Alex G. Howard
@selfindulgentclaptrap.com
Providence-born, bred and based guy. Recovering nonprofit fundraiser. Novice finance worker. Writer of HowToEatACity.com and SelfIndugentClaptrap.com 🥑
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This is an insane paragraph to publish while trump is threatening every country he can remember exists and wants to deport millions of people to random countries.
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is an insane paragraph to publish while trump is threatening every country he can remember exists and wants to deport millions of people to random countries.
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“I was only with him on the island-“
<aide runs onscreen, whispers in ear while frantically gesticulating>
“-where we, uh, we hunted the most dangerous game. A man, a large, burly man, he comes up to me, tears in his eyes, and I aimed my rifle at him and-“
<aide runs onscreen, whispers in ear while frantically gesticulating>
“-where we, uh, we hunted the most dangerous game. A man, a large, burly man, he comes up to me, tears in his eyes, and I aimed my rifle at him and-“
Trump: "I believe that some of the people we have mentioned are being looked at very seriously for their relationship to Jeffrey Epstein. But they were with him all the time. I wasn't. I wasn't at all."
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“I was only with him on the island-“
<aide runs onscreen, whispers in ear while frantically gesticulating>
“-where we, uh, we hunted the most dangerous game. A man, a large, burly man, he comes up to me, tears in his eyes, and I aimed my rifle at him and-“
<aide runs onscreen, whispers in ear while frantically gesticulating>
“-where we, uh, we hunted the most dangerous game. A man, a large, burly man, he comes up to me, tears in his eyes, and I aimed my rifle at him and-“
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I had to click to see if this was a real excerpt or someone doing a parody
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I had to click to see if this was a real excerpt or someone doing a parody
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Everyone's missing potentially the most interesting thing about this order, which is the judge's finding that Halligan may have returned an indictment that was never presented to the jury
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Everyone's missing potentially the most interesting thing about this order, which is the judge's finding that Halligan may have returned an indictment that was never presented to the jury
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"Nah, I'm a lifelong Greens supporter"
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
trying to explain "whiteness" to an ancient roman would be pure comedy
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Nah, I'm a lifelong Greens supporter"
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
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so, just think about this for a second:
the claim is that because people don't like green policies from labour, there deserting them for . . . the green party?????
the claim is that because people don't like green policies from labour, there deserting them for . . . the green party?????
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
so, just think about this for a second:
the claim is that because people don't like green policies from labour, there deserting them for . . . the green party?????
the claim is that because people don't like green policies from labour, there deserting them for . . . the green party?????
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The fundamental holding was that it was not important to make sure votes were counted correctly because there was some bullshit deadline coming up and the preferred candidate of 5 of the 9 was up anyway so let’s just call it. Just made a complete joke of the electoral process.
i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The fundamental holding was that it was not important to make sure votes were counted correctly because there was some bullshit deadline coming up and the preferred candidate of 5 of the 9 was up anyway so let’s just call it. Just made a complete joke of the electoral process.
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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These incredible fucking assholes.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
SNAP benefits update: Trump admin says ‘everyone’ will have to reapply
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday the plan is to “have everyone reapply for their benefits."
www.newsweek.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
These incredible fucking assholes.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
Amazing to get a no shit jury nullification
The Atlantic speaks with one of the jurors in the case of the man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal agent.
The juror says that, despite two initial holdouts, it was ultimately pretty easy to acquit: "a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like, don't waste our time or money."
The juror says that, despite two initial holdouts, it was ultimately pretty easy to acquit: "a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like, don't waste our time or money."
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
www.theatlantic.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Amazing to get a no shit jury nullification
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Providence Ward 2 voters, a reminder to make a plan to vote again! You can vote early ahead of the 12/2/25 general election at City Hall on weekdays, 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Early voting will also be open on Sunday, 11/23/25, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. On 12/1/25, early voting will close at 4:00 pm. Thank you!
