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Lmao the Republican ran on a right-NIMBY platform and just lost by 20 points.
extremely common YIMBY Democrat W!
extremely common YIMBY Democrat W!
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Lmao the Republican ran on a right-NIMBY platform and just lost by 20 points.
extremely common YIMBY Democrat W!
extremely common YIMBY Democrat W!
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Jesus Christ, public opinion is not some static thing that has to be “respected” by politicians.
Politicians should work to shape it, to make the case for their priorities and positions, to win over voters to *their* ideas not convince voters that they agree with them.
Politicians should work to shape it, to make the case for their priorities and positions, to win over voters to *their* ideas not convince voters that they agree with them.
This exchange drives me nuts. Neither the interviewer nor Bazelon acknowledges that 1) abortion rights are really popular! and 2) what ICE is doing is hugely unpopular!
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Jesus Christ, public opinion is not some static thing that has to be “respected” by politicians.
Politicians should work to shape it, to make the case for their priorities and positions, to win over voters to *their* ideas not convince voters that they agree with them.
Politicians should work to shape it, to make the case for their priorities and positions, to win over voters to *their* ideas not convince voters that they agree with them.
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Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone
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one thing the NYT managerial class misunderstands is that their definition of "partisan" is subordinate to a system of government that no longer exists. the two political movements are now broadly democratic & anti-democratic, and neutrality in this context is neutrality towards your own existence
New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want: presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want | Press Watch
They want the Times to be more honest, not more partisan
presswatchers.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
one thing the NYT managerial class misunderstands is that their definition of "partisan" is subordinate to a system of government that no longer exists. the two political movements are now broadly democratic & anti-democratic, and neutrality in this context is neutrality towards your own existence
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As usual @froomkin.bsky.social nails it: @nytimes.com editor Joe Kahn continues to spread disinformation by deliberately mischaraterizing reader demands that his paper tell the truth about the current crisis as “partisanship.”
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The NYT's top editor did an "interview" with a staff sycophant and the result was an embarrassment to him and his organization. Press critic Dan Froomkin explains why:
New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want | Press Watch
They want the Times to be more honest, not more partisan
presswatchers.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As usual @froomkin.bsky.social nails it: @nytimes.com editor Joe Kahn continues to spread disinformation by deliberately mischaraterizing reader demands that his paper tell the truth about the current crisis as “partisanship.”
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GA Republicans seem pretty upset over tonight's special election loss.
This is Insurance Commissioner John King, a statewide elected official. He is exhorting Republicans to help win *another* special ... in a Trump+47 district. x.com/JohnKingGA/s...
This is Insurance Commissioner John King, a statewide elected official. He is exhorting Republicans to help win *another* special ... in a Trump+47 district. x.com/JohnKingGA/s...
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
GA Republicans seem pretty upset over tonight's special election loss.
This is Insurance Commissioner John King, a statewide elected official. He is exhorting Republicans to help win *another* special ... in a Trump+47 district. x.com/JohnKingGA/s...
This is Insurance Commissioner John King, a statewide elected official. He is exhorting Republicans to help win *another* special ... in a Trump+47 district. x.com/JohnKingGA/s...
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Hooooleeee buckets, kids.
Per the Civiqs and Gallup folks, Trump’s underwater in Ohio,44% to 51%:
www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2...
Per the Civiqs and Gallup folks, Trump’s underwater in Ohio,44% to 51%:
www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2...
Trump approval rating in Ohio drops to lowest point of 2025
President Donald Trump's approval rating in Ohio is at a new low 10 months into his second term.
www.cantonrep.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Hooooleeee buckets, kids.
Per the Civiqs and Gallup folks, Trump’s underwater in Ohio,44% to 51%:
www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2...
Per the Civiqs and Gallup folks, Trump’s underwater in Ohio,44% to 51%:
www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2...
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Like, I know that the words roll out of his mouth with all the intentionality of a plinko token.
But I am “they only have one brand of jeans in the USSR” years old and it’s surreal to see the president encourage austerity, the least American quality, especially before Christmas.
But I am “they only have one brand of jeans in the USSR” years old and it’s surreal to see the president encourage austerity, the least American quality, especially before Christmas.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Like, I know that the words roll out of his mouth with all the intentionality of a plinko token.
But I am “they only have one brand of jeans in the USSR” years old and it’s surreal to see the president encourage austerity, the least American quality, especially before Christmas.
But I am “they only have one brand of jeans in the USSR” years old and it’s surreal to see the president encourage austerity, the least American quality, especially before Christmas.
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Hello Mr. President this is your political consultant speaking I am advising you to please keep posting this shit
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hello Mr. President this is your political consultant speaking I am advising you to please keep posting this shit
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"Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees."
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, said agents told her in the truck that if she didn’t watch herself “they were going to pull me over to the side of the road and give me this OC,” law enforcement shorthand for pepper spray.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees."
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Every AI CEO has spent the last 5 years smugly predicting the complete destruction of jobs (the *good* outcome vs "or it might destroy civilization, oops, fingers crossed!") while looting every creative work on the planet, all justified by "well you can't stop us!"
Of course they're loathed!
Of course they're loathed!
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Every AI CEO has spent the last 5 years smugly predicting the complete destruction of jobs (the *good* outcome vs "or it might destroy civilization, oops, fingers crossed!") while looting every creative work on the planet, all justified by "well you can't stop us!"
Of course they're loathed!
Of course they're loathed!
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I have an essay I really want to write on why software engineers need to see DOGE as something we should take a certain kind of responsibility for. It didn’t come out of nowhere, and it has pretty tangible roots!
There are ample numbers of arrogant bastards interested in the humanities, but trying to make any kind of living in the humanities tends to be an extremely humbling experience in a way that has been far less the case (until, like, last year) for “studying compsci and getting a job in tech”
December 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I have an essay I really want to write on why software engineers need to see DOGE as something we should take a certain kind of responsibility for. It didn’t come out of nowhere, and it has pretty tangible roots!
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this is such a baffling own goal
I mean, I guess it makes some sense in that they’re trying to convince business leaders that their bots are capable of replacing workers, but the overarching message from Big AI has been “AI will take all your jobs”
of course people hate that and hate you
I mean, I guess it makes some sense in that they’re trying to convince business leaders that their bots are capable of replacing workers, but the overarching message from Big AI has been “AI will take all your jobs”
of course people hate that and hate you
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
this is such a baffling own goal
I mean, I guess it makes some sense in that they’re trying to convince business leaders that their bots are capable of replacing workers, but the overarching message from Big AI has been “AI will take all your jobs”
of course people hate that and hate you
I mean, I guess it makes some sense in that they’re trying to convince business leaders that their bots are capable of replacing workers, but the overarching message from Big AI has been “AI will take all your jobs”
of course people hate that and hate you
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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i think all the time about how trump is one of the most singular, atypical people in america, whose entire life experience, going back at least him as a teenager, is so profoundly different from and unrelatable to almost anyone, including his own social class peers
something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
i think all the time about how trump is one of the most singular, atypical people in america, whose entire life experience, going back at least him as a teenager, is so profoundly different from and unrelatable to almost anyone, including his own social class peers
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Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
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What I'm saying is that this 37% group can be *defeated*, but there is zero historical reason to believe that it can be *won over*.
While we were watching Ken Burns’ “American Revolution,” my husband said more than once, “How did we ever win?” That’s often how I feel now. But the closing lesson I got from the documentary is to persevere. Day by day. I have faith we will emerge from this darkness.
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What I'm saying is that this 37% group can be *defeated*, but there is zero historical reason to believe that it can be *won over*.
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I had shingles last year, and it was, hands down, the most painful illness of my life. I have nerve damage in my shoulder from it
get the vax, it's so fucking worth it
get the vax, it's so fucking worth it
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I had shingles last year, and it was, hands down, the most painful illness of my life. I have nerve damage in my shoulder from it
get the vax, it's so fucking worth it
get the vax, it's so fucking worth it
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It is unfair to focus on isolated incidents of violence by an individual and assume it represents a broader group, except that is entirely the framing used by the Trump administration about immigrants.
CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It is unfair to focus on isolated incidents of violence by an individual and assume it represents a broader group, except that is entirely the framing used by the Trump administration about immigrants.
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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Voting for Trump fundamentally means you lack the capacity to onboard information
81% of the surveyed Latinos who voted for Trump still approve of his job performance.
For the first time in nearly two decades of our surveys of U.S. Latinos, most say they think the situation of Hispanics in this country has worsened in the last year. And about a third of Latinos say they have considered leaving the country in the last six months. www.pewresearch.org/...
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Voting for Trump fundamentally means you lack the capacity to onboard information
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Honestly I think THIS is how Mamdani really represents the future of the Democratic party: Turning away from nasty primary fights for more collaborative "we're both on the same side in the end" mutual love-ins.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social sent this video to his 10,000 volunteers:
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Honestly I think THIS is how Mamdani really represents the future of the Democratic party: Turning away from nasty primary fights for more collaborative "we're both on the same side in the end" mutual love-ins.
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everyone wants socialism until theyre told its “socialism”
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
everyone wants socialism until theyre told its “socialism”
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It really is the purest encapsulation of this movement in terms of both its leaders and adherents: an old angry guy who can’t do pull ups making everyone watch him try to do pull ups
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It really is the purest encapsulation of this movement in terms of both its leaders and adherents: an old angry guy who can’t do pull ups making everyone watch him try to do pull ups
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Sometimes you forget that what Mike Johnson gets out of this is just heinous bigotry and control of strangers' lives.
New: Some Senate Rs lamented the removal of the pro-IVF provision from the NDAA
“It’s not the way that I would do it,” Sen. Mike Rounds said, adding he “personally” wanted it in the bill
Meanwhile, pro-lifers praised Speaker Mike Johnson for removing the clause
www.notus.org/healthcare/a...
“It’s not the way that I would do it,” Sen. Mike Rounds said, adding he “personally” wanted it in the bill
Meanwhile, pro-lifers praised Speaker Mike Johnson for removing the clause
www.notus.org/healthcare/a...
Anti-Abortion Leaders Declare Victory Over Removal of IVF Provision in Defense Bill
Polling has found that an overwhelming majority of Americans support access to in vitro fertilization.
www.notus.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sometimes you forget that what Mike Johnson gets out of this is just heinous bigotry and control of strangers' lives.