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Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
December 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
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Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
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Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
Chief Justice John Roberts says the Constitution remains "firm and unshaken" with major Supreme Court rulings ahead.
Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead
Chief Justice John Roberts says that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
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States whose minimum wages will be higher than MA's next year:
AZ: $15.15
CA: $16.90
CO: $15.16
CT: $16.94
HI: $16.00
ME: $15.10
NJ: $15.92
NY: $17.00 (NYC metro), $16.00 (upstate)
RI: $16.00
WA: $17.13
www.huffpost.com/entry/new-ye...
AZ: $15.15
CA: $16.90
CO: $15.16
CT: $16.94
HI: $16.00
ME: $15.10
NJ: $15.92
NY: $17.00 (NYC metro), $16.00 (upstate)
RI: $16.00
WA: $17.13
www.huffpost.com/entry/new-ye...
19 States To Raise Their Minimum Wage For The New Year
As the federal minimum wage languishes, 20 states are on their way to a $15 wage floor if they haven't reached it already.
www.huffpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
States whose minimum wages will be higher than MA's next year:
AZ: $15.15
CA: $16.90
CO: $15.16
CT: $16.94
HI: $16.00
ME: $15.10
NJ: $15.92
NY: $17.00 (NYC metro), $16.00 (upstate)
RI: $16.00
WA: $17.13
www.huffpost.com/entry/new-ye...
AZ: $15.15
CA: $16.90
CO: $15.16
CT: $16.94
HI: $16.00
ME: $15.10
NJ: $15.92
NY: $17.00 (NYC metro), $16.00 (upstate)
RI: $16.00
WA: $17.13
www.huffpost.com/entry/new-ye...
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Flu numbers are high in most states and almost all cases are variants of H3N2 and the vaccine includes H3N2
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
December 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Flu numbers are high in most states and almost all cases are variants of H3N2 and the vaccine includes H3N2
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
It’s still legally called “The Kennedy Center”. Anything calling it anything else is showing they’re a mouthpiece for the regime.
December 31, 2025 at 5:59 AM
It’s still legally called “The Kennedy Center”. Anything calling it anything else is showing they’re a mouthpiece for the regime.
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From the perspective of the average person in universe, Star Wars is the story of Count Dooku warning everyone Palpatine was a tyrant and being tragically ignored the misguided old Jedi companions he was forced to take up arms against, only to be vindicated upon death.
December 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
From the perspective of the average person in universe, Star Wars is the story of Count Dooku warning everyone Palpatine was a tyrant and being tragically ignored the misguided old Jedi companions he was forced to take up arms against, only to be vindicated upon death.
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I used to work in television rights and clearances and so I can verify that actually you can simply ask everyone first. That’s a thing everyone was doing just fine.
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
December 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I used to work in television rights and clearances and so I can verify that actually you can simply ask everyone first. That’s a thing everyone was doing just fine.
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2026 is going to be a year of both horrors and victories, and I think many people, both on the left and liberals new to political activism, will struggle with the victories.
Therapy has taught me it's important to inoculate yourself knowing you can't pretend how you'll respond when you win.
Therapy has taught me it's important to inoculate yourself knowing you can't pretend how you'll respond when you win.
December 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
2026 is going to be a year of both horrors and victories, and I think many people, both on the left and liberals new to political activism, will struggle with the victories.
Therapy has taught me it's important to inoculate yourself knowing you can't pretend how you'll respond when you win.
Therapy has taught me it's important to inoculate yourself knowing you can't pretend how you'll respond when you win.
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This is New England's version of the Louvre heist.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
$400,000 worth of lobster stolen en route to Costco stores, shipper says
The lobsters, which were not alive, were on their way to Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota, according to Rexing Companies.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is New England's version of the Louvre heist.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This is why it’s so important to trace things back to the beginning whenever possible.
I believe @rauchway.bsky.social calls these “historical urban legends”
I believe @rauchway.bsky.social calls these “historical urban legends”
looking up the source of quotes, whether for a book or a video script, is great for figuring out when a quote everyone "knows" and has repeated for ages is actually just weird bullshit someone else made up
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Succinct and simple explanation of why ICE agents are acting like lawless thugs: because the Supreme Court allows for it.
Why ICE Is Getting Away With It
The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard.
www.theatlantic.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Succinct and simple explanation of why ICE agents are acting like lawless thugs: because the Supreme Court allows for it.
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Rian Johnson Rick Rolled us all
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Rian Johnson Rick Rolled us all
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A good reminder that Jon Stewart is actually a guy with a decent amount of shitty reactionary tendencies
Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A good reminder that Jon Stewart is actually a guy with a decent amount of shitty reactionary tendencies
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That’s it, no one is allowed to name anything else after a Tolkien thing anymore unless it’s a new bug or fish
December 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
That’s it, no one is allowed to name anything else after a Tolkien thing anymore unless it’s a new bug or fish
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
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Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.
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Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling that would block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining immigrants who show up to court hearings in Northern California.
www.latimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
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Terrible framing. It presumes JD Vance is not an anti-Semite himself and that he simply chooses to tolerate them in his pro-Semite party as a political sacrifice.
This is false. Vance is their leader. He is a white nationalist anti-Semite actively building the party around others like himself.
This is false. Vance is their leader. He is a white nationalist anti-Semite actively building the party around others like himself.
J. D. Vance has "clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid," Franklin Foer argues. theatln.tc/aaUENxUw
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Terrible framing. It presumes JD Vance is not an anti-Semite himself and that he simply chooses to tolerate them in his pro-Semite party as a political sacrifice.
This is false. Vance is their leader. He is a white nationalist anti-Semite actively building the party around others like himself.
This is false. Vance is their leader. He is a white nationalist anti-Semite actively building the party around others like himself.
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MERRY GRISTMAS!!!!!
December 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
MERRY GRISTMAS!!!!!
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Caught a bit of this the other day and, yeah, seeing Potter mock George as prison-bound, all while having the money in his desk drawer, well, what an exemplar of evil he is. #EatTheRich
I'll remain an unapologetic fan of mawkish "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings" sentimentality until my last breath, but I think we undersell the villainy of Mr. Potter at our peril. Never trust a billionaire. #It'sAWonderfulLife
December 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Caught a bit of this the other day and, yeah, seeing Potter mock George as prison-bound, all while having the money in his desk drawer, well, what an exemplar of evil he is. #EatTheRich
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Read this. Merry Christmas indeed
December 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Read this. Merry Christmas indeed
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it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know