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So revolting to see the Ukrainians and Europeans tiptoeing and genuflecting in order to not rouse the capricious wrath of the Orange Ogre.
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So revolting to see the Ukrainians and Europeans tiptoeing and genuflecting in order to not rouse the capricious wrath of the Orange Ogre.
Overheard at the IKEA café: “I’m glad I’ll be dead by the time AI takes over completely.”
October 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Overheard at the IKEA café: “I’m glad I’ll be dead by the time AI takes over completely.”
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Despite everything I still have fundamental faith in the American people turning this around and making things better.
[reads any New York Times focus group]
Fuck this. Fuck everything. Burn it all down. [drinks directly from tequila bottle]
[reads any New York Times focus group]
Fuck this. Fuck everything. Burn it all down. [drinks directly from tequila bottle]
September 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Despite everything I still have fundamental faith in the American people turning this around and making things better.
[reads any New York Times focus group]
Fuck this. Fuck everything. Burn it all down. [drinks directly from tequila bottle]
[reads any New York Times focus group]
Fuck this. Fuck everything. Burn it all down. [drinks directly from tequila bottle]
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I’m choosing to remember Charlie Kirk’s contribution to American civic life in his own words.
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I’m choosing to remember Charlie Kirk’s contribution to American civic life in his own words.
An English professor, the English Dept head, and the Dean of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M have all been fired for wrongthink — or, as the Trumpist student who instigated the conflict put it, “promot[ing] something that is against our president’s laws.”
(Excellent use of the Führerprinzip!)
(Excellent use of the Führerprinzip!)
Texas A&M Professor and Administrators Out After Viral Video
Video circulated by Texas state representative shows student accusing English professor of teaching material related to gender identity and violating Trump’s executive orders. State officials pressure...
www.insidehighered.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
An English professor, the English Dept head, and the Dean of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M have all been fired for wrongthink — or, as the Trumpist student who instigated the conflict put it, “promot[ing] something that is against our president’s laws.”
(Excellent use of the Führerprinzip!)
(Excellent use of the Führerprinzip!)
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Large swaths of Trump's agenda are bad for capital, yet despite strong incentives to collectively mobilize AND significant power to exert their will, we have seen very little resistance from big business interests. Why?
Below, five non-mutually exclusive possibilities that have occurred to me:
Below, five non-mutually exclusive possibilities that have occurred to me:
I don't know about you, but I am getting impatient waiting for the capitalists to save us. What happened to the whole "state as the managing committee of the bourgeoisie" thing? A political economy 🧵 1/
April 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Large swaths of Trump's agenda are bad for capital, yet despite strong incentives to collectively mobilize AND significant power to exert their will, we have seen very little resistance from big business interests. Why?
Below, five non-mutually exclusive possibilities that have occurred to me:
Below, five non-mutually exclusive possibilities that have occurred to me:
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This explains the MAGA crowd.
August 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This explains the MAGA crowd.
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Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
n.pr
August 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
“The action comes despite a court order temporarily halting indiscriminate sweeps in the region.”
Openly defying a court order for the purpose of arbitrarily arresting day laborers. While masked and anonymous and hiding in a Penske truck.
Openly defying a court order for the purpose of arbitrarily arresting day laborers. While masked and anonymous and hiding in a Penske truck.
Federal agents detain people at a Westlake Home Depot after jumping out of rented Penske moving van
The action, which a Border Patrol official called “Operation Trojan Horse,” comes after a federal appeals court upheld a restraining order halting indiscriminate sweeps in Southern California.
laist.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“The action comes despite a court order temporarily halting indiscriminate sweeps in the region.”
Openly defying a court order for the purpose of arbitrarily arresting day laborers. While masked and anonymous and hiding in a Penske truck.
Openly defying a court order for the purpose of arbitrarily arresting day laborers. While masked and anonymous and hiding in a Penske truck.
One by one, institutions that claim to have traditions of the highest integrity are cravenly caving to authoritarianism, and eagerly throwing their most vulnerable community members under the bus along the way.
Up next: Harvard, which has offered the Trump administration a $500 million bribe.
Up next: Harvard, which has offered the Trump administration a $500 million bribe.
Brown University signs deal with Trump administration to restore funding
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Brown University’s deal with the Trump administration ensures students will be judged “solely on their merits, not their race or sex.”
www.masslive.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
One by one, institutions that claim to have traditions of the highest integrity are cravenly caving to authoritarianism, and eagerly throwing their most vulnerable community members under the bus along the way.
Up next: Harvard, which has offered the Trump administration a $500 million bribe.
Up next: Harvard, which has offered the Trump administration a $500 million bribe.
All of their accusations are confessions.
Investigation inquiry underway after reports of naked women on Ryan Walters office TV
Investigation inquiry underway after reports of naked women on Ryan Walters office TV
kfor.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
All of their accusations are confessions.
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The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.
July 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.
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Twenty-five-year-old Bijan Ghaisar was unarmed when he was shot in his car by two officers. Charges against the men were dismissed – but seven years on his mother Kelly is still fighting for her boy.
I used to believe in the American dream. Then the police killed my son
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Twenty-five-year-old Bijan Ghaisar was unarmed when he was shot in his car by two officers. Charges against the men were dismissed – but seven years on his mother Kelly is still fighting for her boy.
😡
Despicable beyond belief.
Despicable beyond belief.
Afghan Interpreter Seized By ICE
Federal immigration officials on Wednesday seized an Afghan immigrant -- a father of five who once served as an interpreter for the U.S. military --…
www.newhavenindependent.org
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
😡
Despicable beyond belief.
Despicable beyond belief.
A fascinating case study in one of the many ways in which capitalism sucks: we are increasingly being enticed to pay for “luxury “or “VIP“ experiences, which we buy in order to experience, if only for a few moments, the sweet sensation of being in a class above the “genpop” (general population).
Your Travel Credit Card Is About to Get a Lot More Expensive
Chase and Amex are about to spike their annual fees. It’ll drive away customers. That’s the point.
slate.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A fascinating case study in one of the many ways in which capitalism sucks: we are increasingly being enticed to pay for “luxury “or “VIP“ experiences, which we buy in order to experience, if only for a few moments, the sweet sensation of being in a class above the “genpop” (general population).
Is anyone surprised that the new concentration camp is being run to the standards of… A concentration camp?
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Giant bugs, heat and a hospital visit: Inside Alligator Alcatraz’s first days
Concerns about conditions for detainees were heightened when one was rushed out of the detention center Monday in an ambulance.
amp.miamiherald.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Is anyone surprised that the new concentration camp is being run to the standards of… A concentration camp?
amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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From today's Wall Street Journal:
"Guests scooped caviar, noshed on lamb lollipops and sipped top-shelf Champagne on a recent Friday at the grand opening of Executive Branch, a new club that President Trump’s son and close friends started in Washington that costs up to $500,000 to join."
"Guests scooped caviar, noshed on lamb lollipops and sipped top-shelf Champagne on a recent Friday at the grand opening of Executive Branch, a new club that President Trump’s son and close friends started in Washington that costs up to $500,000 to join."
July 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
From today's Wall Street Journal:
"Guests scooped caviar, noshed on lamb lollipops and sipped top-shelf Champagne on a recent Friday at the grand opening of Executive Branch, a new club that President Trump’s son and close friends started in Washington that costs up to $500,000 to join."
"Guests scooped caviar, noshed on lamb lollipops and sipped top-shelf Champagne on a recent Friday at the grand opening of Executive Branch, a new club that President Trump’s son and close friends started in Washington that costs up to $500,000 to join."
For the record, that's two ICE kidnappings that have occurred in our city in the past month. Both victims were mothers with school-age children.
The goal is to instill fear in the entire population. We are ALL being attacked by this.
The goal is to instill fear in the entire population. We are ALL being attacked by this.
Feds Snatch Mom Of 2 Outside Courthouse
Federal immigration officials seized a 24-year-old Fair Haven woman down the street from the Elm Street courthouse on Monday morning. “This is very…
www.newhavenindependent.org
July 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
For the record, that's two ICE kidnappings that have occurred in our city in the past month. Both victims were mothers with school-age children.
The goal is to instill fear in the entire population. We are ALL being attacked by this.
The goal is to instill fear in the entire population. We are ALL being attacked by this.
Absolute cowardice, cloaked in dishonesty. Yale's DEI efforts never had an official expiration date, and that it's now the University leadership's official policy to pretend otherwise, because they fear the fascists and don't want Yale to be targeted like Harvard, is deeply shameful.
Yale concludes DEI initiative as scheduled, scrubs website
University leaders announced Thursday that the five-year “Belonging at Yale” initiative had finished as planned. The program’s website, once filled with diversity-related resources, became largely ina...
yaledailynews.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Absolute cowardice, cloaked in dishonesty. Yale's DEI efforts never had an official expiration date, and that it's now the University leadership's official policy to pretend otherwise, because they fear the fascists and don't want Yale to be targeted like Harvard, is deeply shameful.
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There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
From the NYT front page … to which I say, Awww, poor “national Democrats”! Being “divided” might distract them from their incredibly successful opposition to Trumpism!
June 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
From the NYT front page … to which I say, Awww, poor “national Democrats”! Being “divided” might distract them from their incredibly successful opposition to Trumpism!
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WATCH: “This is f*cking kidnapping! That’s not your badge… I do have a little bit of education… get the f*ck out of here, racial profiling is illegal…”
A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...
A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...
June 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
WATCH: “This is f*cking kidnapping! That’s not your badge… I do have a little bit of education… get the f*ck out of here, racial profiling is illegal…”
A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...
A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...