Pennamite Patriot
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Inquisitive quips by a patriotic liberal from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Jesus CHRIST this is median-voter-making "WE SHALL FIGHT ON THE BEACHES, WE SHALL FIGHT IN THE FIELDS AND IN THE STREETS, WE SHALL FIGHT IN THE HILLS, WE WILL NEVER SURRWNDER"-synthwave-edits levels of GOP hatred
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Jesus CHRIST this is median-voter-making "WE SHALL FIGHT ON THE BEACHES, WE SHALL FIGHT IN THE FIELDS AND IN THE STREETS, WE SHALL FIGHT IN THE HILLS, WE WILL NEVER SURRWNDER"-synthwave-edits levels of GOP hatred
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I think @cnliberalism.org needs to take action here
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I think @cnliberalism.org needs to take action here
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all i want for Christmas is Ann Wagner, Brain Fitzpatrick, Roger Marshall, and Dan Sullivan submitting resumes to McDonald's in 2027
upgraded into the True Maximalist I Want To Believe Resist Lib Triumphalism
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
all i want for Christmas is Ann Wagner, Brain Fitzpatrick, Roger Marshall, and Dan Sullivan submitting resumes to McDonald's in 2027
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I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
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Everyone dooming about 2026 is wrong.
Authoritarianism isn’t consolidated. Republicans can’t rig the midterms.
And their efforts to manipulate them may be backfiring.
The triumphalists had a similar over-read of 2024 as the doomerists, and a similar underestimation of the pro-democracy opposition.
Authoritarianism isn’t consolidated. Republicans can’t rig the midterms.
And their efforts to manipulate them may be backfiring.
The triumphalists had a similar over-read of 2024 as the doomerists, and a similar underestimation of the pro-democracy opposition.
Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart:
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It
As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Everyone dooming about 2026 is wrong.
Authoritarianism isn’t consolidated. Republicans can’t rig the midterms.
And their efforts to manipulate them may be backfiring.
The triumphalists had a similar over-read of 2024 as the doomerists, and a similar underestimation of the pro-democracy opposition.
Authoritarianism isn’t consolidated. Republicans can’t rig the midterms.
And their efforts to manipulate them may be backfiring.
The triumphalists had a similar over-read of 2024 as the doomerists, and a similar underestimation of the pro-democracy opposition.
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My working theory is now that she tried to seduce Joe Biden and he politely turned her down.
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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This woman is a fucking sociopath
From Olivia Nuzzi's piece in 2024 about Joe Biden. Hm. Interesting.
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This woman is a fucking sociopath
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Anyway those inhibitions are dropping and he's going to assault one of his government blondes in the Oval by the time this is up, everyone gets that right
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Anyway those inhibitions are dropping and he's going to assault one of his government blondes in the Oval by the time this is up, everyone gets that right
New pets just dropped!
The raccoons near me are so cute that suckers in my neighborhood regularly bring them full portions of rice and beans and full containers of fresh blueberries! Even though the parks department begs us not to feed them!
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
New pets just dropped!
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A good way to approach this question is to ask if other countries have suburbs
we need to put to rest the idea that the mass suburbanization of the US was inevitably natural, and admit that americans only seek out this lifestyle because the US has heavily subsidized it over the last century to attainability for a sizeable population, to the benefit of certain industries.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
A good way to approach this question is to ask if other countries have suburbs
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Nazis: we think ALL white people should have healthcare
Red-brown fools: oh my god, they’re outflanking the Democrats on the left
Red-brown fools: oh my god, they’re outflanking the Democrats on the left
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Nazis: we think ALL white people should have healthcare
Red-brown fools: oh my god, they’re outflanking the Democrats on the left
Red-brown fools: oh my god, they’re outflanking the Democrats on the left
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He’s such a badass lmao
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
He’s such a badass lmao
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Biden was greatly restrained with small congressional majorities, various rules of the system, and lots of other stuff. Starmer has basically none of the same constraints and yet UK Labour is still so very, very worried. It's as if the party forgot it usually spends north of decade out of power.
