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Male pollster: Tie game, we've adjusted for Trump
Male pollster: Tie game, we've adjusted for Trump
Male pollster: Tie game, we've adjusted for Trump
Male pollster: Tie game, we've adjusted for Trump
Ann Selzer: Have you boys heard of Dobbs?
November 2, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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A common refrain among people who want to vote for fascists is an expectation that they should also receive permission/absolution for doing so.

No.

You want to vote for a fascist? Fine, and also, fuck you.
October 26, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Feeling my sanity slipping away as more and more (genuinely awful) stories about what Trump said or did accrues. Because:

HE PLOTTED AND ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A VIOLENT COUP ON LIVE TV! HE ATTMEPTED TO END THE REPUBLIC! HE'S THE BIGGEST TRAITOR TO THE CONSITUTIONAL ORDER SINCE THE CONFEDERACY!
October 23, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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If you’re a reporter who has a chance to question Trump, ask him exactly which public schools are providing these secret same-day on-site sexual reassignment surgeries he keeps insisting are actually happening.

His closing argument is just anti-trans panic and this bullshit is a central pillar.
October 22, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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Absolutely heartbroken to learn of Dikembe Mutombo's untimely passing. A story: one day in 2010, I got the most random phone call to my office at Morehouse. It was Dikembe's personal assistant, asking if I'd be willing to meet at his office to talk about the D.R. Congo. Obviously I said yes. (1/n)
'Larger than life' Mutombo dies of brain cancer
Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, the "larger than life" center who played 18 NBA seasons, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the league announced Monday.
www.espn.com
September 30, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Abolish the death penalty.
abolish the death penalty
Abolish the death penalty
September 25, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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behind every cyber truck is a man who women give a fake phone number to
September 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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This TikTok is concise but useful.

“If you’re about to be hanged and you start cracking jokes, that’s gallows humor. But if you’re in the audience and you start cracking jokes, you’re just a part of the execution.”
This is about the eating cats joke. :/ It’s having real world consequences
TikTok video by Chrysanthemum
www.tiktok.com
September 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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"Maybe you entered the race because you felt like you had clever views on policy. But once you get to know the people in the district better, you become more keenly aware what you’re asking of them: to be their *representative*."

A tremendous, worthwhile read from @whstancil.bsky.social .
I Never Expected To Run For Office—Here's What I Learned
I didn't win, but I'll never see politics the same way again.
www.offmessage.net
September 5, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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#LaborDay cannot be fully celebrated without highlighting the essential and critical work of immigrants—including those without legal status:

americasvoice.org/blog/essenti...
Essential Work, Essential Workers, Essential for America: On Labor Day 2024, Remember to Thank An Immigrant Worker - America's Voice
As our nation celebrates American workers on Labor Day 2024, this holiday cannot be fully honored without highlighting the essential and critical work of immigrants, including those without legal stat...
americasvoice.org
September 2, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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A Comprehensive Guide To Trump's "Very Fine People" Remarks
YouTube video by Kat Abu
www.youtube.com
June 27, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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Every “person” you see in this is a job an actor didn’t get.

Every “object” you see cost prop masters work.

Every “set” you see is a place no crew was paid to work.

The machine that made it was trained with stolen images.

Fuck this video. Fuck the ghouls who made it. And fuck Toys-R-Us forever.
June 26, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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“A massive exodus of competence.”

I worry that far too many people are tuned out and unaware of the fascist train speeding towards us.

Must Watch: John Oliver on the Horror of “Trump’s Second Term”

Must Watch: John Oliver on the Horror of "Trump's Second Term"
John Oliver discusses Donald Trump’s plans for a second term, why it could be much worse than his first term, and what Trump has in common with a hamster.
littlegreenfootballs.com
June 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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John Oliver does the best policy explainers. This is why I was excited to talk to Last Week Tonight's producers about the effects of Schedule F on government.

Watch the segment, and read more about this attack on public services:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-public...
The Public Opposes Trump's Plans to Politicize Public Services
And John Oliver provides a Project 2025 explainer for you to share
donmoynihan.substack.com
June 20, 2024 at 11:44 AM
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these people hate children and want them to suffer. they target trans kids because they think can get away with it but they’ll destroy any child’s life if they believe it will serve some greater good www.yahoo.com/news/mom-tra...
Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's life
A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing ...
www.yahoo.com
June 20, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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The modern Right will absolutely destroy the lives of thousands of harmless children for a drop of political power. They know that hate and fear are powerful and gleefully cultivate them.
stories like this give the lie to the idea that the right is interested in protecting these children. per their own narrative, this girl is a victim of “gender ideology” or whatever. but the reaction from the right is always hostility, ostracization and violence.
Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's life
A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing ...
www.yahoo.com
June 19, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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they want to kill gay and trans people, full stop. they worship death and crave the ability to inflict it on anyone that disrupts in any way their pathetic, narrow experience of reality
stories like this give the lie to the idea that the right is interested in protecting these children. per their own narrative, this girl is a victim of “gender ideology” or whatever. but the reaction from the right is always hostility, ostracization and violence.
Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's life
A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing ...
www.yahoo.com
June 18, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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Norton's daughter had been living her life, playing volleyball, and going to school. Planning a future. She was beloved by her peers and had been elected class president twice. Then her life was absolutely destroyed for no reason whatsoever by anti-trans zealots.
June 19, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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i just think we have to set the precedent that people who say they won't vote for biden because his son is a felon but will vote for trump who is a felon need to be told their brain has fallen out of their ass
June 11, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Eat it, Gov. Kitten Heels 🌈
June 1, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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MOCKERY WORKS
Google appears to have rolled back its new AI Overviews — a generative AI feature — after the technology produced a litany of untruths and errors, including recommending glue as part of a pizza recipe and suggesting that people ingest rocks for nutrients.
Google Rolls Back A.I. Search Feature After Flubs and Flaws
Google appears to have turned off its new A.I. Overviews for a number of searches as it works to minimize errors.
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Sad to hear the news of Bill Walton’s death. He was quirky dude, but he often had kind words for women’s basketball (before that was in style) and he was once profoundly kind to me. (Brief story below.)
May 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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Senate Democrats reacting to the latest scandal involving the rightwing justices on the Supreme Court
May 23, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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Fuck Elon Musk.

This is why right-wing billionaires sue people reporting on them. They know they can't win these lawsuits. But they also know legal fees will cripple the little guy reporting on their lies and crimes.
Bad News: I’ve been laid off from mmfa, along with a dozen colleagues.

There’s a reason far-right billionaires attack Media Matters with armies of lawyers: They know how effective our work is, and it terrifies them (him).
May 23, 2024 at 5:39 PM