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· Nov 8
New Radicals - You Get What You Give (Official Music Video)
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Back on my musical #Xena #webcomic, I believe its themes are relevant now:
1) Fear & anger are powerful servants, but terrible masters
2) You have more allies than you think
Here’s a pep talk from it, sung by Xena herself at a moment when all seems lost:
youtu.be/DL7-CKirWZE?...
1) Fear & anger are powerful servants, but terrible masters
2) You have more allies than you think
Here’s a pep talk from it, sung by Xena herself at a moment when all seems lost:
youtu.be/DL7-CKirWZE?...
I was told my drawings looked like something out of Mad Magazine, & I took that as a huge compliment, so I decided to look up how Mad actually portrayed Xena. A bit differently, in fact! It was during 1st season, & they clearly went for the low-hanging fruit, as it were!
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I was told my drawings looked like something out of Mad Magazine, & I took that as a huge compliment, so I decided to look up how Mad actually portrayed Xena. A bit differently, in fact! It was during 1st season, & they clearly went for the low-hanging fruit, as it were!
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"The fact that JD Vance has openly cited Curtis Yarvin as an inspiration and that Thiel is the person most responsible for creating Vance as a politician should be viewed as a national emergency."
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
We need to talk about JD
Not nearly enough news coverage has focused on JD Vance's influences and his extreme views.
madness.ghost.io
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"The fact that JD Vance has openly cited Curtis Yarvin as an inspiration and that Thiel is the person most responsible for creating Vance as a politician should be viewed as a national emergency."
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
Gift link to an excellent vision of a post- Trump America:
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy
After I wrote this “status interview” piece on Tuesday, I heard from...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Gift link to an excellent vision of a post- Trump America:
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
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For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends
November 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM
For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends
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Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
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If you aren't fighting, get out of the way.
If you don't get out of the way, you're fighting, just not against fascism.
If you don't get out of the way, you're fighting, just not against fascism.
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you aren't fighting, get out of the way.
If you don't get out of the way, you're fighting, just not against fascism.
If you don't get out of the way, you're fighting, just not against fascism.
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fear-...
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites
Members of America’s founding generation had an ambivalent and evolving understanding of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fear-...
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Predator Badlands was very cute and very darling. More like Predator, planet of friends 🫶
a poster for predator badlands features a woman
ALT: a poster for predator badlands features a woman
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Predator Badlands was very cute and very darling. More like Predator, planet of friends 🫶
An excellent checklist for what Senate candidates should agree to in upcoming elections:
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
An excellent checklist for what Senate candidates should agree to in upcoming elections:
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
Experimenting on glossy board with sketching using 3 pen types: Bic ballpoint, Pigma brush marker, Preppy fountain pen. 3 figures in “front” row are ballpoint, which lets you build up a sketch. “Back” row: brush pen is bold, expressive, but I can’t really sketch with it—it’s for final stage only…
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Experimenting on glossy board with sketching using 3 pen types: Bic ballpoint, Pigma brush marker, Preppy fountain pen. 3 figures in “front” row are ballpoint, which lets you build up a sketch. “Back” row: brush pen is bold, expressive, but I can’t really sketch with it—it’s for final stage only…
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Here you go, folks, let’s do this!
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Here you go, folks, let’s do this!
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Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
This article gives a good perspective on the Dem Senate cave: we have clarity on which Dems to target in next year’s primaries. But Dem voters did NOT let us down! We kept up the pressure, & forced a lot of GOP errors. We just need to keep on it.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/with-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/with-...
With a Day to Think About It
I wrote last night’s post fresh off the news that at least...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This article gives a good perspective on the Dem Senate cave: we have clarity on which Dems to target in next year’s primaries. But Dem voters did NOT let us down! We kept up the pressure, & forced a lot of GOP errors. We just need to keep on it.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/with-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/with-...
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Asking my Senators to vote for new leadership; either Chuck Schumer cannot whip votes, in which case he's useless, or he is fine giving up leverage for nothing, in which case he's worthless.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Asking my Senators to vote for new leadership; either Chuck Schumer cannot whip votes, in which case he's useless, or he is fine giving up leverage for nothing, in which case he's worthless.
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
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Shaheen is retiring; Virginia is solid enough Blue territory that Kaine shld be replaced by a Democrat who is serious about preserving American democracy.
Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Shaheen is retiring; Virginia is solid enough Blue territory that Kaine shld be replaced by a Democrat who is serious about preserving American democracy.
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Republicans treat Democrats in D.C. like chumps even before the vote.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Republicans treat Democrats in D.C. like chumps even before the vote.
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Call your senators. I don’t care if they’re Republicans, or if a deal has already been reached. Call them anyway, and let them know exactly what you think of what’s happening. Don’t give them a moment’s peace to forget the blood on their hands.
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Call your senators. I don’t care if they’re Republicans, or if a deal has already been reached. Call them anyway, and let them know exactly what you think of what’s happening. Don’t give them a moment’s peace to forget the blood on their hands.
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them