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R Subramanian (he/him)
@rsubramanian.com
· Nov 25
Every paragraph is a banger. I’m so happy right now. Sometimes you find a piece of writing just when you need it.
"We know that air and water belong to all mankind and not merely to industrialists." - James Baldwin, 1970.
(The year the US EPA was created.)
(The year the US EPA was created.)
Well, at least on weekdays.
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Well, at least on weekdays.
The Loser Cause occupies the White House.
I’m afraid this is real and on the White House’s website www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
January 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The Loser Cause occupies the White House.
AYFKM
If they lie about things that were widely witnessed...
If they lie about things that were widely witnessed...
this is the sort of thing that makes me genuinely question every dipshit centrist at Reason and elsewhere who is like "Can't we just get along?"
January 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
AYFKM
If they lie about things that were widely witnessed...
If they lie about things that were widely witnessed...
Trump lied, a lot of people are dying as a result.
CNN put together a montage of Trump being vocally against regime change before he fell in love with it
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Trump lied, a lot of people are dying as a result.
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THIS. Opinion leadership and providing an alternative argument that generates media attention is...how politics works.
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
THIS. Opinion leadership and providing an alternative argument that generates media attention is...how politics works.
Hoo boy. Actually hearing Miller go stark raving nuts is something else.
These guys are so weird.
These guys are so weird.
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Hoo boy. Actually hearing Miller go stark raving nuts is something else.
These guys are so weird.
These guys are so weird.
Why does this sound so familiar.
Controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, you say?
Cilia Flores, who was captured by the U.S. with her husband, Venezuela’s longtime authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, is one of the country’s most powerful political figures. She helped consolidate his rule while controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, experts say.
January 6, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Why does this sound so familiar.
Maybe they believe Borgen: Power and Glory is real??
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Maybe they believe Borgen: Power and Glory is real??
I guess I still have the capacity to be shocked??
I really did not expect the Washington Post to endorse the Trump administration's illegal, bullying imperialist behavior so thoroughly.
I really did not expect the Washington Post to endorse the Trump administration's illegal, bullying imperialist behavior so thoroughly.
WaPo editorial: “Trump had telegraphed for months that Maduro could not remain in power, yet Venezuela’s illegitimate leader clung on...What are Iranian leaders thinking now as they consider how to respond to widespread anti-government protests? Are the communists in Cuba sleeping well...?”
thehill.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
I guess I still have the capacity to be shocked??
I really did not expect the Washington Post to endorse the Trump administration's illegal, bullying imperialist behavior so thoroughly.
I really did not expect the Washington Post to endorse the Trump administration's illegal, bullying imperialist behavior so thoroughly.
WaPo editorial: “Trump had telegraphed for months that Maduro could not remain in power, yet Venezuela’s illegitimate leader clung on...What are Iranian leaders thinking now as they consider how to respond to widespread anti-government protests? Are the communists in Cuba sleeping well...?”
thehill.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
WaPo editorial: “Trump had telegraphed for months that Maduro could not remain in power, yet Venezuela’s illegitimate leader clung on...What are Iranian leaders thinking now as they consider how to respond to widespread anti-government protests? Are the communists in Cuba sleeping well...?”
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Send it across the hall, Scott.
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Send it across the hall, Scott.
"US manufacturing activity shrank in December by the most since 2024, capping a rough year for American factories.
The ISM manufacturing index edged down to 47.9 from 48.2, according to data released Monday. The measure has been below 50, which indicates contraction, for 10 straight months."
The ISM manufacturing index edged down to 47.9 from 48.2, according to data released Monday. The measure has been below 50, which indicates contraction, for 10 straight months."
US Factory Malaise Continues as Gauge Drops to One-Year Low
US manufacturing activity shrank in December by the most since 2024, capping a rough year for American factories.
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 AM
"US manufacturing activity shrank in December by the most since 2024, capping a rough year for American factories.
The ISM manufacturing index edged down to 47.9 from 48.2, according to data released Monday. The measure has been below 50, which indicates contraction, for 10 straight months."
The ISM manufacturing index edged down to 47.9 from 48.2, according to data released Monday. The measure has been below 50, which indicates contraction, for 10 straight months."
Venezuelans who came seeking asylum now find themselves being persecuted by a government that promised to protect them.
They Came To The U.S. Legally. Then Trump Stripped Their Status Away.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. It was a chilly afternoon in January, just a week after President Donald Trump returned to the White …
www.techdirt.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Venezuelans who came seeking asylum now find themselves being persecuted by a government that promised to protect them.
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Anyway, I get every side of this, but I don't secretly hate Democrats because I want them to strengthen their opposition. Zohran, those that pushed for the Epstein Files release, the Tesla protesters and No Kings all prove that loudly changing the conversation can piss off and stall these fascists.
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Anyway, I get every side of this, but I don't secretly hate Democrats because I want them to strengthen their opposition. Zohran, those that pushed for the Epstein Files release, the Tesla protesters and No Kings all prove that loudly changing the conversation can piss off and stall these fascists.
