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Traditionally you had to play this game of plausible deniability if you wanted to both play to a right wing base and get invited on The Shows: You had to say (and vote for) things that would energize racists while also acting horrified & indignant at any suggestion that you might yourself be racist.
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Traditionally you had to play this game of plausible deniability if you wanted to both play to a right wing base and get invited on The Shows: You had to say (and vote for) things that would energize racists while also acting horrified & indignant at any suggestion that you might yourself be racist.
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Absolutely brutal report just out from National Association of Realtors on the utterly broken US housing market.
First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of just 21% of all homebuyers, and their median age was an all-time high of 40 years old.
The American Dream is dead.
First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of just 21% of all homebuyers, and their median age was an all-time high of 40 years old.
The American Dream is dead.
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Absolutely brutal report just out from National Association of Realtors on the utterly broken US housing market.
First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of just 21% of all homebuyers, and their median age was an all-time high of 40 years old.
The American Dream is dead.
First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of just 21% of all homebuyers, and their median age was an all-time high of 40 years old.
The American Dream is dead.
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Michele Obama flashback
www.npr.org/2016/10/13/4...
Sad that the U.S. electorate lacked the moral perception of a six-year-old.
www.npr.org/2016/10/13/4...
Sad that the U.S. electorate lacked the moral perception of a six-year-old.
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Michele Obama flashback
www.npr.org/2016/10/13/4...
Sad that the U.S. electorate lacked the moral perception of a six-year-old.
www.npr.org/2016/10/13/4...
Sad that the U.S. electorate lacked the moral perception of a six-year-old.
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wonder if any enterprising reporters have access to the NY Times building
We have the emails that then-NYT reporter Landon Thomas Jr exchanged w/Epstein using Thomas' nyt email address. But those are only the emails from jeevacation@gmail. What if Thomas exchanged additional emails w/Epstein using a different Epstein email address? That stuff may still be on NYT servers.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
wonder if any enterprising reporters have access to the NY Times building
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I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
sounds like a deliberate, conscious allusion to George Wallace
If you aren't familiar with Massie, this quote is the quickest way to catch up. So many levels to it
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
sounds like a deliberate, conscious allusion to George Wallace
really excited to read the (doubtless imminent) concurrence from Conor Friedersdorf
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
really excited to read the (doubtless imminent) concurrence from Conor Friedersdorf
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this is frankly reason alone to say "no deal" to anything for the next three years. but this isn't viewed as a worthy cause for the same reason anti-ice activities isn't viewed as a worthy cause for the same reason that there were no actions taken against gillibrand calling mamdani a "jihadist".
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
this is frankly reason alone to say "no deal" to anything for the next three years. but this isn't viewed as a worthy cause for the same reason anti-ice activities isn't viewed as a worthy cause for the same reason that there were no actions taken against gillibrand calling mamdani a "jihadist".
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if THE RUNNING MAN were actually a real television show, i am 100% certain mr beast would host it
mr beast talking about the human lives he has trapped in simultaneous simulations with "cant wait to upload these" is why black mirror can never be as good as it used to be
March 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
if THE RUNNING MAN were actually a real television show, i am 100% certain mr beast would host it
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When I hear about Mamdani wishing to keep Tisch on, I just think about how Allende believed until the very end that Pinochet was loyal.
New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got Trump admin heads up before ICE raid on Canal Street
The revelation that Tisch had advance knowledge of the Trump administration’s Canal St. raids could raise a number of complicated questions for Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral-elect who has said …
www.nydailynews.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
When I hear about Mamdani wishing to keep Tisch on, I just think about how Allende believed until the very end that Pinochet was loyal.
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I mean, come on bsky.app/profile/brun...
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I mean, come on bsky.app/profile/brun...
the “mainstream Republican” wing
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
the “mainstream Republican” wing
Bill Donohue, thou shouldst be living at this hour
I reached out to a White House spokesperson for comment. They said “the pope doesn't know what he’s talking about.”
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV Denounces Trump-Vance Decision to Block Eucharist from ICE Detainees
After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Bill Donohue, thou shouldst be living at this hour
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They’ve got John Roberts defending congressional powers from the executive, folks.
Roberts now going at the solicitor general like a cat with a wounded mouse. Keeps telling him that tariffs are taxes on the American people. "Who pays the tariffs??" Says Trump's argument would neutralize separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Incredible stuff.
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
They’ve got John Roberts defending congressional powers from the executive, folks.
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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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This video confirms my reporting from my Monday newsletter:
While NFL players seem to believe the NFL's sexual celebration rules are highly specific (a la Key and Peele's 2 pumps vs. 3 pumps), the actual rule asks each ref to determine what is illegally sexy based on their personal preferences
While NFL players seem to believe the NFL's sexual celebration rules are highly specific (a la Key and Peele's 2 pumps vs. 3 pumps), the actual rule asks each ref to determine what is illegally sexy based on their personal preferences
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This video confirms my reporting from my Monday newsletter:
While NFL players seem to believe the NFL's sexual celebration rules are highly specific (a la Key and Peele's 2 pumps vs. 3 pumps), the actual rule asks each ref to determine what is illegally sexy based on their personal preferences
While NFL players seem to believe the NFL's sexual celebration rules are highly specific (a la Key and Peele's 2 pumps vs. 3 pumps), the actual rule asks each ref to determine what is illegally sexy based on their personal preferences
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Vox Populi, Vox DEI
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Vox Populi, Vox DEI
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Seriously though, I’m a little worried just how uninterested the OR GOP seems to be in actually getting anyone to vote for them who isn’t already a totally bought in MAGA-maniac. They seem to think they’ll be able to wield power without having to, ya know, persuade people to vote for them.
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Seriously though, I’m a little worried just how uninterested the OR GOP seems to be in actually getting anyone to vote for them who isn’t already a totally bought in MAGA-maniac. They seem to think they’ll be able to wield power without having to, ya know, persuade people to vote for them.
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look at what happened with immigration: dems try to be “centrist” with the biden border bill, gop just went further right and started lying about eating pets…may be a lesson to learn there
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
look at what happened with immigration: dems try to be “centrist” with the biden border bill, gop just went further right and started lying about eating pets…may be a lesson to learn there
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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You know, it's a small thing, but the thing I hate the most is the idea their pivot is towards free markets and personal liberties.
A paper actually committed to those things would be absolutely venomous about the Trump administration.
But what he actually means is 'Quisling, but respectable.'
A paper actually committed to those things would be absolutely venomous about the Trump administration.
But what he actually means is 'Quisling, but respectable.'
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
You know, it's a small thing, but the thing I hate the most is the idea their pivot is towards free markets and personal liberties.
A paper actually committed to those things would be absolutely venomous about the Trump administration.
But what he actually means is 'Quisling, but respectable.'
A paper actually committed to those things would be absolutely venomous about the Trump administration.
But what he actually means is 'Quisling, but respectable.'
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Lexington, Massachusetts!
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Scenes from Lexington, Massachusetts NO KINGS protest this morning. There were thousands of us there! Very encouraging.
October 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lexington, Massachusetts!
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