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When I’m done writing my book I may take a crack at a “corruption is a first-order counterintelligence threat” story.
And US spies know it: CIA has used rampant corruption in places like China in the past to go on recruiting sprees. Mutatis mutandis.
And US spies know it: CIA has used rampant corruption in places like China in the past to go on recruiting sprees. Mutatis mutandis.
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
When I’m done writing my book I may take a crack at a “corruption is a first-order counterintelligence threat” story.
And US spies know it: CIA has used rampant corruption in places like China in the past to go on recruiting sprees. Mutatis mutandis.
And US spies know it: CIA has used rampant corruption in places like China in the past to go on recruiting sprees. Mutatis mutandis.
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this didn't really click for me until just now but Julian - who is presented as a magus figure until the disillusionment - is also at Bennington rather than, say, Harvard, because it's easier for him to call the shots there and there's more of the type of kids who will become enraptured by him.
You have a bunch of spoiled rich kids essentially bundled off somewhere harmless and out of the way and then everyone else we see at the university is kind of just an ordinary schmo. The clique is so absurd because they’re pretending to be somewhere they’re not
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this didn't really click for me until just now but Julian - who is presented as a magus figure until the disillusionment - is also at Bennington rather than, say, Harvard, because it's easier for him to call the shots there and there's more of the type of kids who will become enraptured by him.
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THIS!
i think there is an entire generation of political leaders and consultants who don't actually know how to *lead* a political movement and think their job is just following polls
i think there is an entire generation of political leaders and consultants who don't actually know how to *lead* a political movement and think their job is just following polls
none of these people (inclusive of UK labour) seem to understand that voters want their leaders to *lead* them, not reflect their own ill thought preferences back at them
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
THIS!
i think there is an entire generation of political leaders and consultants who don't actually know how to *lead* a political movement and think their job is just following polls
i think there is an entire generation of political leaders and consultants who don't actually know how to *lead* a political movement and think their job is just following polls
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i hate the fandom-ification of politics, just a colossal mistake to restructure the legal nature of a electioneering around individual candidates
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i hate the fandom-ification of politics, just a colossal mistake to restructure the legal nature of a electioneering around individual candidates
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
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ruin these people honestly. i want them jailed but i will settle for making them poor
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
ruin these people honestly. i want them jailed but i will settle for making them poor
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Illegalize this shit
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Illegalize this shit
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
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Genuinely just loves corruption lol
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Genuinely just loves corruption lol
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For additional context here, these are the relative turnout levels of each of the congressional special elections we've had this year
This race got super nationalized - relative turnout ended up being huge
But to me, that makes this the most encouraging special for Ds so far
This race got super nationalized - relative turnout ended up being huge
But to me, that makes this the most encouraging special for Ds so far
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
For additional context here, these are the relative turnout levels of each of the congressional special elections we've had this year
This race got super nationalized - relative turnout ended up being huge
But to me, that makes this the most encouraging special for Ds so far
This race got super nationalized - relative turnout ended up being huge
But to me, that makes this the most encouraging special for Ds so far
Actually Stranger Things pretty good. That last episode really makes the whole slog to get here seem worth it. Who knew that using very simple ideas from D&D to tell a story will provide an emotional and satisfying climax that feels well-earned even if it was kinda hokey and dumb getting there.
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Actually Stranger Things pretty good. That last episode really makes the whole slog to get here seem worth it. Who knew that using very simple ideas from D&D to tell a story will provide an emotional and satisfying climax that feels well-earned even if it was kinda hokey and dumb getting there.
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Trump is a criminal who is letting criminals loose upon American society
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump is a criminal who is letting criminals loose upon American society
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there's no way to explain our politics without the media being overwhelmingly complicit
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
there's no way to explain our politics without the media being overwhelmingly complicit
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
This is insane ofc but also completely belies the entire idea of “The Free Press” and ”The Marketplace of Ideas”. The power of these lies was their convenience as cover for pushing an otherwise obvious agenda.
I couldn't believe this could possibly be real but apparently it is. The new head of CBS News believes that most Americans are pedophiles and rabid gun nuts.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is insane ofc but also completely belies the entire idea of “The Free Press” and ”The Marketplace of Ideas”. The power of these lies was their convenience as cover for pushing an otherwise obvious agenda.
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yeah i mean those Saja boys pop on screen and suddenly you decide you want to swear allegiance to the christian devil in christian hell
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
yeah i mean those Saja boys pop on screen and suddenly you decide you want to swear allegiance to the christian devil in christian hell
These must be the “Hitler particles” I keep hearing about
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
These must be the “Hitler particles” I keep hearing about
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she’s so fucking eloquent dawg
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
she’s so fucking eloquent dawg
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Unfortunately I think the actual hinge is so, so much dumber: the Comey letter
bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on
i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Unfortunately I think the actual hinge is so, so much dumber: the Comey letter
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Yeah so the problem with Me Too was that it didn’t go far enough
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Yeah so the problem with Me Too was that it didn’t go far enough
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You don’t hate the press enough.
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
You don’t hate the press enough.
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Many of his comments this year suggests he consumes a ton of popularist content and very little pointing out the many flaws in that thinking. I assume his peer group is the audience that consumes popularist content, so he would need real intentionality to get other perspectives.
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Many of his comments this year suggests he consumes a ton of popularist content and very little pointing out the many flaws in that thinking. I assume his peer group is the audience that consumes popularist content, so he would need real intentionality to get other perspectives.
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The voters are bad
Net-Support For The Death Penalty For Murder:
All: +51%
GOP: +80%
IND: +49%
DEM: +24%
YouGov / Nov 10, 2025
All: +51%
GOP: +80%
IND: +49%
DEM: +24%
YouGov / Nov 10, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The voters are bad
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i would like more democrats to start promising to lock these fuckers up
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
i would like more democrats to start promising to lock these fuckers up
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Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.