Rain City Red
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Occasionally, I am funny.
History Teacher | Comedy Writer | Not Like You're Fact-Checking This Anyway
History Teacher | Comedy Writer | Not Like You're Fact-Checking This Anyway
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A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
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Andrew Jackson made reins out of human skin and committed genocide. Thomas Jefferson was also a child rapist. Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson (among others) thought owning humans was cool. Richard Nixon and George W. Bush both have seven figures worth of deaths on their heads.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Andrew Jackson made reins out of human skin and committed genocide. Thomas Jefferson was also a child rapist. Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson (among others) thought owning humans was cool. Richard Nixon and George W. Bush both have seven figures worth of deaths on their heads.
KUOW hosts a weekly show where they invite conservative columnists to tell people what we should be thinking about the news. Always appreciate when they include a token progressive to provide slight pushback on Radke’s Suburban Handwringing power hour.
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
KUOW hosts a weekly show where they invite conservative columnists to tell people what we should be thinking about the news. Always appreciate when they include a token progressive to provide slight pushback on Radke’s Suburban Handwringing power hour.
All I know is that I’m hoping The Needling will continue to needle the powerful, even if we voted for them.
Wilson Already Endorsed for 2nd Term After Promising Death Will Come Swiftly to Her Enemies: tinyurl.com/58nz7udn
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
All I know is that I’m hoping The Needling will continue to needle the powerful, even if we voted for them.
Liberals believe in identity reductionism, not identity politics; the latter is part and parcel for nearly every stripe of politics in this country, and the other is just a hollow attempt to use marginalized communities as a cudgel to silence dissent.
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Liberals believe in identity reductionism, not identity politics; the latter is part and parcel for nearly every stripe of politics in this country, and the other is just a hollow attempt to use marginalized communities as a cudgel to silence dissent.
I for one am ready to drive tech workers into the sea
some local Seattle residents aren't taking the impending election of a progressive Mayor very well
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I for one am ready to drive tech workers into the sea
Trump is truly awful, but he still hasn’t quite cemented certain crown for “worst president”
There have been 45 Presidents. 44 of them would be working on their resignation speech tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Trump is truly awful, but he still hasn’t quite cemented certain crown for “worst president”
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On Veterans Day we should probably remind ourselves that we shouldn’t send young people to die in the trenches because we’re afraid the UK won’t pay its bills
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
On Veterans Day we should probably remind ourselves that we shouldn’t send young people to die in the trenches because we’re afraid the UK won’t pay its bills
This is part of a long pattern; when the Aryan Nations disbanded after the Butler judgment, the ones who didn’t leave the north Idaho/EWA area just found the job where they could live out the race-hate violence - law enforcement.
You rarely hear about white nationalist hate groups. Why is that? Most of them have become ICE GOONS.
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is part of a long pattern; when the Aryan Nations disbanded after the Butler judgment, the ones who didn’t leave the north Idaho/EWA area just found the job where they could live out the race-hate violence - law enforcement.
my family went from refugee camps and old world slums to living in houses on actual land in the course of about 40 years
The standard of living jump from my grandmother (yeoman farming family, well off esp in the Depression) to my mother (baby boom) is legitimately just insane
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
my family went from refugee camps and old world slums to living in houses on actual land in the course of about 40 years
liberals haven’t learned to use new toys since 2016 - much like their preferred candidates.
Keep fighting for the oligarchy, I’m sure they’ll help your family when the medical bills are crushing.
Keep fighting for the oligarchy, I’m sure they’ll help your family when the medical bills are crushing.
The Berniebros still don't get it. And I have yet to have a single Berniebro answer my questions about Bernie and Russiagate, Bernie's past with Communist dictators, and Bernie's Marxist economics BS.
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
liberals haven’t learned to use new toys since 2016 - much like their preferred candidates.
Keep fighting for the oligarchy, I’m sure they’ll help your family when the medical bills are crushing.
Keep fighting for the oligarchy, I’m sure they’ll help your family when the medical bills are crushing.
We are in for four years of liberal brainrot at levels that we haven’t seen in my lifetime
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We are in for four years of liberal brainrot at levels that we haven’t seen in my lifetime
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If you think about it, Hamilton was one of the most regressive moments in the intersection of politics and art. A single play sought to transmute the shame Liberals had for this country’s history into a nationalism falsely informed by new racial mythologies.
In this essay, I will—
In this essay, I will—
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If you think about it, Hamilton was one of the most regressive moments in the intersection of politics and art. A single play sought to transmute the shame Liberals had for this country’s history into a nationalism falsely informed by new racial mythologies.
In this essay, I will—
In this essay, I will—
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November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
COMMUNITY REQUEST
Every month, we ask supporters to chip in and help with monthly subscriptions to our video editing, social media and graphic design tools
Venmo.com/divestspd
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Venmo.com/divestspd
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
@dansavage.bsky.social came out swinging hard in favor of the Iraq War and eventually wrote a weak non-apology, so it’s not quite fair to say there was *no* accountability.
Maybe the biggest part of Cheney’s legacy is that after running a nightmarish and highly illegal torture program and killing a million people in Iraq just so oil companies could get their hands on nationalized oil there was zero accountability.
