Chris Braunsdorf
@vslacks.bsky.social
I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round.
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Chris Braunsdorf
@vslacks.bsky.social
· Nov 29
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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Olivia Nuzzi: “We were not sleeping together. I mean, there was that time we fucked on a bear carcass, but we didn’t *sleep* there.”
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Olivia Nuzzi: “We were not sleeping together. I mean, there was that time we fucked on a bear carcass, but we didn’t *sleep* there.”
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All this goes to show that elections and public opinion still matter, even if the system is unstable. Trump is a lame duck with 40% approval. He's flagging, badly. The Democrats need to keep the pressure up. Midterms are less than a year away. Win there, and you have real levers of power. 5/5
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
All this goes to show that elections and public opinion still matter, even if the system is unstable. Trump is a lame duck with 40% approval. He's flagging, badly. The Democrats need to keep the pressure up. Midterms are less than a year away. Win there, and you have real levers of power. 5/5
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Put Chris back in Christmas.
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Put Chris back in Christmas.
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Texas A&M is no longer a "university". It's a Vacation Bible School with a football team and parking problems.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Texas A&M is no longer a "university". It's a Vacation Bible School with a football team and parking problems.
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There's no problem Vance won't blame on immigrants, even if he has to invent the problem himself.
A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that.
Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.
A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that.
Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
There's no problem Vance won't blame on immigrants, even if he has to invent the problem himself.
A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that.
Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.
A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that.
Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.
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There is no way to fix our politics that doesn't involve a lot of powerful people going to prison.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
There is no way to fix our politics that doesn't involve a lot of powerful people going to prison.
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I think Republican leaders should study what has happened throughout the last century or two of international history when a populace with this kind of inequity rubbed in its face day after day, year after year, finally snaps. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I think Republican leaders should study what has happened throughout the last century or two of international history when a populace with this kind of inequity rubbed in its face day after day, year after year, finally snaps. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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these emails are certainly displaying "how do you do, fellow pedophiles" levels of subtlety
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
these emails are certainly displaying "how do you do, fellow pedophiles" levels of subtlety
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The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.
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It is an absolute moral failing that the American public elected this man. How is this man still in the White House?
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It is an absolute moral failing that the American public elected this man. How is this man still in the White House?
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Beards: something no American warriors have sported while decimating an enemy.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Beards: something no American warriors have sported while decimating an enemy.
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Democrats should not “wait until after” anything to have these internal fights. This is the argument the establishment makes to keep control of the party and continue fucking up. We need an internal fight to oust the quislings and elevate the people who give a shit and who know how to fight.
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Democrats should not “wait until after” anything to have these internal fights. This is the argument the establishment makes to keep control of the party and continue fucking up. We need an internal fight to oust the quislings and elevate the people who give a shit and who know how to fight.
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So many people are going to suffer and die due to not being able to afford health insurance in January. Our representatives are mostly rich and have excellent government funded health care so they will never understand choosing between food and medicine.
I no longer believe Democrats even care.
I no longer believe Democrats even care.
reprehensible to me that regular citizens putting their bodies on the line to protest ICE abductions are showing more courage every day than our elected officials.
Any democratic senator not calling for Schumer to step down is complicit. And we will replace them all with people willing to fight
Any democratic senator not calling for Schumer to step down is complicit. And we will replace them all with people willing to fight
Democrats seem to think the pivoting to the center makes them most electable but all it does it piss *everyone* off.
Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So many people are going to suffer and die due to not being able to afford health insurance in January. Our representatives are mostly rich and have excellent government funded health care so they will never understand choosing between food and medicine.
I no longer believe Democrats even care.
I no longer believe Democrats even care.
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You can tell that Senate Democrats know they made an awesome deal because they sprang it on us on a Sunday afternoon and then raced it through that same night.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
You can tell that Senate Democrats know they made an awesome deal because they sprang it on us on a Sunday afternoon and then raced it through that same night.
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Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Dear god.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dear god.
Pay the people…so they can pay the insurance companies?
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Pay the people…so they can pay the insurance companies?
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There isn't a single goddamn chocolate brownie alive that wouldn't be made better with nuts
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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The housing bubble and financial crisis was driven by multiple interconnected industries, and tons of voluntary participants at various levels.
The AI industry is centered on a handful of companies, with a few prominent very rich leaders who openly meddle in politics.
A backlash could be severe.
The AI industry is centered on a handful of companies, with a few prominent very rich leaders who openly meddle in politics.
A backlash could be severe.
I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The housing bubble and financial crisis was driven by multiple interconnected industries, and tons of voluntary participants at various levels.
The AI industry is centered on a handful of companies, with a few prominent very rich leaders who openly meddle in politics.
A backlash could be severe.
The AI industry is centered on a handful of companies, with a few prominent very rich leaders who openly meddle in politics.
A backlash could be severe.
Vive la révolution, Bill Kristol!
“You don’t have to be a wild-eyed leftist to think all of this has a pre-French Revolution vibe. It feels like a “let them eat cake” moment—and that’s to say nothing about the Trumpist kleptocracy that competes every day for headlines with our Muskian plutocracy.”
“You don’t have to be a wild-eyed leftist to think all of this has a pre-French Revolution vibe. It feels like a “let them eat cake” moment—and that’s to say nothing about the Trumpist kleptocracy that competes every day for headlines with our Muskian plutocracy.”
Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake
Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.
www.thebulwark.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Vive la révolution, Bill Kristol!
“You don’t have to be a wild-eyed leftist to think all of this has a pre-French Revolution vibe. It feels like a “let them eat cake” moment—and that’s to say nothing about the Trumpist kleptocracy that competes every day for headlines with our Muskian plutocracy.”
“You don’t have to be a wild-eyed leftist to think all of this has a pre-French Revolution vibe. It feels like a “let them eat cake” moment—and that’s to say nothing about the Trumpist kleptocracy that competes every day for headlines with our Muskian plutocracy.”