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· Nov 8
Trump Voters Got What They Wanted
Those who expect that Donald Trump will hurt others, and not them, are likely to be unpleasantly surprised.
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“Americans have done this to themselves during a time of peace, prosperity, and astonishingly high living standards. An affluent society that thinks it is living in a hellscape is ripe for gulling…”.
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i get why people like rolls, but it's just filler taking up stomach space you don't have
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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“none as bad as Trump” — says Jeffrey Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“none as bad as Trump” — says Jeffrey Epstein.
“Rage farming” in a specific context. My theory is that anger is addictive. People experience a high (they feel powerful) due to the chemicals anger releases into the blood stream. And they want to experience it over and over again, like heroin or opioids.
Social media profits from the addiction.
Social media profits from the addiction.
Nobody ever died seeing a nipple. But offence? Oh, that’s fatal to reason. Why outrage over nudity reveals more about belief than decency.
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There she was. Sydney Sweeney in a sheer dress. People lost their minds. Nobody Ever Died Seeing a Nipple: The Psychology of Being Offended.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Rage farming” in a specific context. My theory is that anger is addictive. People experience a high (they feel powerful) due to the chemicals anger releases into the blood stream. And they want to experience it over and over again, like heroin or opioids.
Social media profits from the addiction.
Social media profits from the addiction.
So … Joe Biden’s refusal to resign and hand power over to a new generation is representative of the entire Democratic establishment. Biden did resign eventually, of course — after it was too late for the party to recover.
The Democratic establishment's ugly reaction to Zohran Mamdani reveals an unpleasant truth.
They would rather lose elections than change.
The addiction to rich donors and consultants is killing the party. But Mamdani shows a path out. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/z...
They would rather lose elections than change.
The addiction to rich donors and consultants is killing the party. But Mamdani shows a path out. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/z...
Zohran Mamdani knows how to win
Not just in New York — Mamdani's campaign shows how to inspire voters nationwide
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November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So … Joe Biden’s refusal to resign and hand power over to a new generation is representative of the entire Democratic establishment. Biden did resign eventually, of course — after it was too late for the party to recover.
This is very cool. Congratulations, Blue Jays … and GO JAYS GO! #WorldSeries
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This is very cool. Congratulations, Blue Jays … and GO JAYS GO! #WorldSeries
“Flood the zone with shit” always was the playbook.
Trump’s “message”: I am a king and I douse you all in shit.
I say go ahead and amplify it.
I say go ahead and amplify it.
October 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“Flood the zone with shit” always was the playbook.
“When they go low, we go high” isn’t always the correct strategy — but today it was exactly right.
October 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“When they go low, we go high” isn’t always the correct strategy — but today it was exactly right.
#NoKings Austin tagging in.
Massive crowd at the Texas State Capitol despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s activation of the National Guard.
Massive crowd at the Texas State Capitol despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s activation of the National Guard.
October 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“The immediate capitulation came from the elites.” 🤬
I remember coming across a quote about the capitulation of the clergy in Nazi Germany: Hitler commented that they were too afraid of losing their “pathetic jobs” to stand against him. Sounds right.
I remember coming across a quote about the capitulation of the clergy in Nazi Germany: Hitler commented that they were too afraid of losing their “pathetic jobs” to stand against him. Sounds right.
the irony is that even though trump secured a plurality of the popular vote, the immediate capitulation came from the elites; the public had a much keener sense of what time it was right from the beginning
Yeah I do think the various attempts to will elite capitulation into being were briefly a successful bit of self-fulfilling prophesying but for various reasons are failing now - huge protests, university's rejecting the compact, the press refusing to go along with Hegseth's new pentagon policy, etc.
October 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“The immediate capitulation came from the elites.” 🤬
I remember coming across a quote about the capitulation of the clergy in Nazi Germany: Hitler commented that they were too afraid of losing their “pathetic jobs” to stand against him. Sounds right.
I remember coming across a quote about the capitulation of the clergy in Nazi Germany: Hitler commented that they were too afraid of losing their “pathetic jobs” to stand against him. Sounds right.
Lol
There’s a right wing protest happening about 200 yards away. It’s a bit more sparsely attended.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lol
Courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to carry on protesting anyway. 👊🏻
A lot of brave people struggle with fear, anxiety and terror. Brave people act in spite of and against these limitations. They seldom act out of fearless. 💚
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to carry on protesting anyway. 👊🏻
Sure, but King Trump has absolute immunity thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, so why would “minimum sentences” give him pause?
The mechanism through which Trump is paying the troops is the most blatant large Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation in US history. It's also clearly willful. No one has been charged under the ADA before, but violations carry a two-year jail term. The statute of limitations is five years.
October 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sure, but King Trump has absolute immunity thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, so why would “minimum sentences” give him pause?
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Obviously the Swastika is the worst thing, but the map labeling Canada as "SOON TO BE OHIO" doesn't thrill me either
Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.
According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.
According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Obviously the Swastika is the worst thing, but the map labeling Canada as "SOON TO BE OHIO" doesn't thrill me either
100% agree. I know you have to be a legal nerd to care about dissenting opinions of the US Supreme Court, but historically dissents have contributed to the evolution of the law in democratic countries.
I'm a bit of a dissent apologist for this reason
I understand the kinda nihilist dunks on them as meaningless, but i've seen too many dissents become majority opinions to think they don't have value--as doctrinal roadmaps, as mobilizing tools, as records of the truth when the majority lies, etc.
I understand the kinda nihilist dunks on them as meaningless, but i've seen too many dissents become majority opinions to think they don't have value--as doctrinal roadmaps, as mobilizing tools, as records of the truth when the majority lies, etc.
If going forward we ever fulfill the actual promise of our Constitution, the dissents from this era of #SCOTUS are going to be very important and influential.
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
100% agree. I know you have to be a legal nerd to care about dissenting opinions of the US Supreme Court, but historically dissents have contributed to the evolution of the law in democratic countries.
Reducing totalitaran delusions of grandeur to farce is always a good strategy. Laugh at the wannabes — their fragile egos can’t take it.
As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.
So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward
So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Reducing totalitaran delusions of grandeur to farce is always a good strategy. Laugh at the wannabes — their fragile egos can’t take it.
Love it! (Thus outing myself as a short man.)
Short people superiority with @rbreich.bsky.social and @karaswisher.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Love it! (Thus outing myself as a short man.)
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
When I was a little guy, Mom told me that chocolate milk came from brown cows. I was about 10 when I realized it wasn’t so. But in my defence … if you can’t believe your own Mom, who _can_ you believe?
Folks, get in here. We’re admitting all the dumb wrong shit we believed until we were way too old.
Fun fact: until I was appreciably into my 20s, I thought they were called oncologists because they were always “on call.”
May 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
When I was a little guy, Mom told me that chocolate milk came from brown cows. I was about 10 when I realized it wasn’t so. But in my defence … if you can’t believe your own Mom, who _can_ you believe?
Brilliant. And terrifying.
May 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Brilliant. And terrifying.
This👇🏻
April 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This👇🏻
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