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Providence Ward 2 voters, a reminder to make a plan to vote again! You can vote early ahead of the 12/2/25 general election at City Hall on weekdays, 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Early voting will also be open on Sunday, 11/23/25, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. On 12/1/25, early voting will close at 4:00 pm. Thank you!
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More broadly, the 2024-2025 pro-Democratic shifts seem to be biggest in the poorest areas while in the richest towns the electorate got more Republican, ruining many a narrative
NEW: New Jersey’s township data is (mostly) in, so
@shanegoldmacher.bsky.social & I crunched the numbers on NJ’s blue shift/pendulum swing
The same majority-Hispanic cities & towns that swung to Trump in 24 shifted back D, to Mikie Sherrill, in the governor’s race
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
@shanegoldmacher.bsky.social & I crunched the numbers on NJ’s blue shift/pendulum swing
The same majority-Hispanic cities & towns that swung to Trump in 24 shifted back D, to Mikie Sherrill, in the governor’s race
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
More broadly, the 2024-2025 pro-Democratic shifts seem to be biggest in the poorest areas while in the richest towns the electorate got more Republican, ruining many a narrative
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Recent history of SCOTUS interfering with a president’s signature policy.
www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supr...
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Recent history of SCOTUS interfering with a president’s signature policy.
www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supr...
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maybe if he takes more consultant advice to move to the right on immigration he can turn those numbers around
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
maybe if he takes more consultant advice to move to the right on immigration he can turn those numbers around
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So many adverts for smart tech are just profoundly depressing.
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
So many adverts for smart tech are just profoundly depressing.
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💥“Did you talk to Prime Minister Orbán about asylum?” — Poland’s ex-justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, accused of 26 crimes, dodges whether he sought political asylum in Hungary. He’s been in Budapest for over two weeks with a Polish arrest warrant on him, refusing to return home. @tvn24.pl
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
💥“Did you talk to Prime Minister Orbán about asylum?” — Poland’s ex-justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, accused of 26 crimes, dodges whether he sought political asylum in Hungary. He’s been in Budapest for over two weeks with a Polish arrest warrant on him, refusing to return home. @tvn24.pl
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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It's not even necessarily an inner link, many of them are open about it.
The eugenicists want to maximize white reproductive output. Many see starting white reproduction at menarche as necessary for this goal.
Some also believe teen girls are uniquely suited for producing superior babies.
The eugenicists want to maximize white reproductive output. Many see starting white reproduction at menarche as necessary for this goal.
Some also believe teen girls are uniquely suited for producing superior babies.
I think you could be forgiven for naively thinking that eugenics beliefs and being a paedophile are unrelated so be surprised that one chap had both vices. But I do think there is some inner link due to a shared preference for natural hierarchy. "It should be enforced, and when enforced exploited."
'i'm into heterodox ideas in science'
'what heterodox ideas?'
'oh, you know the ones'
'what heterodox ideas?'
'oh, you know the ones'
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It's not even necessarily an inner link, many of them are open about it.
The eugenicists want to maximize white reproductive output. Many see starting white reproduction at menarche as necessary for this goal.
Some also believe teen girls are uniquely suited for producing superior babies.
The eugenicists want to maximize white reproductive output. Many see starting white reproduction at menarche as necessary for this goal.
Some also believe teen girls are uniquely suited for producing superior babies.
This is the excuse every time a dog shoots someone! They can't ALL be accidental.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is the excuse every time a dog shoots someone! They can't ALL be accidental.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Red Fox in the Province Lands, Provincetown MA 11/15/25
#RedFox #Fox #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🦊
#RedFox #Fox #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🦊
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Red Fox in the Province Lands, Provincetown MA 11/15/25
#RedFox #Fox #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🦊
#RedFox #Fox #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🦊
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lol last night was a rerun
“NBC's Seth Meyers is suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). He was viewed last night in an uncontrollable rage…”
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
lol last night was a rerun