on major network channels to talk about this, they’re very quick to say, 'Trump has not been implicated.' Well, there are emails now that say Trump spent hours with victims and knew what was going on."
Dems should do more mockery of networks for their Epstein disclaimers:
Dems should do more mockery of networks for their Epstein disclaimers: