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One pretty foolproof way to know your government is fascist is when your government tries to punish you for calling it fascist.
September 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
One pretty foolproof way to know your government is fascist is when your government tries to punish you for calling it fascist.
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Listen to me hard:
If you want to be influential on Bluesky then you need to just make up shit about Democrats.
If you want to be influential on Bluesky then you need to just make up shit about Democrats.
September 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Listen to me hard:
If you want to be influential on Bluesky then you need to just make up shit about Democrats.
If you want to be influential on Bluesky then you need to just make up shit about Democrats.
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What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
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I'm not sure what "politically" means here. I don't think Democrats should make scolding Trump voters the core of their campaign or anything, I am merely a podcast host who is posting on the internet! I think morally blaming Trump voters is correct on the merits. That's it, that's the post.
What good does it do politically to point this out? On my own time, between my wife and I or whatever I might have similar sentiments, but what good does publicly shaming people do? I sincerely don't understand it. It feels insular and without purpose.
June 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm not sure what "politically" means here. I don't think Democrats should make scolding Trump voters the core of their campaign or anything, I am merely a podcast host who is posting on the internet! I think morally blaming Trump voters is correct on the merits. That's it, that's the post.
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UC slows something down by about 18 hours. We know this bc Senate Dems have already used it several times
They’ve already filibustered nearly every bill Repubs tried to pass
No filibuster for nominations so what they do is irrelevant unless they get 4 Repubs to vote against Trump
Anything else?
They’ve already filibustered nearly every bill Repubs tried to pass
No filibuster for nominations so what they do is irrelevant unless they get 4 Repubs to vote against Trump
Anything else?
May 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
UC slows something down by about 18 hours. We know this bc Senate Dems have already used it several times
They’ve already filibustered nearly every bill Repubs tried to pass
No filibuster for nominations so what they do is irrelevant unless they get 4 Repubs to vote against Trump
Anything else?
They’ve already filibustered nearly every bill Repubs tried to pass
No filibuster for nominations so what they do is irrelevant unless they get 4 Repubs to vote against Trump
Anything else?
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
This moron thinks tricky Dick Nixon was better for workers than Joe Biden. Amazing.
April 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This moron thinks tricky Dick Nixon was better for workers than Joe Biden. Amazing.
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This past week, the Chinese learned
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
April 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This past week, the Chinese learned
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
Reposted by Michael Rigg
Clear evidence of the existence of God.
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Clear evidence of the existence of God.
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“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
March 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
Hegseth just gave Jeffrey Goldberg permission to publish Hegseth’s texts. If they don’t contain war plans, no reason for Goldberg to hold back any more.
Reporter: Why were those details shared on signal?
Hegseth: Nobody was texting war plans
Hegseth: Nobody was texting war plans
March 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Hegseth just gave Jeffrey Goldberg permission to publish Hegseth’s texts. If they don’t contain war plans, no reason for Goldberg to hold back any more.
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Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat
March 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat
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The people who run this country genuinely do not know how shit works. They inherited the machinery of empire that tilts the world massively in their favor and said “idk bro, seems kinda gay to me.” You cannot have a serious debate about their plans or philosophy because there’s no there there.
March 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The people who run this country genuinely do not know how shit works. They inherited the machinery of empire that tilts the world massively in their favor and said “idk bro, seems kinda gay to me.” You cannot have a serious debate about their plans or philosophy because there’s no there there.
Reposted by Michael Rigg
Reposted by Michael Rigg
Kids may die from preventable diseases, but libs will cry.
February 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Kids may die from preventable diseases, but libs will cry.
Reposted by Michael Rigg
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If there’s one thing that’s going to make me quit BlueSky, it’s the constant “X is a distraction from Y” nonsense.
One part of the forest burning is not a distraction from another part burning when the whole forest is burning. 🔥
One part of the forest burning is not a distraction from another part burning when the whole forest is burning. 🔥
February 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If there’s one thing that’s going to make me quit BlueSky, it’s the constant “X is a distraction from Y” nonsense.
One part of the forest burning is not a distraction from another part burning when the whole forest is burning. 🔥
One part of the forest burning is not a distraction from another part burning when the whole forest is burning. 🔥
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Always annoyed when people here assert that all Republicans have been fascists from Reagan on down to Trump. You sound like MAGAs who claim every Democrat is a Marxist. You're just demonstrating that you lack the ability to imagine anyone who could disagree with you and not be completely evil.
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Always annoyed when people here assert that all Republicans have been fascists from Reagan on down to Trump. You sound like MAGAs who claim every Democrat is a Marxist. You're just demonstrating that you lack the ability to imagine anyone who could disagree with you and not be completely evil.
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Based on the reaction to today’s column, I’m right. Calling out willful ignorance makes people uncomfortable. As it should.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity | Opinion
On the eve of Donald Trump's election certification, the best thing Americans can do is remember that stupidity should be embarrassing.
www.usatoday.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Based on the reaction to today’s column, I’m right. Calling out willful ignorance makes people uncomfortable. As it should.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Bowie, gone nine years ago today.
His unbelievably prescient BBC interview — from 1999, about the internet’s sudden, mass adoption — is always worth a listen.
#RIP 🙏🏼
His unbelievably prescient BBC interview — from 1999, about the internet’s sudden, mass adoption — is always worth a listen.
#RIP 🙏🏼
January 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Bowie, gone nine years ago today.
His unbelievably prescient BBC interview — from 1999, about the internet’s sudden, mass adoption — is always worth a listen.
#RIP 🙏🏼
His unbelievably prescient BBC interview — from 1999, about the internet’s sudden, mass adoption — is always worth a listen.
#RIP 🙏🏼
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Fundamentally these people are driven by the same distrust and trauma that leads people to think the Earth is flat or Bill Gates is putting microchips in vaccines. It's just a different flavour of the same bullshit way of thinking.
December 9, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Fundamentally these people are driven by the same distrust and trauma that leads people to think the Earth is flat or Bill Gates is putting microchips in vaccines. It's just a different flavour of the same bullshit way of thinking.
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Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention
November 26, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention
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Republican president appoints a Republican congressman to be AG, Republican senators balk at confirming him, he's replaced by another Republican and somehow it's still the dastardly libs who are the real villains.
Incredible commitment to the bit, I have to applaud it.
Incredible commitment to the bit, I have to applaud it.
November 22, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Republican president appoints a Republican congressman to be AG, Republican senators balk at confirming him, he's replaced by another Republican and somehow it's still the dastardly libs who are the real villains.
Incredible commitment to the bit, I have to applaud it.
Incredible commitment to the bit, I have to applaud it.