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He/him, BA - IR, Masters in Public Health, CIPP-US. Musician and political agitator. Legal technology consultant. Former clinical researcher. Occasional podcaster. Bassist for Orna. www.ornaband.com. 100k scovilles of neurospicy.
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It drives me fucking insane. Like these people need a finger on the scale.
Over the last year the entire "free speech on campus" beat has been revealed as an utter fraud. Years of punditry puked out in ignorance and bad faith.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 AM
It drives me fucking insane. Like these people need a finger on the scale.
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It's a fucking lie. The "free speech crisis" was just a collection of duct-taped-together anecdotes plucked from obscurity by right-wing media. These people were never against "conformity" or "censorship," they just wanted to promote conservative ideas and crush liberal ones.
January 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM
It's a fucking lie. The "free speech crisis" was just a collection of duct-taped-together anecdotes plucked from obscurity by right-wing media. These people were never against "conformity" or "censorship," they just wanted to promote conservative ideas and crush liberal ones.
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Decent story but infuriating that this is still being cast as a good-faith institution that failed to achieve its lofty goals rather than a fundamentally cynical right-wing project.
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
January 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Decent story but infuriating that this is still being cast as a good-faith institution that failed to achieve its lofty goals rather than a fundamentally cynical right-wing project.
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
This is irresponsible. The election is not getting suspended.
AG Keith Ellison: "ICE is provoking them, or trying to. And I do think they would love a justification to invoke the Insurrection Act because I think that would give them an advantage in the election. Namely, to maybe suspend them."
January 17, 2026 at 4:09 AM
This is irresponsible. The election is not getting suspended.
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Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
They're so bad at this. That's what kills me. The Nazis were pretty good at the propaganda game. It really carried them a long way in the early years. This bunch is the Keystone Cops. Only the 30% of sycophants buy this crap or pretend to. Yet they're entrenched.
McLAUGHLIN: Racial animus has no place in DHS and of course is not use
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
They're so bad at this. That's what kills me. The Nazis were pretty good at the propaganda game. It really carried them a long way in the early years. This bunch is the Keystone Cops. Only the 30% of sycophants buy this crap or pretend to. Yet they're entrenched.
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Congrats again, on our August/September 2024 National Conversation™️ about how Kamala Harris was not answering enough detailed policy questions on airport tarmacs & in sit-down interviews with elite access journalists.
Trump, looking bored to death during a healthcare roundtable: "We're gonna have to go very fast. We are way behind schedule and I have a couple of meetings that are very important ... Let's go. C'mon, Bob. Rob."
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Congrats again, on our August/September 2024 National Conversation™️ about how Kamala Harris was not answering enough detailed policy questions on airport tarmacs & in sit-down interviews with elite access journalists.
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Nothing bores Trump more than healthcare. This has been true for years. He just wants the issue to go away, so he can focus on topics like invading Greenland or putting his name on buildings.
Trump, looking bored to death during a healthcare roundtable: "We're gonna have to go very fast. We are way behind schedule and I have a couple of meetings that are very important ... Let's go. C'mon, Bob. Rob."
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Nothing bores Trump more than healthcare. This has been true for years. He just wants the issue to go away, so he can focus on topics like invading Greenland or putting his name on buildings.
It almost certainly was
Melania is delivering a speech on AI that sounds like it was written by AI
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
It almost certainly was
Is this the new standard? If you buy a Renoir are you supposed to tell people you painted it? If you break into Anthony Hopkins' house and steal his Oscar statue does that mean you won it? I'm wondering if Fox News will play it that way.
Trump: "I had a great meeting by a person who I have a lot of respect for. She has respect obviously for me and our country. And she gave me her Nobel Prize, but I'll tell you what -- I got to know her. I never met her before. And I was very very impressed. This is a fine woman."
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Is this the new standard? If you buy a Renoir are you supposed to tell people you painted it? If you break into Anthony Hopkins' house and steal his Oscar statue does that mean you won it? I'm wondering if Fox News will play it that way.
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This is an answer nobody would ever accept from a democrat. A democrat who gave this answer would be ruthlessly mocked until the end of time. Yet Trump and Republicans get away with it without so much as a follow-up.
Q: Can you explain how your healthcare plan will affect premiums?
TRUMP: It's a tremendous thing. It's called the great healthcare plan. And we're gonna get tremendous, uh, reductions through, uh, if you look at prescription drugs, they're gonna come down by numbers that have never been seen before
TRUMP: It's a tremendous thing. It's called the great healthcare plan. And we're gonna get tremendous, uh, reductions through, uh, if you look at prescription drugs, they're gonna come down by numbers that have never been seen before
January 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is an answer nobody would ever accept from a democrat. A democrat who gave this answer would be ruthlessly mocked until the end of time. Yet Trump and Republicans get away with it without so much as a follow-up.
