Keywork
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Did you know that if NY had kept its original gerrymander for 2024, there’s a very good chance the Dems would have kept the House, giving them leverage to stop the gutting of American state capacity and oversight? You can’t unilaterally disarm in a war, and this is a war.
Gerrymandering is bad actually
And anyone, even governors, who are proposing this are playing a dangerous game that’ll further undermine democracy and further the race to the bottom of fascism
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
And anyone, even governors, who are proposing this are playing a dangerous game that’ll further undermine democracy and further the race to the bottom of fascism
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
‘Crazy hill to die on’: Newsom jolts California with bid to throw out House maps
Newsom’s new obsession has energized, enraged, and confused Democrats.
www.politico.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Did you know that if NY had kept its original gerrymander for 2024, there’s a very good chance the Dems would have kept the House, giving them leverage to stop the gutting of American state capacity and oversight? You can’t unilaterally disarm in a war, and this is a war.
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had the big brain realization that you could just whip up a whole D&D cast/NPC list from Whose Line prompts alone
July 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
had the big brain realization that you could just whip up a whole D&D cast/NPC list from Whose Line prompts alone
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Despite all the handwringing about “intellectual diversity” the reality is that higher ed exposes young people to a vastly different array of people and experiences than almost anything else you can do.
going to college, living in an international dorm and meeting brown kids from africa, dark-skinned kids with african features from india, spanish-speaking chinese kids from argentina, and many others changed the way i understood the world in some pretty fundamental ways
July 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Despite all the handwringing about “intellectual diversity” the reality is that higher ed exposes young people to a vastly different array of people and experiences than almost anything else you can do.
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you’re telling me republicans are now going to call democrats communists since zohran won? they’ve never done that before it might be over
June 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
you’re telling me republicans are now going to call democrats communists since zohran won? they’ve never done that before it might be over
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In national elections, liberals like me ask leftists to be coalition partners — hold their noses and vote for a candidate they don't love to beat someone truly terrible.
In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
June 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In national elections, liberals like me ask leftists to be coalition partners — hold their noses and vote for a candidate they don't love to beat someone truly terrible.
In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
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gotta say, Brad Lander's really walked the walk in these past weeks and it's not something I'll soon forget
June 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
gotta say, Brad Lander's really walked the walk in these past weeks and it's not something I'll soon forget
Is there a way to unsubscribe from the Washington Post for a second time
June 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Is there a way to unsubscribe from the Washington Post for a second time
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it is, again, intensely funny that the entire country threw a massive "fuck that guy's birthday party" party in response to trump's birthday party
June 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
it is, again, intensely funny that the entire country threw a massive "fuck that guy's birthday party" party in response to trump's birthday party
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*whispers*
liberals and leftists making alliances to take power away from centrists is good, actually
liberals and leftists making alliances to take power away from centrists is good, actually
I love this! (gift link)
Mamdani and Lander Will Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
*whispers*
liberals and leftists making alliances to take power away from centrists is good, actually
liberals and leftists making alliances to take power away from centrists is good, actually
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Seems bad.
In an unprecedented move, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the CDC's expert panel of vaccine advisers, citing conflicts of interest. cnn.it/4mYohFy
June 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Seems bad.
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What Kenneth Roth and others reduce to "identity politics" is always an effort by a particular oppressed group to be afforded the rights, privileges and protections enjoyed by a society's dominant groups.
It's the very promise of liberalism, no more, no less.
It's the very promise of liberalism, no more, no less.
How Progressives Are Unwittingly Aiding the Rise of Autocracy
Dictators get an unlikely boost from the left’s identity politics.
foreignpolicy.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
What Kenneth Roth and others reduce to "identity politics" is always an effort by a particular oppressed group to be afforded the rights, privileges and protections enjoyed by a society's dominant groups.
It's the very promise of liberalism, no more, no less.
It's the very promise of liberalism, no more, no less.
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If I wanted to avoid pain, I would simply avoid voting for a candidate with a history of political violence promising a revenge tour upon the country that dared reject him.
US policy uncertainty right now is off the charts -- worse than during covid, 2008 financial crisis, debt limit showdowns, after 9/11, you name it.
www.policyuncertainty.com
www.policyuncertainty.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If I wanted to avoid pain, I would simply avoid voting for a candidate with a history of political violence promising a revenge tour upon the country that dared reject him.
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Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
May 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
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Unfortunately you have to primary everyone, not just because they don't have what it takes to fight, but because they don't have what it takes to rebuild. Last thing you want is them to win by default and then tread water until the next Trump comes to power
what the moment calls for is fighters instead of gormless boobs who should have retired 30 years ago. policy differences can be hashed out later, everyone can agree that Musk and Trump must be stopped and democracy restored
“Unlike the Tea Party of 2010, this is not an issue that breaks down cleanly along ideological lines. An insurgency isn’t necessarily going to pull Dems to the left, especially because Dem voters can’t really agree on which ideological direction to take their party.” split-ticket.org/2025/02/21/t...
February 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Unfortunately you have to primary everyone, not just because they don't have what it takes to fight, but because they don't have what it takes to rebuild. Last thing you want is them to win by default and then tread water until the next Trump comes to power
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Let this be a warning to you all: nobody steals my charts and gets to be Prime Minister of Canada
insanely funny to have the likely future Prime Minister of Canada just take my chart and intentionally crop out the watermark where I say I made it lmao
April 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Let this be a warning to you all: nobody steals my charts and gets to be Prime Minister of Canada
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Sorry but I just don't feel comfortable sharing public toilets with transphobes. At any moment they could just demand to have a look at my gennies. The law should protect women's spaces from these creeps.
April 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sorry but I just don't feel comfortable sharing public toilets with transphobes. At any moment they could just demand to have a look at my gennies. The law should protect women's spaces from these creeps.
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A ranked-choice voting tip: pick me as your #1, then (as much as I appreciate Brian Lehrer caller Christine's question about ranking me five times) rank up to four more candidates you feel would be good choices for Mayor. And remember, don't rank Andrew Cuomo!
April 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A ranked-choice voting tip: pick me as your #1, then (as much as I appreciate Brian Lehrer caller Christine's question about ranking me five times) rank up to four more candidates you feel would be good choices for Mayor. And remember, don't rank Andrew Cuomo!
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lmao, sending a number 2 to give a lecture about compassion, Pope Francis is the ultimate hater
Imagine basing so much of your public identity on your adult conversion to Catholicism, only to be publicly dismissed by the actual Catholic hierarchy.
April 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
lmao, sending a number 2 to give a lecture about compassion, Pope Francis is the ultimate hater
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"This guy named Bloomberg, who doesn't work for the real Bloomberg but kind of pretends to on Twitter, misunderstood a Fox News exchange and generated billions in wealth for about 30 seconds"
April 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"This guy named Bloomberg, who doesn't work for the real Bloomberg but kind of pretends to on Twitter, misunderstood a Fox News exchange and generated billions in wealth for about 30 seconds"
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April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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I don’t *like* economists because they think they invented the concept of utility and therefore know everything but they have real jobs and do real work. Some of it is even good. It’s a “physics vs. engineering” type beef. MBAs are astrology for Republicans.
"go into econ and get a real degree" is such a wild sentence to hear for me and my fake-ass econ degree
April 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I don’t *like* economists because they think they invented the concept of utility and therefore know everything but they have real jobs and do real work. Some of it is even good. It’s a “physics vs. engineering” type beef. MBAs are astrology for Republicans.