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· Feb 7
It’s really jarring to realize that his ultimate ambition is almost complete- guaranteeing himself a generations-spanning place in the history books. 1/?
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My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
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When the Senate was debating the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, Senator Cowan of PA objected, worrying that it would grant citizenship to children of Chinese immigrants and of the Roma.
Senator Conness of California responded that of course it would!
Senator Conness of California responded that of course it would!
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When the Senate was debating the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, Senator Cowan of PA objected, worrying that it would grant citizenship to children of Chinese immigrants and of the Roma.
Senator Conness of California responded that of course it would!
Senator Conness of California responded that of course it would!
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Jesus healed someone he wasn't supposed to. Therefore it's okay to murder people you're not supposed to. Solid grasp of faith, literacy, and logic we've got here
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Jesus healed someone he wasn't supposed to. Therefore it's okay to murder people you're not supposed to. Solid grasp of faith, literacy, and logic we've got here
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I have great news!
A Note From The Circus: The People Say No
The People are Sovereign!
www.notesfromthecircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I have great news!
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Commit this to memory: those who place themselves above the law's reach are beyond the law's protection
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Commit this to memory: those who place themselves above the law's reach are beyond the law's protection
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“To be an American is not to be someone, but to believe in something.”
"There has been some talk recently that we aren’t and shouldn’t be a creedal nation.... I reject this position as passionately as I can."
Gordon Wood responds to JD Vance without mentioning him by name
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Gordon Wood responds to JD Vance without mentioning him by name
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Opinion | Why America Is a ‘Creedal Nation’
The distinguished historian says the U.S. isn’t like other nations and never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back up the state.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“To be an American is not to be someone, but to believe in something.”
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Do Trump backers ask themselves why he moved a convicted child sex trafficker to a nicer prison where she gets custom meals and a comfort dog? What’s their theory for why he’s doing that, other than to get her to cover up his role in the Epstein scandal? Do they think it’s OK to rape children?
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Do Trump backers ask themselves why he moved a convicted child sex trafficker to a nicer prison where she gets custom meals and a comfort dog? What’s their theory for why he’s doing that, other than to get her to cover up his role in the Epstein scandal? Do they think it’s OK to rape children?
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He turned that location feature off but folk saw so much.
Massively large pro Trump accounts are from all over globe. These are the accounts folk be arguing with over there.
Also “Strand Junker” “Andrea Strand” has an account here that a lot of folk follow. It’s in Germany, & a pos
Massively large pro Trump accounts are from all over globe. These are the accounts folk be arguing with over there.
Also “Strand Junker” “Andrea Strand” has an account here that a lot of folk follow. It’s in Germany, & a pos
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
He turned that location feature off but folk saw so much.
Massively large pro Trump accounts are from all over globe. These are the accounts folk be arguing with over there.
Also “Strand Junker” “Andrea Strand” has an account here that a lot of folk follow. It’s in Germany, & a pos
Massively large pro Trump accounts are from all over globe. These are the accounts folk be arguing with over there.
Also “Strand Junker” “Andrea Strand” has an account here that a lot of folk follow. It’s in Germany, & a pos
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Here's my promised thread of threads on every episode of "Death by Lightning." Again, it's totally legit to diverge from history to craft this satisfying (and manageable) show. I'm simply providing the real historical context, as best I can. Plus a final thought at the end.
bsky.app/profile/tj-s...
bsky.app/profile/tj-s...
Just watched ep. 1 of “Death by Lightning.” For a screen adaptation, great job. Superb casting.
The problem: Everyone’s white. Black delegates played a big role in GOP conventions. There were still Black congressmen! Hollywood is bad with Black people in history with power & their own interests.
The problem: Everyone’s white. Black delegates played a big role in GOP conventions. There were still Black congressmen! Hollywood is bad with Black people in history with power & their own interests.
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here's my promised thread of threads on every episode of "Death by Lightning." Again, it's totally legit to diverge from history to craft this satisfying (and manageable) show. I'm simply providing the real historical context, as best I can. Plus a final thought at the end.
bsky.app/profile/tj-s...
bsky.app/profile/tj-s...
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Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
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I *think* the attempt to speedrun authoritarianism has failed. The new acute danger is greater political violence (Trump calling for hangings, etc). But the concerted danger is down the line, when MAGA realizes the bill for all this corruption will come due. www.offmessage.net/p/maga-disar...
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption
They'd bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.
www.offmessage.net
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I *think* the attempt to speedrun authoritarianism has failed. The new acute danger is greater political violence (Trump calling for hangings, etc). But the concerted danger is down the line, when MAGA realizes the bill for all this corruption will come due. www.offmessage.net/p/maga-disar...
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I have a friend who, in the wake of Clinton/Lewinsky, used to talk about how the world was going to hell and predict that because of declining moral standards, soon pedo stuff would be legal.
The monkey’s paw curled. Bet he never thought he’d be voting for the “grass on the field, play ball” party
The monkey’s paw curled. Bet he never thought he’d be voting for the “grass on the field, play ball” party
Holy shit. They're really doing it. They're doing "actually pedophilia is good now." The debasement of the American Right is complete.
MEGYN KELLY IS RIGHT ABOUT EPSTEIN - Catholic League
Bill Donohue
www.catholicleague.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have a friend who, in the wake of Clinton/Lewinsky, used to talk about how the world was going to hell and predict that because of declining moral standards, soon pedo stuff would be legal.
The monkey’s paw curled. Bet he never thought he’d be voting for the “grass on the field, play ball” party
The monkey’s paw curled. Bet he never thought he’d be voting for the “grass on the field, play ball” party
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
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1. Will Bunch’s recent column in the Philadelphia Inquirer has stayed with me, because it weaves various threads of history and politics into a clear and compelling tapestry with which ordinary people can act.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
From autism to beards, the Trump regime wages war on ‘the different’ | Will Bunch
The Trump regime's disturbing views on everything from autism to transgender people have a scary "master race" vibe.
www.inquirer.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
1. Will Bunch’s recent column in the Philadelphia Inquirer has stayed with me, because it weaves various threads of history and politics into a clear and compelling tapestry with which ordinary people can act.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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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 5:28 AM
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...
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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bad satire might as well be a.i. slop these days
it's not helping
it's not helping
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
bad satire might as well be a.i. slop these days
it's not helping
it's not helping
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Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Look, I love The Diplomat. But I have to think that (*spoiler alert*)
the average American would be like, why are the vice president and his wife, who 90% of us had never heard of 6 months ago and none of us voted for, all of a sudden the main characters of America?
the average American would be like, why are the vice president and his wife, who 90% of us had never heard of 6 months ago and none of us voted for, all of a sudden the main characters of America?
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Look, I love The Diplomat. But I have to think that (*spoiler alert*)
the average American would be like, why are the vice president and his wife, who 90% of us had never heard of 6 months ago and none of us voted for, all of a sudden the main characters of America?
the average American would be like, why are the vice president and his wife, who 90% of us had never heard of 6 months ago and none of us voted for, all of a sudden the main characters of America?
Why should I believe any of those bastards actually give a shit about abortion (beyond controlling women) if they quite literally don’t care at all about actual living children?
I have never wanted hell to be real before
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Why should I believe any of those bastards actually give a shit about abortion (beyond controlling women) if they quite literally don’t care at all about actual living children?
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Yup. It turns out massively destabilizing trade in and out of the country is bad for people importing to build factories in order to export stuff.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Domestic manufacturing rose sharply under Biden and is falling under Trump
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yup. It turns out massively destabilizing trade in and out of the country is bad for people importing to build factories in order to export stuff.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
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