Frolic-aholic
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Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
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Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
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Tonight seems to be a strong rebuke of the Republican Party’s “make shit as bad as possible as quickly as possible” strategy
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Tonight seems to be a strong rebuke of the Republican Party’s “make shit as bad as possible as quickly as possible” strategy
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Pretend you’re 65 & act accordingly: save your pennies, visit friends, enjoy slow walks in your neighborhood, shrug your shoulders at old beef between family & friends, grow a garden, forgive people because they’re “still young” even if they’re not but hold all politicians accountable. Get a cat.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Pretend you’re 65 & act accordingly: save your pennies, visit friends, enjoy slow walks in your neighborhood, shrug your shoulders at old beef between family & friends, grow a garden, forgive people because they’re “still young” even if they’re not but hold all politicians accountable. Get a cat.
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These defeatists live in adult debate club; we don’t have the luxury
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
These defeatists live in adult debate club; we don’t have the luxury
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Seriously, just look at Missouri, where an abortion rights ballot measure outperformed Democrats in 2024, because abortion rights are popular, and now their Republican legislature wants to override voters to put a repeal on the ballot next election, an attack on democracy.
Ezra Klein 🤝 Neera Tanden
Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead
Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead
September 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Seriously, just look at Missouri, where an abortion rights ballot measure outperformed Democrats in 2024, because abortion rights are popular, and now their Republican legislature wants to override voters to put a repeal on the ballot next election, an attack on democracy.
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Begging restaurants to stop announcing events through a single post on their instagram that gets 6 likes and then squashed by the algorithm so I only learn it happened 2 week’s later when I’m directly visiting their page to try and guess their bank holiday hours cos they don’t update their website
August 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Begging restaurants to stop announcing events through a single post on their instagram that gets 6 likes and then squashed by the algorithm so I only learn it happened 2 week’s later when I’m directly visiting their page to try and guess their bank holiday hours cos they don’t update their website
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Oh no it’s the male loneliness epidemic
August 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Oh no it’s the male loneliness epidemic
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it is possible for a society to distribute quality education in an equitable, fair, and accessible way.
it is not possible to distribute hierarchical elite power in a similar fashion, because that's not how elite power works.
it is not possible to distribute hierarchical elite power in a similar fashion, because that's not how elite power works.
July 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
it is possible for a society to distribute quality education in an equitable, fair, and accessible way.
it is not possible to distribute hierarchical elite power in a similar fashion, because that's not how elite power works.
it is not possible to distribute hierarchical elite power in a similar fashion, because that's not how elite power works.
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the resentment around college admissions is fucking crazy but also tbh I think we should be talking much more frankly about the Ivy undergrads in particular not being meritocratic institutions but finishing schools for the super-rich. the legacy admissions are not an exception but the rule.
July 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
the resentment around college admissions is fucking crazy but also tbh I think we should be talking much more frankly about the Ivy undergrads in particular not being meritocratic institutions but finishing schools for the super-rich. the legacy admissions are not an exception but the rule.
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This bill is the definitive and durable proof that the government of the United States has decided that the people who live within its borders are its enemies, and that its purpose is to leverage its wealth and power to harm them rather than help them.
The country goes nowhere good from here.
The country goes nowhere good from here.
July 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This bill is the definitive and durable proof that the government of the United States has decided that the people who live within its borders are its enemies, and that its purpose is to leverage its wealth and power to harm them rather than help them.
The country goes nowhere good from here.
The country goes nowhere good from here.
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Everyone likes a good wholesome round of Boer on the Floor.
June 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Everyone likes a good wholesome round of Boer on the Floor.
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
April 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
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“The political press may not understand what's happening (or may be too afraid to say it out loud), but those of us who've spent decades studying how technology and power interact? We see it and we can't look away.”
March 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“The political press may not understand what's happening (or may be too afraid to say it out loud), but those of us who've spent decades studying how technology and power interact? We see it and we can't look away.”
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February 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I don't know how to say this beyond standing up to authority is a muscle and some of you have never exercised it
February 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I don't know how to say this beyond standing up to authority is a muscle and some of you have never exercised it
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🧵I think we need to talk about *waves hands wildly in all directions* differently.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
So if I'm getting the chronology right, Trump/Musk & minions gutted the FBI in time for a Friday night news dump, hours ahead of launching their long-promised trade war. I hate to ascribe to them anything like careful thought but *wink* "they won't be talking about the FBI on Monday!" comes to mind.
February 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🧵I think we need to talk about *waves hands wildly in all directions* differently.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
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the time of "let people enjoy things", "reach across the aisle", "everyone is valid" is over. now is the time of the Hater
February 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the time of "let people enjoy things", "reach across the aisle", "everyone is valid" is over. now is the time of the Hater
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I mean, in a country that prides itself on producing "leaders" and buying all their books and holding them up as avatars of all that is good, the two principal leadership habits we're currently seeing are 1. laying down like a coward at the first sign of trouble, or 2., going full fascist.
February 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I mean, in a country that prides itself on producing "leaders" and buying all their books and holding them up as avatars of all that is good, the two principal leadership habits we're currently seeing are 1. laying down like a coward at the first sign of trouble, or 2., going full fascist.
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I wish the last few Democratic presidents were at least as contemptuous of Trump and George W. Bush as Shaq and Charles Barkley are of current NBA players.
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I wish the last few Democratic presidents were at least as contemptuous of Trump and George W. Bush as Shaq and Charles Barkley are of current NBA players.
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Make an economy where being a dirtbag is a viable lifestyle option, and you create a society that, as a side effect, allows people to create cool shit.
An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.
An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.
December 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Make an economy where being a dirtbag is a viable lifestyle option, and you create a society that, as a side effect, allows people to create cool shit.
An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.
An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.