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Warmongering Democrats are really showing themselves with this one, from WaPo to Josh Gottheimer.
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Warmongering Democrats are really showing themselves with this one, from WaPo to Josh Gottheimer.
I agree, but since 2015 the gatekeepers in Republican politics are mostly the loudest and proudest racists. It’s not the ones who make some jokes at a lunch table in passing it’s the ones who make racism their career project.
January 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I agree, but since 2015 the gatekeepers in Republican politics are mostly the loudest and proudest racists. It’s not the ones who make some jokes at a lunch table in passing it’s the ones who make racism their career project.
I think anyone standing up to ICE deserves some recognition, so more power to her
December 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think anyone standing up to ICE deserves some recognition, so more power to her
It’s not the dunk you think it is to show he lost by ~600 votes in a very competitive 3 way race.
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media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It’s not the dunk you think it is to show he lost by ~600 votes in a very competitive 3 way race.
Ironically, this is very effective campaigning because IL-9 is a safe-blue seat.
If you can’t differentiate yourself on policy, this makes for great earned media even if the charity work isn’t the most effective resource allocation.
If you can’t differentiate yourself on policy, this makes for great earned media even if the charity work isn’t the most effective resource allocation.
December 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ironically, this is very effective campaigning because IL-9 is a safe-blue seat.
If you can’t differentiate yourself on policy, this makes for great earned media even if the charity work isn’t the most effective resource allocation.
If you can’t differentiate yourself on policy, this makes for great earned media even if the charity work isn’t the most effective resource allocation.
Kat Abughazaleh is running in a safe seat, where the Dem primary will effectively decide the House race.
December 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Kat Abughazaleh is running in a safe seat, where the Dem primary will effectively decide the House race.
Unfortunately, 4chan and kiwi farms have infected online etiquette past the point that moderation can functionally solve.
The solution is just to block and/or dunk on the trolls. You can’t have a systemic solution to people being mean.
The solution is just to block and/or dunk on the trolls. You can’t have a systemic solution to people being mean.
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Unfortunately, 4chan and kiwi farms have infected online etiquette past the point that moderation can functionally solve.
The solution is just to block and/or dunk on the trolls. You can’t have a systemic solution to people being mean.
The solution is just to block and/or dunk on the trolls. You can’t have a systemic solution to people being mean.
I get the issue that Stancil and EAII are highlighting, but moderating the haters away will create more problems than it’s worth imo.
Social media is a mean place. We will never get back to what I understand to be ‘2000s forum culture’ at the scale of Twitter or Facebook.
Social media is a mean place. We will never get back to what I understand to be ‘2000s forum culture’ at the scale of Twitter or Facebook.
December 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I get the issue that Stancil and EAII are highlighting, but moderating the haters away will create more problems than it’s worth imo.
Social media is a mean place. We will never get back to what I understand to be ‘2000s forum culture’ at the scale of Twitter or Facebook.
Social media is a mean place. We will never get back to what I understand to be ‘2000s forum culture’ at the scale of Twitter or Facebook.
He's also at a disadvantage for being a Hindu of Indian descent. A sizeable plurality of MAGA is just openly racist toward Patel and they make no effort to hide it.
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
He's also at a disadvantage for being a Hindu of Indian descent. A sizeable plurality of MAGA is just openly racist toward Patel and they make no effort to hide it.
Fuentes is a pseudo-intellectual manchild, so I understand the instinct to infantilize him.
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Fuentes is a pseudo-intellectual manchild, so I understand the instinct to infantilize him.
I wish anti-semitism was merely an issue of religious bigotry. But people find secular reasons to justify their irrational hatred of Jews all the time.
Likewise for Islamophobia, as Christian Arabs in America will tell you.
Likewise for Islamophobia, as Christian Arabs in America will tell you.
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I wish anti-semitism was merely an issue of religious bigotry. But people find secular reasons to justify their irrational hatred of Jews all the time.
Likewise for Islamophobia, as Christian Arabs in America will tell you.
Likewise for Islamophobia, as Christian Arabs in America will tell you.
Thank you for speaking up about mental healthcare access. I feel like this is an issue that is solely deployed by cynical defenders of the status quo who have no opposition to the gun lobby.
Coming from you, the message doesn't ring hollow for once.
Coming from you, the message doesn't ring hollow for once.
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thank you for speaking up about mental healthcare access. I feel like this is an issue that is solely deployed by cynical defenders of the status quo who have no opposition to the gun lobby.