Honestly Starmer’s government looks even worse when you consider what a much weaker Democratic Congress did from 2021-2023
afaict the Starmer government has no idea that now that they're in government they can use power to do popular things that make people's lives better
or they have actually insane ideas about what will make people's lives better
either way, very bad, even from a mod-pragmatic perspective
or they have actually insane ideas about what will make people's lives better
either way, very bad, even from a mod-pragmatic perspective
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Biden was greatly restrained with small congressional majorities, various rules of the system, and lots of other stuff. Starmer has basically none of the same constraints and yet UK Labour is still so very, very worried. It's as if the party forgot it usually spends north of decade out of power.
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Stephen Miller is scared because Democrats are calling on U.S. military service members and intelligence professionals to honor their oaths to the Constitution.
Miller knows they can’t do that and enforce Trump’s unconstitutional agenda - which Miller himself has shaped.
Miller knows they can’t do that and enforce Trump’s unconstitutional agenda - which Miller himself has shaped.
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Stephen Miller is scared because Democrats are calling on U.S. military service members and intelligence professionals to honor their oaths to the Constitution.
Miller knows they can’t do that and enforce Trump’s unconstitutional agenda - which Miller himself has shaped.
Miller knows they can’t do that and enforce Trump’s unconstitutional agenda - which Miller himself has shaped.
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at this point the null hypothesis is "nuzzi has fucked every source she has ever had"
See I thought when her place of employ fired her for sleeping with her source and not telling them meant that it was serial conduct which they had caught before and just like didn't tell anyone
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
at this point the null hypothesis is "nuzzi has fucked every source she has ever had"
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80s: Japan is the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
80s: Japan is the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
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We love to see women succeed in male-dominated fields (fucking anything against all possible professional ethical considerations)
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We love to see women succeed in male-dominated fields (fucking anything against all possible professional ethical considerations)
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look, Labour might be doing the wrong thing morally, but it's also going to lose them the elect - wait, I'll come in again
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
look, Labour might be doing the wrong thing morally, but it's also going to lose them the elect - wait, I'll come in again
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I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
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One of the benefits of crossing every t and dotting every i is that you have better odds in court when arguing against one of these MAGA motherfuckers.
Lol, lmao.
Imagine if Texas is blocked and California gets its new map. This is going to be an epic backfire.
Imagine if Texas is blocked and California gets its new map. This is going to be an epic backfire.
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One of the benefits of crossing every t and dotting every i is that you have better odds in court when arguing against one of these MAGA motherfuckers.
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genuinely curious what kind of bullshit they try to pull in the senate
Passed 427-1
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
genuinely curious what kind of bullshit they try to pull in the senate
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This is a truly brutal opinion, from that opening quote on down. Between that and the timing and some technical things about it (constitutional, not just VRA), this is really jamming SCOTUS as hard as possible to let it stand.
I wouldn't bet on it, but it wouldn't be totally shocking if it works.
I wouldn't bet on it, but it wouldn't be totally shocking if it works.
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is a truly brutal opinion, from that opening quote on down. Between that and the timing and some technical things about it (constitutional, not just VRA), this is really jamming SCOTUS as hard as possible to let it stand.
I wouldn't bet on it, but it wouldn't be totally shocking if it works.
I wouldn't bet on it, but it wouldn't be totally shocking if it works.
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Chat, is this good
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Chat, is this good
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The case that the Maduro government in Venezuela is bad: strong
The case that Venezuela or terrorists based there attacked America, or pose a serious threat to do so: nonexistent
The case for removing Maduro by force and assuming things will just sorta naturally improve from there: very weak
The case that Venezuela or terrorists based there attacked America, or pose a serious threat to do so: nonexistent
The case for removing Maduro by force and assuming things will just sorta naturally improve from there: very weak
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The case that the Maduro government in Venezuela is bad: strong
The case that Venezuela or terrorists based there attacked America, or pose a serious threat to do so: nonexistent
The case for removing Maduro by force and assuming things will just sorta naturally improve from there: very weak
The case that Venezuela or terrorists based there attacked America, or pose a serious threat to do so: nonexistent
The case for removing Maduro by force and assuming things will just sorta naturally improve from there: very weak