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Evidence, logic, and reason before partisanship. Also, puns and dirty jokes. You’ll never find the right answers if you don’t ask the right questions. Interests include: ⚖️⚾️🥁🍣🏀✡️🐟🪴
Detroit gave us this freak AND Ted Nugent. I demand an apology from the mayor.
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Detroit gave us this freak AND Ted Nugent. I demand an apology from the mayor.
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Tom Barrack reportedly invited Sultan Sulayem to Trump's inauguration. (EFTA02663514)
Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
February 10, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Tom Barrack reportedly invited Sultan Sulayem to Trump's inauguration. (EFTA02663514)
I know it's probably silly and naive to say this, but this is WILDLY illegal.
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I know it's probably silly and naive to say this, but this is WILDLY illegal.
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Someone should start writing the same “how the left made me leave X” hot take over and over, but sub in a different city each time. See how many times you can get published before someone catches on.
That trope is catnip for heterodox opinion mills.
That trope is catnip for heterodox opinion mills.
Bari Weiss bravely invites us to focus on the real fascism in Minneapolis
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
February 10, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Someone should start writing the same “how the left made me leave X” hot take over and over, but sub in a different city each time. See how many times you can get published before someone catches on.
That trope is catnip for heterodox opinion mills.
That trope is catnip for heterodox opinion mills.
I get the reference of course but EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I get the reference of course but EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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The mere threat of this would have instantly ended any presidency from Truman to Obama. Totally normalized now, whether he carries through with it or not. One. Special. Boy.
This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The mere threat of this would have instantly ended any presidency from Truman to Obama. Totally normalized now, whether he carries through with it or not. One. Special. Boy.
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this is always the thing with musk in recent years — when you think, just, like, two steps ahead, it’s blindingly obvious that he doesn’t have any idea what he’s talking about, he doesn’t have anything what he’s doing, everything is just a shell game to get to the next shell game
"self growing cities" my dude there is NO FOOD ON THE MOON, you will have to continuously send supplies to the moon forever! That would be worse than sending supplies to literally any other spot on earth!
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
this is always the thing with musk in recent years — when you think, just, like, two steps ahead, it’s blindingly obvious that he doesn’t have any idea what he’s talking about, he doesn’t have anything what he’s doing, everything is just a shell game to get to the next shell game
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luv 2 have an elderly president ostensibly atop a rudderless administration having daily crashouts that are increasingly and obviously evidence of intellectual decline
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
luv 2 have an elderly president ostensibly atop a rudderless administration having daily crashouts that are increasingly and obviously evidence of intellectual decline
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What, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck?
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck?
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The Luanda mercenaries trial was exactly 50 years ago and I think the anniversary should be honored
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luanda_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luanda_...
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The Luanda mercenaries trial was exactly 50 years ago and I think the anniversary should be honored
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luanda_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luanda_...
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Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter:
"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."
"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."
Notes on winter
When the world turns whimsical
billmckibben.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter:
"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."
"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."
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My “don’t panic” t-shirt answers the many questions being raised by my t-shirt www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/my-d...
My "don't panic" t-shirt answers the many questions being raised by my t-shirt - Lawyers, Guns & Money
President 41% wishes to assure you that everything is just great: The White House just sent a "Don't Panic" email. That'll do it [image or embed] — Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) Feb 9, 2026 at 1:01 ...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
My “don’t panic” t-shirt answers the many questions being raised by my t-shirt www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/my-d...
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"Love" in scare quotes is killing me.
the first choice is literally what Jesus would teach, i feel like i'm losing my mind
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"Love" in scare quotes is killing me.
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And we wonder how Donald Trump could have possibly won in 2016 and 2024.
There's no "centrist" difference-splitting on this. We have to make clear that some beliefs held by loud pressure groups are simply contrary to democracy, and we can't indulge them.
Great read - bottom line, a fifth of Americans think we’d be better off if women couldn’t vote. And it’s a pretty even across race and ethnicity.
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
And we wonder how Donald Trump could have possibly won in 2016 and 2024.
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It is a scandal that more people in positions of influence are not informing people that everything they are seeing--e.g. dystopian government violence, databases, lawlessness--is occurring *before* the dramatic expansion in militarized surveillance spending for ICE.
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
It is a scandal that more people in positions of influence are not informing people that everything they are seeing--e.g. dystopian government violence, databases, lawlessness--is occurring *before* the dramatic expansion in militarized surveillance spending for ICE.
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As the negotiations over DHS budget continue, please remember: the ICE detention budget alone was exploded in 2025 so it is now 62% greater than the entire Bureau of Prisons. People are not clocking what this infusion of cash to build concentration camps will do to our society.
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
As the negotiations over DHS budget continue, please remember: the ICE detention budget alone was exploded in 2025 so it is now 62% greater than the entire Bureau of Prisons. People are not clocking what this infusion of cash to build concentration camps will do to our society.
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Misogyny is the ur-prejudice, the original from which all others derive.
🇺🇸 Straight from the Handmaid's Tale: there is a 'strong, positive relationship between Christian nationalism and the desire to strip women of their voting rights'. The link does not vary across racial groups, and, most worryingly, it's not really a fringe position 🇺🇸
Is It Just *White* Christian Nationalist Misogyny?
By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker A Roy’s Report story a few days ago reported on the misogynistic views of Reformed Pastor Dale Patridge of Prescott, Arizona. He is not a newcomer to urging a r…
religioninpublic.blog
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Misogyny is the ur-prejudice, the original from which all others derive.
Yeah, I got immediate "fake" vibes and not just because it's him.
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Yeah, I got immediate "fake" vibes and not just because it's him.
Correct. I mean, Trump was a somewhat coherent and articulate man at one point. Same deal, I think. Brain rot in the extreme.
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Correct. I mean, Trump was a somewhat coherent and articulate man at one point. Same deal, I think. Brain rot in the extreme.
I remain convinced that he is, in fact, stupid.
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I remain convinced that he is, in fact, stupid.
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wHiCh PaRtY hAs MoVeD fUrTHeR fRoM tHe PoLiTiCaL CeNtEr iN tHe 21st CeNtUrY?
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
wHiCh PaRtY hAs MoVeD fUrTHeR fRoM tHe PoLiTiCaL CeNtEr iN tHe 21st CeNtUrY?
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very strange to read a piece whose premise seems to be “i think you are too stupid to go look at the magazine i run and the writers i employ and see if i am telling the truth”
February 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
very strange to read a piece whose premise seems to be “i think you are too stupid to go look at the magazine i run and the writers i employ and see if i am telling the truth”