Plaidula
@plaidula.bsky.social
Himbo, strongman, G L O B E
Chapter Lead of the Twin Cities New Liberals. Pro-liberalism, anti-"I'm too good for everything" cynicism.
Chapter Lead of the Twin Cities New Liberals. Pro-liberalism, anti-"I'm too good for everything" cynicism.
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US security guarantees expired with the Budapest Memorandum
Frankly worthless
Frankly worthless
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
US security guarantees expired with the Budapest Memorandum
Frankly worthless
Frankly worthless
As has been stated many times, I feel like the whole reason all of these obvious Epstein "revelations" are finally sticking is because Trump is trying really hard to hide them instead of admitting the crimes on camera, which is the only circumstance in which our dumbest reporters see a scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As has been stated many times, I feel like the whole reason all of these obvious Epstein "revelations" are finally sticking is because Trump is trying really hard to hide them instead of admitting the crimes on camera, which is the only circumstance in which our dumbest reporters see a scandal.
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
I, too, saw the northern lights last night.
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I, too, saw the northern lights last night.
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Axios rips this website in two every time it posts anything. Half of you are screaming that the sky is falling and the other half are posting smug ball knowing takes about sourcing and probability.
Not good! We take the bait every time. This behavior is part of the reason bad journalism sells.
Not good! We take the bait every time. This behavior is part of the reason bad journalism sells.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Axios rips this website in two every time it posts anything. Half of you are screaming that the sky is falling and the other half are posting smug ball knowing takes about sourcing and probability.
Not good! We take the bait every time. This behavior is part of the reason bad journalism sells.
Not good! We take the bait every time. This behavior is part of the reason bad journalism sells.
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"most dem victories where centrists"
i say later in the 🧵, i'm not claiming this as a victory for either normie dems or socialists
it's a victory for opposing fascism & not trying to appease it (which comes in both lib & left variants)
i say later in the 🧵, i'm not claiming this as a victory for either normie dems or socialists
it's a victory for opposing fascism & not trying to appease it (which comes in both lib & left variants)
uk labour lost **half** their coalition playing to racist fears & attacking trans people
us dems just won big without any of that
us dems just won big without any of that
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"most dem victories where centrists"
i say later in the 🧵, i'm not claiming this as a victory for either normie dems or socialists
it's a victory for opposing fascism & not trying to appease it (which comes in both lib & left variants)
i say later in the 🧵, i'm not claiming this as a victory for either normie dems or socialists
it's a victory for opposing fascism & not trying to appease it (which comes in both lib & left variants)
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Democrats just ran the table, winning the marquee races -- NJ and VA sweeps, NYC mayor, CA prop, PA Supreme Court -- and lower-profile races in red and purple states across the nation.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Democrats just ran the table, winning the marquee races -- NJ and VA sweeps, NYC mayor, CA prop, PA Supreme Court -- and lower-profile races in red and purple states across the nation.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
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Like what the fuck are we supposed to be when Biden's signature achievement in office was literally called the "Inflation Reduction Act" and every commentator ostensibly on our side keeps pretending he nominated Ru Paul for Fed Chair.
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Like what the fuck are we supposed to be when Biden's signature achievement in office was literally called the "Inflation Reduction Act" and every commentator ostensibly on our side keeps pretending he nominated Ru Paul for Fed Chair.
My final non-important input on the NYC Mayoral race is that, as a card-carrying centrist lib, I would rather be in a coalition with Democratic Socialists (for all I disagree with them on) than in a coalition with fascists, quislings, or collaborators; it's not even close.
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My final non-important input on the NYC Mayoral race is that, as a card-carrying centrist lib, I would rather be in a coalition with Democratic Socialists (for all I disagree with them on) than in a coalition with fascists, quislings, or collaborators; it's not even close.
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Someday there will be a reckoning for the serial killings that the US government is engaged in on the oceans. Another admin should not refuse to extradite indicted officials to Intl Criminal Courts and senior military officers “just following orders” should not be exempted.
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Someday there will be a reckoning for the serial killings that the US government is engaged in on the oceans. Another admin should not refuse to extradite indicted officials to Intl Criminal Courts and senior military officers “just following orders” should not be exempted.
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Democrats: Important to pick the precise dollar amount of minimum wage increase that’s most popular lest everyone get mad at us
Republicans: hahah yes, a Gatsby party at the president’s luxury resort at the exact moment benefits expire for millions!!
Voters: I like you roughly the same amount
Republicans: hahah yes, a Gatsby party at the president’s luxury resort at the exact moment benefits expire for millions!!
Voters: I like you roughly the same amount
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Democrats: Important to pick the precise dollar amount of minimum wage increase that’s most popular lest everyone get mad at us
Republicans: hahah yes, a Gatsby party at the president’s luxury resort at the exact moment benefits expire for millions!!
