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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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Escape From Vault Disney #147: "The Sign of Zorro"
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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...
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"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
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"Who was President in 2020?"
GOP: Biden pulling the strings of the deep state, countering Trump at every turn!
leftists: Trump but it wasn't that bad.
I think we might be cooked chat.
GOP: Biden pulling the strings of the deep state, countering Trump at every turn!
leftists: Trump but it wasn't that bad.
I think we might be cooked chat.
February 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Who was President in 2020?"
GOP: Biden pulling the strings of the deep state, countering Trump at every turn!
leftists: Trump but it wasn't that bad.
I think we might be cooked chat.
GOP: Biden pulling the strings of the deep state, countering Trump at every turn!
leftists: Trump but it wasn't that bad.
I think we might be cooked chat.
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It's absolutely obscene how many leftists argued that libs would be the fastest to rehabilitate Trump yet we're in the middle of Trump 2.0 and they're making the case for how Trump 1.0 wasn't all that bad
eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
February 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
It's absolutely obscene how many leftists argued that libs would be the fastest to rehabilitate Trump yet we're in the middle of Trump 2.0 and they're making the case for how Trump 1.0 wasn't all that bad
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eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
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There are ~80M non white citizens of voting age. Say they voted at 50% (a slight underestimate). Say they voted 25% in person (underestimate probably). With what resources is ICE going to arrest and detain *ten million people* so they can’t vote?
One of my biggest fears about the midterms is that ICE could flood the polls with agents who perform Kavanaugh Stops on every non-white person before they get a chance to cast a ballot, then detain them until voting is over. Which is not far-fetched at this point. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
There are ~80M non white citizens of voting age. Say they voted at 50% (a slight underestimate). Say they voted 25% in person (underestimate probably). With what resources is ICE going to arrest and detain *ten million people* so they can’t vote?
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The main thread of connective tissue between Sandersite progs and consultant-poisoned centrists, allowing one to so easily become the other (e.g. Fetterman and Platner), is a desire to downplay, deny, or reverse this one inconvenient truth
At some point you have to stop fighting the wind and lean with it.
Democrats are the party of Women and Queer folks.
We may as well be honest about it.
Democrats are the party of Women and Queer folks.
We may as well be honest about it.
February 17, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The main thread of connective tissue between Sandersite progs and consultant-poisoned centrists, allowing one to so easily become the other (e.g. Fetterman and Platner), is a desire to downplay, deny, or reverse this one inconvenient truth
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The thing that has kept AOC sane while maintaining her populist flair is that she is a Latina from NYC who worked in the service sector and accordingly is under no obligation to pretend that she’s in an identity-affirming Chevrolet Silverado commercial at all times
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The thing that has kept AOC sane while maintaining her populist flair is that she is a Latina from NYC who worked in the service sector and accordingly is under no obligation to pretend that she’s in an identity-affirming Chevrolet Silverado commercial at all times
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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Let's all remember President Obama's inspiring campaign slogan, "The Secret Cabal In Power Will Stop Us No Matter What We Do, Let's Just Whine a Lot"
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Let's all remember President Obama's inspiring campaign slogan, "The Secret Cabal In Power Will Stop Us No Matter What We Do, Let's Just Whine a Lot"
"When a Democrat *I* voted for loses, it was rigged. When a Democrat I DIDN'T vote for loses, it's their own fault and people like me who refused to vote for them have no complicity whatsoever. This makes perfect sense because my ego is the most important thing in the world."
You can tell that the people claiming it's the candidate's fault for not getting votes don't seriously believe that narrative because they spent the last decade claiming that Bernie Sanders was cheated out of the nomination, rather than blaming Bernie for not winning over enough voters.
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"When a Democrat *I* voted for loses, it was rigged. When a Democrat I DIDN'T vote for loses, it's their own fault and people like me who refused to vote for them have no complicity whatsoever. This makes perfect sense because my ego is the most important thing in the world."
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You can tell that the people claiming it's the candidate's fault for not getting votes don't seriously believe that narrative because they spent the last decade claiming that Bernie Sanders was cheated out of the nomination, rather than blaming Bernie for not winning over enough voters.
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM
You can tell that the people claiming it's the candidate's fault for not getting votes don't seriously believe that narrative because they spent the last decade claiming that Bernie Sanders was cheated out of the nomination, rather than blaming Bernie for not winning over enough voters.
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This is a great point that nobody in the Discourse seems to have noted.
All the folks saying "it's the candidate's fault for losing" never seem to think that's the case for any of Newsom's challengers in the 2028 primary in the hypothetical case where he wins.
All the folks saying "it's the candidate's fault for losing" never seem to think that's the case for any of Newsom's challengers in the 2028 primary in the hypothetical case where he wins.
So again, by this fellow's logic, it was Bernie's own fault he lost the primaries twice, right?
And if Gavin Newsom wins the 2028 nomination, it will be 100% the other candidates' faults, riiiiiiight?
And if Gavin Newsom wins the 2028 nomination, it will be 100% the other candidates' faults, riiiiiiight?
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is a great point that nobody in the Discourse seems to have noted.
All the folks saying "it's the candidate's fault for losing" never seem to think that's the case for any of Newsom's challengers in the 2028 primary in the hypothetical case where he wins.
All the folks saying "it's the candidate's fault for losing" never seem to think that's the case for any of Newsom's challengers in the 2028 primary in the hypothetical case where he wins.
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A very poor way of reacting to an emergency is to take the other people under threat hostage, and insist that everyone do what YOU want, or you won't help fix the problem. This is rightfully understood as callous, destructive, anti-social behavior. Don't encourage the left to engage in it.
February 17, 2026 at 3:02 AM
A very poor way of reacting to an emergency is to take the other people under threat hostage, and insist that everyone do what YOU want, or you won't help fix the problem. This is rightfully understood as callous, destructive, anti-social behavior. Don't encourage the left to engage in it.
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This site will never admit that the left is way over its skis here, because you cannot be Cool On Bluesky and ever offer an iota of criticism of the left. But the normies who make up the vast majority of Dem voters will have absolutely zero patience for this nonsense. It will not end how you think.
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This site will never admit that the left is way over its skis here, because you cannot be Cool On Bluesky and ever offer an iota of criticism of the left. But the normies who make up the vast majority of Dem voters will have absolutely zero patience for this nonsense. It will not end how you think.
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This will probably not persuade you, but it will persuade many more people who do not want to be a well-known public idiot like you.
February 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
This will probably not persuade you, but it will persuade many more people who do not want to be a well-known public idiot like you.
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Some of the most powerful forces in politics are shame, mockery, ostracization. If you are not MAGA and you're considering sitting coming elections out because Dems didn't meet your exact demands, you should experience these things. You should be publicly derided as the dolt you are.
February 17, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Some of the most powerful forces in politics are shame, mockery, ostracization. If you are not MAGA and you're considering sitting coming elections out because Dems didn't meet your exact demands, you should experience these things. You should be publicly derided as the dolt you are.
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I'm sorry, but this is obfuscation. The reality is simple.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
I've seen a bunch of this online, mostly from people less credible than Stancil. I've been a union organizer for almost 30 years and worked on every election in that time period. (I also voted for Harris and protested the genocide.) Posts like this fail to grasp 3 universal truths about elections.
The reason people are concerned about lefties saying “I won’t vote for a moderate Dem” isn’t because they want Newsom. It’s because lefties keep not voting for moderate Dems!
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
February 17, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I'm sorry, but this is obfuscation. The reality is simple.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
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Go see GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON’T DIE in a theater with a big audience, and go in cold. The less you know the better.
It’s incredibly fun, inventive, and constantly surprising. Swings between pitch-black comedy & laugh-out-loud silly.
(1/2)
It’s incredibly fun, inventive, and constantly surprising. Swings between pitch-black comedy & laugh-out-loud silly.
(1/2)
a red sign that says do n't die with a person in the background
ALT: a red sign that says do n't die with a person in the background
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Go see GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON’T DIE in a theater with a big audience, and go in cold. The less you know the better.
It’s incredibly fun, inventive, and constantly surprising. Swings between pitch-black comedy & laugh-out-loud silly.
(1/2)
It’s incredibly fun, inventive, and constantly surprising. Swings between pitch-black comedy & laugh-out-loud silly.
(1/2)
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Re suicide bombing: Nader voters in 2000 voted for him in part because they agreed w/him there was too much corporate $$ influencing elections. He renegs on promise not to campaign in Florida, GWB wins & puts Roberts & Alito on SC, whose Citizens United decision hugely supercharges dark money flood.
February 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Re suicide bombing: Nader voters in 2000 voted for him in part because they agreed w/him there was too much corporate $$ influencing elections. He renegs on promise not to campaign in Florida, GWB wins & puts Roberts & Alito on SC, whose Citizens United decision hugely supercharges dark money flood.
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Ross Perot famously ratfucked the Republicans that one time but that's an exception that proves the rule.
February 17, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Ross Perot famously ratfucked the Republicans that one time but that's an exception that proves the rule.
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there is literally no sane counterargument to this and the people trying to pretend otherwise are wreckers, grifters, clout chasers, or lunatics
February 17, 2026 at 3:31 AM
there is literally no sane counterargument to this and the people trying to pretend otherwise are wreckers, grifters, clout chasers, or lunatics
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vote blue no matter who (laudatory, entirely correct)
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
vote blue no matter who (laudatory, entirely correct)
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you have to vote for the democrat in november 2028.
any other option - voting republican, not voting, voting third party - is completely and totally morally unacceptable and should result in your expulsion from polite society
any other option - voting republican, not voting, voting third party - is completely and totally morally unacceptable and should result in your expulsion from polite society
February 17, 2026 at 3:29 AM
you have to vote for the democrat in november 2028.
any other option - voting republican, not voting, voting third party - is completely and totally morally unacceptable and should result in your expulsion from polite society
any other option - voting republican, not voting, voting third party - is completely and totally morally unacceptable and should result in your expulsion from polite society
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this is exactly why I am absolutely not willing to overlook anyone who was once “advocating for ending USAID” as merely committing a little oopsie-daisy-booboo, by the way
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
this is exactly why I am absolutely not willing to overlook anyone who was once “advocating for ending USAID” as merely committing a little oopsie-daisy-booboo, by the way
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there