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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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JCO just showing everyone the value of an education in the humanities
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
JCO just showing everyone the value of an education in the humanities
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Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 7 weeks after she won her election by about 40 points. Mitch McConnell refused to give Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, even a hearing for most of a year. Sen. Tommy Tuberville blocked all military nominations for 10 months /
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 7 weeks after she won her election by about 40 points. Mitch McConnell refused to give Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, even a hearing for most of a year. Sen. Tommy Tuberville blocked all military nominations for 10 months /
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I maintain that the obvious explanation for what is happening worldwide right now is that, thanks to media fragmentation, almost every politically informed person exists within a community of ENDLESS INDULGENCE, where you are actively encouraged to embrace cathartic narratives as unimpeachably true.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I maintain that the obvious explanation for what is happening worldwide right now is that, thanks to media fragmentation, almost every politically informed person exists within a community of ENDLESS INDULGENCE, where you are actively encouraged to embrace cathartic narratives as unimpeachably true.
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USAID is still gone, no other country has shown either the will or the ability to fill in the services whose disappearance is going to kill millions of people, and no one in the media or political class cares that we are going to kill more people than the Holocaust before this is over 👍
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
USAID is still gone, no other country has shown either the will or the ability to fill in the services whose disappearance is going to kill millions of people, and no one in the media or political class cares that we are going to kill more people than the Holocaust before this is over 👍
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I think on some level I get really frustrated to see progressives claim the far past was better than today because it’s explicitly the MAGA project to take us back there, and people need to understand that it was a poor, cruel, ugly, hard world compared to the one we’ve built
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think on some level I get really frustrated to see progressives claim the far past was better than today because it’s explicitly the MAGA project to take us back there, and people need to understand that it was a poor, cruel, ugly, hard world compared to the one we’ve built
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One thing we need to be very careful of is that a lot of people want to use Democratic discontent to build power for themselves rather than to strengthen the left-of-center opposition for Trump. If someone proposes a new party, this is probably what they're doing.
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
One thing we need to be very careful of is that a lot of people want to use Democratic discontent to build power for themselves rather than to strengthen the left-of-center opposition for Trump. If someone proposes a new party, this is probably what they're doing.
I’m not “Mr. LLM” but what… Intuit is gonna for $10 offer auto-tax processing? I mean if they don’t I assure you the other bullshit (Gemini, ChatGPT) is gonna work well enough here for 90% of the people. And that’s $0.
Just seems like “filing taxes” is gonna be like “dialing up AOL”.
Just seems like “filing taxes” is gonna be like “dialing up AOL”.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’m not “Mr. LLM” but what… Intuit is gonna for $10 offer auto-tax processing? I mean if they don’t I assure you the other bullshit (Gemini, ChatGPT) is gonna work well enough here for 90% of the people. And that’s $0.
Just seems like “filing taxes” is gonna be like “dialing up AOL”.
Just seems like “filing taxes” is gonna be like “dialing up AOL”.
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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At this point, if you claim to be on the political left but are advocating against Dems doing retaliatory redistricting, you're either:
a) one of the dumbest people alive, or
b) a Republican plant
a) one of the dumbest people alive, or
b) a Republican plant
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
At this point, if you claim to be on the political left but are advocating against Dems doing retaliatory redistricting, you're either:
a) one of the dumbest people alive, or
b) a Republican plant
a) one of the dumbest people alive, or
b) a Republican plant
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THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
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People wildly overestimate the economic security experienced by past generations. There's no period in American history where significant numbers of young people were just handed high paying jobs. Nostalgia for a time that never existed is a huge problem.
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
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I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical
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November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
People wildly overestimate the economic security experienced by past generations. There's no period in American history where significant numbers of young people were just handed high paying jobs. Nostalgia for a time that never existed is a huge problem.
My guess is it’s SCOTUS stopping SNAP and the RIFs, they know they’ll lose the ACA vote, “fight” again in January, and message in November.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My guess is it’s SCOTUS stopping SNAP and the RIFs, they know they’ll lose the ACA vote, “fight” again in January, and message in November.
I’m the biggest YIMBY on earth and think housing solves everything but no, Biden/Harris didn’t lose because housing is in crisis.
“I will build 3M homes and give buyers $25K” resonated with exactly 0 voters.
