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Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus
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again man these people don't like trump because they have similar aesthetic tastes
they want to see certain people hurt
he promises to hurt those people
they want to see certain people hurt
he promises to hurt those people
The educated liberal big city US folks outraged at Trump's renovation of Lincoln bathroom really need to scroll some Facebook of their less established relatives and friends to see what kind of aesthetic resonates with Trump's target audience.
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
again man these people don't like trump because they have similar aesthetic tastes
they want to see certain people hurt
he promises to hurt those people
they want to see certain people hurt
he promises to hurt those people
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Second, the discussion focuses entirely on communicating a message of economic populism via cultural semiotics and social identities, when to my mind a more effective message would be the idea of a fair shake for everyone, both domestically but also globally.
That goes far beyond whether Democratic candidates can come across as authentic wearing plaid flannel shirts and cowboy boots. It has to do with a two- and three-tiered global order that is in itself unsustainable.
Until we come to terms with that, the rest is just anecdotal details.
Until we come to terms with that, the rest is just anecdotal details.
October 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Second, the discussion focuses entirely on communicating a message of economic populism via cultural semiotics and social identities, when to my mind a more effective message would be the idea of a fair shake for everyone, both domestically but also globally.
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Once saw a man by the river doing a sort of Mortal Kombat stance, squaring up to a massive hissing swan & he kept shouting “I won’t fucking back down pal” at it, as it advanced on him, wings outstretched like a terrible, vengeful angel & sometimes it seems like that is basically the entire world now
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Once saw a man by the river doing a sort of Mortal Kombat stance, squaring up to a massive hissing swan & he kept shouting “I won’t fucking back down pal” at it, as it advanced on him, wings outstretched like a terrible, vengeful angel & sometimes it seems like that is basically the entire world now
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"I hope your beeper doesn't go off."
A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.
A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"I hope your beeper doesn't go off."
A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.
A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.
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The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
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At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
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Silence is consent.
I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Silence is consent.
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"What are you going to do, shoot me? I would die for this shit."
Until congress responds with the rage, fear, and courage of this man, they are letting me down and they are letting you down.
Until congress responds with the rage, fear, and courage of this man, they are letting me down and they are letting you down.
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
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Source:
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October 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"What are you going to do, shoot me? I would die for this shit."
Until congress responds with the rage, fear, and courage of this man, they are letting me down and they are letting you down.
Until congress responds with the rage, fear, and courage of this man, they are letting me down and they are letting you down.
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Conservatives in both parties are addicted to voting for the people who killed their friends and loved ones with covid
I mean what do you even say. Ideology trumps material reality every day of the week.
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Conservatives in both parties are addicted to voting for the people who killed their friends and loved ones with covid
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i will die on the hill that vaccine public policy should be built on two pillars
1. the loving embrace of stimulus
2. The brutal weight of the modern state for non compliance
1. the loving embrace of stimulus
2. The brutal weight of the modern state for non compliance
It’s getting increasingly harder to convince anti-vaxxers bc it is no longer about science & evidence. It is about identify & belonging.
It’s not just accepting a vaccine, it’s about leaving behind their sense of self & community. It’s about security. This is why throwing data will never work.
It’s not just accepting a vaccine, it’s about leaving behind their sense of self & community. It’s about security. This is why throwing data will never work.
October 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
i will die on the hill that vaccine public policy should be built on two pillars
1. the loving embrace of stimulus
2. The brutal weight of the modern state for non compliance
1. the loving embrace of stimulus
2. The brutal weight of the modern state for non compliance
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ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
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I feel like you can polarize pretty much anyone against this technology with five minutes and a good prompt
"you can make a video of me saying WHAT"
"you can make a video of me saying WHAT"
Users of OpenAI's Sora 2 have found clever ways to subvert its controls on hate speech, generating videos in which Mark Cuban, Jake Paul, and Sam Altman appear to shout the N-word. Meanwhile, streamer IShowSpeed was aggravated to see countless Sora-generated clips of himself coming out as gay:
OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs
OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.
www.rollingstone.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I feel like you can polarize pretty much anyone against this technology with five minutes and a good prompt
"you can make a video of me saying WHAT"
"you can make a video of me saying WHAT"
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15 years ago we became enamored with stories that never really materialized. we were promised incredible progress. what we got was a 1.2% increase in total factor productivity and ~75 autocratic billionaires driving themselves fucking insane via group chats
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
15 years ago we became enamored with stories that never really materialized. we were promised incredible progress. what we got was a 1.2% increase in total factor productivity and ~75 autocratic billionaires driving themselves fucking insane via group chats
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does anyone seriously dispute at this point that Hakeem Jeffries is personally voting for Andrew Cuomo and probably privately telling others to do the same
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
does anyone seriously dispute at this point that Hakeem Jeffries is personally voting for Andrew Cuomo and probably privately telling others to do the same
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the American century of humiliation is in full swing
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
the American century of humiliation is in full swing
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Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
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A mutual on the other site just pointed out something re: criticism of No Kings/50501 from the left, and that it's most of them simply do not understand that Democratic party leadership and the base Democratic voters are not remotely the same thing
October 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A mutual on the other site just pointed out something re: criticism of No Kings/50501 from the left, and that it's most of them simply do not understand that Democratic party leadership and the base Democratic voters are not remotely the same thing
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good
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
good
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Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
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Zohran Mamdani is a trained performer who has an extremely disciplined and laser-focused ability to recite on-message talking points in response to any question, and yet voters overwhelming praise him as being especially "authentic" compared to other politicians. There's a lesson here!
October 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Zohran Mamdani is a trained performer who has an extremely disciplined and laser-focused ability to recite on-message talking points in response to any question, and yet voters overwhelming praise him as being especially "authentic" compared to other politicians. There's a lesson here!
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Unlike Trump, I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care.
I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.
I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.
October 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Unlike Trump, I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care.
I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.
I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.
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Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
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My read is that fascists in the Trump Admin had Portland central to their martial law plan — 100% confident they could poke us & get visuals they wanted — and we, incredibly, have denied it to them in the funniest way possible.
It’s honestly an incredible achievement. So proud of Portlanders.
It’s honestly an incredible achievement. So proud of Portlanders.
Okay, so I am 100% for animal costumes, dancing, music, or whatever other way people want to protest against ICE, Trump, fascism, or similar.
I think saying that it's "effective" because people dunking online makes me wonder what the fuck people think the end goal of it is.
I think saying that it's "effective" because people dunking online makes me wonder what the fuck people think the end goal of it is.
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My read is that fascists in the Trump Admin had Portland central to their martial law plan — 100% confident they could poke us & get visuals they wanted — and we, incredibly, have denied it to them in the funniest way possible.
It’s honestly an incredible achievement. So proud of Portlanders.
It’s honestly an incredible achievement. So proud of Portlanders.
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a real water is wet scenario here
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
a real water is wet scenario here