Why would he? The only reason we haven't yet pulled out of NATO entirely is that he'd lose Congressional Republican support. But he may be willing to risk that.
REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
January 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Why would he? The only reason we haven't yet pulled out of NATO entirely is that he'd lose Congressional Republican support. But he may be willing to risk that.
I feel like even among the old resist libs (and a lot of you doofuses think I'm one of them) there's the feeling of invincibility for senior members of Congress in leadership. No they have to win primaries too. So they can lose them.
www.commondreams.org/news/democra...
Throw the Bums Out!
Throw the Bums Out!
Fury Grows Over Democrats Who Won't Back ICE Funding Freeze | Common Dreams
Americans are rising up against violent ICE crackdowns on immigrants and dissent. Democrats have the power to force reform through the appropriations process, but some are hesitant. Will they stand up...
www.commondreams.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I feel like even among the old resist libs (and a lot of you doofuses think I'm one of them) there's the feeling of invincibility for senior members of Congress in leadership. No they have to win primaries too. So they can lose them.
Funny she should mention that! As part of my MPH I wrote a thesis on food deserts in underserved communities, and wouldn't you know it, Republicans don't give a shit.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Funny she should mention that! As part of my MPH I wrote a thesis on food deserts in underserved communities, and wouldn't you know it, Republicans don't give a shit.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
I'm not aware of any women who doesn't
probs it is time for An Oral History Of Slash Fiction, of which I was an extremely minor part (it obvs did influence my novel Disobedience)
in the *1980s* respected female-sexual-fantasy researcher Nancy Friday could still say she was not aware of *any* women who fantasised about two men together
in the *1980s* respected female-sexual-fantasy researcher Nancy Friday could still say she was not aware of *any* women who fantasised about two men together
incredibly fucking lovely news. Heated Rivalry is inspiring gay hockey players to come out in real life: www.out.com/gay-athletes...
I very much perceive Heated Rivalry as the apotheosis of slash fiction, that I was into in my teens and 20s. I think this is what we wanted it to do.
I very much perceive Heated Rivalry as the apotheosis of slash fiction, that I was into in my teens and 20s. I think this is what we wanted it to do.
January 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I'm not aware of any women who doesn't
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BREAKING: A federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit aimed at forcing California to turn over sensitive personal data of the state's voters.
This is good news. Voters should never have to choose between our privacy and our right to participate in our democracy.
This is good news. Voters should never have to choose between our privacy and our right to participate in our democracy.
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit aimed at forcing California to turn over sensitive personal data of the state's voters.
This is good news. Voters should never have to choose between our privacy and our right to participate in our democracy.
This is good news. Voters should never have to choose between our privacy and our right to participate in our democracy.
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I can't begin to express how infuriated I am by this.
It has been suspected by many native tribes that 🧊 been rounding up their people. Some have been released. Finally this is making the news with the Oglala Sioux. Worst they're being held in a fort were the worst mass execution in their history took place the 38+2. This is unacceptable on every level
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th...
apnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I can't begin to express how infuriated I am by this.
Nothing about this is funny but I can't stop reading lil Nazi boi's tweet to the cadence of "Who let the dogs out"
The Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy is feuding with neo-Nazis online as to whether Jews are responsible for letting “barbarian rapist hordes” (her words) into Europe.
January 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Nothing about this is funny but I can't stop reading lil Nazi boi's tweet to the cadence of "Who let the dogs out"
No, that's not a thing, unless you want to believe the physical object has relevance to winning the award. If Anthony Hopkins decided to gift one of his Oscars trophies to Rob Schneider that doesn't mean Rob Schneider won an Oscar.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Venezuela's Machado gifts Trump Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Thursday that she gave her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump during their meeting at the White House.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 PM
No, that's not a thing, unless you want to believe the physical object has relevance to winning the award. If Anthony Hopkins decided to gift one of his Oscars trophies to Rob Schneider that doesn't mean Rob Schneider won an Oscar.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Just FYI. Sascha Riley may be a psy op. There's some red flags popping up.
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Just FYI. Sascha Riley may be a psy op. There's some red flags popping up.
Trying to imagine the public and press reaction if Joe Biden whined about not winning a Nobel, then a foreign leader who had one handed him theirs to kiss up and he paraded around with it like he won it.
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Trying to imagine the public and press reaction if Joe Biden whined about not winning a Nobel, then a foreign leader who had one handed him theirs to kiss up and he paraded around with it like he won it.
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