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The thing that's always frustrated the right wing ideologues who've glommed onto Trump is that he doesn't have the attention span to actually be a committed ideological warrior. He can scream all the right culture war shit, but it's just WWE pugilistic showmanship. He basically has no belief system.
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The thing that's always frustrated the right wing ideologues who've glommed onto Trump is that he doesn't have the attention span to actually be a committed ideological warrior. He can scream all the right culture war shit, but it's just WWE pugilistic showmanship. He basically has no belief system.
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Donald Trump is a fat old dying loser who does just “says shit” but it is key to understand that he just “says shit” in the same way an even more depressed and obese Uncle Junior would, ie he is hoping, imporently, someone else takes the hint and does it for him.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Donald Trump is a fat old dying loser who does just “says shit” but it is key to understand that he just “says shit” in the same way an even more depressed and obese Uncle Junior would, ie he is hoping, imporently, someone else takes the hint and does it for him.
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There's a general feeling in biotechnology, at least with people I work with, that were gonna just have to go through this again, because people need to be reminded how much we've fixed.
The hole in all of our stomachs is that it's kids who didn't make the decision suffering.
The hole in all of our stomachs is that it's kids who didn't make the decision suffering.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There's a general feeling in biotechnology, at least with people I work with, that were gonna just have to go through this again, because people need to be reminded how much we've fixed.
The hole in all of our stomachs is that it's kids who didn't make the decision suffering.
The hole in all of our stomachs is that it's kids who didn't make the decision suffering.
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Loving this Larry Summers arc where he’s like, wow taking a step back from leadership now that I found out about my own behavior which I have had access to at all times
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Loving this Larry Summers arc where he’s like, wow taking a step back from leadership now that I found out about my own behavior which I have had access to at all times
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Literally just lectured about this!
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
Oh, I don’t know. Our rivers no longer catch on fire and our air is far less poisonous than it used to be, even in smog bowls like Los Angeles. And I think those are good things.
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Literally just lectured about this!
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
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i’m agnostic and don’t believe in hell but i’m in favor of creating it for people who can’t respect the dignity of their fellow man
One of the things I emphasize to people that has informed my politics for basically my entire life is that I am a (practicing) Catholic. Hell is a real place where you will really go if you don’t, you know, respect the dignity of your fellow man
You do not fear hell enough
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
i’m agnostic and don’t believe in hell but i’m in favor of creating it for people who can’t respect the dignity of their fellow man
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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Yes, if Ted Bundy had been a well-off law student with everything to live for he wouldn’t have wanted to kill people. …hang on I’m being handed a biography of Ted Bundy
abolitionists want to create a world where personal violence is unthinkable because the underlying reasons why we hurt each other have been addressed to thoroughly that harm never feels like than option. i hope we succeed.
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yes, if Ted Bundy had been a well-off law student with everything to live for he wouldn’t have wanted to kill people. …hang on I’m being handed a biography of Ted Bundy
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what if the victim doesn't want to turn their entire life into an endless series of meetings with a person who has gravely wronged them
a significant portion of the deviance can be remedied with social reproachment, counseling, and restorative justice where offenders work with victims or their advocates to make the victims whole.
there may be a small amount of deviance that can't be prevented or solved non-punitively.
there may be a small amount of deviance that can't be prevented or solved non-punitively.
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
what if the victim doesn't want to turn their entire life into an endless series of meetings with a person who has gravely wronged them
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I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
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A former career DOJ guy told me a few weeks ago that prior to Trump, the FBI was the varsity team, DHI and ICE were junior varsity, and Border Patrol were like a drunken office softball team. And under Trump, the drunk softball guys are now in charge.
Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A former career DOJ guy told me a few weeks ago that prior to Trump, the FBI was the varsity team, DHI and ICE were junior varsity, and Border Patrol were like a drunken office softball team. And under Trump, the drunk softball guys are now in charge.
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Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
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Living by the sword: yes, hahaha, this rules
Dying by the sword: wtf is this shit
Dying by the sword: wtf is this shit
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
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@mediaite.com #GA14
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November 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Living by the sword: yes, hahaha, this rules
Dying by the sword: wtf is this shit
Dying by the sword: wtf is this shit
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The corruption argument and the rule of law argument. Epstein got away with crimes for the same reason as Donald Trump. The criminal justice system isn't set up to prosecute very rich and vengeful people who fight them every step of the way. If that's you, you're above the law.
it's part of the corruption argument, really
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The corruption argument and the rule of law argument. Epstein got away with crimes for the same reason as Donald Trump. The criminal justice system isn't set up to prosecute very rich and vengeful people who fight them every step of the way. If that's you, you're above the law.
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Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
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I think the most annoying thing about “The Catholic League” may just be that we don’t need some guy to speak for us. We absolutely have that covered!
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I think the most annoying thing about “The Catholic League” may just be that we don’t need some guy to speak for us. We absolutely have that covered!
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True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
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I used to look at photos of people in the past and think about how much better everyone is aging now that we aren’t smoking and eating like shit. Then I saw Bill Pulte and now I’m wondering if my cohort’s ageless nature is, in fact, a byproduct of virtue
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I used to look at photos of people in the past and think about how much better everyone is aging now that we aren’t smoking and eating like shit. Then I saw Bill Pulte and now I’m wondering if my cohort’s ageless nature is, in fact, a byproduct of virtue
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It’s not over but when it is I will never, ever forget the “serious people” who buckled and compromised and abetted the torture and crime and murder for a fascist lottery ticket.
I think the core point is that trump had a honeymoon in which capital/media/political opposition all decided he was the one true voice of america. he did a lot of horrible things with that (including murdering 100s of thousands), but didn't consolidate power...
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It’s not over but when it is I will never, ever forget the “serious people” who buckled and compromised and abetted the torture and crime and murder for a fascist lottery ticket.
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we have an addiction in America when we have a crime syndicate in control of the federal government and people still think they are the ones who are tough on crime.
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
we have an addiction in America when we have a crime syndicate in control of the federal government and people still think they are the ones who are tough on crime.
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"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
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When your party is founded on an antisocial ideology, it attracts deviants.
The modern Republican Party has so many pedophiles and rapists that it makes me feel like I'm crazy because how is this even possible
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
When your party is founded on an antisocial ideology, it attracts deviants.
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Catholic bishops nationwide recently announced “You Are Not Alone,” a program that lays out ways for Catholics across the country to provide direct aid and solidarity to immigrants in the U.S.
Catholic bishops launch new program in defense of migrants
At their first business meeting since the Trump administration crackdown began, church leaders resolved to combat the fear they detect among their adherents.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Catholic bishops nationwide recently announced “You Are Not Alone,” a program that lays out ways for Catholics across the country to provide direct aid and solidarity to immigrants in the U.S.
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Anyway, though all this seems bad for Trump, I think we have to consider the gains he will make in the modern Libertarian Party
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Anyway, though all this seems bad for Trump, I think we have to consider the gains he will make in the modern Libertarian Party