NGMcClernan
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Senator Sanders argues that the capitulation to Republicans on the shutdown plays into Donald Trump's hands and his narrative that Democrats are weak.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Senator Sanders argues that the capitulation to Republicans on the shutdown plays into Donald Trump's hands and his narrative that Democrats are weak.
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The tale of Kathy Griffin. Thank you @slate.com for telling my story and spending the day with me…I’m glad the mic was on! Read the full feature at linked below. ⭐️
slate.com/life/2025/11...
slate.com/life/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The tale of Kathy Griffin. Thank you @slate.com for telling my story and spending the day with me…I’m glad the mic was on! Read the full feature at linked below. ⭐️
slate.com/life/2025/11...
slate.com/life/2025/11...
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As I was saying: Steven Pinker: still undefeated as the world's biggest weasel
www.foxnews.com/media/harvar...
www.foxnews.com/media/harvar...
Harvard professor says there's 'grain of truth' in Trump calling school 'liberal mess'
Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker said that President Donald Trump had a point about liberal bias at the university, citing need for more professors on the right.
www.foxnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As I was saying: Steven Pinker: still undefeated as the world's biggest weasel
www.foxnews.com/media/harvar...
www.foxnews.com/media/harvar...
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"Hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses and investors... contributing hundreds of billions of dollars to the federal deficit, on top of the trillions that the legislation signed by Trump in July is already adding to the deficit..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses and investors... contributing hundreds of billions of dollars to the federal deficit, on top of the trillions that the legislation signed by Trump in July is already adding to the deficit..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Well, that's certainly one theory about what Americans will remember.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Well, that's certainly one theory about what Americans will remember.
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Senate Democrats had the power to do one thing: This shutdown. And this is what they did with it. Maybe this is some brilliant political calculus, in which case I'll happily eat my words. But right now, it feels like the beginning of the end of the party in its current form--and by its own hand.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Senate Democrats had the power to do one thing: This shutdown. And this is what they did with it. Maybe this is some brilliant political calculus, in which case I'll happily eat my words. But right now, it feels like the beginning of the end of the party in its current form--and by its own hand.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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Dems caved in March expecting a better deal in Sept; Dems cave now for the promise of a better deal but without a date certain (a deal without a date certain is no deal at all!).
Repubs have had 15 years to provide a better healthcare plan
they have none
you have lost credibility
Repubs have had 15 years to provide a better healthcare plan
they have none
you have lost credibility
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Dems caved in March expecting a better deal in Sept; Dems cave now for the promise of a better deal but without a date certain (a deal without a date certain is no deal at all!).
Repubs have had 15 years to provide a better healthcare plan
they have none
you have lost credibility
Repubs have had 15 years to provide a better healthcare plan
they have none
you have lost credibility
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Resign you infinitely gullible, incompetent, geriatric fuck.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Resign you infinitely gullible, incompetent, geriatric fuck.
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Go away. You're why we lose.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Go away. You're why we lose.
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It’s striking and inexplicable that Senate Dems crumbled following decisive signals from the American electorate that Trump’s policies are deeply unpopular and Americans expect the Democrats to fight Trump and Republicans over healthcare, affordability, & be a check on his chaos.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It’s striking and inexplicable that Senate Dems crumbled following decisive signals from the American electorate that Trump’s policies are deeply unpopular and Americans expect the Democrats to fight Trump and Republicans over healthcare, affordability, & be a check on his chaos.
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Do we believe his family won’t buy another pardon from Trump?
“In the final hours of President Trump’s first term, a violent felon used his family’s ties to Mr. Trump’s son-in-law to receive the deal of a lifetime.”
But now he sexually assaulted a nanny.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
“In the final hours of President Trump’s first term, a violent felon used his family’s ties to Mr. Trump’s son-in-law to receive the deal of a lifetime.”
But now he sexually assaulted a nanny.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
Felon Freed by Trump Is Set to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Do we believe his family won’t buy another pardon from Trump?
“In the final hours of President Trump’s first term, a violent felon used his family’s ties to Mr. Trump’s son-in-law to receive the deal of a lifetime.”
But now he sexually assaulted a nanny.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
“In the final hours of President Trump’s first term, a violent felon used his family’s ties to Mr. Trump’s son-in-law to receive the deal of a lifetime.”
But now he sexually assaulted a nanny.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
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Schumer doesn’t get that, after the outrage in March, the only thing that would redeem him was not giving votes to the GOP this time, sticking it out until they caved.
He thinks he gets points for sticking it out for while this time. But that’s not how it works. The anger is now ten times greater.
He thinks he gets points for sticking it out for while this time. But that’s not how it works. The anger is now ten times greater.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Schumer doesn’t get that, after the outrage in March, the only thing that would redeem him was not giving votes to the GOP this time, sticking it out until they caved.
He thinks he gets points for sticking it out for while this time. But that’s not how it works. The anger is now ten times greater.
He thinks he gets points for sticking it out for while this time. But that’s not how it works. The anger is now ten times greater.
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Behold! The chickenshits who are selling out to the Republicans.
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Behold! The chickenshits who are selling out to the Republicans.
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
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Did we check with Dem Senate leadership on this? Because, bear with me because this is some deep thinking, if we end same-sex marriage, voters in '26 will remember who did it and that could help us. How about if we nullify gay marriage in exchange for a floor vote on legalizing it? Just spitballing!
NEW: Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn ruling that legalized gay marriage:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Did we check with Dem Senate leadership on this? Because, bear with me because this is some deep thinking, if we end same-sex marriage, voters in '26 will remember who did it and that could help us. How about if we nullify gay marriage in exchange for a floor vote on legalizing it? Just spitballing!
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slightly demoralizing as a writer to see people reacting to the headline of this piece questioning the premises of the "masculinity crisis" because they think only read the headline and so think it is affirming them
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
slightly demoralizing as a writer to see people reacting to the headline of this piece questioning the premises of the "masculinity crisis" because they think only read the headline and so think it is affirming them
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This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Sometimes I see a post that I am at least four different words away from remotely comprehending and it feels oddly soothing, like listening to grownups chatting in the next room must have felt when I was in my crib. Just a nice hum.
(I know. Something sports something. Please do not explain.)
(I know. Something sports something. Please do not explain.)
The only surprise about atalanta firing juric is that Fiorentina sacked pioli first
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sometimes I see a post that I am at least four different words away from remotely comprehending and it feels oddly soothing, like listening to grownups chatting in the next room must have felt when I was in my crib. Just a nice hum.
(I know. Something sports something. Please do not explain.)
(I know. Something sports something. Please do not explain.)
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Big Phony Schmuck! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Historically, the theory that you reach the masses by running to the center is built on a candidate who won 43 percent of the vote in a three-way race
A "modest margin" when Mamdani beat his next closest challenger by 8 points in a three-person race. Trump won by just 1.5% and it was played off as a seismic realignment of American politics and culture.
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Historically, the theory that you reach the masses by running to the center is built on a candidate who won 43 percent of the vote in a three-way race
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Trump repeatedly fell asleep during his criminal trial in New York last year. You may not have heard about it much because the media decided that Tim Walz retiring from the National Guard 20 years ago merited more prominent coverage
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Trump repeatedly fell asleep during his criminal trial in New York last year. You may not have heard about it much because the media decided that Tim Walz retiring from the National Guard 20 years ago merited more prominent coverage
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Truly great New Yorker article in spite of the title.
Note that it was only 13 years ago that the New Yorker valued women so little, its male:female bylines always skewed male, often by a lot. archive.ph/meTqX
Archive link for the article below: archive.ph/y4WO3
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Note that it was only 13 years ago that the New Yorker valued women so little, its male:female bylines always skewed male, often by a lot. archive.ph/meTqX
Archive link for the article below: archive.ph/y4WO3
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Truly great New Yorker article in spite of the title.
Note that it was only 13 years ago that the New Yorker valued women so little, its male:female bylines always skewed male, often by a lot. archive.ph/meTqX
Archive link for the article below: archive.ph/y4WO3
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Note that it was only 13 years ago that the New Yorker valued women so little, its male:female bylines always skewed male, often by a lot. archive.ph/meTqX
Archive link for the article below: archive.ph/y4WO3
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...