Pragmatic Leftist
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30. he/him. Main acct. I skeet things. Professional hater.
“All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you”-Octavia Butler #BlackLivesMatter 🇵🇸
“All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you”-Octavia Butler #BlackLivesMatter 🇵🇸
Sinners might be my new favorite vampire movie. What an absolute work of ART
April 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Sinners might be my new favorite vampire movie. What an absolute work of ART
Idk who needs to hear this but if you are still interacting with a piece of art/media created by a bigot and that bigot is using the profits they make from your interactions to harm a group of people, you own some responsibility in that harm.
April 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Idk who needs to hear this but if you are still interacting with a piece of art/media created by a bigot and that bigot is using the profits they make from your interactions to harm a group of people, you own some responsibility in that harm.
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I think that Slotkin, Gallego, etc, think they’ve unlocked some cheat code for speaking to voters (winning while trump won the states) when it was entirely up to a bunch of random low-info voters that walked into the polling place, checked the box for trump, and left
As someone who voted for slotkin, this pathetic and makes me furious
April 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I think that Slotkin, Gallego, etc, think they’ve unlocked some cheat code for speaking to voters (winning while trump won the states) when it was entirely up to a bunch of random low-info voters that walked into the polling place, checked the box for trump, and left
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young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation
April 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation
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there's also people claiming we trans people are "holding allies to a purity test" here and to be clear:
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
Also, Lithgow is trying to muddy the waters by giving interviews where he pretends that the controversy here is that he's American, not that he's signing off on transphobia.
deadline.com/2025/04/john...
deadline.com/2025/04/john...
April 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
there's also people claiming we trans people are "holding allies to a purity test" here and to be clear:
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
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Now we know who the inspiration for Voldemort was.
April 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Now we know who the inspiration for Voldemort was.
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Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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very excited to learn that the constitution allows the federal government to disappear people to foreign gulags beyond the reach of any judicial remedy
NEW: Chief Justice Roberts has issued an administrative stay in the Abrego Garcia case, temporarily relieving the Trump administration of its duty to return him from El Salvador. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
very excited to learn that the constitution allows the federal government to disappear people to foreign gulags beyond the reach of any judicial remedy
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man if the other party intentionally wrecks the economy so swiftly and thoroughly that markets drop 10 percent in 2 days and you can't just say "this is bad" with your whole chest, it's time to get out of the "opposition party" business.
As Trump wrecks the economy, destroy savings, jobs, & people's lives w/ his massive tax hike (disguised as tariffs) - once again Senate/House Democrats are being bunch of cowards and pulling their punches.
And folks wonder why the Democratic brand is in the gutter. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
And folks wonder why the Democratic brand is in the gutter. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
April 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
man if the other party intentionally wrecks the economy so swiftly and thoroughly that markets drop 10 percent in 2 days and you can't just say "this is bad" with your whole chest, it's time to get out of the "opposition party" business.
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Kill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.
April 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Kill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.
Damn so much for that historic mandate
March 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Damn so much for that historic mandate
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this is great and gets to what might be the defining attribute of this administration which is that trump himself is barely aware of what is happening
One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials don’t appear clear on what *exactly* Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says “as I heard it … green light.” 😱😬 www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
this is great and gets to what might be the defining attribute of this administration which is that trump himself is barely aware of what is happening
That awkward moment when I’m about to get a *third* raise at work, but this time my coworkers aren’t getting one bc I’m a different pay code 😬😬😬
March 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
That awkward moment when I’m about to get a *third* raise at work, but this time my coworkers aren’t getting one bc I’m a different pay code 😬😬😬
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Saying it’s ‘about hate,’ Beshear vetoes ban on DEI in Kentucky public higher education kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/20/s...
Saying it's 'about hate,' Beshear vetoes ban on DEI in Kentucky public higher education • Kentucky Lantern
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear issues expected veto of a Republican-backed bn on diversity, equity and inclusion in Kentucky’s public colleges.
kentuckylantern.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Saying it’s ‘about hate,’ Beshear vetoes ban on DEI in Kentucky public higher education kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/20/s...
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Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.
@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!
In America, EVERYONE has a RIGHT to due process - regardless of immigration status. It’s fundamental to our Constitution.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
March 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.
Who tf wants to win a one way ticket to fucking mars???
March 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Who tf wants to win a one way ticket to fucking mars???
I wore my green scrubs today purely coincidentally, and when I realized what day it was I audibly sighed so loud a coworker came over and asked if I was okay 😂
March 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I wore my green scrubs today purely coincidentally, and when I realized what day it was I audibly sighed so loud a coworker came over and asked if I was okay 😂
If I don’t get a new tattoo this weekend I might die
March 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If I don’t get a new tattoo this weekend I might die
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Current scenes, Belgrade.
One of the largest anti-government protests in modern European history.
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One of the largest anti-government protests in modern European history.
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March 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Current scenes, Belgrade.
One of the largest anti-government protests in modern European history.
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One of the largest anti-government protests in modern European history.
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these people swore an oath to defend the constitution but i guess that’s just too hard
Schumer tells me Republicans might try to jam Democrats again in September, but thinks Trump will be less popular then and Republican appropriators might be more willing to stand up to him. He said they refused to do so now.
March 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
these people swore an oath to defend the constitution but i guess that’s just too hard
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.