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May my entrails be plucked forth and wound about my neck should I deceive.
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Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Someone is having concerns about Twitter privacy all of a sudden
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
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Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.
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AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
October 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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Hard to blame the Democrats for the shutdown when you're in charge of all 3 branches of government, plus the Supreme Court.
October 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Hard to blame the Democrats for the shutdown when you're in charge of all 3 branches of government, plus the Supreme Court.
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This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off their health care.
We can't allow that to happen.
We can't allow that to happen.
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off their health care.
We can't allow that to happen.
We can't allow that to happen.
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This is wonderful 💚
Real Betis invited 11 of the club’s oldest members to be mascots this weekend, celebrating their long-held support and International Day for Older Persons 👏
Real Betis invited 11 of the club’s oldest members to be mascots this weekend, celebrating their long-held support and International Day for Older Persons 👏
September 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is wonderful 💚
Real Betis invited 11 of the club’s oldest members to be mascots this weekend, celebrating their long-held support and International Day for Older Persons 👏
Real Betis invited 11 of the club’s oldest members to be mascots this weekend, celebrating their long-held support and International Day for Older Persons 👏
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SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:
Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase
The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky
www.thehandbasket.co
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
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Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!
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Sinclair is caving and bringing back Kimmel.
Money, folks. Public pressure. They dont have the numbers. Remember this and increase the efforts.
Money, folks. Public pressure. They dont have the numbers. Remember this and increase the efforts.
September 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sinclair is caving and bringing back Kimmel.
Money, folks. Public pressure. They dont have the numbers. Remember this and increase the efforts.
Money, folks. Public pressure. They dont have the numbers. Remember this and increase the efforts.
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."
September 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."
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It IS NOT ENOUGH to simply be anti Trump. All the data and polling is screaming this.
Democrats must put inspiring, populist, policy and narratives that voters can vote FOR. There’s no other way!!!
Democrats must put inspiring, populist, policy and narratives that voters can vote FOR. There’s no other way!!!
September 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It IS NOT ENOUGH to simply be anti Trump. All the data and polling is screaming this.
Democrats must put inspiring, populist, policy and narratives that voters can vote FOR. There’s no other way!!!
Democrats must put inspiring, populist, policy and narratives that voters can vote FOR. There’s no other way!!!
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i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
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a big reason the Disney thing is important is that in the most visible fight the administration has picked, a fight they celebrated winning, ended up as a loss. it's embarrassing and demoralizing. it also shows non-political folks that the pendulum can swing back.
that emboldens all of us to fight.
that emboldens all of us to fight.
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
a big reason the Disney thing is important is that in the most visible fight the administration has picked, a fight they celebrated winning, ended up as a loss. it's embarrassing and demoralizing. it also shows non-political folks that the pendulum can swing back.
that emboldens all of us to fight.
that emboldens all of us to fight.
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ben smith, boy, i dunno
Ben Smith: "What you saw with Mahmoud Khalil is that in some ways he is *less* vulnerable than Jimmy Kimmel. The people who are most vulnerable are the employees of big consolidated megacorporations—"
Chris Hayes: "Yeah, although he's about to get deported."
Chris Hayes: "Yeah, although he's about to get deported."
September 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
ben smith, boy, i dunno
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Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
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shoutout to all the boomers who inherited generational wealth which allowed them to retire early and live off it, but never planned for their future long-term care, and are now slowly destroying their children (and their spouses) financially! way to punt it you selfish fucks
September 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
shoutout to all the boomers who inherited generational wealth which allowed them to retire early and live off it, but never planned for their future long-term care, and are now slowly destroying their children (and their spouses) financially! way to punt it you selfish fucks
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Saying we’re going to have to learn to live with each other and debate in the marketplace of ideas while the president is purging comedians off the TV is why people are not reacting positively to Ezra Klein.
September 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Saying we’re going to have to learn to live with each other and debate in the marketplace of ideas while the president is purging comedians off the TV is why people are not reacting positively to Ezra Klein.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
This is so spot on. He’s absolutely right and it is so, so important to work on this.
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This is so spot on. He’s absolutely right and it is so, so important to work on this.
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I really like Van Hollen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
Van Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I really like Van Hollen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...