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One reason I think Platner needs to go is that at some point we're going to have to do an aggressive denazification of the entire political system and the party leading that effort cannot be caught handing out indulgences.
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
One reason I think Platner needs to go is that at some point we're going to have to do an aggressive denazification of the entire political system and the party leading that effort cannot be caught handing out indulgences.
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Dems *can’t* fold. Not anymore. Folding and getting nothing is a tacit admission that the shutdown and what pain it caused is all on us. We are in this now, and we’ve got to see it through.
I do not believe Dems should fold. I believe if this works, he will keep doing it. If I believed folding would feed hungry people, I would at the very least strongly consider it. But he explicitly said he felt no obligation to honor any deal struck.
"Trump is illegally impounding SNAP funds to make people hungry so he can force the Democrats to capitulate to help the hungry people" is just a wild state of affairs.
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Dems *can’t* fold. Not anymore. Folding and getting nothing is a tacit admission that the shutdown and what pain it caused is all on us. We are in this now, and we’ve got to see it through.
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Democrats should make a show of donating money to food banks in their districts “to offset the harm caused by the Republican shutdown.”
There are existing food relief organizations that have their logistics figured out that Democrats can and should support
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Democrats should make a show of donating money to food banks in their districts “to offset the harm caused by the Republican shutdown.”
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worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
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The way we avoid having to do all of this again in 8 or 12 or 16 or 24 years is by imprinting a generational memory of, "oh, the last time they did that, all of the top guys - I mean, the ones who survived - went to prison for the rest of their lives, and had their property seized."
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The way we avoid having to do all of this again in 8 or 12 or 16 or 24 years is by imprinting a generational memory of, "oh, the last time they did that, all of the top guys - I mean, the ones who survived - went to prison for the rest of their lives, and had their property seized."
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Another 🎯 from PJ Guy’s story:
The power of *mental rehearsal*.
Don’t just “rehearse your anxiety”. Instead imagine yourself acting — somehow—in that situation
Reality unlikely to unfold like your imagined scene — but that’s not the point. *Actively create a cognitive picture of yourself acting*
The power of *mental rehearsal*.
Don’t just “rehearse your anxiety”. Instead imagine yourself acting — somehow—in that situation
Reality unlikely to unfold like your imagined scene — but that’s not the point. *Actively create a cognitive picture of yourself acting*
October 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Another 🎯 from PJ Guy’s story:
The power of *mental rehearsal*.
Don’t just “rehearse your anxiety”. Instead imagine yourself acting — somehow—in that situation
Reality unlikely to unfold like your imagined scene — but that’s not the point. *Actively create a cognitive picture of yourself acting*
The power of *mental rehearsal*.
Don’t just “rehearse your anxiety”. Instead imagine yourself acting — somehow—in that situation
Reality unlikely to unfold like your imagined scene — but that’s not the point. *Actively create a cognitive picture of yourself acting*
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I really don't think Jewish leaders appreciate how quickly the political ground is changing around Israel.
Elliot Cosgrove's Shabbat sermon — where he said Mamdani trying to reassure Jews was an implicit confession that they had something to fear from his mayoralty — really drove this home.
Elliot Cosgrove's Shabbat sermon — where he said Mamdani trying to reassure Jews was an implicit confession that they had something to fear from his mayoralty — really drove this home.
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I really don't think Jewish leaders appreciate how quickly the political ground is changing around Israel.
Elliot Cosgrove's Shabbat sermon — where he said Mamdani trying to reassure Jews was an implicit confession that they had something to fear from his mayoralty — really drove this home.
Elliot Cosgrove's Shabbat sermon — where he said Mamdani trying to reassure Jews was an implicit confession that they had something to fear from his mayoralty — really drove this home.
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A thing about this is that it's literal treason
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A thing about this is that it's literal treason
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Let me put it this way: Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian immigrant with a green card who worked with deeply unpopular groups. My median follower is a white guy with a 401(k) who was born in this country. We all need to be a little braver than we have been; we can afford it.
Mahmoud Khalil is free right now because they don't actually have the juice to crack down on all dissent.
Maybe I’m naive, but this government hasn’t even meaningfully gone after the genuinely unpopular groups they could call domestic terrorists—PSL, In Our Lifetime—I’m not terribly confident they’re going to be successful going after National Organization for Women or whatever
September 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Let me put it this way: Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian immigrant with a green card who worked with deeply unpopular groups. My median follower is a white guy with a 401(k) who was born in this country. We all need to be a little braver than we have been; we can afford it.
