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Gleichschaltung, coming to an institution near you. Faster than you can learn to spell "Gleichschaltung."
You folks know that when these tech bros say they "read books," they mean they read a chatbot summary of them or, in the olden dayes, sparknotes, or maybe listen to an abridged audiobook, right? They don't mean literal reading.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
You folks know that when these tech bros say they "read books," they mean they read a chatbot summary of them or, in the olden dayes, sparknotes, or maybe listen to an abridged audiobook, right? They don't mean literal reading.
It is true that Trump does not like war, if war is organized state violence for achieving political goals.
Trump loves wanton murder, because he is a psychopath, and because it gives him sexual pleasure.
Trump loves wanton murder, because he is a psychopath, and because it gives him sexual pleasure.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It is true that Trump does not like war, if war is organized state violence for achieving political goals.
Trump loves wanton murder, because he is a psychopath, and because it gives him sexual pleasure.
Trump loves wanton murder, because he is a psychopath, and because it gives him sexual pleasure.
Nate Silver doesn't like the work ethic of Millennials.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Nate Silver doesn't like the work ethic of Millennials.
Bari Weiss presumably also enjoys choking women during sex.
Bari Weiss is putting Dave Portnoy on the CBS Sunday Morning Shows and not focusing on his history of sexual misconduct
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Bari Weiss presumably also enjoys choking women during sex.
The Senate majority leader does two things: counting and lying about the count.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Senate majority leader does two things: counting and lying about the count.
Normal people love being surprised every year by how much their medical insurance costs and whether the market is radically restructured. That's the kind of Russian roulette with five chambers loaded that they all voted for.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Normal people love being surprised every year by how much their medical insurance costs and whether the market is radically restructured. That's the kind of Russian roulette with five chambers loaded that they all voted for.
why won't he die
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
why won't he die
There may be reasons why loans secured by an asset that depreciates over 5 years in the tax code and has perhaps a 12-year useful life on average do not have 15-year terms, especially with the back-weighting of principal repayment on self-amortizing loans.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
There may be reasons why loans secured by an asset that depreciates over 5 years in the tax code and has perhaps a 12-year useful life on average do not have 15-year terms, especially with the back-weighting of principal repayment on self-amortizing loans.
We are being lorded over by a dying cloud of farts baffled by the concept of groceries.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We are being lorded over by a dying cloud of farts baffled by the concept of groceries.
We are going to have to water so many furrows.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We are going to have to water so many furrows.
You would have to threaten the life of my child to get me to act like this. I would not do it for a job or any amount of money.
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
You would have to threaten the life of my child to get me to act like this. I would not do it for a job or any amount of money.
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
$2 trillion in revenue over 9 months would be the largest tax increase in history outside of WWII and would seem to present a major question.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
$2 trillion in revenue over 9 months would be the largest tax increase in history outside of WWII and would seem to present a major question.
Tariffs raised $103 billion in revenue from American taxpayers in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.
That is about $300 per person.
That is about $300 per person.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tariffs raised $103 billion in revenue from American taxpayers in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.
That is about $300 per person.
That is about $300 per person.
Everyone hates the Democratic party because it is very obvious that Democratic leaders believe in nothing and are proud of it and smug about it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Everyone hates the Democratic party because it is very obvious that Democratic leaders believe in nothing and are proud of it and smug about it.
We'll have to have a little celebration when Rupert goes under. Just a little one.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We'll have to have a little celebration when Rupert goes under. Just a little one.
Huh, fuck the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Huh, fuck the BBC.
I, too, was afraid that Republicans would be rational and let Democrats get the subsidies extended past 2026.
Then I saw how the Republican party behaved over the past 40 days.
Then I saw how the Republican party behaved over the past 40 days.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I, too, was afraid that Republicans would be rational and let Democrats get the subsidies extended past 2026.
Then I saw how the Republican party behaved over the past 40 days.
Then I saw how the Republican party behaved over the past 40 days.
Democratic politicians divide the world into two spheres: material reality, regulated by facts, logic, and numbers, and imagination, ruled by text, narrative, and performance. They believe only the former really matters.
Most people, especially Republicans and the media, see no such division.
Most people, especially Republicans and the media, see no such division.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Democratic politicians divide the world into two spheres: material reality, regulated by facts, logic, and numbers, and imagination, ruled by text, narrative, and performance. They believe only the former really matters.
Most people, especially Republicans and the media, see no such division.
Most people, especially Republicans and the media, see no such division.
Expect the fascist repression to get a lot worse now.
Recall that the abductions to El Salvador began hours after Democrats surrendered the last time.
Recall that the abductions to El Salvador began hours after Democrats surrendered the last time.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Expect the fascist repression to get a lot worse now.
Recall that the abductions to El Salvador began hours after Democrats surrendered the last time.
Recall that the abductions to El Salvador began hours after Democrats surrendered the last time.
The most important, and only, Democratic victory is that the ACA subsidies are expiring.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The most important, and only, Democratic victory is that the ACA subsidies are expiring.
These folks coming off one list need to go on a different list.
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
These folks coming off one list need to go on a different list.
Weird that someone pardoned another batch of traitors as soon as the Democrats surrendered.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Weird that someone pardoned another batch of traitors as soon as the Democrats surrendered.