The pundits, news outlets, elected officials who…
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The pundits, news outlets, elected officials who…
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November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@dansavage.bsky.social came out swinging hard in favor of the Iraq War and eventually wrote a weak non-apology, so it’s not quite fair to say there was *no* accountability.
We were so, so close to having the first woman of color commit war crimes on behalf of American corporate interests.
Makes you wonder what might have been.
Makes you wonder what might have been.
We could’ve made history, electing Kamala Harris.
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We were so, so close to having the first woman of color commit war crimes on behalf of American corporate interests.
Makes you wonder what might have been.
Makes you wonder what might have been.
“Too much politics mixed in with autism” is admittedly how you get Metternich
Someone just unsubscribed from my newsletter w/ the comment, "Matthew, you've got too much politics mixed in with autism"
Sorry that autistic people are targeted & under threat and bringing this to your attention.
OUR LIVES ARE INHERENTLY POLITICAL.
If this isn't clear to you, I'm very sorry.
Sorry that autistic people are targeted & under threat and bringing this to your attention.
OUR LIVES ARE INHERENTLY POLITICAL.
If this isn't clear to you, I'm very sorry.
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“Too much politics mixed in with autism” is admittedly how you get Metternich
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SeattleU’s criminal justice program had an incestuous relationship with SPD.
It provides:
-Annual survey/MCPP/Before the Badge (Helfgott)
-Most of the data/analytics staff
-The current OPA director
-RTCC staff
-Several officers
It provides:
-Annual survey/MCPP/Before the Badge (Helfgott)
-Most of the data/analytics staff
-The current OPA director
-RTCC staff
-Several officers
This "public safety survey" is not an objective process whatsoever. The woman who operates the survey is paid by the Seattle PD to do it (Seattle Times omits this), is a media surrogate identified by SPD and is actively quoted as desiring to boost legitimacy and trust in police.
Seattle crime survey reveals a decade of shifting safety concerns
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
SeattleU’s criminal justice program had an incestuous relationship with SPD.
It provides:
-Annual survey/MCPP/Before the Badge (Helfgott)
-Most of the data/analytics staff
-The current OPA director
-RTCC staff
-Several officers
It provides:
-Annual survey/MCPP/Before the Badge (Helfgott)
-Most of the data/analytics staff
-The current OPA director
-RTCC staff
-Several officers
The GOP successfully took over NPR.
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The GOP successfully took over NPR.
People who say this really want those annoying minorities to stop complaining so much. They’re the white moderates Dr. King warned about, and no different from the liberals who kneeled for Hitler in the 30s.
Cool story. Sorry, people not being able to compete in sports is simply not on the scale of consideration when others in our tent are literally losing their freedom and their livelihoods.
You can pretend all you want that rational disagreement is "throwing you under the bus", but it's bullshit.
You can pretend all you want that rational disagreement is "throwing you under the bus", but it's bullshit.
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
People who say this really want those annoying minorities to stop complaining so much. They’re the white moderates Dr. King warned about, and no different from the liberals who kneeled for Hitler in the 30s.
The party that actively worked to destroy the Black Panther party should try to emulate the Black Panther party
The Democratic Party would do well to look to the social programs of the Black Panther Party as inspiration if SNAP disappears on Saturday. Just running party-sponsored food drives and regular party-sponsored spaghetti dinners in some major cities would be both helpful and good PR.
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The party that actively worked to destroy the Black Panther party should try to emulate the Black Panther party
Centrists and liberals and conservatives all gave these agencies military hardware and unlimited money.
Only socialists, communists, and other leftists are serious about undoing the harm this has caused and will continue to cause.
Only socialists, communists, and other leftists are serious about undoing the harm this has caused and will continue to cause.
Border Patrol, led by Bovino, militarized approach expanding to more interior American cities.
Tom Wong, Dir. U.S. Imm Policy Ctr, UC San Diego: Distinction between Border Patrol & ICE is blurring. Border is no longer just external boundaries of US but everywhere.”
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Tom Wong, Dir. U.S. Imm Policy Ctr, UC San Diego: Distinction between Border Patrol & ICE is blurring. Border is no longer just external boundaries of US but everywhere.”
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
ICE officials replaced with Border Patrol, cementing hard tactics that originated in California
The stepped-up role of Border Patrol leaders in interior enforcement — which has historically been ICE territory — marks an evolution of tactics that originated in California.
www.latimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Centrists and liberals and conservatives all gave these agencies military hardware and unlimited money.
Only socialists, communists, and other leftists are serious about undoing the harm this has caused and will continue to cause.
Only socialists, communists, and other leftists are serious about undoing the harm this has caused and will continue to cause.
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I see a lot of "ICE is doing this to even CITIZENS!!" responses, and… who cares if it's citizens. Who cares if it's people undocumented or here The Wrong Way. The lustful violence is incommensurate with any possible justification no matter the targets. They are evil. Fundamentally, biblically evil.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I see a lot of "ICE is doing this to even CITIZENS!!" responses, and… who cares if it's citizens. Who cares if it's people undocumented or here The Wrong Way. The lustful violence is incommensurate with any possible justification no matter the targets. They are evil. Fundamentally, biblically evil.
VPs Cheney, Biden, Harris, and Pence all did too, actually.
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
VPs Cheney, Biden, Harris, and Pence all did too, actually.