“I will build 3M homes and give buyers $25K” resonated with exactly 0 voters.
the problem with your argument is that you’ve made all the numbers up from thin air and they’re completely wrong
houses cost a million dollars each, will
it doesn't matter how many stupid plastic superhero figurines people can buy, it matters if they can buy a house to put them in
telling people who pay 60% of their income in rent that their funko pops mean they're wealthy is dishonest and insulting
it doesn't matter how many stupid plastic superhero figurines people can buy, it matters if they can buy a house to put them in
telling people who pay 60% of their income in rent that their funko pops mean they're wealthy is dishonest and insulting
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m the biggest YIMBY on earth and think housing solves everything but no, Biden/Harris didn’t lose because housing is in crisis.
“I will build 3M homes and give buyers $25K” resonated with exactly 0 voters.
“I will build 3M homes and give buyers $25K” resonated with exactly 0 voters.
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Reducing spending on a major category of household good that no one can avoid by EIGHTY PERCENT is a huge advancement in material prosperity. But the left, which is theoretically focused on material prosperity, has trained itself to see any reference to growing prosperity as a rhetorical trick
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reducing spending on a major category of household good that no one can avoid by EIGHTY PERCENT is a huge advancement in material prosperity. But the left, which is theoretically focused on material prosperity, has trained itself to see any reference to growing prosperity as a rhetorical trick
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it’s cool how San Francisco’s reactionary leftists are lying about my career to try and make Zohran look bad, all because they’re mad at him for actually supporting building housing
SF’s NIMBY “leftists” are:
1. literally just conservatives
2. the biggest losers on earth
3. allergic to power
SF’s NIMBY “leftists” are:
1. literally just conservatives
2. the biggest losers on earth
3. allergic to power
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
it’s cool how San Francisco’s reactionary leftists are lying about my career to try and make Zohran look bad, all because they’re mad at him for actually supporting building housing
SF’s NIMBY “leftists” are:
1. literally just conservatives
2. the biggest losers on earth
3. allergic to power
SF’s NIMBY “leftists” are:
1. literally just conservatives
2. the biggest losers on earth
3. allergic to power
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During the Biden years the unemployment rate got cut in half, lower-income wages spiked through the roof. Your experience in that regard is not representative. Homeownership rates remain historically normal. It’s true that graphics card prices spiked. That is not a good macroeconomic indicator.
what i remember about the biden years economically is that everyone i know got laid off, myself included, and if that didn’t dash their dreams of home ownership, the interest rate hikes did. i don’t remember things being cheaper, i do remember a regular graphics card costing a thousand dollars
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
During the Biden years the unemployment rate got cut in half, lower-income wages spiked through the roof. Your experience in that regard is not representative. Homeownership rates remain historically normal. It’s true that graphics card prices spiked. That is not a good macroeconomic indicator.
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Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
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I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
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It’s insane. In 1960 people spent 10% of their annual income on clothing - and despite that, only purchased about 20 items.
Today, we spend 2% of our annual income on clothing, and purchase an average of about 70 items per year.
But Bluesky leftists are convinced this means we’re getting POORER
Today, we spend 2% of our annual income on clothing, and purchase an average of about 70 items per year.
But Bluesky leftists are convinced this means we’re getting POORER
Clothing has become so cheap people literally cannot conceptualize it as a major household expense
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s insane. In 1960 people spent 10% of their annual income on clothing - and despite that, only purchased about 20 items.
Today, we spend 2% of our annual income on clothing, and purchase an average of about 70 items per year.
But Bluesky leftists are convinced this means we’re getting POORER
Today, we spend 2% of our annual income on clothing, and purchase an average of about 70 items per year.
But Bluesky leftists are convinced this means we’re getting POORER
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let me be as clear about this as I can:
in terms of overall ability to acquire goods and services, the median American and median American family HAS NOT SEEN A STAGNATION IN OVERALL PURCHASING POWER.
in terms of overall ability to acquire goods and services, the median American and median American family HAS NOT SEEN A STAGNATION IN OVERALL PURCHASING POWER.
sure man, there hasn't been a stagnation in purchasing power. people just don't feel like buying their first home until they're in their 40s
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
let me be as clear about this as I can:
in terms of overall ability to acquire goods and services, the median American and median American family HAS NOT SEEN A STAGNATION IN OVERALL PURCHASING POWER.
in terms of overall ability to acquire goods and services, the median American and median American family HAS NOT SEEN A STAGNATION IN OVERALL PURCHASING POWER.