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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
This is a tough one to follow.
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
― Marcus Aurelius
― Marcus Aurelius
August 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is a tough one to follow.
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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
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Newsom: This Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Newsom: This Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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just a reminder that the dem who ran this campaign unseated a 3x gop incumbent who had never won by less than double digits
June 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
just a reminder that the dem who ran this campaign unseated a 3x gop incumbent who had never won by less than double digits
This is so performative and silly. “They got what they voted for” doesn’t even imply you’re happy it happened to them. It’s simply a statement of fact.
June 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is so performative and silly. “They got what they voted for” doesn’t even imply you’re happy it happened to them. It’s simply a statement of fact.
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a worrying number of people in the replies whose brains have been utterly cooked
Horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in the middle of DC. This kind of violence is illegal, immoral, inexcusable and of course - if the chant of ‘free Palestine’ by the alleged shooter is true - solves nothing and helps zero Palestinians.
Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum
Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
a worrying number of people in the replies whose brains have been utterly cooked
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your energy actually is finite and spending time fighting about the former president while the current president is putting this country in a wood chipper seems like a bad use of it
May 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
your energy actually is finite and spending time fighting about the former president while the current president is putting this country in a wood chipper seems like a bad use of it
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@hasanabirepeater.bsky.social lied about the whole thing. What an actual loser.
May 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@hasanabirepeater.bsky.social lied about the whole thing. What an actual loser.
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The dumbest messaging Democrats will never let go of is gun control.
You've seen the potential trajectory Republicans have put this nation on and you want to be disarmed?
You've seen the potential trajectory Republicans have put this nation on and you want to be disarmed?
May 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The dumbest messaging Democrats will never let go of is gun control.
You've seen the potential trajectory Republicans have put this nation on and you want to be disarmed?
You've seen the potential trajectory Republicans have put this nation on and you want to be disarmed?
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Stop running from the word liberal, liberals. It’s a good strong word. Use it. Defend it. Or let your enemies define who you are.
theconversation.com/fdr-united-d...
theconversation.com/fdr-united-d...
FDR united Democrats under the banner of ‘liberalism’ − but today’s Democratic Party has nothing to put on its hat
Republicans have a leader, Donald Trump; a banner, MAGA; and a song, ‘God Bless the USA.’ Democrats have nothing like this.
theconversation.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Stop running from the word liberal, liberals. It’s a good strong word. Use it. Defend it. Or let your enemies define who you are.
theconversation.com/fdr-united-d...
theconversation.com/fdr-united-d...
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MAGA is the enemy. But the left is no friend either. Leftists used to be constructive critics. No longer.
Stop running from the word liberal, liberals. It’s a good strong word. Use it. Defend it. Or let your enemies define who you are.
theconversation.com/fdr-united-d...
theconversation.com/fdr-united-d...
FDR united Democrats under the banner of ‘liberalism’ − but today’s Democratic Party has nothing to put on its hat
Republicans have a leader, Donald Trump; a banner, MAGA; and a song, ‘God Bless the USA.’ Democrats have nothing like this.
theconversation.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
MAGA is the enemy. But the left is no friend either. Leftists used to be constructive critics. No longer.
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Something I've wanted more of for a long time are "Easterns" - movies set in the 1860s-1890s but in the Eastern United States. We have like 50,000 Western movies and 3 Eastern movies. It's a great and fascinating time period in America!
Learned last night that we’re getting a Netflix miniseries on the Garfield assassination with Michael Shannon as Garfield and Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur, and how are we not all talking about this? www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
May 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Something I've wanted more of for a long time are "Easterns" - movies set in the 1860s-1890s but in the Eastern United States. We have like 50,000 Western movies and 3 Eastern movies. It's a great and fascinating time period in America!
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the entire message of Christianity is that God Himself died in an act of suicidal empathy with his wayward, undeserving creations and that you yourself have a personal obligation to emulate this. american protestantism is literally satanic
May 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the entire message of Christianity is that God Himself died in an act of suicidal empathy with his wayward, undeserving creations and that you yourself have a personal obligation to emulate this. american protestantism is literally satanic
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I think it is legitimately a problem that this website convinces people that very niche views (normie liberal Dems are genocidaires) are common or even legible to most voters
May 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I think it is legitimately a problem that this website convinces people that very niche views (normie liberal Dems are genocidaires) are common or even legible to most voters
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Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
I have two sons, and I don't think I've ever seen messaging going "Don't be a boy" or "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
It's a brutal time for young men, and to be raising one. The primary message they now is get is "YOU'RE BAD" without any meaningful attempt to offer healthy pathways beyond "Don't be a boy."
Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
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Dems need to embrace revenge as deterrence. If we don’t respond with equal, punitive measures when back in power, they won’t stop. They’re counting on our restraint—our faith in norms, our refusal to hit back. That’s their bet: we’ll restore order while they burn it down. They must fear consequences
May 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Dems need to embrace revenge as deterrence. If we don’t respond with equal, punitive measures when back in power, they won’t stop. They’re counting on our restraint—our faith in norms, our refusal to hit back. That’s their bet: we’ll restore order while they burn it down. They must fear consequences
AKA the “we actually never want to win back young men OR the Midwest” Act of 2025
The time to act is now.
I'm introducing the Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.
I'm introducing the Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.
May 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
AKA the “we actually never want to win back young men OR the Midwest” Act of 2025
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Agree. The universal cynicism (on the left as much as on the right) that has come to permeate our society and our culture is a major driving force that allowed the rise of Trumpism.
April 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Agree. The universal cynicism (on the left as much as on the right) that has come to permeate our society and our culture is a major driving force that allowed the rise of Trumpism.
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Liberalism is good, actually.
April 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Liberalism is good, actually.