Golden Öyster Cult
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For-profit healthcare is genocide
#311,920
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For-profit healthcare is genocide
#311,920
Fav bands: Blue Öyster Cult, Golden Earring, Pearl Jam, The Beths, Frank Zappa, The Kinks
Fav films: Hot Fuzz, There Will Be Blood, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Jaws, The Towering Inferno, The Great Escape
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Tired of repeating myself in comments.
Leftists and “protest votes”
www.vox.com/politics/387...
did not cost
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Kamala Harris the election
www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...
Bookmark this.
Leftists and “protest votes”
www.vox.com/politics/387...
did not cost
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Kamala Harris the election
www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...
Bookmark this.
I didn’t know sideline reporters could get CTE also
Former NFL sidelines reporter Michele Tafoya runs for Senate in Minnesota
Tafoya cited her work on TV in her campaign announcement, saying the job “taught me about how leadership really works.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I didn’t know sideline reporters could get CTE also
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
“Donald Trump rounding up homeless people into concentration camps isn’t helping the everyday American afford their groceries.” — Hakeem Jeffries, eventually, probably
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“Donald Trump rounding up homeless people into concentration camps isn’t helping the everyday American afford their groceries.” — Hakeem Jeffries, eventually, probably
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I put myself through the entire interview. Trust me when I tell you that Gavin "dank memes" Newsom agrees with him on EVERYTHING. I literally says "I agree with you" on EVERYTHING. Ben "extremely unpopular even with MAGA" Shapiro gets very combative with him and Gavin capitulates EVERY time.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I put myself through the entire interview. Trust me when I tell you that Gavin "dank memes" Newsom agrees with him on EVERYTHING. I literally says "I agree with you" on EVERYTHING. Ben "extremely unpopular even with MAGA" Shapiro gets very combative with him and Gavin capitulates EVERY time.
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The Insurrection Act does require an actual insurrection. The violence in Minneapolis is almost exclusively one-sided. People yelling at you, calling you names, and recording you on a cell phone isn’t violence. And if the courts let Trump say it is, we’re in a lot of trouble.
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The Insurrection Act does require an actual insurrection. The violence in Minneapolis is almost exclusively one-sided. People yelling at you, calling you names, and recording you on a cell phone isn’t violence. And if the courts let Trump say it is, we’re in a lot of trouble.
Somebody tried to tell me on Al Gore’s internet that Al Bundy would have joined ICE and it just makes me furious at people’s lack of media literacy.
Al
Bundy
Hates
Cops
His repeated encounters with and antagonism toward the police were a CONSTANT gag on the show.
“We’re Bundys. We hate cops.”
Al
Bundy
Hates
Cops
His repeated encounters with and antagonism toward the police were a CONSTANT gag on the show.
“We’re Bundys. We hate cops.”
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Somebody tried to tell me on Al Gore’s internet that Al Bundy would have joined ICE and it just makes me furious at people’s lack of media literacy.
Al
Bundy
Hates
Cops
His repeated encounters with and antagonism toward the police were a CONSTANT gag on the show.
“We’re Bundys. We hate cops.”
Al
Bundy
Hates
Cops
His repeated encounters with and antagonism toward the police were a CONSTANT gag on the show.
“We’re Bundys. We hate cops.”
Good Morning Good Morning
Name your fav song by The Beatles.
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Good Morning Good Morning
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There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
Can’t believe this guy’s in the news again
January 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Can’t believe this guy’s in the news again
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THIS MAN IS RIGHT WING I SWEAR TO CHRIST THIS IS MANOSPHERE BULLSHIT.
If Maine elects him, he is gonna flip right so fast
If Maine elects him, he is gonna flip right so fast
Things I did not need to know from a political campaign: ""Graham has great sperm," Gertner said in the video. “The infertility was something that was part of my body.”"
Graham Platner on campaign hiatus to pursue pregnancy with wife in Norway
In a video on social media, Platner said a first attempt at IVF costs $25,000 in the U.S., while one IVF round in Norway costs $5,500.
www.newscentermaine.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
THIS MAN IS RIGHT WING I SWEAR TO CHRIST THIS IS MANOSPHERE BULLSHIT.
If Maine elects him, he is gonna flip right so fast
If Maine elects him, he is gonna flip right so fast
News: Scott Adams Dead at 68
Me:
Me:
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
News: Scott Adams Dead at 68
Me:
Me:
He’ll throw out 100% of your possessions BY HAND if you are homeless but don’t you DARE levy a 2% tax on billionaires!