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Reports that ICE is on the Boston College campus currently
September 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reports that ICE is on the Boston College campus currently
"No voting on who gets to be people."
A belief in "reasonable disagreement" implies a belief in //unreasonable disagreement// — which is the ~actual~ foundation of liberal governance; clearly demarcating which universal rights of man are not "up for debate" and subject to "the political process."
September 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"No voting on who gets to be people."
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The movies don't really get into it, but it's worth remembering that Denethor went crazy because he spent too much time doomscrolling on the Palantír and it cooked his brain
September 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The movies don't really get into it, but it's worth remembering that Denethor went crazy because he spent too much time doomscrolling on the Palantír and it cooked his brain
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I do not care who you are or what position you hold.
No one bullies our children.
No one bullies our children.
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I do not care who you are or what position you hold.
No one bullies our children.
No one bullies our children.
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i expect the democratic party to display partisan solidarity from top to bottom, and i expect this in direct proportion to the power am officeholder has
I’m honestly confused why people who obviously hate Hakeem Jeffries care so much about his endorsement. If you think he’s bad, wouldn’t you NOT want him endorsing the candidate you want to win? You have utter disdain for him, but you insist on hearing from him about a mayoral race? 🤔
September 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i expect the democratic party to display partisan solidarity from top to bottom, and i expect this in direct proportion to the power am officeholder has
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great point Harmeet, just the one q: who won the Battle of Thermopylae?
Harmeet Dhillon at NatCon: "When the next group of elites comes to demand we stop protecting fairness in hiring, confidence in our elections, safety in girls sports, we're going to answer them the same way that Leonidas answered on the eve of the Battle of Thermopylae: Molon Labe. Come and take it."
September 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
great point Harmeet, just the one q: who won the Battle of Thermopylae?
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i do think people — national security reporters in particular — should think a little bit about what it means that pritzker apparently already knows what the plan for the texas national guard in chicago is, regardless of whether it actually happens or not.
September 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
i do think people — national security reporters in particular — should think a little bit about what it means that pritzker apparently already knows what the plan for the texas national guard in chicago is, regardless of whether it actually happens or not.
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Trump et al. have basically created a zugzwang situation for left/liberal Jewish academics and students, forcing them to choose between tolerating actual instances of antisemitism they encounter vs. Trump co-opting their legitimate complaints as a pretext to stifle academic freedom and cut funding
There is a professor at my college doing actual antisemitism (Leo Frank trutherism) in the name of "anti-Zionism," and I know if I tried to make it an issue, I would be feeding into the very worst right-wing voices who want to shut me and my mostly good institution down, too, so I have no recourse.
September 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trump et al. have basically created a zugzwang situation for left/liberal Jewish academics and students, forcing them to choose between tolerating actual instances of antisemitism they encounter vs. Trump co-opting their legitimate complaints as a pretext to stifle academic freedom and cut funding
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Offer received and accepted, funemployment ends homies.
I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.
I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.
July 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Offer received and accepted, funemployment ends homies.
I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.
I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.
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like for every centrist pundit that says, "oh, you learn to live with this in your replies": what do you think this does to your soul
i don't think being on a site that gives anti-Black racism 20k likes is good for the soul
September 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
like for every centrist pundit that says, "oh, you learn to live with this in your replies": what do you think this does to your soul
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the american mind cannot comprehend the kobayashi maru
September 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
the american mind cannot comprehend the kobayashi maru
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"oh nothing matters because mr. trump won't let it matter" shut up
August 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"oh nothing matters because mr. trump won't let it matter" shut up
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The problem with any instinct to flinch from the need for a post-MAGA campaign of structural reforms — a reconstruction, if you will — is that Trump and MAGA are working to force an illiberal reconstruction on Dem-led communities and institutions right now, in plain sight.
Rep. Troy Downing on Trump's takeover of DC: "Hopefully this is a harbinger in what we see in these liberally run cities across the country ... we need to send in the troops, which is exactly what we're doing."
August 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The problem with any instinct to flinch from the need for a post-MAGA campaign of structural reforms — a reconstruction, if you will — is that Trump and MAGA are working to force an illiberal reconstruction on Dem-led communities and institutions right now, in plain sight.