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One day someone will write a book about the two phases of the southern strategy. Phase one, where they obscured the racism behind dog whistles, and phase two, where they reaped the effects of phase one by dropping the dog whistles and bringing back loud and proud racism as a “reaction” to wokeness.
What's most disturbing about rhetoric on the right now is this: once upon a time, there was a lot of intellectual sublimation (so to speak) on the right - per that old Lee Atwater quote about the Southern Strategy. (You remember that quote.)
There are many genealogical paths that connect our present moment to the American past. If you have 30 minutes to waste, I think you'll find that this 1970 campaign ad by Asa Carter resonates, to an alarming degree, with the worldview and rhetoric of the MAGA right. archive.org/details/asa-...
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One day someone will write a book about the two phases of the southern strategy. Phase one, where they obscured the racism behind dog whistles, and phase two, where they reaped the effects of phase one by dropping the dog whistles and bringing back loud and proud racism as a “reaction” to wokeness.
I remember telling my young children that this boorish hateful man desecrating the office of the president was an anomaly and this isn’t how it will always be.
They’re adults now. This is all they’ve ever known.
They’re adults now. This is all they’ve ever known.
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I remember telling my young children that this boorish hateful man desecrating the office of the president was an anomaly and this isn’t how it will always be.
They’re adults now. This is all they’ve ever known.
They’re adults now. This is all they’ve ever known.
#KnowledgeFight Episode1103 Re: Climate Change Denialism
"Eventually, you reach a point where if you had a genuine question it was answered, so if you're still asking questions your real answer is 'Shut the fuck up and go away!'"
Jordan at 39:35 knowledgefight.libsyn.com/1103-live-in...
"Eventually, you reach a point where if you had a genuine question it was answered, so if you're still asking questions your real answer is 'Shut the fuck up and go away!'"
Jordan at 39:35 knowledgefight.libsyn.com/1103-live-in...
Knowledge Fight: #1103: Live In Portland
In this installment, Dan and Jordan come to you live from the Aladdin Theater in Portland to present a music festival inspired episode of the podcast.
knowledgefight.libsyn.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
#KnowledgeFight Episode1103 Re: Climate Change Denialism
"Eventually, you reach a point where if you had a genuine question it was answered, so if you're still asking questions your real answer is 'Shut the fuck up and go away!'"
Jordan at 39:35 knowledgefight.libsyn.com/1103-live-in...
"Eventually, you reach a point where if you had a genuine question it was answered, so if you're still asking questions your real answer is 'Shut the fuck up and go away!'"
Jordan at 39:35 knowledgefight.libsyn.com/1103-live-in...
Remember, you’re a hundred thousand times more likely to be kidnapped by ICE than win the Powerball jackpot.
#Powerball #ICE
#Powerball #ICE
December 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Remember, you’re a hundred thousand times more likely to be kidnapped by ICE than win the Powerball jackpot.
#Powerball #ICE
#Powerball #ICE
Damn if Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” doesn’t hit harder when you’re old…
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Damn if Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” doesn’t hit harder when you’re old…
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
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Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
*slow clap*
Well done Anonymous.
Well done Anonymous.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
*slow clap*
Well done Anonymous.
Well done Anonymous.
Last night was a light show off of the coast.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Last night was a light show off of the coast.
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A deal suggests both sides get something. This was not a deal, it was a complete surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A deal suggests both sides get something. This was not a deal, it was a complete surrender.
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Trump has now overseen the two longest government shutdowns in history — with the current one reaching 36 days.
He ran on fixing a broken system and helping working people.
Instead, he’s making the system even worse and shafting working people by gutting the social safety net.
He ran on fixing a broken system and helping working people.
Instead, he’s making the system even worse and shafting working people by gutting the social safety net.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump has now overseen the two longest government shutdowns in history — with the current one reaching 36 days.
He ran on fixing a broken system and helping working people.
Instead, he’s making the system even worse and shafting working people by gutting the social safety net.
He ran on fixing a broken system and helping working people.
Instead, he’s making the system even worse and shafting working people by gutting the social safety net.
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Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
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As Elizabeth Anderson points out, a major consequence of the Conservative Protestant Work Ethic is the belief that it is better for 1000 deserving people to go without aid than for a single undeserving person to receive it.
Are you people fucking kidding me with this shit @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
As Elizabeth Anderson points out, a major consequence of the Conservative Protestant Work Ethic is the belief that it is better for 1000 deserving people to go without aid than for a single undeserving person to receive it.
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Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
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Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.
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AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.
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Corporate profits have hit record highs.
CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing corporations that pay lousy wages by funding food stamps with our taxpayer dollars.
Yet too many focus their ire on the working poor who need help instead of targeting corporate greed.
CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing corporations that pay lousy wages by funding food stamps with our taxpayer dollars.
Yet too many focus their ire on the working poor who need help instead of targeting corporate greed.
SNAP exists because politicians take campaign contributions from large corporations in exchange for letting those corporations pay a poverty wage so low that it must be subsidized with taxpayer money, paid by middle class workers barely getting by—all so 700 billionaires can have a few extra billion
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Corporate profits have hit record highs.
CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing corporations that pay lousy wages by funding food stamps with our taxpayer dollars.
Yet too many focus their ire on the working poor who need help instead of targeting corporate greed.
CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing corporations that pay lousy wages by funding food stamps with our taxpayer dollars.
Yet too many focus their ire on the working poor who need help instead of targeting corporate greed.
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President Trump has directed agencies to roll back the use of disparate impact liability, a key civil rights safeguard that protects people from policies that may appear neutral but disproportionately harm marginalized communities.
We've fought for civil rights for decades, and aren't stopping now.
We've fought for civil rights for decades, and aren't stopping now.
Disparate Impact, Explained
By rolling back “disparate impact” rules, the Trump administration threatens decades of progress against systemic discrimination in housing, jobs, and education.
www.aclu.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
President Trump has directed agencies to roll back the use of disparate impact liability, a key civil rights safeguard that protects people from policies that may appear neutral but disproportionately harm marginalized communities.
We've fought for civil rights for decades, and aren't stopping now.
We've fought for civil rights for decades, and aren't stopping now.