Katz Lady
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In normal democracy terms, we've in bad shape and things are getting worse.
In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular.
Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.
In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular.
Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.
It is good to see the pushback on Trump lead to real losses for him. But it's hard to be optimistic when he still wields the enormous power of the presidency. ICE is still rampaging, HHS is harming people, the U.S. may be about to sell out Ukraine, the boat strikes...he's still doing so much damage.
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
In normal democracy terms, we've in bad shape and things are getting worse.
In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular.
Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.
In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular.
Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.
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Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
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this was a great feature/gallery by @kendrawrites.com i keep on hand. most americans don’t know how bad it was
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this was a great feature/gallery by @kendrawrites.com i keep on hand. most americans don’t know how bad it was
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This is easily the most embarrassing thing about Nuzzi I’ve ever read
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is easily the most embarrassing thing about Nuzzi I’ve ever read
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Sleeping with one creepy old presidential candidate? Totally chill. Sleeping with two creepy old presidential candidates? Whoa there.
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Sleeping with one creepy old presidential candidate? Totally chill. Sleeping with two creepy old presidential candidates? Whoa there.
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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Fox poll:
76% of voters view the economy negatively.
That's worse than the 67% who felt that way in July, and the 70% who said the same at the end of President Biden's term.
76% of voters view the economy negatively.
That's worse than the 67% who felt that way in July, and the 70% who said the same at the end of President Biden's term.
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Fox poll:
76% of voters view the economy negatively.
That's worse than the 67% who felt that way in July, and the 70% who said the same at the end of President Biden's term.
76% of voters view the economy negatively.
That's worse than the 67% who felt that way in July, and the 70% who said the same at the end of President Biden's term.
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Hakeem voted to condemn Socialism on the same day that Trump found out what it actually is and decided that he likes it. You can’t make this shit up.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hakeem voted to condemn Socialism on the same day that Trump found out what it actually is and decided that he likes it. You can’t make this shit up.
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Save a copy for your grandchildren
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Save a copy for your grandchildren
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I really didn't think Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries could look more out of touch. Then the president just exchanged friendship bracelets with Zohran.
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I really didn't think Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries could look more out of touch. Then the president just exchanged friendship bracelets with Zohran.
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okay so here’s the actual bad part of the article
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
okay so here’s the actual bad part of the article
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
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MTG retiring the day her congressional pension vests gets a hearty little chuckle from me. My tax dollars at work.
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
MTG retiring the day her congressional pension vests gets a hearty little chuckle from me. My tax dollars at work.
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it's actually really good our stock is down $500 billion, you fool, you absolute simpleton
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
it's actually really good our stock is down $500 billion, you fool, you absolute simpleton
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
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What’s the over/under on how many Nuzz cycles we’ve got left?
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
What’s the over/under on how many Nuzz cycles we’ve got left?
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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it is genuinely bizarre to me that nichols does not understand that the existence of a senate with equal state representation is a contingent product of specific political negotiations and not an intrinsic quality of american federalism?
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
it is genuinely bizarre to me that nichols does not understand that the existence of a senate with equal state representation is a contingent product of specific political negotiations and not an intrinsic quality of american federalism?
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her punishment will be another book deal and a top spot at CBS News
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
her punishment will be another book deal and a top spot at CBS News
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Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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one of the big lessons re conservatives and especially conservative christians is that they are more satisfied by being comparatively better off than others rather than being better off in absolute terms.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
There are a lot of conservstives screaming "THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS" as their lives get measurably worse.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
one of the big lessons re conservatives and especially conservative christians is that they are more satisfied by being comparatively better off than others rather than being better off in absolute terms.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
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Ron Johnson has a way with his talking points:
"The way you do it is you have people pay more of their own health care. You have them pay for things... That's real, free-market capitalism."
"The way you do it is you have people pay more of their own health care. You have them pay for things... That's real, free-market capitalism."
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Ron Johnson has a way with his talking points:
"The way you do it is you have people pay more of their own health care. You have them pay for things... That's real, free-market capitalism."
"The way you do it is you have people pay more of their own health care. You have them pay for things... That's real, free-market capitalism."
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Thread. This just keeps getting stranger.
This is nuts.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Thread. This just keeps getting stranger.
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As we get stupider, socks won’t just be marked R and L but also FOOT
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As we get stupider, socks won’t just be marked R and L but also FOOT
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This tiny human. “Attorneys, of course have to parse the language”???
What a pious phony.
What a pious phony.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This tiny human. “Attorneys, of course have to parse the language”???
What a pious phony.
What a pious phony.
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Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.