Irate Historian
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Preferred pronouns? Buddy I got no idea. Buddhist, lover not a fighter, perpetually tired, historian in training, and professional nerd. Loves birds, science fiction, religious studies and poetry!
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lol when your centrist frontliner running for senate is doing this...
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
lol when your centrist frontliner running for senate is doing this...
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Part of the right wing sales pitch was "Liberals are annoying" but they quickly proved they are infinitely more irritating, it's not even close
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Part of the right wing sales pitch was "Liberals are annoying" but they quickly proved they are infinitely more irritating, it's not even close
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enforcement of this one will obviously be interesting but it's an important fight to have
Law barring immigration enforcement in courthouses signed by Pritzker
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Law barring immigration enforcement in courthouses signed by Pritzker
The new state law also allows residents to sue federal agents over alleged constitutional violations, but could face court challenges.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
enforcement of this one will obviously be interesting but it's an important fight to have
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YES YES YES DLCC TARGETING ARIZONA HOUSE AND SENATE
December 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
YES YES YES DLCC TARGETING ARIZONA HOUSE AND SENATE
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ultimately the subsidy cliff is an extremely rare example of a policy cliff bomb detonating in the hands of the GOP, they will own this
Amid the health care fight, AOC tells me despite the fact that Democrats didn't get a subsidy extension, they won the messaging war.
"There's no winning this, right, but I think that we've won the discourse with the American people."
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"There's no winning this, right, but I think that we've won the discourse with the American people."
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Republicans barrel toward health care cliff as Democrats claim messaging war victory
AOC tells The Independent 'We've won the discourse with the American people and understanding what we were fighting for and why'
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
ultimately the subsidy cliff is an extremely rare example of a policy cliff bomb detonating in the hands of the GOP, they will own this
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Something to take into account: almost a third of the Cassidy-Crapo bill focuses on surgery for transgender people. It’s barely even trying to conceal how much this bill is about trans people than it is about expanding health care.
December 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Something to take into account: almost a third of the Cassidy-Crapo bill focuses on surgery for transgender people. It’s barely even trying to conceal how much this bill is about trans people than it is about expanding health care.
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Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
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it's all sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy
if the media keeps telling you the Dems are mired in woke chaos and the GOP is strong, then people believe that and vote accordingly and it keeps the GOP strong
conversely, the best way to get people to jump ship is show them other people jumping ship
if the media keeps telling you the Dems are mired in woke chaos and the GOP is strong, then people believe that and vote accordingly and it keeps the GOP strong
conversely, the best way to get people to jump ship is show them other people jumping ship
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
it's all sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy
if the media keeps telling you the Dems are mired in woke chaos and the GOP is strong, then people believe that and vote accordingly and it keeps the GOP strong
conversely, the best way to get people to jump ship is show them other people jumping ship
if the media keeps telling you the Dems are mired in woke chaos and the GOP is strong, then people believe that and vote accordingly and it keeps the GOP strong
conversely, the best way to get people to jump ship is show them other people jumping ship
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the fact that we are actually getting "Republicans in disarray" headlines from even conservative media outlets feels like something has shifted
House GOP moderates revolt against Johnson on health care with new discharge petition
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania introduced a discharge petition to try to bring a bill to the floor that would extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies by two years.
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
the fact that we are actually getting "Republicans in disarray" headlines from even conservative media outlets feels like something has shifted
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This man probably lacks the legal capacity to enter into contracts, and asking him to sign things constitutes elder abuse.
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This man probably lacks the legal capacity to enter into contracts, and asking him to sign things constitutes elder abuse.
Interesting epiphany I just had. So I grew up going to an evangelical church. Pretty conservative, lots of stuff I don’t like about it…but in terms of the social control that the church itself exerted on the congregation, it was practically liberal.
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Interesting epiphany I just had. So I grew up going to an evangelical church. Pretty conservative, lots of stuff I don’t like about it…but in terms of the social control that the church itself exerted on the congregation, it was practically liberal.
