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Here for the political content and actively despising myself for it
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i think Senator Lander has a ring to it
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
i think Senator Lander has a ring to it
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
Patty Murray should've been Leader. Infuriating but also predictable to see Schumer just play along with this level of spinelessness.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Patty Murray should've been Leader. Infuriating but also predictable to see Schumer just play along with this level of spinelessness.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
I think his health is going to give out before the end of his term. Man looks more and more like Father Time every new video I see of him.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I think his health is going to give out before the end of his term. Man looks more and more like Father Time every new video I see of him.
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Fortune 500 companies waking up to the election results
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Fortune 500 companies waking up to the election results
Zohran quoting Nehru in his victory speech 😍
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Zohran quoting Nehru in his victory speech 😍
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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This is going to get spun as a "thermostatic shift" chart, but it should be properly interpreted as a "information environment is broken" chart.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
Nearly every county in Virginia has shifted blue in a massive statement against Donald Trump.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is going to get spun as a "thermostatic shift" chart, but it should be properly interpreted as a "information environment is broken" chart.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
This has been such a rough election cycle. Kudos to all the Dem campaign staff that are in the game, haven't left the game, and pieced everything together to keep your crashing spaceships moving til the finish line. I'm grateful for your sacrifice, even if the Party as a whole never truly will be.
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This has been such a rough election cycle. Kudos to all the Dem campaign staff that are in the game, haven't left the game, and pieced everything together to keep your crashing spaceships moving til the finish line. I'm grateful for your sacrifice, even if the Party as a whole never truly will be.
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If you live in California, please call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign SB 79. Here's my post about why the bill is so important: publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...
Newsom's Fateful Choice
Why the governor needs to sign SB 79
publiccomment.blog
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If you live in California, please call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign SB 79. Here's my post about why the bill is so important: publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...
There are a bunch of careerists who have a lot of power, who have no problem milking the donation environment to line their own pockets. They care far more about getting paid and making connections that'll get them their next job than they do about winning the election, saving their constituents.
"Campaigns that should be building movements are instead building donor databases. Political energy that could mobilize communities gets redirected into optimizing email subject lines and testing which desperate plea extracts the most dollars from exhausted supporters."
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The Fundraising-Industrial Complex Is Eating American Politics
New data reveals campaigns burn about a third of donations raised just asking for more donations
substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There are a bunch of careerists who have a lot of power, who have no problem milking the donation environment to line their own pockets. They care far more about getting paid and making connections that'll get them their next job than they do about winning the election, saving their constituents.
a few months late but i watched "A Nice Indian Boy" on Hulu and I AM NOT OKAY
September 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
a few months late but i watched "A Nice Indian Boy" on Hulu and I AM NOT OKAY
candidate with the most rizz of my lifetime I swear to god
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
September 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
candidate with the most rizz of my lifetime I swear to god
I've been vibe-coding just for shits and giggles and I've been having a ton of fun doing it. I've missed doing technical work.
September 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I've been vibe-coding just for shits and giggles and I've been having a ton of fun doing it. I've missed doing technical work.
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We need cheap rent so idiosyncratic weirdos can make a living pursuing their passions.
Call it Anti-Industrial Policy: we need is a suite of policies to nudge Americans to own and operate more little public-facing businesses. Speciality shops. Six-seater bars. Esoteric services. Restaurants serving two or three dishes. It would lower overall productivity and increase quality of life.
September 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We need cheap rent so idiosyncratic weirdos can make a living pursuing their passions.
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In my NORC 2024 panel, respondents who didn't match to the voter file were *18.5 percentage points* more pro-Trump than the sample overall.
My guess: Trump voters were less willing to give the information needed to match to voter records.
My guess: Trump voters were less willing to give the information needed to match to voter records.
September 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In my NORC 2024 panel, respondents who didn't match to the voter file were *18.5 percentage points* more pro-Trump than the sample overall.
My guess: Trump voters were less willing to give the information needed to match to voter records.
My guess: Trump voters were less willing to give the information needed to match to voter records.
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lot of this comes down to how utterly dysfunctional Congress is as a whole
Aside from how Obama is remembered, it's striking that Obamacare is basically the last serious presidential legislative agenda that wasn't just trying to contort an annual budget bill to fit in everything you can crowbar into it.
There probably is a lesson in the fact that Obama shepherded the most left-wing piece of federal legislation since the Great Society, over opposition in and outside his own party, and is chiefly remembered by the left now as a do-nothing moderate.
September 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
lot of this comes down to how utterly dysfunctional Congress is as a whole
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Still my favorite explanation of the difference between INT and WIS: int is knowing that Frankenstein is the name of the doctor.
Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster
Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster
August 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Still my favorite explanation of the difference between INT and WIS: int is knowing that Frankenstein is the name of the doctor.
Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster
Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster
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Dems mostly hate this DNC paying influencers strategy, but Reps don’t even mind their media being on Russia payroll. Why? Different consumer demand from Dem vs GOP bases. Plus more division among Dem consumers: some want “Dems too far left,” others want “Dems too centrist,” others “Dems so uncool”
August 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Dems mostly hate this DNC paying influencers strategy, but Reps don’t even mind their media being on Russia payroll. Why? Different consumer demand from Dem vs GOP bases. Plus more division among Dem consumers: some want “Dems too far left,” others want “Dems too centrist,” others “Dems so uncool”
As a rule I avoid putting people on pedestals. But, I have so much respect for Borges. I’m scared of who they’ll replace him with.
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As a rule I avoid putting people on pedestals. But, I have so much respect for Borges. I’m scared of who they’ll replace him with.
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I'm beginning to think the solution to violent crime is banning conservatives from visiting cities.
August 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I'm beginning to think the solution to violent crime is banning conservatives from visiting cities.