Nick
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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A lot of bad things are happening in the world but we’re alive during Ohtani.
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A lot of bad things are happening in the world but we’re alive during Ohtani.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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well i think naming a ballroom after your best friend is something to be celebrated tbh
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
well i think naming a ballroom after your best friend is something to be celebrated tbh
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“Can you imagine if Obama had bulldozed the W…” NO. We just need leaders who respond the way Republicans would have responded if Obama had bulldozed the White House to build himself a palace ballroom. Removal from office. Criminal prosecution. Confiscate Mar a Lago. Sell it to finance rebuilding.
October 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Can you imagine if Obama had bulldozed the W…” NO. We just need leaders who respond the way Republicans would have responded if Obama had bulldozed the White House to build himself a palace ballroom. Removal from office. Criminal prosecution. Confiscate Mar a Lago. Sell it to finance rebuilding.
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Free 100% winning message for any Democratic presidential candidate:
“I will undo literally everything that asshole did, as quickly as possible, and prosecute the hell out of his accomplices. And him however and wherever we can.
Minute one: we bulldoze the old man’s stupid ballroom.”
WINNER.
“I will undo literally everything that asshole did, as quickly as possible, and prosecute the hell out of his accomplices. And him however and wherever we can.
Minute one: we bulldoze the old man’s stupid ballroom.”
WINNER.
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Free 100% winning message for any Democratic presidential candidate:
“I will undo literally everything that asshole did, as quickly as possible, and prosecute the hell out of his accomplices. And him however and wherever we can.
Minute one: we bulldoze the old man’s stupid ballroom.”
WINNER.
“I will undo literally everything that asshole did, as quickly as possible, and prosecute the hell out of his accomplices. And him however and wherever we can.
Minute one: we bulldoze the old man’s stupid ballroom.”
WINNER.
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‘A tattooed, hairy, fat guy who says it how it is’: Sage embraces blue-collar authenticity in Iowa U.S. Senate race
Iowa U.S. Senate hopeful says America needs real talk and real working-class leaders
At Lion Bridge Brewery in Cedar Rapids, U.S. Senate candidate Nathan Sage shared his story of growing up poor in Mason City, serving three tours in Iraq, and leading a local chamber of commerce — arguing those experiences shaped his fight for workers, unions and rural Iowans.
www.thegazette.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
‘A tattooed, hairy, fat guy who says it how it is’: Sage embraces blue-collar authenticity in Iowa U.S. Senate race
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“What do we want?”
“Mixed member proportional representation with a 5% threshold & a subordinated second chamber of parliament ”
“When do we want it?”
“Well, 1949, but we’ll settle for MMDs, a much enlarged House, abolishing the EC & the filibuster, adding DC/PR/USVI & a SCOTUS grand bargain”
“Mixed member proportional representation with a 5% threshold & a subordinated second chamber of parliament ”
“When do we want it?”
“Well, 1949, but we’ll settle for MMDs, a much enlarged House, abolishing the EC & the filibuster, adding DC/PR/USVI & a SCOTUS grand bargain”
April 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“What do we want?”
“Mixed member proportional representation with a 5% threshold & a subordinated second chamber of parliament ”
“When do we want it?”
“Well, 1949, but we’ll settle for MMDs, a much enlarged House, abolishing the EC & the filibuster, adding DC/PR/USVI & a SCOTUS grand bargain”
“Mixed member proportional representation with a 5% threshold & a subordinated second chamber of parliament ”
“When do we want it?”
“Well, 1949, but we’ll settle for MMDs, a much enlarged House, abolishing the EC & the filibuster, adding DC/PR/USVI & a SCOTUS grand bargain”
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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A few day-late thoughts about the Declaration of Independence:
July 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A few day-late thoughts about the Declaration of Independence:
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Historians of the future: Rest assured, millions of us know all this in real time. We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends. trib.al/EOixNrF
October 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Historians of the future: Rest assured, millions of us know all this in real time. We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends. trib.al/EOixNrF
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TOMORROW is #NO_KINGS_DAY!!! Give me your Tired, your Poor, your Huddled Masses of Frogs, Unicorns, Pandas, T-Rexes, Mushrooms, Sharks, SpongeBobs & everyday Folks yearning to peacefully protest a clownishly incompetent buffoon of a Prez who, if there were any justice, would be in jail. 🤡
#BeThere
#BeThere
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
TOMORROW is #NO_KINGS_DAY!!! Give me your Tired, your Poor, your Huddled Masses of Frogs, Unicorns, Pandas, T-Rexes, Mushrooms, Sharks, SpongeBobs & everyday Folks yearning to peacefully protest a clownishly incompetent buffoon of a Prez who, if there were any justice, would be in jail. 🤡
#BeThere
#BeThere
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SPECIAL: We got this conversation up as fast as possible because Tim Snyder's analysis of the Trump administration's agenda and methods is so important. Also: Why No Kings matters, and what’s at stake in Ukraine. This is, if I may say so, a must-watch.
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Timothy Snyder on the Trump Administration at Home, and What’s at Stake in Ukraine
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
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October 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
SPECIAL: We got this conversation up as fast as possible because Tim Snyder's analysis of the Trump administration's agenda and methods is so important. Also: Why No Kings matters, and what’s at stake in Ukraine. This is, if I may say so, a must-watch.
youtu.be/qq-V_k3HPLY?...
youtu.be/qq-V_k3HPLY?...
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Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
October 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
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This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
October 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
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ICE is the living embodiment of the famous Stanford Prison Experiment. Give people uniforms, weapons, and mirrored sunglasses to promote anonymity and a sense of power. They quickly become sadistic and abusive.
ICE masks = mirrored sunglasses. Psych experiment come to terrible life, and validated.
ICE masks = mirrored sunglasses. Psych experiment come to terrible life, and validated.
October 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ICE is the living embodiment of the famous Stanford Prison Experiment. Give people uniforms, weapons, and mirrored sunglasses to promote anonymity and a sense of power. They quickly become sadistic and abusive.
ICE masks = mirrored sunglasses. Psych experiment come to terrible life, and validated.
ICE masks = mirrored sunglasses. Psych experiment come to terrible life, and validated.
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Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.
The Case for the Forever Shutdown
Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.
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Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.
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to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)
Opinion | This Is About So Much More Than Lisa Cook
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)
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Des Moines has you all beat
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Des Moines has you all beat
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As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:
September 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:
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Democrats should become the anti-corruption party. 72% of voters think a member of Congress would likely accept a bribe if offered one. 80% say donors run DC. The solution isn’t left vs right, it’s clean vs corrupt. But first, Democrats must reform themselves and reject big money.
The Democrats' Path Forward: Become the Anti-Corruption Party
But to reform the system they first need to reform the Democratic Party.
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Democrats should become the anti-corruption party. 72% of voters think a member of Congress would likely accept a bribe if offered one. 80% say donors run DC. The solution isn’t left vs right, it’s clean vs corrupt. But first, Democrats must reform themselves and reject big money.
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"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"
Be Loud — For America
By Governor JB Pritzker
contrarian.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take