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January 26, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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Faye only getting life-saving medical care so she could be a victim of a medical debt scam gets more poignant by the day
January 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Faye only getting life-saving medical care so she could be a victim of a medical debt scam gets more poignant by the day
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If you’re going to tell be to stop criticizing Democrats I invite you to go fuck yourself you entitled douche.
January 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
If you’re going to tell be to stop criticizing Democrats I invite you to go fuck yourself you entitled douche.
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"51% of the vote in one election does not empower you to destroy a city or culture or society" -- Mark Levin after Mamdani won 50.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"51% of the vote in one election does not empower you to destroy a city or culture or society" -- Mark Levin after Mamdani won 50.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
When I give a gift to you
I know you’re gonna give it too
That’s why giving’s what we do
As we 🪘🪘 pass it on!
I know you’re gonna give it too
That’s why giving’s what we do
As we 🪘🪘 pass it on!
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Watching Muppet Family Christmas and then re-discovering how the Ripped from TV version someone uploaded to YouTube ends: youtu.be/Bi9qSKZuvC4?...
#doomedbaby
#doomedbaby
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) - Full Special
YouTube video by Parkscope Blog (Parkscope)
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
When I give a gift to you
I know you’re gonna give it too
That’s why giving’s what we do
As we 🪘🪘 pass it on!
I know you’re gonna give it too
That’s why giving’s what we do
As we 🪘🪘 pass it on!
Content warning: pretty much *The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo* but real life.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
www.motherjones.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Content warning: pretty much *The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo* but real life.
“With so little to reach for—since there was no correlation between effort and reward—no one had any incentive to exert oneself. Economic innovation and quality control disappeared. Firms gained nothing by attempting to produce more or better goods…”
Is that result different from crony capitalism?
Is that result different from crony capitalism?
What Happens to People Under Autocratic Rule?
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
A moving first-hand description of the realities of living under an authoritarian regime. Prepare.
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
A moving first-hand description of the realities of living under an authoritarian regime. Prepare.
What Happens to People Under Autocratic Rule?
The Steady State | Tom Wolfson
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“With so little to reach for—since there was no correlation between effort and reward—no one had any incentive to exert oneself. Economic innovation and quality control disappeared. Firms gained nothing by attempting to produce more or better goods…”
Is that result different from crony capitalism?
Is that result different from crony capitalism?
Is there no one in Maine who is less than 77 years old and has never had a Nazi tattoo who wants to be a United States senator?
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Is there no one in Maine who is less than 77 years old and has never had a Nazi tattoo who wants to be a United States senator?
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This is bad. Very bad.
DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity
The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.
www.advocate.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is bad. Very bad.
@veryimportant.lawyer hey @podsaveamerica.crooked.com mentioned seeing a meme in their latest episode, everyone is twelve
October 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@veryimportant.lawyer hey @podsaveamerica.crooked.com mentioned seeing a meme in their latest episode, everyone is twelve
It is staggeringly ironic that people who don’t want immigrants here because they take jobs away from Americans by working for cheap have them thrown into prisons so they can work in America for even less money.
October 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It is staggeringly ironic that people who don’t want immigrants here because they take jobs away from Americans by working for cheap have them thrown into prisons so they can work in America for even less money.
Watching the Virginia gubernatorial candidates debate. This is the first gubernatorial debate I remember watching. Are they always this much a shitshow?
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Watching the Virginia gubernatorial candidates debate. This is the first gubernatorial debate I remember watching. Are they always this much a shitshow?
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I’m sick of how if somebody is rich enough their stupidity is our problem. That’s not fair to actual people
October 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’m sick of how if somebody is rich enough their stupidity is our problem. That’s not fair to actual people
This might be the most important video I’ve watched in the last twelvish years. youtu.be/Muhn_rwT_Rk
Informational Autocracy: Authoritarianism Looks Different Now (ALL PARTS)
YouTube video by Brenna Perez
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This might be the most important video I’ve watched in the last twelvish years. youtu.be/Muhn_rwT_Rk
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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
“Can’t we all just get along?” has always been a hollow plea when someone is trying to dominate you. “Getting along” presupposes that others see you as (socially) equal to them. If they do not, getting along is impossible, and “Can’t we all just get along?” is a disguised plea for you to submit.
I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.
On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something
On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.
www.the-reframe.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“Can’t we all just get along?” has always been a hollow plea when someone is trying to dominate you. “Getting along” presupposes that others see you as (socially) equal to them. If they do not, getting along is impossible, and “Can’t we all just get along?” is a disguised plea for you to submit.
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Release the Epstein Files
September 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Release the Epstein Files
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Trump’s masked gestapo just shoved a Common Defense member and Air Force veteran to the ground and arrested him for peacefully protesting in Illinois.
The lawlessness of this regime must end — and he must be released immediately!
The lawlessness of this regime must end — and he must be released immediately!
As agents retreated back to the facility grounds, a protester was knocked to the ground and arrested.
September 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Trump’s masked gestapo just shoved a Common Defense member and Air Force veteran to the ground and arrested him for peacefully protesting in Illinois.
The lawlessness of this regime must end — and he must be released immediately!
The lawlessness of this regime must end — and he must be released immediately!
A national security presidential directive was how George W. Bush ordered warrantless wiretapping of Americans in violation of FISA www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov
September 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A national security presidential directive was how George W. Bush ordered warrantless wiretapping of Americans in violation of FISA www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.
September 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.
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Feeling like she had a new lease on life after a major health scare, Gabrielle Wall sprinted the length of a football field barefoot on Lego bricks to clinch a new Guinness World Record.
Health scare leads mom to world record: Barefoot run on Lego bricks. On purpose.
Feeling like she had a new lease on life, Gabrielle Wall sprinted the length of a football field barefoot on Lego bricks to clinch a new Guinness World Record.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Feeling like she had a new lease on life after a major health scare, Gabrielle Wall sprinted the length of a football field barefoot on Lego bricks to clinch a new Guinness World Record.
I want to share with you this adorable video of a grown man putting his cat in a box and zooming it around like it’s a race car.
September 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I want to share with you this adorable video of a grown man putting his cat in a box and zooming it around like it’s a race car.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
That means everyone. Every person in the universe has those rights.
That means everyone. Every person in the universe has those rights.
August 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
That means everyone. Every person in the universe has those rights.
That means everyone. Every person in the universe has those rights.