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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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Publishers Break Down Door As George R.R. Martin Escapes Through Bathroom Window
Publishers Break Down Door As George R.R. Martin Escapes Through Bathroom Window
SANTA FE, NM—A set of billowing curtains signaling that they had arrived moments too late, staff from Penguin Random House reportedly broke down George R.R. Martin’s door Monday as the writer escaped ...
theonion.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Publishers Break Down Door As George R.R. Martin Escapes Through Bathroom Window
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The cities that built the most new housing consistently saw the biggest price drops in older rental units. What can it mean?!?1?
www.statesforum.org/january-book...
www.statesforum.org/january-book...
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The cities that built the most new housing consistently saw the biggest price drops in older rental units. What can it mean?!?1?
www.statesforum.org/january-book...
www.statesforum.org/january-book...
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“I’m a Christian, and I believe in a Christian set of principles based on my faith.”
—Vought, June 2017.
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work…. We want to put them in trauma.”
—May 2023. trib.al/pCVtFXZ
—Vought, June 2017.
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work…. We want to put them in trauma.”
—May 2023. trib.al/pCVtFXZ
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“I’m a Christian, and I believe in a Christian set of principles based on my faith.”
—Vought, June 2017.
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work…. We want to put them in trauma.”
—May 2023. trib.al/pCVtFXZ
—Vought, June 2017.
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work…. We want to put them in trauma.”
—May 2023. trib.al/pCVtFXZ
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A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that cutting back on saturated fats reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. A roadkill-eating, whale-decapitating heroin addict says Americans should eat more saturated fats. For busy eaters, it can be hard to know who to trust.
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that cutting back on saturated fats reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. A roadkill-eating, whale-decapitating heroin addict says Americans should eat more saturated fats. For busy eaters, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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People want to believe that the GOP’s electoral success in red states is the result of dirty tricks and gerrymandering instead of the sincerely held beliefs of a majority of the population because a mechanical issue is easier to fix than wrestling with how to make people not believe what they do.
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
People want to believe that the GOP’s electoral success in red states is the result of dirty tricks and gerrymandering instead of the sincerely held beliefs of a majority of the population because a mechanical issue is easier to fix than wrestling with how to make people not believe what they do.
I can't trust her apology, but there has to be a way to try to get gettable people when they finally see some light. There's value in someone apologizing even when they haven't changed as a person because it's the first crack in the wall.
We’re truly living in the upside down. MTG just apologized on CNN for her role in spreading “toxic politics” after she received death threats from MAGA supporters.
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I can't trust her apology, but there has to be a way to try to get gettable people when they finally see some light. There's value in someone apologizing even when they haven't changed as a person because it's the first crack in the wall.
Chait's idiotic commentary reminds me that whites typically think candidates of color are more economically liberal than they are, find them deceitful, and punish them more on character. Racial prejudice on full display here.
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Chait's idiotic commentary reminds me that whites typically think candidates of color are more economically liberal than they are, find them deceitful, and punish them more on character. Racial prejudice on full display here.
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1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.
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Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
October 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
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America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.
Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.
The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.
Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.
The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.
Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.
The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.
Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.
The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.
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very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Ironically, this reminds me of political science research showing voters assume women are more liberal than they are.
Now that Bari Weiss has ascended to a powerful position at an influential network with a PR machine, I am seeing outlets that cover media like Puck and Mediaite present her as a "centrist" who might even challenge Trump.
That is such a deep and willful misreading of her oeuvre.
That is such a deep and willful misreading of her oeuvre.
October 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ironically, this reminds me of political science research showing voters assume women are more liberal than they are.
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Morning walk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Morning walk
No. Creating such an enormous political coalition enabled the passage of the civil rights act. Yes, leaving segregation untouched until the 40s was terrible, but the New Deal provided enormous economic help to Black Americans and enabled the ending of pro forma segregation.
Isn’t the inevitable corollary of this “civil rights was a mistake”
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
No. Creating such an enormous political coalition enabled the passage of the civil rights act. Yes, leaving segregation untouched until the 40s was terrible, but the New Deal provided enormous economic help to Black Americans and enabled the ending of pro forma segregation.
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
Mr President, I wish more people would follow your example.
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Mr President, I wish more people would follow your example.
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This is actually another example of how reducing political debates to private, interior feelings has been a mistake that too much of the center-left has made in recent years. See also the language of "feeling unsafe" on campus, now used to shut down student protests.
Uwu but hawwv you considered the epistemological standpoint of da vice president, including his twauma
September 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is actually another example of how reducing political debates to private, interior feelings has been a mistake that too much of the center-left has made in recent years. See also the language of "feeling unsafe" on campus, now used to shut down student protests.
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Interesting shutdown politics thread by health policy expert and former OMB official Topher Spiro.
September 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Interesting shutdown politics thread by health policy expert and former OMB official Topher Spiro.
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Fear of crime: an unholy alliance between politicians that need a cudgel, local news that needs clicks, social media's ability to share viral anecdotal crime stories, police that need justification to exist, and the fact that police/surveillance tech is a multi-billion dollar industry, and racism.
What the data says about crime in the U.S.
Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
www.pewresearch.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Fear of crime: an unholy alliance between politicians that need a cudgel, local news that needs clicks, social media's ability to share viral anecdotal crime stories, police that need justification to exist, and the fact that police/surveillance tech is a multi-billion dollar industry, and racism.
Third Way is actually right about this. The Left is way out in the woods using bespoke language to sidestep substantive arguments.
Example: Equity. The term is a surrender of the full meaning and understanding of what social justice should really be about: equality.
Example: Equity. The term is a surrender of the full meaning and understanding of what social justice should really be about: equality.
Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new blacklist of words Dems shouldn’t use.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
August 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Third Way is actually right about this. The Left is way out in the woods using bespoke language to sidestep substantive arguments.
Example: Equity. The term is a surrender of the full meaning and understanding of what social justice should really be about: equality.
Example: Equity. The term is a surrender of the full meaning and understanding of what social justice should really be about: equality.
This isn't directly about the below but: Liberals have a horrible habit of retrenching to what they think is the inarguable logical middle rather than taking the time to fully understand the intellectual territory of a given issue or topic. The real problem is they don't know how everyone thinks.
I'm sure this will be popular. www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-have-to...
The case for staying on Twitter
Against a politics of hygiene
www.theargumentmag.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This isn't directly about the below but: Liberals have a horrible habit of retrenching to what they think is the inarguable logical middle rather than taking the time to fully understand the intellectual territory of a given issue or topic. The real problem is they don't know how everyone thinks.