Coming from you, the message doesn't ring hollow for once.
Coming from you, the message doesn't ring hollow for once.
I love when the right co-opts a phrase like “rootless cosmopolitan” that was explicitly created in tsarist Russia as an anti-Western slur, before being repopularized by Stalinists as an anti-Jew and pro-communist slur.
I can’t wait until MAGAs start calling each other gringos too.
I can’t wait until MAGAs start calling each other gringos too.
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I love when the right co-opts a phrase like “rootless cosmopolitan” that was explicitly created in tsarist Russia as an anti-Western slur, before being repopularized by Stalinists as an anti-Jew and pro-communist slur.
I can’t wait until MAGAs start calling each other gringos too.
I can’t wait until MAGAs start calling each other gringos too.
Trips for Hill staff concern me more, because that contributes to propagandizing a random Ed, Science, or Ag staffer who otherwise might not have incentive to look into the human rights issues.
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Trips for Hill staff concern me more, because that contributes to propagandizing a random Ed, Science, or Ag staffer who otherwise might not have incentive to look into the human rights issues.
Reposted
"Although AIPAC’s campaign and lobbying machine have attracted more critical attention, paid trips offer another way to provide policymakers with a curated perspective on America’s most controversial ally."
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
Inside the Israel lobby’s lesser-known tool for influencing Congress: free travel
This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.
mondoweiss.net
December 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"Although AIPAC’s campaign and lobbying machine have attracted more critical attention, paid trips offer another way to provide policymakers with a curated perspective on America’s most controversial ally."
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
Following in his dad's footsteps I see
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Following in his dad's footsteps I see
Fishback won't win the primary against the Trump endorsed Congressman. But he's a darling on Twitter and that says a lot about the activist/groyper energy on the right.
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Fishback won't win the primary against the Trump endorsed Congressman. But he's a darling on Twitter and that says a lot about the activist/groyper energy on the right.
Rufo's first co-authored book on deregulating and privatizing homelessness services did not go so well either. I guess being a free market evangelist is just as unfulfilling as being a Creationist. 🤷
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Rufo's first co-authored book on deregulating and privatizing homelessness services did not go so well either. I guess being a free market evangelist is just as unfulfilling as being a Creationist. 🤷
I'll defend Klein within his own framework. He doesn't want abortion to be a litmus test for dissuading otherwise electable candidates in competitive and red-leaning races.
Unfortunately there isn't a cadre of pro-life libs who fulfill most of my agenda just waiting to be allowed in the tent.
Unfortunately there isn't a cadre of pro-life libs who fulfill most of my agenda just waiting to be allowed in the tent.
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'll defend Klein within his own framework. He doesn't want abortion to be a litmus test for dissuading otherwise electable candidates in competitive and red-leaning races.
Unfortunately there isn't a cadre of pro-life libs who fulfill most of my agenda just waiting to be allowed in the tent.
Unfortunately there isn't a cadre of pro-life libs who fulfill most of my agenda just waiting to be allowed in the tent.
Preston-Sliwa 2028 voters
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Preston-Sliwa 2028 voters
I hope you're right about the ability to self-correct. I never stopped supporting progressive candidates/issues precisely because of people like Mark Fisher, Adolph Reed, and Michael Brooks sounding the alarm about cancel culture/wokeness. Their voices were too small of a minority for my liking.
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I hope you're right about the ability to self-correct. I never stopped supporting progressive candidates/issues precisely because of people like Mark Fisher, Adolph Reed, and Michael Brooks sounding the alarm about cancel culture/wokeness. Their voices were too small of a minority for my liking.
When I'm in college, can you really blame me for caring about issues on my campus?
I don't make this the focal point of discussion anywhere else, IRL or online, anymore because we have a fascist administration. But I was in college when these issue were being written about so yes I spoke up.
I don't make this the focal point of discussion anywhere else, IRL or online, anymore because we have a fascist administration. But I was in college when these issue were being written about so yes I spoke up.
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When I'm in college, can you really blame me for caring about issues on my campus?
I don't make this the focal point of discussion anywhere else, IRL or online, anymore because we have a fascist administration. But I was in college when these issue were being written about so yes I spoke up.
I don't make this the focal point of discussion anywhere else, IRL or online, anymore because we have a fascist administration. But I was in college when these issue were being written about so yes I spoke up.