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Lauren
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NYC-based writer (laurenoster.com).
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people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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This is how my local paper in the swing state of Nevada covered it: Huge picture, AP story with nary a hint that this was weird or corrupt.

As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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So he had two reasons to take ivermectin
oh god, the Jan 6th pipe bomb guy was a Brony
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!

(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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First of all, one of the reporters on that story was in the Army infantry in Iraq
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?

HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
No Blood Forest in the White House holiday decor this year, though, wait a minute -
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Friendsgiving intrigue! The candle I lit & left in our bathroom became a FIRE POT after a short career of burning normally; the entire surface was 4” flames. I blew it out & left the room for a second; it was so hot that when I returned it had RE-LIT ITSELF. It was, amusingly, an A24 candle
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Jodorowsky’s DUNE, ofc
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A cave hotel in Cappadocia after a series of strategic blunders in Istanbul.
what's the most exotic place you've ever puked? mine's not exactly exotic but i did once have a hangover at the nyc facebook office and barfed in their very nice bathroom
Got food poisoning from Fogo De Chao. Puked out the side of a moving cab along beautiful Copacabana Beach. The most exotic place I'll probably ever puke!
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Here, listen: when the President calls a female journalist “piggy” in a scrum, maybe you planned on asking about the economy, or whatever… But the story is now “the President called a female journalist piggy.” You asking a follow-up isn’t just defending her, it’s following the story.
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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imagine having so little work you can spend half a day yelling about how you're against a thing nobody even asked you for
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.

Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Mister Wolfman
Bring me a wolf
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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hey instead of reading and sharing some book that sucks by a woman in love with an insane corpse who neither deserves nor needs the coverage, why not instead buy and read MY book. due to me being normal simplicitybook.xyz
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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h/T to @baddestmamajama.bsky.social who did this and really made me laugh:

Olivia Nuzzi bio Mad Libs

GO
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Saw someone post that they didn’t want to take any aurora photos because it was cliché, everyone’s doing it

The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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these stupid assholes got me leaving angry voicemails for senators at 4:30pm on a sunday. the only thing i want to do at 4:30pm on a sunday is serenely contemplate my evening sandwich
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I wish I could show you all the joyous photos and videos being shared on Muslim and South Asian WhatsApp right now with people reacting to Mamdani's victory.

It's really beautiful and cathartic.

So many years of anti-Muslim bigotry, racism & hate.

And all those tears are now sugar for our chai.
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My dude quoting Debs and Nehru. TURN THE VOLUME UP. 😻
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM