That is *not* what Lolita is about.
Interesting email here from Elisa New, Harvard professor and wife to Larry Summers, to Epstein, reflecting on Lolita.
"...it's about a man whose life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl."
"...it's about a man whose life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl."
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
That is *not* what Lolita is about.
This is exactly why the primary process exists. We sniff out these issues early so we can jettison shitty candidates and run someone with a realistic shot. Get rid of this guy and move on.
A survey, conducted on behalf of the Democratic group EMILYs List and obtained by POLITICO, finds that most voters wouldn’t support Platner over Republican Sen. Susan Collins after learning of his past social media posts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
EMILYs List poll: Platner will lose Maine Senate race
The Maine Senate race is all but a must-win for Democrats looking to take back the Senate.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is exactly why the primary process exists. We sniff out these issues early so we can jettison shitty candidates and run someone with a realistic shot. Get rid of this guy and move on.
I can only speak for myself but I know I've been absolutely baffled as to where the Republicans stand on the ACA. They've been so cagey and mysterious about their support of Obama's signature policy victory. I'm glad we'll finally have clarity on their heretofore ambiguous political position.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I can only speak for myself but I know I've been absolutely baffled as to where the Republicans stand on the ACA. They've been so cagey and mysterious about their support of Obama's signature policy victory. I'm glad we'll finally have clarity on their heretofore ambiguous political position.
Again, one of Republican's core constituencies is car dealers. They will do anything to keep those people happy.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Again, one of Republican's core constituencies is car dealers. They will do anything to keep those people happy.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Board games
as the husband of a mahjong addict, dudes need to identify an activity that can be done relatively easily in groups with minimal financial commitment so they can get out of the house for 2-3 hours on a school night, have two beers, and shoot the shit with their buddies.
It won't be mahjong tho.
It won't be mahjong tho.
This is excellent, and great fun to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Board games
Rand Paul cares about pot taxes more than Schumer cares about poor people getting healthcare.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Sen. Rand Paul said he will not support speedy passage of a deal to reopen the government because of a provision that would make some THC products illegal.
Sen. Rand Paul said he will not support speedy passage of a deal to reopen the government because of a provision that would make some THC products illegal.
The government shutdown may last longer because of a fight over hemp
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he will not support speedy passage of a deal to reopen the government because of a provision that would make some THC products illegal.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Rand Paul cares about pot taxes more than Schumer cares about poor people getting healthcare.
A sad day for fans of insider trading
Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last.
After 35 years, Nancy Pelosi is retiring from Congress
Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last.
19thnews.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A sad day for fans of insider trading
I remember this guy from the illustrated edition of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of polarization theory in lay discourse until we can find out what's going on
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I remember this guy from the illustrated edition of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
Challenge.
Name the party that nominated Mamdani.
Name the party that nominated Mamdani.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Challenge.
Name the party that nominated Mamdani.
Name the party that nominated Mamdani.
This rocks.
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This rocks.
It's not just that establishment Dems *don't mind* Nazi tattoos. They like that they have a way to sterilize fascist iconography and make space for candidates with Nazi sympathies because they think they need to "move to the center" and right now the center is, at best, fascist adjacent.
Yeah exactly this is the huge piece people keep forgetting about. This is an act to get elected and the fact that he's doubling and tripling down on "the Dem machine is after me" is nuts. All while talking to Jen fucking Psaki. Just say you don't mind Nazi tattoos and be done with it.
This is the tuition of Platner’s private boarding HS. He is a scion of wealth, like Eric and Don Jr.
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It's not just that establishment Dems *don't mind* Nazi tattoos. They like that they have a way to sterilize fascist iconography and make space for candidates with Nazi sympathies because they think they need to "move to the center" and right now the center is, at best, fascist adjacent.
It's a really a shame that we've gotten to the point where we judge political candidates for things they've said and done. We used to be a country.
"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienced within the Democratic Party.
www.threads.com/@thebriefing...
www.threads.com/@thebriefing...
The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@thebriefingwithpsaki) on Threads
"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienc...
www.threads.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It's a really a shame that we've gotten to the point where we judge political candidates for things they've said and done. We used to be a country.
Establishment Dems' best plan continues to be "make a time machine that only goes to 2008."
Li'l scoop at Semafor: A new report endorsed by Biden's former campaign manager, former DCCC chair Cheri Bustos, and other centrist Dems blames the party's broken brand on post-2012 left-wing language and ideas - not just "the groups" but adopted by whole party www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Left-wing ideas have wrecked Democrats’ brand, new report warns
The center-left group Welcome relied on polling of hundreds of thousands of voters over six months for its findings, shared first with Semafor.
www.semafor.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Establishment Dems' best plan continues to be "make a time machine that only goes to 2008."
This guy is, again, a profoundly dishonest hack. Mamdani is not uniquely unpopular. He's a local candidate running a local campaign. People outside of New York don't know who he is, which is exactly what this dipshit's polling shows.
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This guy is, again, a profoundly dishonest hack. Mamdani is not uniquely unpopular. He's a local candidate running a local campaign. People outside of New York don't know who he is, which is exactly what this dipshit's polling shows.
October 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
(((they)))
fuck this shithead nazi
fuck this shithead nazi
If they thought that any of this would stop us or deter us: they clearly don't understand our movement, and they don't understand Marines.
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
(((they)))
fuck this shithead nazi
fuck this shithead nazi
Shouldn't this just say "A Statement By Andrew" then?
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew to stop using titles and honors, including the Duke of York.
October 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Shouldn't this just say "A Statement By Andrew" then?
Important even! Computers aren't people. They are machines over which we should have total and permanent control.
i think it’s actually completely okay to say an algorithm is not a real person
October 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Important even! Computers aren't people. They are machines over which we should have total and permanent control.
Conservatives (ie fascists) are liars and you shouldn't believe anything they say.
The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.
October 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Conservatives (ie fascists) are liars and you shouldn't believe anything they say.
He's definitely dead *this* time
Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and has no public events on his calendar today
October 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
He's definitely dead *this* time
go woke or go broke
Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.
September 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
go woke or go broke
Ezra Klein is a Nazi sympathizer.
"I had friends say to me, look, we can oppose political violence without whitewashing this guy. I spent some time thinking about that over the weekend...and my reaction honestly is that it is too little to just say we oppose political violence."
September 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Ezra Klein is a Nazi sympathizer.