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“If the time shall ever come,” wrote a small-town Midwestern editor in 1836, “when this mighty fabric shall totter … the cause will be found in the ignorance of the people.”
—Richard Hofstadter, “Anti-intellectualism in American Life”
—Richard Hofstadter, “Anti-intellectualism in American Life”
August 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“If the time shall ever come,” wrote a small-town Midwestern editor in 1836, “when this mighty fabric shall totter … the cause will be found in the ignorance of the people.”
—Richard Hofstadter, “Anti-intellectualism in American Life”
—Richard Hofstadter, “Anti-intellectualism in American Life”
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This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
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I Love it.... 👍
Please set this up.. 😂👍
Please set this up.. 😂👍
June 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I Love it.... 👍
Please set this up.. 😂👍
Please set this up.. 😂👍
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They are trying to force Harvard to admit more conservative students.
Pardon me, but that sounds an awful lot like DEI, only DEI for stupid people.
Pardon me, but that sounds an awful lot like DEI, only DEI for stupid people.
June 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
They are trying to force Harvard to admit more conservative students.
Pardon me, but that sounds an awful lot like DEI, only DEI for stupid people.
Pardon me, but that sounds an awful lot like DEI, only DEI for stupid people.
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One is made a national story every single week and the other is shhhhh.....
April 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
One is made a national story every single week and the other is shhhhh.....
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"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.
April 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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This administration and its billionaire allies have zero concern for the average American, no matter your political affiliation.
Their focus on wealth and power sidelines everyday struggles, leaving citizens overlooked and voiceless. None of these changes were ever for our benefit.
Their focus on wealth and power sidelines everyday struggles, leaving citizens overlooked and voiceless. None of these changes were ever for our benefit.
March 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This administration and its billionaire allies have zero concern for the average American, no matter your political affiliation.
Their focus on wealth and power sidelines everyday struggles, leaving citizens overlooked and voiceless. None of these changes were ever for our benefit.
Their focus on wealth and power sidelines everyday struggles, leaving citizens overlooked and voiceless. None of these changes were ever for our benefit.
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We all died and got sucked into a universe where SNL is actually reality.
Pam Bondi waves around a package of (what she says are fake) drugs
March 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We all died and got sucked into a universe where SNL is actually reality.
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This is their goal. Everything else is bullshit.
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
March 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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1. EXCLUSIVE
The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them
As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles
It is an unethical and likely illegal practice
The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them
As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles
It is an unethical and likely illegal practice
Veterans Administration therapists forced to provide mental health counseling in open cubicles
As part of the Trump administration's frenzied push to end remote work arrangements for federal government workers, the Veterans Administration (VA) is forcing therapists to provide mental health coun...
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March 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them
As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles
It is an unethical and likely illegal practice
The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them
As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles
It is an unethical and likely illegal practice
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This may be the most alarming thing I have read in months. www.thedailybeast.com/former-socia...
Social Security Checks Could Stop Going Out by April, Ex-Head Warns
The former Social Security commissioner said the system could “collapse,” causing disruptions in payments within “30 to 90 days.”
www.thedailybeast.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This may be the most alarming thing I have read in months. www.thedailybeast.com/former-socia...
Shameful and disgusting.
Now watching Trump yell at Zelensky. And Vance talk to him like he's a toddler. This is a shameful moment for United States diplomacy. It will be hard to recover from this.
Occam's Razor: always go back to Trump's 3 core beliefs, as spelled out by Tom Wright in 2016: Trump is anti-trade, anti-alliances, and pro-authoritarianism. All the theater with Macron and Starmer, all the talk of deals--he is not going to give Ukraine security anything.
February 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Shameful and disgusting.
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A constant sense of danger
We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
February 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A constant sense of danger
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Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
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THE Rep. Jasmine Crockett to Elon Musk:
"Fuck off."
So say we all.
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Video clip courtesy of @calltoactivism.bsky.social
"Fuck off."
So say we all.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Video clip courtesy of @calltoactivism.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
THE Rep. Jasmine Crockett to Elon Musk:
"Fuck off."
So say we all.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Video clip courtesy of @calltoactivism.bsky.social
"Fuck off."
So say we all.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Video clip courtesy of @calltoactivism.bsky.social
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more Janet Mills
less Susan Collins
less Susan Collins
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
more Janet Mills
less Susan Collins
less Susan Collins
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CORRUPT
DIRTY
COWARDS
DIRTY
COWARDS
Breaking: the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-13 to refer Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to the full senate floor.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination passes crucial vote despite Dems' 'grave concerns‘
Kennedy has repeatedly promoted the debunked link between vaccines and autism
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CORRUPT
DIRTY
COWARDS
DIRTY
COWARDS
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Every country that Trump slaps a tariff on should retaliate by slapping a 1000% tariff on all Tesla and Starlink products, if only to show Elon that there is a downside to using our public government as his private playpen.
February 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Every country that Trump slaps a tariff on should retaliate by slapping a 1000% tariff on all Tesla and Starlink products, if only to show Elon that there is a downside to using our public government as his private playpen.
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This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend.
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
February 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend.
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country