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I genuinely think none of this gets solved until we stop electing people who think in terms of "acceptable loss" and not in terms of "people"
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I genuinely think none of this gets solved until we stop electing people who think in terms of "acceptable loss" and not in terms of "people"
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“everything is gay except violent misogyny” is so scary to me honestly
"Everything straight is actually gay" is my favourite kind of ragebait posts by these morons.
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
“everything is gay except violent misogyny” is so scary to me honestly
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Citizenship Ceremonies Canceled 😲
“Officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Citizenship Ceremonies Canceled 😲
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All I’m saying is that correctional officers turned ICE couldn’t find a different job because they’re not the brightest bulbs.
Guess why this Avelo ICE plane had to return to the gate, according to a source at Avelo.
Ready?
Because a smoke alarm went off as they were taxiing to the runway, and it was an ICE flight guard smoking in the lav.
Ready?
Because a smoke alarm went off as they were taxiing to the runway, and it was an ICE flight guard smoking in the lav.
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
All I’m saying is that correctional officers turned ICE couldn’t find a different job because they’re not the brightest bulbs.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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ICYMI: this is very obviously a crisis every bit as emergent - and indivisible from - climate breakdown.
The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons
Alan MacLeod tracks how billionaire media barons like Musk, Ellison, Bezos and Zuckerberg are capturing global news outlets and reshaping politics.
www.mintpressnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
ICYMI: this is very obviously a crisis every bit as emergent - and indivisible from - climate breakdown.
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From Amnesty International:
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
From Amnesty International:
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Caving to a bully invites more bullying, not respect.
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Caving to a bully invites more bullying, not respect.
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Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
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📄 NEW: American and European democracy share common fates, and Europe must take the lead now in pushing back against corporatist assaults if democracy is to survive on either continent.
america2.news/we-must-stan...
america2.news/we-must-stan...
We Must Stand Together: America and Europe Share a Common Fate
The transatlantic alliance between the United States and Europe is under full-on assault. But we must not abandon it, writes A2 Editor David Troy.
america2.news
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
📄 NEW: American and European democracy share common fates, and Europe must take the lead now in pushing back against corporatist assaults if democracy is to survive on either continent.
america2.news/we-must-stan...
america2.news/we-must-stan...
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
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The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?
How are we back here again?
In The New Republic, historian Holly Brewer compares the Court's decision to Godden v. Hales, a 1686 case affirming that James II was above the law – which was only repudiated when James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. newrepublic.com/article/1833...
March 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?
How are we back here again?
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I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
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Did Biden stop evil? Did he stop Trump from running again? Did he shut down ICE? Did he close Guantanamo Bay? Did he expand the Supreme Court? Did he replace the USPS board of governors to fire Dejoy? Did he stop Israel from committing genocide with US support?
December 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Did Biden stop evil? Did he stop Trump from running again? Did he shut down ICE? Did he close Guantanamo Bay? Did he expand the Supreme Court? Did he replace the USPS board of governors to fire Dejoy? Did he stop Israel from committing genocide with US support?
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MAGA gets mad at me when I criticize Trump for using the r-word. Bluesky gets mad when I criticize Crockett for calling Greg Abbott "Hot Wheels." Maybe, ableism is just bad?
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
MAGA gets mad at me when I criticize Trump for using the r-word. Bluesky gets mad when I criticize Crockett for calling Greg Abbott "Hot Wheels." Maybe, ableism is just bad?
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Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
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anyway it’s interesting to think about how like, in every era, we mostly understand popular thought based on who had access to written language that could be passed down, but there have always been these massive gaps between what the priest says and how you and your family live on your farm
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
anyway it’s interesting to think about how like, in every era, we mostly understand popular thought based on who had access to written language that could be passed down, but there have always been these massive gaps between what the priest says and how you and your family live on your farm
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One of my classics
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One of my classics
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Very few provisions on the Constitution have a meaning as readily and definitively discernible from text and history as the Citizenship Clause. All credible evidence leads to the same place. If self-proclaimed originalists can’t get this one right, they discredit the entire project of originalism.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Very few provisions on the Constitution have a meaning as readily and definitively discernible from text and history as the Citizenship Clause. All credible evidence leads to the same place. If self-proclaimed originalists can’t get this one right, they discredit the entire project of originalism.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
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There are two Omni aircraft underway right now that are likely long-range ICE removals. The other one left an ICE hub about 16 hours ahead of this one.
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
There are two Omni aircraft underway right now that are likely long-range ICE removals. The other one left an ICE hub about 16 hours ahead of this one.
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"Are you impressed by Richard Hanania?" has become a good litmus test.
Value debate over substance? Influenced by X? Have trouble with bad faith? Taken in by fancier words? Think showing you're open to toxic ideas makes you better than people who aren't?
Matt Yglesias, Jared Polis — any others?
Value debate over substance? Influenced by X? Have trouble with bad faith? Taken in by fancier words? Think showing you're open to toxic ideas makes you better than people who aren't?
Matt Yglesias, Jared Polis — any others?
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"Are you impressed by Richard Hanania?" has become a good litmus test.
Value debate over substance? Influenced by X? Have trouble with bad faith? Taken in by fancier words? Think showing you're open to toxic ideas makes you better than people who aren't?
Matt Yglesias, Jared Polis — any others?
Value debate over substance? Influenced by X? Have trouble with bad faith? Taken in by fancier words? Think showing you're open to toxic ideas makes you better than people who aren't?
Matt Yglesias, Jared Polis — any others?
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“Massport owes the Commonwealth information about these operations, and the fact that they lied…shows that they are afraid of public reaction”
lexobserver.org/2025/11/12/l...
lexobserver.org/2025/11/12/l...
Local activist catches Massport in ICE-related lie
Emails between Massport and an airfield operator at Hanscom show Massport has gotten advanced notice of ICE flights out of Hanscom. Massport has repeatedly denied getting such notice when asked.
lexobserver.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“Massport owes the Commonwealth information about these operations, and the fact that they lied…shows that they are afraid of public reaction”
lexobserver.org/2025/11/12/l...
lexobserver.org/2025/11/12/l...