One could learn about the 20th century. If they wanted.
Maybe the most 'I am someone the 20th century didn't happen to' post imaginable, in which you think that 'the far right take power' and the consequence is just that after five years, boom that's over but your preferred political outgroup is out of action.
We have to start thinking about what we want Britain to look like in 2034 after the far right have been in power. There will be no status quo to return to. Centrism will be stone cold dead.
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
One could learn about the 20th century. If they wanted.
Thanksgiving Rage Bait.
An old Correct Opinion that is Still Correct—The Best Thanksgiving Dinner Time Is 8 p.m.
Listen Up, Turkeys: The Best Thanksgiving Dinner Time Is 8 p.m. - Hell Gate
Most Thanksgiving stressors stem from the massive mid-day meal.
hellgatenyc.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thanksgiving Rage Bait.
It is apparently a small price to pay so long as leftists can feel like the CIA has suffered some kind of big loss and the MAGA base can feel like the pennies on the dollar of aid from their taxes isn't helping people who don't look like them.
first and only line of his biography: he dismantled USAID, condemning millions to die www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts
A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It is apparently a small price to pay so long as leftists can feel like the CIA has suffered some kind of big loss and the MAGA base can feel like the pennies on the dollar of aid from their taxes isn't helping people who don't look like them.
Surely, only Democrats are "corporate" in Washington. Republicans definitely, definitely have a mystical way of sensing my values, and Dems are automotons with no thought or feeling.
They definitely don't like me because I have the same internal enemies as they do.
That would be nuts.
They definitely don't like me because I have the same internal enemies as they do.
That would be nuts.
Republicans can often sense I have actual values and beliefs while we both realize that Corporate Democrats are following checks and doing whatever their handlers tell them to do.
We can have an actual disagreement based on something tangible rather than just gamesmanship.
We can have an actual disagreement based on something tangible rather than just gamesmanship.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Surely, only Democrats are "corporate" in Washington. Republicans definitely, definitely have a mystical way of sensing my values, and Dems are automotons with no thought or feeling.
They definitely don't like me because I have the same internal enemies as they do.
That would be nuts.
They definitely don't like me because I have the same internal enemies as they do.
That would be nuts.
The problem is that what seems "genuine" or "honest" from the highly curated distance from which we view most public officials is more often than not just that. A crafted image.
As such, I am not interested in what most people "see" as genuine when they are simply wrong.
As such, I am not interested in what most people "see" as genuine when they are simply wrong.
Weather or not it actually ends up being true, the person has a point.
Trump by many is seen as genuine. Even if he is crude, evil, vile whatever atleast he is honest about it.
Mamdani is similarly by many see as genuine.
Most dems are seen as fake.
Trump by many is seen as genuine. Even if he is crude, evil, vile whatever atleast he is honest about it.
Mamdani is similarly by many see as genuine.
Most dems are seen as fake.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The problem is that what seems "genuine" or "honest" from the highly curated distance from which we view most public officials is more often than not just that. A crafted image.
As such, I am not interested in what most people "see" as genuine when they are simply wrong.
As such, I am not interested in what most people "see" as genuine when they are simply wrong.
Phew, if it weren't for the bravery of the New York Times I might have gotten the impression that he's a deeply ignorant narcissist that is hell bent on imposing his will on a vast bureaucracy that he is totally unqualified to even be a part of.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Phew, if it weren't for the bravery of the New York Times I might have gotten the impression that he's a deeply ignorant narcissist that is hell bent on imposing his will on a vast bureaucracy that he is totally unqualified to even be a part of.
I think it is important that we also recognize that social media isn't an atmosphere where there are just some toxic people. Every single person using it becomes a more toxic version of themselves because of the construction of the format. Period.
we all have to collectively pretend that many pre-musk tastemakers weren't toxic, that complete nobodies weren't being brigaded over 'waffles' like stuff, and the trash fire on our 'side' was so bad that it made the other side just blend into the landscape
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I think it is important that we also recognize that social media isn't an atmosphere where there are just some toxic people. Every single person using it becomes a more toxic version of themselves because of the construction of the format. Period.
Maybe elite universities really are indoctrinating people.
To be stupid.
To be stupid.
these people were supposed to be the cream of the crop of the industry, btw
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Maybe elite universities really are indoctrinating people.
To be stupid.
To be stupid.
The central drive behind any utopian project is the belief that the nature of humanity can be changed. It cannot, and we re-learn this lesson over and over and over again.
This is the same for the abolition movement.
This is the same for the abolition movement.
This is the Human Condition. This is what is at the heart of all worthwhile literature. Behind the drive for religion and the search for meaning in our lives. You can’t take that away and have humanity as we understand it. If that’s what you want, so be it, but you should understand it
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The central drive behind any utopian project is the belief that the nature of humanity can be changed. It cannot, and we re-learn this lesson over and over and over again.
This is the same for the abolition movement.
This is the same for the abolition movement.
The legislative aim, wholly and devotedly, of any future Democratic congress should be the dismantling of the Imperial Presidency.
By presidential decree, Trump announces a sweeping rollback of tariffs he previously imposed. The exercise demonstrates once more that tariff and trade policy, which are committed by the Constitution to the hands of Congress, are now controlled entirely by a usurper, Donald J Trump.
Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs
The president moved to lower duties on beef, coffee and dozens of other goods, as he looks for ways to address Americans’ concerns about the cost of living.
www.wsj.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The legislative aim, wholly and devotedly, of any future Democratic congress should be the dismantling of the Imperial Presidency.
"He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate."
Importance: High
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
When QAnon Meets Veep
The dumb, abhorrent truth at the heart of the Epstein scandal
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate."
And he knows it, and he doesn't care, because he's planning on being immune from removal.
all politicians are inauthentic but damn if JD isn't uniquely "3AM infomercial co-host" inauthentic. just the greasiest wettest "wait, Sean, but it must be so hard to clean! and I'm a busy mom of three" transparent sleezeball huckster shit of all time. the fumbling tupperware in black & white dunce.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
And he knows it, and he doesn't care, because he's planning on being immune from removal.
A friend of mine was a criminal defense attorney. After hearing a story of his about a particularly brazen criminal enterprise, I said "You'd think they would have been smarter than that."
He replied "I defended criminals for 30 years. Most of them are stupid."
He replied "I defended criminals for 30 years. Most of them are stupid."
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A friend of mine was a criminal defense attorney. After hearing a story of his about a particularly brazen criminal enterprise, I said "You'd think they would have been smarter than that."
He replied "I defended criminals for 30 years. Most of them are stupid."
He replied "I defended criminals for 30 years. Most of them are stupid."
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I am reminded of a professor of African history when I was doing my undergrad who glibly described the stark difference between poverty in Africa and poverty in America as "The poor in Africa don't have anything, but the poor in America have crap lying around all over the place."
The 1980s and 90s were a time of caterwauling about how great the 50s and 60s were, especially from people who weren't black or female, and rarely from people who'd seen the actual inside of a US factory.
America has a standard of living unimaginable, even for poor Americans, 30 years ago. /3x
America has a standard of living unimaginable, even for poor Americans, 30 years ago. /3x
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I am reminded of a professor of African history when I was doing my undergrad who glibly described the stark difference between poverty in Africa and poverty in America as "The poor in Africa don't have anything, but the poor in America have crap lying around all over the place."
This is exactly what Adam Smith warned us about. Those who live by profit and capital are inherently diverged from the public interest. But the leve to which this has swelled in our current time is ghastly.
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is exactly what Adam Smith warned us about. Those who live by profit and capital are inherently diverged from the public interest. But the leve to which this has swelled in our current time is ghastly.
Reposted by Justin Cochran
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Delulu.
Trump on Mamdani: "I think I'm a much better looking person than him, right? It's gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a communist running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money you're sending there."
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Delulu.
Just got home, I understand there is a civil disturbance in Canada?
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Just got home, I understand there is a civil disturbance in Canada?
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Open, brazen corruption.
Trump pardoned a crypto tycoon convicted of helping terrorists & child sex traffickers launder 💰 — in exchange for personal enrichment.
Yet everyone who screamed about Hunter Biden is silent. @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Trump pardoned a crypto tycoon convicted of helping terrorists & child sex traffickers launder 💰 — in exchange for personal enrichment.
Yet everyone who screamed about Hunter Biden is silent. @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Open, brazen corruption.
Trump pardoned a crypto tycoon convicted of helping terrorists & child sex traffickers launder 💰 — in exchange for personal enrichment.
Yet everyone who screamed about Hunter Biden is silent. @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Trump pardoned a crypto tycoon convicted of helping terrorists & child sex traffickers launder 💰 — in exchange for personal enrichment.
Yet everyone who screamed about Hunter Biden is silent. @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
People unhappy with House of Dynamite are exactly the same people who were mad at Civil War. Both are great films, which accomplish exactly what they set out to do, which is to highlight and question the madness at the core of our current moment.
But people want hamfisted partisanry instead. Shame.
But people want hamfisted partisanry instead. Shame.
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
People unhappy with House of Dynamite are exactly the same people who were mad at Civil War. Both are great films, which accomplish exactly what they set out to do, which is to highlight and question the madness at the core of our current moment.
But people want hamfisted partisanry instead. Shame.
But people want hamfisted partisanry instead. Shame.
The United States is about to enter a hunger crisis with the suspension of SNAP benefits and the President of the United States is dicking around in Japan.
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The United States is about to enter a hunger crisis with the suspension of SNAP benefits and the President of the United States is dicking around in Japan.
It is difficult to look at this and not feel saddened. Not by the change in their party, but by the change in how people discussed politics in general.
Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It is difficult to look at this and not feel saddened. Not by the change in their party, but by the change in how people discussed politics in general.
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From the people that pretend to be Christian, they hit a clergyman directly while protesting.
They’ve gone from attacking marginalized communities to attacking the community in general. Now they are openly attacking religious institutions.
They’ve gone from attacking marginalized communities to attacking the community in general. Now they are openly attacking religious institutions.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
From the people that pretend to be Christian, they hit a clergyman directly while protesting.
They’ve gone from attacking marginalized communities to attacking the community in general. Now they are openly attacking religious institutions.
They’ve gone from attacking marginalized communities to attacking the community in general. Now they are openly attacking religious institutions.
Reposted by Justin Cochran
To be fair, it's pretty hard to get *any* Episcopalian to speak publicly about our own beliefs www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
To be fair, it's pretty hard to get *any* Episcopalian to speak publicly about our own beliefs www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...