Voters: I like you roughly the same amount
Republicans: hahah yes, a Gatsby party at the president’s luxury resort at the exact moment benefits expire for millions!!
Voters: I like you roughly the same amount
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
I'm partially convinced the whole ballroom and arch thing is downstream of someone convincing the dying narcissist that he will be remembered better from these works than from expanding the territory of the USA by invading Canada or Greenland.
the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
October 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I'm partially convinced the whole ballroom and arch thing is downstream of someone convincing the dying narcissist that he will be remembered better from these works than from expanding the territory of the USA by invading Canada or Greenland.
I do feel like Trump declaring himself king, even wink-and-nod jokingly, is a violation of his personality cult.
The only reason I can think of why "I'm a king" is and "I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue" isn't is that the former is Euro-coded and the latter is cowboy-coded.
The only reason I can think of why "I'm a king" is and "I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue" isn't is that the former is Euro-coded and the latter is cowboy-coded.
October 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I do feel like Trump declaring himself king, even wink-and-nod jokingly, is a violation of his personality cult.
The only reason I can think of why "I'm a king" is and "I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue" isn't is that the former is Euro-coded and the latter is cowboy-coded.
The only reason I can think of why "I'm a king" is and "I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue" isn't is that the former is Euro-coded and the latter is cowboy-coded.
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they're desperate, they're mad, and they know that nobody, not even their base, likes them. they know most of their behavior is prosecutable and not even argentina will take them
consider simply Not Engaging with the sadsacks being not-paid by their own boss to try to get you mad on the internet
consider simply Not Engaging with the sadsacks being not-paid by their own boss to try to get you mad on the internet
October 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
they're desperate, they're mad, and they know that nobody, not even their base, likes them. they know most of their behavior is prosecutable and not even argentina will take them
consider simply Not Engaging with the sadsacks being not-paid by their own boss to try to get you mad on the internet
consider simply Not Engaging with the sadsacks being not-paid by their own boss to try to get you mad on the internet
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Jeffries: "What's hateful is what happened on January 6. That was a Hate America Rally sponsored by Donald Trump and his sycophants who incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol. That is what hate looks like. What you will see this weekend is what patriotism looks like."
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Jeffries: "What's hateful is what happened on January 6. That was a Hate America Rally sponsored by Donald Trump and his sycophants who incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol. That is what hate looks like. What you will see this weekend is what patriotism looks like."
I regret to inform you that I have always been hot, regardless of being twink, twunk, or in drag.
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I regret to inform you that I have always been hot, regardless of being twink, twunk, or in drag.
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There being a government without kings was supposed to be the point of this country, asshole.
Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."
October 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
There being a government without kings was supposed to be the point of this country, asshole.
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I honestly don’t get this stance. You can’t be in this camp without having “win more elections” as a necessary higher priority. The Dems had 50 senate seats including Manchin and Sinema, neither of whom would blow up the filibuster or allow structural reform to happen.
October 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I honestly don’t get this stance. You can’t be in this camp without having “win more elections” as a necessary higher priority. The Dems had 50 senate seats including Manchin and Sinema, neither of whom would blow up the filibuster or allow structural reform to happen.
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we are once again locked in a worldwide ideological struggle. kinda sucks but it is what it is. time to pick a side kids
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
we are once again locked in a worldwide ideological struggle. kinda sucks but it is what it is. time to pick a side kids
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what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?
“I voted for none of this."
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?
The corollary of "voters don't pay attention and just blamed Biden/Harris for inflation" is that voters are not paying enough attention to parse who's responsible for this shutdown like us terminally politically online people. They'll basically just blame the guy in charge (ostensibly Trump).
I think it'll be very interesting to watch how media interactions and beltway media reactions change when the instant polling comes back over the weekend showing that the Republicans are decisively blamed for the shutdown.
WaPo is the first of many.
WaPo is the first of many.
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The corollary of "voters don't pay attention and just blamed Biden/Harris for inflation" is that voters are not paying enough attention to parse who's responsible for this shutdown like us terminally politically online people. They'll basically just blame the guy in charge (ostensibly Trump).
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"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.
I keep getting sperm donation ads on Insta and I can't tell if this is, like, a new grift of some kind or downstream of gender wars causing professional women to choose between MAGA spouses and buying sperm.
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I keep getting sperm donation ads on Insta and I can't tell if this is, like, a new grift of some kind or downstream of gender wars causing professional women to choose between MAGA spouses and buying sperm.
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regardless of the details I think it’s important to spin the Kimmel thing as a win
Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately
he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks
Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately
he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks
September 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
regardless of the details I think it’s important to spin the Kimmel thing as a win
Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately
he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks
Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately
he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks