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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
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“Fascism is not real” and ”it’s all economic anxiety“ are luxury beliefs
i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Fascism is not real” and ”it’s all economic anxiety“ are luxury beliefs
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
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Labor markets weakness is all about uncertainty, not AI.
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Labor markets weakness is all about uncertainty, not AI.
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
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There has been one (1) period of sustained deflation (eg prices down for multiple years in a row) since the 1910s. That was the Great Depression. I understand why people (not Chris, he gets it) naively think prices should fall but I cannot emphasize enough how Bad that would be.
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
There has been one (1) period of sustained deflation (eg prices down for multiple years in a row) since the 1910s. That was the Great Depression. I understand why people (not Chris, he gets it) naively think prices should fall but I cannot emphasize enough how Bad that would be.
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This is stunningly offensive, even by the standards of this two-bit, tacky-ass President.
It’s not his house, and it’s not his place to do this.
And I don’t want any “what do you expect” replies.
This is outrageous. We need to maintain our outrage. Do not accept this as “oh well.”
Be furious.
It’s not his house, and it’s not his place to do this.
And I don’t want any “what do you expect” replies.
This is outrageous. We need to maintain our outrage. Do not accept this as “oh well.”
Be furious.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is stunningly offensive, even by the standards of this two-bit, tacky-ass President.
It’s not his house, and it’s not his place to do this.
And I don’t want any “what do you expect” replies.
This is outrageous. We need to maintain our outrage. Do not accept this as “oh well.”
Be furious.
It’s not his house, and it’s not his place to do this.
And I don’t want any “what do you expect” replies.
This is outrageous. We need to maintain our outrage. Do not accept this as “oh well.”
Be furious.
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ONE
BILLION
CALIFORNIANS
BILLION
CALIFORNIANS
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
ONE
BILLION
CALIFORNIANS
BILLION
CALIFORNIANS
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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This site is for intrusive and stupid thoughts, so let me just say: Palmer Luckey out here lookin' Straight Doonesbury. My man on that Zipper-Zonker Harris wave. Ignorable has-been, on purpose.
October 1, 2024 at 10:32 PM
This site is for intrusive and stupid thoughts, so let me just say: Palmer Luckey out here lookin' Straight Doonesbury. My man on that Zipper-Zonker Harris wave. Ignorable has-been, on purpose.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
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never a good time to fedpost but now is a particularly bad time to fedpost
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
never a good time to fedpost but now is a particularly bad time to fedpost
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Meanwhile, in Venezuela:
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Meanwhile, in Venezuela:
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He's only partially in charge of a 40,000 member paramilitary force that is primed to be insubordinate and potentially violently so; it behooves him to get on camera with their dear leader viewing him favorably, and forestall the installation of the leader's paramilitary in his streets.
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
He's only partially in charge of a 40,000 member paramilitary force that is primed to be insubordinate and potentially violently so; it behooves him to get on camera with their dear leader viewing him favorably, and forestall the installation of the leader's paramilitary in his streets.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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I should note that these are assuming we're asking about *Americans* killed. If we include other countries, it really is just a three-way race between Hegseth (war), Musk (famine) and RFK (plague), with Musk way out in front right now but steadily losing ground.
It sucks, s'what I'm saying.
It sucks, s'what I'm saying.
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I should note that these are assuming we're asking about *Americans* killed. If we include other countries, it really is just a three-way race between Hegseth (war), Musk (famine) and RFK (plague), with Musk way out in front right now but steadily losing ground.
It sucks, s'what I'm saying.
It sucks, s'what I'm saying.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Honestly, one of the great American poems. Arguably the great American poem.
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Honestly, one of the great American poems. Arguably the great American poem.