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How should progressive respond to Nick Fuentes?

In boxing they say "punch past the target."

In hockey the say "Go where the puck will be, not where it is."

Even if Fuentes never has more political power than he has today, we should be over prepared.
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
ELI5 Why is Israel murdering civilians seeking UN aid? Gift link to referenced article.

The overt reason given by Israel is obviously bogus so what is the underlying reason.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/w...
Israeli Troops Kill Dozens Seeking Aid Near Border, Gaza Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Sending thoughts and prayers tonight to Matt Yglesias, Jonathan Chait, Ritchie Torres, Charlie Kirk, Libs of TikTok, and many more.
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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So, when is the NYPD’s campaign against Mamdani kicking off?
June 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Our country needs to be stopped
June 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Posted at the other place.
June 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
No kings, no joke.
Holy shit, New York!

Here’s the full view.

#NoKings #50501Movement
June 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's a God awful small affair, says the girl with the mousey hair...
they're having a hard time hiding their boredom
June 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Resentment dripping from every pore.
this is not a parade, this is a bunch of uniformed people on a disinterested walk to music chosen by people who never hear the lyrics
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.

CINEMATIC
June 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
New reports from North Carolina of face-eating-leopards eating peoples faces.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
In South Carolina, a Once Thriving Textile Hub Is Baffled by Trump’s Tariffs (Gift Article)
The Upstate region of South Carolina was saved by foreign companies after the fall of its textile industry. Now, tariffs pose another round of uncertainty.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.
January 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Pizza Hut manager be delusional.
January 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Something missing in all these obituaries of Jimmy Carter is his book Palestine: Peace not Apartheid. He wrote it in 2006 and, sadly, it still holds up.
December 29, 2024 at 10:10 PM
What's a movie not traditionally considered a Christmas story but should be?

I'll go first...

Fight Club... A damning critique of American consumerism.
December 25, 2024 at 4:06 AM
ELI5. Why doesnt Biden give immigrants blanket amnesty like Ronald Reagan did 1986?

Appropriate payback for the FU Trump left Biden wrt Afghanistan.
December 21, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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in the interest of posting my articles here more, here's my latest for ABC News, on how school shootings drills are actually kind of an unregulated mess and can cause way more harm than good: abcnews.go.com/US/school-sh...
School shooting drills can do more harm than good, experts warn
Active shooter drills have become the norm in schools across the U.S., but experts warn they have the potential to cause more harm than good.
abcnews.go.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Adding on to this...
Malakas, a Greek word used as a pejorative or a term of endearment, depending on context.

Malakas: massive idiot, jerk off, a-hole

Malakas: friend, mate, bro, bestie
I think everyone should get to know the west African term “wahala”.

It generally means “chaos”, “confusion”, or “drama”. A clusterfuck.

I’ve been on a mission for years to use it more regularly in my work.

Because—- *gestures at everything*

See wahala?!???
December 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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I think everyone should get to know the west African term “wahala”.

It generally means “chaos”, “confusion”, or “drama”. A clusterfuck.

I’ve been on a mission for years to use it more regularly in my work.

Because—- *gestures at everything*

See wahala?!???
December 19, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Retweet until they start kicking out the terrible, awful people.

(transcribed from a series of tweets) - @iamragesparkle

I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you.
December 17, 2024 at 5:56 AM
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social Hi! I have a question that may or may not be in your wheelhouse so I'll ask it anyway.

In light of current events, from a historical perspective, do extrajudicial killings have a legitimate role to play in effectuating social/political change.
December 14, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Luigi's Manifesto
Exclusive: read Luigi Mangione's 262-word manifesto on the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM
It's such an amazing pleasure to see all my old mutuals pivoting to Bluesky.

It's beginning to feel like old times!
November 30, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Spend time with Greatness
November 29, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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Great work mods!!
November 18, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM