TheBarrenness.
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Feminist. Nurse. Nerd. Strong opinions about the Oxford Comma. Fuck fascists.
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These types of dudes are afraid women will treat them they way they want to treat women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
These types of dudes are afraid women will treat them they way they want to treat women.
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The #1 movie when I was 10 years old was Superman II, a film in which a narcissistic tyrant assumes control of the United States, slaps his likeness all over it, even wrecks the White House. Near the end his hand gets fucked up. After that he gets kicked into a hole and goes to jail so here's hopin'
December 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The #1 movie when I was 10 years old was Superman II, a film in which a narcissistic tyrant assumes control of the United States, slaps his likeness all over it, even wrecks the White House. Near the end his hand gets fucked up. After that he gets kicked into a hole and goes to jail so here's hopin'
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Gonna stop looking at the Epstein Files in a second because I'm frankly way too skeeved out to keep going but I will say this: the CSAM isn't blacked out nearly enough while the faces of guys in ties are obscured by vanta black rectangles the size of the sun.
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Gonna stop looking at the Epstein Files in a second because I'm frankly way too skeeved out to keep going but I will say this: the CSAM isn't blacked out nearly enough while the faces of guys in ties are obscured by vanta black rectangles the size of the sun.
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
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I love working at the Department of Justice and participating in a conspiracy to cover up the demented 80 year old president's sex crimes. I spend 18 hours a day redacting documents and there's a putrid husk where my soul used to be
December 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I love working at the Department of Justice and participating in a conspiracy to cover up the demented 80 year old president's sex crimes. I spend 18 hours a day redacting documents and there's a putrid husk where my soul used to be
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See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
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All the lawlessness ... it all goes back to John Roberts.
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
All the lawlessness ... it all goes back to John Roberts.
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
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Reminded of this for some reason.
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years
LANGLEY, VA—A report released Tuesday by the CIA’s Office of the Inspector General revealed that the CIA has mistakenly obscured hundreds of thousands of pages of critical intelligence information wit...
theonion.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Reminded of this for some reason.
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Great piece from Paul Musgrave on how Trump is, in essence, taking America private:
Taking America Private
The political-economic consequences of Mr. Trump
musgrave.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Great piece from Paul Musgrave on how Trump is, in essence, taking America private:
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Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
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Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
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The headline has to be "Justice Department released Epstein files but illegally redacts 'politically exposed individuals'," right?
Like surely they can't just ignore the law, redact their friends, and get away with it because news agencies will pretend the crystal-clear law is unclear?
Like surely they can't just ignore the law, redact their friends, and get away with it because news agencies will pretend the crystal-clear law is unclear?
December 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The headline has to be "Justice Department released Epstein files but illegally redacts 'politically exposed individuals'," right?
Like surely they can't just ignore the law, redact their friends, and get away with it because news agencies will pretend the crystal-clear law is unclear?
Like surely they can't just ignore the law, redact their friends, and get away with it because news agencies will pretend the crystal-clear law is unclear?
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They really think everyone else is as stupid as they are.
QUICK SEARCH OF EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION:
109 hits on the word "Clinton."
2 hits on the word "Trump."
109 hits on the word "Clinton."
2 hits on the word "Trump."
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
They really think everyone else is as stupid as they are.
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100+ pages like this. Hoo boy.
December 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
100+ pages like this. Hoo boy.
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
New School “administrators have started to implement a plan to close, overhaul or merge about 30 academic programs or majors; pause nearly all admissions to doctoral programs; and offer buyouts or early retirement to what professors say is about 40 percent of the full-time faculty.”
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
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We already have 20+ kids boarding in the #ED of our #childrens hospital from garden variety #influenza in children with chronic #medical conditions.
And remember I mentioned only <300 #pediatric hospitals exist in the US? And most are hundreds of miles from where many kids live?
And remember I mentioned only <300 #pediatric hospitals exist in the US? And most are hundreds of miles from where many kids live?
A key thing to understand is that outcomes are going to get worse for *all* sick children because of this change. Whether they’re vaccinated or not.
The extra strain on the healthcare system will lead to a large number of kids that otherwise wouldn’t have had to die.
The extra strain on the healthcare system will lead to a large number of kids that otherwise wouldn’t have had to die.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We already have 20+ kids boarding in the #ED of our #childrens hospital from garden variety #influenza in children with chronic #medical conditions.
And remember I mentioned only <300 #pediatric hospitals exist in the US? And most are hundreds of miles from where many kids live?
And remember I mentioned only <300 #pediatric hospitals exist in the US? And most are hundreds of miles from where many kids live?
WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUUUCK
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUUUCK
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This is NOT okay.
That is a child, obviously confused.
WHO THE FUCK IS HOLDING HER SHOULDERS
That is a child, obviously confused.
WHO THE FUCK IS HOLDING HER SHOULDERS
There's actually a very unsettling array of these to choose from
December 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is NOT okay.
That is a child, obviously confused.
WHO THE FUCK IS HOLDING HER SHOULDERS
That is a child, obviously confused.
WHO THE FUCK IS HOLDING HER SHOULDERS
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They are so contemptible.
December 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They are so contemptible.
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We already knew Bill Clinton and other Dems were in the files. But we said release everything and let the chips fall. Congress passed a law to release everything. But DOJ decided to violate that law by cherry picking certain things while covering for Trump and his cronies.
December 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We already knew Bill Clinton and other Dems were in the files. But we said release everything and let the chips fall. Congress passed a law to release everything. But DOJ decided to violate that law by cherry picking certain things while covering for Trump and his cronies.