Governor Gavin Newsom speaks out against a proposed initiative to tax California billionaires: “This will be defeated — there’s no question in my mind... I’ll do what I have to do to protect the state."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Newsom Vows to Stop Proposal to Tax Billionaires in California
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
He’ll throw out 100% of your possessions BY HAND if you are homeless but don’t you DARE levy a 2% tax on billionaires!
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since it's behind a paywall now, I wanted to share this graph from "How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts" (Nature, April 2025). Say it with me: the anti-trans/LGBTQ+ movement is an anti-science movement:
[article sans figs can be read here: web.archive.org/web/20250501... ]
[article sans figs can be read here: web.archive.org/web/20250501... ]
January 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
since it's behind a paywall now, I wanted to share this graph from "How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts" (Nature, April 2025). Say it with me: the anti-trans/LGBTQ+ movement is an anti-science movement:
[article sans figs can be read here: web.archive.org/web/20250501... ]
[article sans figs can be read here: web.archive.org/web/20250501... ]
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swing voters are real, here to stay, and gigantic morons
New Gallup figures in these charts. Well, so much for that emerging Republican majority people were writing about in November 2024. Was evidently a mass overreaction to Trump's win and failure to acknowledge softness of support, and thermostatic politics www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
January 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
swing voters are real, here to stay, and gigantic morons
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Something I'm convinced of (despite elite conventional wisdom swearing otherwise) is that this is still the same country that erupted into a "passion for democracy" in the summer of 2020, only to have their passion scolded and sworn off by all their elected leaders
I see this take around from time to time and totally disagree. ICE just murdered a woman standing up to them. No Kings is among the largest protests in history.
The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Something I'm convinced of (despite elite conventional wisdom swearing otherwise) is that this is still the same country that erupted into a "passion for democracy" in the summer of 2020, only to have their passion scolded and sworn off by all their elected leaders
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Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in the face, is local. Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd's neck, is local.
State and local law enforcement know the communities they serve. They’ve built the trust and know how to keep us safe.
As Minnesotans express their first amendment rights, I encourage you to remain peaceful and know that local law enforcement has one goal in mind: your safety.
As Minnesotans express their first amendment rights, I encourage you to remain peaceful and know that local law enforcement has one goal in mind: your safety.
January 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in the face, is local. Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd's neck, is local.
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I know it's hard to shock these days but Elon Musk going full Rhodesia defender and calling for the ethnic cleansing of the US should still shock you.
These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.
These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.
January 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I know it's hard to shock these days but Elon Musk going full Rhodesia defender and calling for the ethnic cleansing of the US should still shock you.
These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.
These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.
But democrats don’t want to “shut down the government” again because otherwise Trump would what… continue shutting down the government?
January 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
But democrats don’t want to “shut down the government” again because otherwise Trump would what… continue shutting down the government?
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It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
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The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
That’s exclusively who they employ tho
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
That’s exclusively who they employ tho
Jesus Christ…
Column: Erika Kirk, a mother to two toddlers, continues to take on public-facing leadership duties while promoting traditional ideas about prioritizing marriage and motherhood, and her clothes are attempting to walk the same high wire.
Column | Erika Kirk is walking a fine line in a glittering pantsuit
Erika Kirk’s recent outfits are making a statement: Take her seriously, but don’t take her for a career woman.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Jesus Christ…
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Yeah he can't cancel the elections in the same way he can't kidnap a foreign head of state without congressional approval and he can't mow down innocent citizens in the street with impunity.
But here we are.
But here we are.
I’m seeing posts saying Trump can’t cancel the elections. Know he has every intention of doing that. He is putting his feelers out. More deaths will start to stack up if we wait till next November to get this administration out. I hope he truly is not able to cancel the elections!!!!!!
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Yeah he can't cancel the elections in the same way he can't kidnap a foreign head of state without congressional approval and he can't mow down innocent citizens in the street with impunity.
But here we are.
But here we are.
Batman Forever soundtrack
(I no longer have it so I took this picture from eBay)
(I no longer have it so I took this picture from eBay)
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Batman Forever soundtrack
(I no longer have it so I took this picture from eBay)
(I no longer have it so I took this picture from eBay)