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"There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do."-- Terry Pratchett Small Gods
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I don't mean to start Discourse, but I'm sorry this is the stupidest thing I've read on LinkedIn in a hot minute. Someone clearly didn't go to the best GDC 2025 talk about Babygirls.
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There’s an essay here on the role of good design/typography in successful campaigns!
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Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs:

"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
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Vibe check: Here's how former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is reacting to the news.
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What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*

Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
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TIL the new Mayor-elect of New York City once did some organizing work in Houston.
Did Roberts get visited by the Ghost of Checks and Balances last night?
Roberts now going at the solicitor general like a cat with a wounded mouse. Keeps telling him that tariffs are taxes on the American people. "Who pays the tariffs??" Says Trump's argument would neutralize separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Incredible stuff.
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this is a more typical Bedia painting:
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Lovely page from a kids' book from 1952 (title unknown, I'm afraid). 'How to sleep though the Winter (Hibernate)'. Double points for the most annoyed/delighted lynx ever.
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“It’s becoming clearer to me that the government is attempting to lay a foundation for dissenting political beliefs as grounds for terrorism.

And people like Ya’akub — non-white, non-Christian — have been made its primary examples.”
Is it printed on paper?!
It’s like they wake up every day and ask themselves “how can we make this place look even cheaper and tackier and less historic?”
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The US whooping cough outbreak continues to snowball in Texas, with cases 4x higher than last year.

Texas was also the location where the U.S. measles outbreak took hold, and like many states is seeing a rise in vaccine exemptions.

But Texans for Vaccine Choice say “fears are overblown”.
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Brand new data:

Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).

These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.

Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
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Local news reporting that *checks notes* raising wages reduces crime? And many people are willing to pay higher taxes for universal healthcare? I live in Oklahoma. This is HUGE.
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We could do with some good guys v bad guys films, 'Where Eagles Dare' or 'Guns of Navarone' style, set in the US civil war.
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He's got other stuff to do, I am sure
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Meanwhile in texas we added a bunch of dumb amendments to the state constitution preventing tax raises on rich people and banning non citizen voting, a thing that is already illegal
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#RecipeOfTheDay is just right for Bonfire Night, which is rather old-fashioned of me, I know, since it seems that it’s been swallowed up by Halloween these days. Still, this Fresh Gingerbread with Lemon Icing is gorgeous whether you’re waving sparklers or not tonight! www.nigella.com/recipes/fres...
Fresh Gingerbread With Lemon Icing
I’ve been making this gingerbread since the turn of the century — it was one of my go-to recipes for the countless bake sales at my children’s schools when they were little — and my love for it never ...
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Sobering news for a lot of top Democrats, tonight, as they realize people would prefer they actually fucking do something.
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Kind of need to see a breakdown about what happens in the Texas gerrymandered districts if the voters swing 6 or 7 points to the left.
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Long day ahead. Shutting it down for the night. Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
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BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate!

In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
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Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.

But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.

You can’t negotiate with people like that.