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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
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Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
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Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
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for next year's Nobel prize I nominate peace frog.
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
for next year's Nobel prize I nominate peace frog.
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Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee
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There is no organization called ANTIFA
We all know what he is saying: that anybody he doesn't like is a terrorist, and can be imprisoned, disappeared, or murdered in the street
We all know what he is saying: that anybody he doesn't like is a terrorist, and can be imprisoned, disappeared, or murdered in the street
September 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There is no organization called ANTIFA
We all know what he is saying: that anybody he doesn't like is a terrorist, and can be imprisoned, disappeared, or murdered in the street
We all know what he is saying: that anybody he doesn't like is a terrorist, and can be imprisoned, disappeared, or murdered in the street
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Will ICE send guys to Boston looking for red hair and listening for brogues? Or stake out delis in Chicago to see who buys a kielbasa?
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Government Wants to See Your Papers
And the Supreme Court decides that the Fourth Amendment might not be for everyone.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Will ICE send guys to Boston looking for red hair and listening for brogues? Or stake out delis in Chicago to see who buys a kielbasa?
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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What if America invested in kids like this?
🎥 Watch the full interview on @whodempod as we dive into why I believe investing in people is the only way forward
🎥 Watch the full interview on @whodempod as we dive into why I believe investing in people is the only way forward
September 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
What if America invested in kids like this?
🎥 Watch the full interview on @whodempod as we dive into why I believe investing in people is the only way forward
🎥 Watch the full interview on @whodempod as we dive into why I believe investing in people is the only way forward
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I was able to accurately predict how badly and quickly America would devolve under this administration, but what I really can't predict is if enough Americans will take action as opposed to staying comfortable and covering their ears and eyes, before it's too late to do anything meaningful at all.
August 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I was able to accurately predict how badly and quickly America would devolve under this administration, but what I really can't predict is if enough Americans will take action as opposed to staying comfortable and covering their ears and eyes, before it's too late to do anything meaningful at all.
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There is no universe in which this is defensible.
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
There is no universe in which this is defensible.
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The fact that Trans service members who are forced to leave the military are being denied early retirement pension if they are 15-19 years in, is angering and should anger all Americans.
Meanwhile the draft dodging fat-assed douche canoe clown balls of a President dodged the draft.
Meanwhile the draft dodging fat-assed douche canoe clown balls of a President dodged the draft.
August 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The fact that Trans service members who are forced to leave the military are being denied early retirement pension if they are 15-19 years in, is angering and should anger all Americans.
Meanwhile the draft dodging fat-assed douche canoe clown balls of a President dodged the draft.
Meanwhile the draft dodging fat-assed douche canoe clown balls of a President dodged the draft.
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Dictator keeps doing dictator shit and the newspapers are like "Provocative choices" and "Complex questions." No, it's a dictator doing dictator shit and it doesn't need to be more complicated than that.
August 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Dictator keeps doing dictator shit and the newspapers are like "Provocative choices" and "Complex questions." No, it's a dictator doing dictator shit and it doesn't need to be more complicated than that.
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prescient (from 3 months ago)
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
prescient (from 3 months ago)
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Apparently, inflation is bad, but we must impose tariffs to raise the cost of cheap imports so people buy expensive American goods. We can re-shore manufacturing, but to be cost competitive, we have to fully automate factories, replacing American workers with robots.
July 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Apparently, inflation is bad, but we must impose tariffs to raise the cost of cheap imports so people buy expensive American goods. We can re-shore manufacturing, but to be cost competitive, we have to fully automate factories, replacing American workers with robots.
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why are so many people willing to outsource thinking, learning, understanding & to just settle for believing the things that the llms / algorithms / screens output & flash their way?
July 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
why are so many people willing to outsource thinking, learning, understanding & to just settle for believing the things that the llms / algorithms / screens output & flash their way?
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you may always want to get out of jury duty, but have you considered you might be able to issue justice to police who use excessive force? cuz ive done that and it ruled. personally i think everyone should do it once to get a better understanding how the courts work; its *extremely* informative.
July 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
you may always want to get out of jury duty, but have you considered you might be able to issue justice to police who use excessive force? cuz ive done that and it ruled. personally i think everyone should do it once to get a better understanding how the courts work; its *extremely* informative.
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I will always remember an interview with a US Presidential advisor who realized there was not another room, where the real people in charge with the real information and real authority worked.
It was just them and few coworkers. They were The Room.
And they were making the decisions for millions.
It was just them and few coworkers. They were The Room.
And they were making the decisions for millions.
Conspiracy theories take hold because it's much more reassuring to believe that an evil cabal is running everything than that nobody is running everything and every human from the poorest child to the President of the United States is just winging it.
July 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I will always remember an interview with a US Presidential advisor who realized there was not another room, where the real people in charge with the real information and real authority worked.
It was just them and few coworkers. They were The Room.
And they were making the decisions for millions.
It was just them and few coworkers. They were The Room.
And they were making the decisions for millions.
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Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth
July 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson? Harvard undergrad, Harvard Law, magna cum laude, cum laude, and editor of the Harvard Law Review. That’s what elite talent looks like.
Charlie Kirk? Dropped out of community college.
Game. Set. Match.
Charlie Kirk? Dropped out of community college.
Game. Set. Match.
June 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson? Harvard undergrad, Harvard Law, magna cum laude, cum laude, and editor of the Harvard Law Review. That’s what elite talent looks like.
Charlie Kirk? Dropped out of community college.
Game. Set. Match.
Charlie Kirk? Dropped out of community college.
Game. Set. Match.