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soup is the ghost of food
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He/Him. Host of Escape From Vault Disney and Some Jerk With A Camera. Jaded goofball. Scatterbrained ape. Multi-hundredaire. Any burrito's a breakfast burrito if you eat it early enough.
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And finally, wrapping up the week of @vaultdisneypod.bsky.social episodes on my YouTube channel, we've got @doggans.com's Guest's Choice episode, THE SIGN OF ZORRO!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU_E...
Escape From Vault Disney #147: "The Sign of Zorro"
YouTube video by Tony Goldmark
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Prison abolitionists seem to genuinely believe two things:

1. Abolishing prisons will reduce crime.

2. Crime is nothing more than a reaction to capitalist oppression.

How literally anyone can still believe either, let alone both, in a post-Epstein world is beyond me.
February 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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"voting is consumerism" thought remains the source of infinite stupidity
imagine going to a car dealership with a T-shirt that said “I’m going to buy a car no matter what today.” this is exactly how you get swindled. this is how you get a snake like Fetterman in power, out of desperation. you will never force the Democrats to change if you don’t put pressure on them.
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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The far left feels disdain for the average person that they claim to be fighting for. They look at the reasonable questions that ordinary people will ask and dismiss them as too stupid to be worth answering.

And then they wonder why so many left-wing movements end in infighting and authoritarianism
February 19, 2026 at 4:22 AM
YEP
TURNS
OUT
TOUCHING
THE
HOT
STOVE
FUCKING
*HURTS*
WHO
KNEW?
Democrats are +22 on the generic ballot among independents in YouGov's latest survey. They are doing well with engaged voters and running ~even with people who don't follow news, a big shift left since 2024 ( www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...)
February 19, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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Maybe we should ask Bill Barr
Why would federal prosecutors in 2019 tell authorities in New Mexico to stop their investigation into Epstein and Zorro Ranch?
New Mexico is pursuing long-overdue answers by investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch through a new subcommittee that was just created by the New Mexico House.

I’ve got the details, including why the state’s AG’s Office stopped investigating Epstein back in 2019.

youtu.be/eTfTAvLSv6Q?...
February 19, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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An update on Minnesota:

ICE is still here. They've just moved to the suburbs where they're less likely to be noticed while they continue to commit abhorrent kidnappings.

We are adapting our patrols to continue trying to keep our neighbors safe.
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.

“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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February 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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It makes sense once you understand that "anti-capitalist" is just a synonym for general contrarianism.

It's just "I oppose the current thing."
February 19, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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So many people out here are just ping-ponging between tribes like atomic free radicals and any given election is just a random game of hungry hungry hippos where you hope to try and gobble them up at precisely the right moment.
February 19, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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We bang our heads against the wall on this website trying to understand how to win these people over, and the median voter is just like:
February 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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Why would federal prosecutors in 2019 tell authorities in New Mexico to stop their investigation into Epstein and Zorro Ranch?
New Mexico is pursuing long-overdue answers by investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch through a new subcommittee that was just created by the New Mexico House.

I’ve got the details, including why the state’s AG’s Office stopped investigating Epstein back in 2019.

youtu.be/eTfTAvLSv6Q?...
Epstein NM Ranch UNDER INVESTIGATION After DAMNING Evidence REVEALED
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
February 19, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, and John Thune (forgot his name for a moment) aren't any more inspiring than Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Hakeem Jeffries.

But the right-wing media knows their job is to compensate for that weakness, not just whine about it.
February 19, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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The Fetterman revisionist history is crazy. In the real world he’s a Senator today because the left wing rallied for him because Conor Lamb was seen as a centrist establishment stooge.
imagine going to a car dealership with a T-shirt that said “I’m going to buy a car no matter what today.” this is exactly how you get swindled. this is how you get a snake like Fetterman in power, out of desperation. you will never force the Democrats to change if you don’t put pressure on them.
February 19, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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voting is not a consumer choice

voting is not a consumer choice

voting is not a consumer choice

Repeat this until you understand it
imagine going to a car dealership with a T-shirt that said “I’m going to buy a car no matter what today.” this is exactly how you get swindled. this is how you get a snake like Fetterman in power, out of desperation. you will never force the Democrats to change if you don’t put pressure on them.
February 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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February 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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The left expects Democratic politicians to handle both politics and media. They have to be politicians, journalists, activists, and entertainers.

Meanwhile, the actual left-wing media does nothing but whine that the politicians aren't doing the media's job for them.
February 18, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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The right's messaging is strong because they understand that politics and media are separate jobs for separate people.

Right-wing media, whether it's big corporations or small influencers, don't whine about Republican politicians having bad messaging. They just spread the message itself.
February 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Leftist policies are usually correct but adoption is severely hampered by the fact that the people advocating them are leftists
February 19, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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If you do get an answer from prison abolitionists, it's either the most insane thing you've ever heard or "prisons but much smaller and more humane and rebranded"
which is the correct answer but is not what the word "abolish" means
February 19, 2026 at 1:05 AM
And somehow this doll is STILL more likely than the real Doug to actually reply to my emails BEGGING them to just release a fucking apology statement already so we can all move on!
Talking NC phrases include:
"I'm fundraising a game show--what can go wrong?"
"No, you can't plug your Patreon."
"What is up, my n***as!"
"Ooh, a cinnamon roll!"
"Your secret's safe with us, Justin."
"It's really a love letter to Pink Floyd!"
"We sincerely regret you feel that way."
February 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Serious question: This narrative of yours, and of many leftists, that threatening to withhold votes is an effective method of pushing Democrat candidates leftward...

...Is it, though? Has that literally EVER actually worked? Can you point to ONE instance of it working?
It's the Primaries. There's still "shopping" to be done before the car in this terrible metaphor is locked in. Threatening to not vote is some of the only ammo available to put a fire under potential candidates' asses, and it has to seem credible.
February 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Funnily enough this is something Wake Up Dead Man touches on: a once popular sci-fi novelist’s output goes completely to pot when he leaves the “liberal hive mind” and embraces an ultra-reactionary brand of Christianity, with only people he despises remaining fans of his new work.
like, off the top of my head, i can think of very few artists who went reactionary and then turned out work equal to or better than work they had done previously. i am not sure I can think of *any*, though i am sure there are a few.
February 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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like, off the top of my head, i can think of very few artists who went reactionary and then turned out work equal to or better than work they had done previously. i am not sure I can think of *any*, though i am sure there are a few.
February 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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You guys don't understand, I want every neighborhood to have an arcade and a comic shop
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM