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Operation Midway Bliss brings holiday cheer to families affected by ICE raids. blockclubchi.co/4aI6Chs
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Operation Midway Bliss brings holiday cheer to families affected by ICE raids. blockclubchi.co/4aI6Chs
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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pretty worrying how predictive Peacemaker turned out to be.
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
pretty worrying how predictive Peacemaker turned out to be.
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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
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Hegseth is the most overt Xian nationalist believer in Trump's admin. He always brings Jesus into war talk because Xian nationalists believe Jesus is a Warrior. It is their main image of him-a bloodthirsty, revenge-seeker w/sword in hand.
And they're so wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
And they're so wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
The Warrior Ethos
The first Christians would have something to say about Pete Hegseth's speech to the generals
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hegseth is the most overt Xian nationalist believer in Trump's admin. He always brings Jesus into war talk because Xian nationalists believe Jesus is a Warrior. It is their main image of him-a bloodthirsty, revenge-seeker w/sword in hand.
And they're so wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
And they're so wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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Crime is happening somewhere! I scrolled by a carjacking snuff film that looked eerily like Russian dashcam footage but was labeled as "Deep Baltimore."
But where I am? Lol no. No crime happening here. Anyway we must stop the crime that is constantly, vaguely happening in any and all elsewheres.
But where I am? Lol no. No crime happening here. Anyway we must stop the crime that is constantly, vaguely happening in any and all elsewheres.
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Crime is happening somewhere! I scrolled by a carjacking snuff film that looked eerily like Russian dashcam footage but was labeled as "Deep Baltimore."
But where I am? Lol no. No crime happening here. Anyway we must stop the crime that is constantly, vaguely happening in any and all elsewheres.
But where I am? Lol no. No crime happening here. Anyway we must stop the crime that is constantly, vaguely happening in any and all elsewheres.
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Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism
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theonion.com/israel-...
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism
theonion.com/israel-...
theonion.com/israel-...
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Remembering how people called me an alarmist and refused to believe me as I warned about this over the last decade.
Taking away women’s right to vote is a Christian nationalist goal.
Taking away women’s right to vote is a Christian nationalist goal.
August 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Remembering how people called me an alarmist and refused to believe me as I warned about this over the last decade.
Taking away women’s right to vote is a Christian nationalist goal.
Taking away women’s right to vote is a Christian nationalist goal.
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This is a good piece - I’d forgotten about the FEMA conspiracy theories and why MAGA types (especially Christian nationalists) hate FEMA.
Trump and Noem still plan to destroy FEMA, despite the temporary pause in overt threats to the agency.
The hatred of FEMA is hard for outsiders to parse. So I wrote this short, readable explainer of why MAGA loathes the emergency relief agency so much.
www.salon.com/2025/07/14/w...
The hatred of FEMA is hard for outsiders to parse. So I wrote this short, readable explainer of why MAGA loathes the emergency relief agency so much.
www.salon.com/2025/07/14/w...
Why Kristi Noem hates FEMA
No, Trump has not given up on the conspiracist mania to kill the popular agency
www.salon.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is a good piece - I’d forgotten about the FEMA conspiracy theories and why MAGA types (especially Christian nationalists) hate FEMA.
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Fascism is evil. Fascism is scary. Fascism is awful.
But goddamn it is also so fucking whiny and intellectually vapid and incredibly annoying.
But goddamn it is also so fucking whiny and intellectually vapid and incredibly annoying.
July 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Fascism is evil. Fascism is scary. Fascism is awful.
But goddamn it is also so fucking whiny and intellectually vapid and incredibly annoying.
But goddamn it is also so fucking whiny and intellectually vapid and incredibly annoying.
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1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
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“Depriving adults and their kids of healthcare and saddling our grandkids with crippling debt is ‘immaterial’ as long as we get to keep kidnapping people with darker skin.”
What sick bastards.
What sick bastards.
July 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Depriving adults and their kids of healthcare and saddling our grandkids with crippling debt is ‘immaterial’ as long as we get to keep kidnapping people with darker skin.”
What sick bastards.
What sick bastards.
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like straight forward the gop is a death cult. this manifests in many ways from school shootings, to let covid rip, to rolling coal, to arms for israel to bring about the apocalypse. they worship at an altar of death its who they are
June 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
like straight forward the gop is a death cult. this manifests in many ways from school shootings, to let covid rip, to rolling coal, to arms for israel to bring about the apocalypse. they worship at an altar of death its who they are
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chatting with a venezuelan friend last night, he said this picture got posted in his group chat with other south americans with “oooh don’t spoil the plot of this one for the americanos lol”
June 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
chatting with a venezuelan friend last night, he said this picture got posted in his group chat with other south americans with “oooh don’t spoil the plot of this one for the americanos lol”
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Ukrainian refugees boosted Poland’s GDP by 2.7% last year while not increasing unemployment or pushing down wages, finds a report by the UN refugee agency and Deloitte.
"Whoever thinks refugees are a burden on the economy should think again," says @unhcr.org.
"Whoever thinks refugees are a burden on the economy should think again," says @unhcr.org.
Ukrainian refugees boosted Poland’s GDP by 2.7% in 2024, finds UN study
notesfrompoland.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ukrainian refugees boosted Poland’s GDP by 2.7% last year while not increasing unemployment or pushing down wages, finds a report by the UN refugee agency and Deloitte.
"Whoever thinks refugees are a burden on the economy should think again," says @unhcr.org.
"Whoever thinks refugees are a burden on the economy should think again," says @unhcr.org.
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Remember this the next time the undocumented are called "freeloaders." [Via @_itep]
June 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Remember this the next time the undocumented are called "freeloaders." [Via @_itep]
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Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Boat With Greta Thunberg Aboard
theonion.com/israel-...
theonion.com/israel-...
June 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Boat With Greta Thunberg Aboard
theonion.com/israel-...
theonion.com/israel-...
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Important post. As difficult as increasing the national birth rate is, even increasing it by something like 10% (extremely improbable) would contribute fewer workers longterm than simply maintaining 2023 immigration rates.
New from me: "Projections show that increasing the birth rate (as if you could) is the wrong way to get more workers" familyinequality.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/p...
June 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Important post. As difficult as increasing the national birth rate is, even increasing it by something like 10% (extremely improbable) would contribute fewer workers longterm than simply maintaining 2023 immigration rates.
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"Whereas cities, to the fascist imagination, are the source of corrupting culture, often produced by Jews and immigrants, the countryside is pure." - Jason Stanley, "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them."
Los Angeles is a politically useful target for the Trump administration in the same way that Harvard and Columbia are useful targets.
It's a potent symbol of a Bad Thing to their base.
It's a potent symbol of a Bad Thing to their base.
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Whereas cities, to the fascist imagination, are the source of corrupting culture, often produced by Jews and immigrants, the countryside is pure." - Jason Stanley, "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them."