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Brooklyn. Communist. Stoner. Musician/creative. Humanity is worth saving

MAGAs, alt righters, bigots and grifters are all blocked on sight
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friedrich engels on “social murder” in his book condition of the working class (1845)
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Folks I’ve run the numbers on this and—you won’t believe this—for the 900th issue in a row, the real problem is not the issue itself but instead the way “””The Left””” talks about it. What are the odds
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
you are a rube and no one wants to buy what you are selling
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
WEDNESDAY. The day you flumpty-foo! And you think boopty-bop and zippity-zoom but the truth is, razza frazza wuzza wooza. What I'm trying to say is, maybe your brain isn't working either, but that's OK, because you're great. PS you need a firmware upgrade in the form of "coffee."
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
if you dont vote in defiance as a citizen that is doing fascism. if you dont speak up in defiance as a politician that is the status quo
NEW: Jeffries clamping down on SOTU disruptions

Said at whips meeting this AM to either sit in "silent defiance" or boycott altogether, sources told @axios.com

Senior House Dem tells me the current plan for resisters is to go to an "alternative viewing site" www.axios.com/2026/02/11/t...
House Democrats try to shut down disruptions at Trump's State of the Union
Jeffries told his members to either show "silent defiance" or boycott the speech.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
“the LLM told me i was smart and it typed right at me and said it’s real and then i peed a little” the new oped that the entire tech world is talking and peeing about
February 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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They don't want to do that and wouldn't know how even if they did. They took acts of massive public outrage and turned them into a routine legislative negotiation that will yield little even if they "win" it. These guys aren't built for this
Sadly, this is why Democratic leaders needed to act when the iron was hot — to lead, get out on the streets, and mobilize public opinion.

It may now be that their moment has passed and the public has moved on. If so, what a shame; what a lost opportunity.
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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the sort of information environment where you wish the FAA was not run by a contestant on the Real World, the Department of Defense by a Fox and Friends drunk, and DHS by Corey Lewandowski
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
[sitting at work opening spreadsheets] i wonder if we’re nuking mexico today
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
cat heals you with belly display [56k no way] 1̲ 2̲ 3̲ … L͟a͟s͟t͟ ͟P͟a͟g͟e͟
February 11, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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They cannot dedicate themselves to actual class analysis so to explain it the anti communist liberals will become Nazis

Many such cases
I have to say, I do not love this new trend of large liberal accounts with millions of followers identifying Jews.
February 11, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
me too laura. me too
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 AM
shut up
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
israel literally evaporated children with your tax dollars
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
remember when they made online poker illegal
a society losing the plot in real time
February 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM
sorry to be a downer. i dont feel like the same person anymore, ever since KamalaHQ became Headquarters, the Gen Z-led hub for progressives
February 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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In the Skyway 20 minutes after an ice abduction, mayor Frey walks through the government center. A lady yells at him "what are you doing to stop this? Fuck you." He responds, "is that helpful?" With a smirk on his face.
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
sorry to hear that they put chappell roan in fortnite. she had a good musical career but now she has to focus on escaping
February 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
- air force
- air force reserve
- atf
- army
- bureau of prisons
- bureau of reclamations
- capitol police
- cdc
- cms
- cia
- circuit courts of appeal
- uscis
- congress
- cbp
- dod
- dha
- hhs
- doj

sorry this is only through the letter D from the government website. feel free to keep going
More McIver (D-NJ) to ICE chief at today's hearing:
-"How do you think Judgment Day will work for you, with so much blood on your hands?"
-"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
-"How many government agencies are you aware of that routinely kill American citizens and still get funding?"
February 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM