Paul Bort
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Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head https://theonion.com/health-speculations-swirl-as-trump-seen-with-damage-numbers-above-head/
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head https://theonion.com/health-speculations-swirl-as-trump-seen-with-damage-numbers-above-head/
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The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
Hypothesis: The big push for RTO is caused, in part, by management wanting to trade the productivity gains of remote work for reducing the risk of people demanding compensation that reflects increased productivity.
January 21, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Hypothesis: The big push for RTO is caused, in part, by management wanting to trade the productivity gains of remote work for reducing the risk of people demanding compensation that reflects increased productivity.
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We're going to have to beat MAGA at the ballot box, fend off the seemingly inevitable fascist coup attempt and then hammer their movement both in popular opinion and in the courts until right-wing folks remember that they got more done working within liberalism than without it.
January 21, 2026 at 12:28 AM
We're going to have to beat MAGA at the ballot box, fend off the seemingly inevitable fascist coup attempt and then hammer their movement both in popular opinion and in the courts until right-wing folks remember that they got more done working within liberalism than without it.
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Trump, and his supporters and apologists, are shitty people with shitty values from a shitty culture.
Not enough bad things can happen to them.
Not enough bad things can happen to them.
So far, I am only seeing TPM, Mediaite, and Daily Beast focusing on this.
We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
Trump Marks First Year In Office With Unhinged Racist Rant Targeting ‘Very Low IQ’ Somalis
President Donald Trump spent the first anniversary of his second term on...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Trump, and his supporters and apologists, are shitty people with shitty values from a shitty culture.
Not enough bad things can happen to them.
Not enough bad things can happen to them.
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Couldn't care less if Thread has a billion users and Blue Sky has 1000. I just need a steam vent where I can release whatever dumb jokes and observations enter my brain without contributing to the financial success of Musk or Zuck. Give me 2-34 likes on every one of these and I'm good.
July 7, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Couldn't care less if Thread has a billion users and Blue Sky has 1000. I just need a steam vent where I can release whatever dumb jokes and observations enter my brain without contributing to the financial success of Musk or Zuck. Give me 2-34 likes on every one of these and I'm good.
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All it would take is for a bunch of these CEOs to confront Trump in front of the world and tell him he's unfit to run a hot-dog stand, and his presidency would be over. Seriously.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 AM
All it would take is for a bunch of these CEOs to confront Trump in front of the world and tell him he's unfit to run a hot-dog stand, and his presidency would be over. Seriously.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
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Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
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"Abolish ICE" is the moderate position. "Try everyone involved in ICE for crimes against humanity" is the progressive one.
A third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says.
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"Abolish ICE" is the moderate position. "Try everyone involved in ICE for crimes against humanity" is the progressive one.
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Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
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“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
January 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
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MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
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“One morally vacant aristocrat could not have accomplished today on his own. Everyone who was supposed to protect [us] from this failed in unforgivable ways … Every institution you may have believed had value revealed itself to be for-sale or out-to-lunch.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Everyone Who Was Supposed to Protect You From This Failed Miserably
Donald Trump will now be the president again. A colossal failure by every Republican, Democratic, legal, corporate, and media institution got us here.
www.rollingstone.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“One morally vacant aristocrat could not have accomplished today on his own. Everyone who was supposed to protect [us] from this failed in unforgivable ways … Every institution you may have believed had value revealed itself to be for-sale or out-to-lunch.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
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a certain type of person really loves to interpret Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as “MLK said to be nicer to white people,” and my recommendation is that those people, in particular, read Letter from a Birmingham Jail at least 2-3 times, to really let it sink in.
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 PM
a certain type of person really loves to interpret Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as “MLK said to be nicer to white people,” and my recommendation is that those people, in particular, read Letter from a Birmingham Jail at least 2-3 times, to really let it sink in.
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We're going to need a denazification program for the federal government when this is over. It's that simple, and that stark.
A prerequisite to competing in, and winning fair elections is that you need political freedom and basic human rights. How could a party not, when they get power, dismantle a secret police force dedicated to imprisoning and killing them?
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
We're going to need a denazification program for the federal government when this is over. It's that simple, and that stark.
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✨ Conservatives like to pretend their politics are complex because a lot of them still want to be thought of as good people and not amoral monsters ✨
January 19, 2026 at 5:35 PM
✨ Conservatives like to pretend their politics are complex because a lot of them still want to be thought of as good people and not amoral monsters ✨
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Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.
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Working on a theory
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Working on a theory
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Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
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To new & aspiring designers - the best way to approach a new design is almost always whatever gets it to the table the fastest.
Not sussing out every detail or balancing any of it ahead of time. Actually making & playing the game.
Not sussing out every detail or balancing any of it ahead of time. Actually making & playing the game.
January 19, 2026 at 7:37 PM
To new & aspiring designers - the best way to approach a new design is almost always whatever gets it to the table the fastest.
Not sussing out every detail or balancing any of it ahead of time. Actually making & playing the game.
Not sussing out every detail or balancing any of it ahead of time. Actually making & playing the game.
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Blanche is a Made Man in mafia terminology. He does what he's told, and what he thinks the Boss wants. In exchange he has his position and income. He expect the benefits of his vassalage to continue, ad hopes he'll strike it rich some time.
Can someone explain to me what Todd Blanche hopes to get out of this in the end? Like, I get that JD and Marco think they might get to be president. Miller gets to live out his psychopathic fantasy. But Blanche…? This is his peak. Is it to be AG when Trump fires Bondi? Like what is his point
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Blanche is a Made Man in mafia terminology. He does what he's told, and what he thinks the Boss wants. In exchange he has his position and income. He expect the benefits of his vassalage to continue, ad hopes he'll strike it rich some time.
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You don't need to liken what happened to Renee good to what happened to Jews in Germany.
You have to liken it to what your ancestors did to Black people here about 150 years ago because guess who the Nazis learned from? YOUR FOREBEARS.
For fucks sake.
You have to liken it to what your ancestors did to Black people here about 150 years ago because guess who the Nazis learned from? YOUR FOREBEARS.
For fucks sake.
January 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
You don't need to liken what happened to Renee good to what happened to Jews in Germany.
You have to liken it to what your ancestors did to Black people here about 150 years ago because guess who the Nazis learned from? YOUR FOREBEARS.
For fucks sake.
You have to liken it to what your ancestors did to Black people here about 150 years ago because guess who the Nazis learned from? YOUR FOREBEARS.
For fucks sake.
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The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.