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TOMORROW BELONGS TO US
February 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
TOMORROW BELONGS TO US
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I’ll never forget hearing Donald Trump’s racist “shithole countries” comment in a 2018 Oval Office meeting about immigration.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’ll never forget hearing Donald Trump’s racist “shithole countries” comment in a 2018 Oval Office meeting about immigration.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
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Bove is too partisan for the dude who launched a Zillow conspiracy theory to help out his buddy Brett Kavanaugh, what a time to be alive
“I can’t understand how he could possibly think it appropriate to go there,” said Edward Whelan, a former law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia and a prominent conservative legal commentator. “You can argue about whether the rules clearly prohibit what he did, but he showed terrible judgment.”
Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Bove is too partisan for the dude who launched a Zillow conspiracy theory to help out his buddy Brett Kavanaugh, what a time to be alive
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The problem is that the legal establishment that plays for clerkships and federal judicial appointments is clearly one of the most corrupt and/or cowed professional communities in this country and no one, and I mean no one, will do a goddamn thing about this for personal and professional reasons.
When I was a judicial law clerk in Montana, Pres Bush flew into the Billings airport for a rally.
I wanted to see Air Force One and asked the judge I clerked for if I could go. He said no, that it wouldn’t be appropriate.
And I was just a clerk. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
I wanted to see Air Force One and asked the judge I clerked for if I could go. He said no, that it wouldn’t be appropriate.
And I was just a clerk. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The problem is that the legal establishment that plays for clerkships and federal judicial appointments is clearly one of the most corrupt and/or cowed professional communities in this country and no one, and I mean no one, will do a goddamn thing about this for personal and professional reasons.
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In what way is Modern Europe not a product of these things? What are you talking about?
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Europe must “persuade younger Europeans that their heritage, culture and way of life — a fundamentally Christian civilization leavened and improved but not erased by the values of the Enlightenment — are worth defending,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes.
Europe must “persuade younger Europeans that their heritage, culture and way of life — a fundamentally Christian civilization leavened and improved but not erased by the values of the Enlightenment — are worth defending,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes.
Opinion | Europe, Too, Is Worth Fighting For
Provided Europeans want to fight for it.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In what way is Modern Europe not a product of these things? What are you talking about?
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Frankly amazing people are still pushing this guy’s exact same politics as the cure-all for Dems nationally.
Pennsylvania - Fetterman Approvals Among:
Overall: 39%
Republicans: 56%
Democrats: 31%
Independents: 30%
Emerson / Nov 23, 2025
Overall: 39%
Republicans: 56%
Democrats: 31%
Independents: 30%
Emerson / Nov 23, 2025
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Frankly amazing people are still pushing this guy’s exact same politics as the cure-all for Dems nationally.
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No, this is wrong, stop reposting this absurd and miscalculated meme.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
No, this is wrong, stop reposting this absurd and miscalculated meme.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
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Chris Rufo literally was a core figure in boosting a lie that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town ate pets. He offered a bounty for “information” after the lie was repeatedly debunked.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
December 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Chris Rufo literally was a core figure in boosting a lie that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town ate pets. He offered a bounty for “information” after the lie was repeatedly debunked.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
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115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
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the judge looks straight into the camera and says he’s the exact kind of ancient immortal evil you think he is
I find it *highly* improbable that the Judge will never die for one thing and furthermore,
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
the judge looks straight into the camera and says he’s the exact kind of ancient immortal evil you think he is
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To be mentally well you need to fully work through your emotions and be totally honest with people, but also most of your frustration will happen at work, where you absolutely 10000% cannot be honest at all
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
To be mentally well you need to fully work through your emotions and be totally honest with people, but also most of your frustration will happen at work, where you absolutely 10000% cannot be honest at all
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….this is not going to help my anxiety every time I drive past DCA while a plane is coming in for a landing over the GW Parkway www.wusa9.com/article/news...
WATCH: Plane slams into car during dramatic highway crash-landing
A dash cam captured the scary moment a plane landed right on top of a car on a Florida highway.
www.wusa9.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
….this is not going to help my anxiety every time I drive past DCA while a plane is coming in for a landing over the GW Parkway www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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Today's big news in weed: Court agrees that the DCC is bad at part of its job. Really bad, and expensively bad. From @leddder.bsky.social
Newsom's pot regulator faces stunning court loss in cannabis trafficking case
"This goes far beyond an administrative misstep."
www.sfgate.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Today's big news in weed: Court agrees that the DCC is bad at part of its job. Really bad, and expensively bad. From @leddder.bsky.social