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If you're bargaining from a place of "don't punch me in the face too bad, sir," you're gonna get punched in the face, and they're probably gonna do it harder and harder.
If your bargaining position is, "I will expose your pedophile friends and you will face tribunals," the conversation changes.
If your bargaining position is, "I will expose your pedophile friends and you will face tribunals," the conversation changes.
January 6, 2026 at 1:31 AM
If you're bargaining from a place of "don't punch me in the face too bad, sir," you're gonna get punched in the face, and they're probably gonna do it harder and harder.
If your bargaining position is, "I will expose your pedophile friends and you will face tribunals," the conversation changes.
If your bargaining position is, "I will expose your pedophile friends and you will face tribunals," the conversation changes.
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
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If you're of a certain vintage and grew up watching Hrishikesh Mukherjee movies, you might remember Rang Birangi from the early 80s. Devan Verma plays Amol Palekar's friend, who for reasons too complicated to get into, comes up with what he thinks is a fake name: Durandhar Bhatwadekar.
January 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If you're of a certain vintage and grew up watching Hrishikesh Mukherjee movies, you might remember Rang Birangi from the early 80s. Devan Verma plays Amol Palekar's friend, who for reasons too complicated to get into, comes up with what he thinks is a fake name: Durandhar Bhatwadekar.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
Ughhhh
I’m going to be taking a break from Bluesky for a while.
There’s a lot of good here but increasingly this place just makes me sad and angry and, increasingly, foul tempered and mean. It’s not good for me or anyone else.
I’ll check DMs occasionally but otherwise I’ll be away for a bit. Take care.
There’s a lot of good here but increasingly this place just makes me sad and angry and, increasingly, foul tempered and mean. It’s not good for me or anyone else.
I’ll check DMs occasionally but otherwise I’ll be away for a bit. Take care.
January 5, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Ughhhh
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"California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York" — ah, blue states under governors he has beef with, then.
Love to see the faithful execution of the laws and the congressional power of the purse set aside for Trump's notions of running a personalist autocracy.
Love to see the faithful execution of the laws and the congressional power of the purse set aside for Trump's notions of running a personalist autocracy.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suspending $10 billion intended for child care and poor families in five blue states.
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
Trump administration to freeze billions in childcare funding in five states
The White House is pointing to reports of social services fraud in Minnesota to threaten funding for child care around the country.
www.axios.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
"California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York" — ah, blue states under governors he has beef with, then.
Love to see the faithful execution of the laws and the congressional power of the purse set aside for Trump's notions of running a personalist autocracy.
Love to see the faithful execution of the laws and the congressional power of the purse set aside for Trump's notions of running a personalist autocracy.
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Quote tweeted with alt text and also want to note that everything he's written is a lie. Colonization stole wealth from those countries and in the years since those countries ended formal ties neo colonization found new ways of continuing to mine those countries for their wealth
January 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Quote tweeted with alt text and also want to note that everything he's written is a lie. Colonization stole wealth from those countries and in the years since those countries ended formal ties neo colonization found new ways of continuing to mine those countries for their wealth
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I want this site to beat twitter, and for twitter to evaporate. For that to happen, people you hate must have a more pleasant experience posting here than posting there.
A minority of this site decided instead that they want it to be their little club, so that's what we have.
A minority of this site decided instead that they want it to be their little club, so that's what we have.
January 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Another reason for the changes, given by a "senior official" is that we don't have good enough information to accurately quantify vaccine risks. This is a lie. One that HHS head RFK Jr. says often. www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Fact Checked: Childhood Vaccines Are Carefully Studied—Including with Placebos—to Ensure They’re Safe and Effective
Every vaccine recommended for children has undergone extensive research—including clinical trials that often use placebos or comparison groups—to ensure it is safe and effective. Once approved, vaccin...
www.aap.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Another reason for the changes, given by a "senior official" is that we don't have good enough information to accurately quantify vaccine risks. This is a lie. One that HHS head RFK Jr. says often. www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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Here's the rationale "senior officials" gave.
1. A drop in vaccine uptake including the measles vaccine. (Not mentioned, how HHS head RFK JR. personally advocated against vaccines for the last ten years). The official said the overhaul would somehow increase public confidence in the vaccines :/
1. A drop in vaccine uptake including the measles vaccine. (Not mentioned, how HHS head RFK JR. personally advocated against vaccines for the last ten years). The official said the overhaul would somehow increase public confidence in the vaccines :/
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Here's the rationale "senior officials" gave.
1. A drop in vaccine uptake including the measles vaccine. (Not mentioned, how HHS head RFK JR. personally advocated against vaccines for the last ten years). The official said the overhaul would somehow increase public confidence in the vaccines :/
1. A drop in vaccine uptake including the measles vaccine. (Not mentioned, how HHS head RFK JR. personally advocated against vaccines for the last ten years). The official said the overhaul would somehow increase public confidence in the vaccines :/