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before and after hegseth's directive
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
before and after hegseth's directive
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The Supreme Court has made it increasingly difficult to successfully prosecute public corruption, making it easier for people like White House “border czar” Tom Homan, who accepted $50,000 cash in a bag, to get away with alleged bribes.
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No One Is Sure If It’s Illegal to Accept a $50,000 Bribe Stuffed In a Cava Bag, Thanks to the Supreme Court
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September 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Supreme Court has made it increasingly difficult to successfully prosecute public corruption, making it easier for people like White House “border czar” Tom Homan, who accepted $50,000 cash in a bag, to get away with alleged bribes.
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Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
September 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
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So weird how the “great guy” narrative on mainstream media is backed up by zero clips of him demonstrating the qualities they are celebrating.
September 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So weird how the “great guy” narrative on mainstream media is backed up by zero clips of him demonstrating the qualities they are celebrating.
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This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
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"Political violence" is a term that exists to suggest a moral distinction between "violence against politicians" and "violence by politicians" - so that one can be condemned while the other can be normalized. Obviously, no such distinction exists in reality: violence is violence.
September 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"Political violence" is a term that exists to suggest a moral distinction between "violence against politicians" and "violence by politicians" - so that one can be condemned while the other can be normalized. Obviously, no such distinction exists in reality: violence is violence.
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One thing that feels different right now is the difference between structural power and rhetorical power.
Usually in the aftermath of major political events (including, especially, shootings), we see contestation over framing — how each party coalition tries to make sense of the event.
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Usually in the aftermath of major political events (including, especially, shootings), we see contestation over framing — how each party coalition tries to make sense of the event.
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September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
One thing that feels different right now is the difference between structural power and rhetorical power.
Usually in the aftermath of major political events (including, especially, shootings), we see contestation over framing — how each party coalition tries to make sense of the event.
(…)
Usually in the aftermath of major political events (including, especially, shootings), we see contestation over framing — how each party coalition tries to make sense of the event.
(…)
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It’s fine to say that violence is never the answer, but I can’t help but observe that for Charlie Kirk violence was always the answer, and it was the only answer he offered, and, because of the privilege that he refused to admit he had, he could enact it from a comfortable and respectable place.
September 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s fine to say that violence is never the answer, but I can’t help but observe that for Charlie Kirk violence was always the answer, and it was the only answer he offered, and, because of the privilege that he refused to admit he had, he could enact it from a comfortable and respectable place.
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being totally comfortable speaking this way to millions of people is one of many signals that we're in an extremely dark place
Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
September 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
being totally comfortable speaking this way to millions of people is one of many signals that we're in an extremely dark place
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We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.
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For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
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I think that when a leader tries to foist an immoral, often illegal, and demonstrably unpopular set of civil right infringements on a populace—and does so in a way that is both hasty and provocative—a violent backlash is INEVITABLE.
Tragic, yes. Surprising? Not at all.
Tragic, yes. Surprising? Not at all.
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I think that when a leader tries to foist an immoral, often illegal, and demonstrably unpopular set of civil right infringements on a populace—and does so in a way that is both hasty and provocative—a violent backlash is INEVITABLE.
Tragic, yes. Surprising? Not at all.
Tragic, yes. Surprising? Not at all.
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Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
So Trump gets pushed out and Vance fills the void as the figurehead he’s been slowly building online. Not the couch-fucking, “how long have you worked here” Vance, but the “fuck your face - War crimes, hell yeah” Vance.
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So Trump gets pushed out and Vance fills the void as the figurehead he’s been slowly building online. Not the couch-fucking, “how long have you worked here” Vance, but the “fuck your face - War crimes, hell yeah” Vance.
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How can Democrats be against quartering the troops? How much safer can you be than having them in your house?
Mike Johnson: "I cannot for the life of me understand how the Democrats think this is some kind of winning political message. Yield man! Let the troops come into your city and show how crime can be reduced."
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
How can Democrats be against quartering the troops? How much safer can you be than having them in your house?
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This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error.
President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
September 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error.
President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
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Ok, whatever, we're here now. But why is HE here?
Nigel Farage
Why is this right-wing member of BRITISH Parliament testifying in a hearing about European law . . . when he is no longer "European" because he (specifically!) CHAMPIONED BREXIT?!
You know that thing that make the UK NOT the EU
5/
Nigel Farage
Why is this right-wing member of BRITISH Parliament testifying in a hearing about European law . . . when he is no longer "European" because he (specifically!) CHAMPIONED BREXIT?!
You know that thing that make the UK NOT the EU
5/
September 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Ok, whatever, we're here now. But why is HE here?
Nigel Farage
Why is this right-wing member of BRITISH Parliament testifying in a hearing about European law . . . when he is no longer "European" because he (specifically!) CHAMPIONED BREXIT?!
You know that thing that make the UK NOT the EU
5/
Nigel Farage
Why is this right-wing member of BRITISH Parliament testifying in a hearing about European law . . . when he is no longer "European" because he (specifically!) CHAMPIONED BREXIT?!
You know that thing that make the UK NOT the EU
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That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
September 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
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“Our job is lethality and readiness and warfighting.”
– Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense 🥴
– Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense 🥴
I’m sure these people are thrilled that they’ve been called away from their families and jobs to deal with DC’s crushingly important mulch emergency. So much government efficiency.
August 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Our job is lethality and readiness and warfighting.”
– Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense 🥴
– Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense 🥴
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RFK Jr. doesn’t just benefit from this, he legitimises it. His name and political platform strengthen the illusion that these counterpublics are engaging in real democratic discourse.
August 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
RFK Jr. doesn’t just benefit from this, he legitimises it. His name and political platform strengthen the illusion that these counterpublics are engaging in real democratic discourse.
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So much for small-government conservatism. Pure fascism in plain sight
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
So much for small-government conservatism. Pure fascism in plain sight
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At around the 22-25 minute marks, Yarvin, JD Vance’s court philosopher, proposes a system where black people would be made wards of religious ministers, who could force them to work as indentured servants and require them to submit to 24/7 “air-tag” monitoring.
It's amusing to observe Curtis Yarvin in this setting. He seems quite in love with the sound of his own voice. And most of his utterances are the sort of banalities you'd expect of a recent autodidact—wowed by the most superficial connections, and lacking deeper contextual knowledge.
Executive Power & The Common Good | Rufo, Deneen, Caldwell, Yarvin & Burtka | Project Cosmos EP:01
YouTube video by Intercollegiate Studies Institute
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August 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
At around the 22-25 minute marks, Yarvin, JD Vance’s court philosopher, proposes a system where black people would be made wards of religious ministers, who could force them to work as indentured servants and require them to submit to 24/7 “air-tag” monitoring.
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Stephen Miller has always been the dude who is unhinged by the fact that other people are allowed to disagree with him, even women and black people
August 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Stephen Miller has always been the dude who is unhinged by the fact that other people are allowed to disagree with him, even women and black people