Aozora
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“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
-LBJ
-LBJ
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"You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? They're racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic – you name it. And unfortunately, there are people like that. And he has lifted them up." -HRC
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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4% of the US population is 13.8 million. Also most estimates of Obamacare users are at least double that.
December 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
4% of the US population is 13.8 million. Also most estimates of Obamacare users are at least double that.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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I feel the need to draw some attention to this. www.instagram.com/reel/DSNw268...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I feel the need to draw some attention to this. www.instagram.com/reel/DSNw268...
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Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
The richest man on the planet has a pinned tweet that's just straight up white nationalism. I can't say I miss Twitter!
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
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Fiddler on the roof, but with ICE agents playing the part of Cossacks. I know people think of Fiddler as a heartwarming story about a funny man doing Ya-ba-dibba-dibbas, but it's literally about pogroms like this
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fiddler on the roof, but with ICE agents playing the part of Cossacks. I know people think of Fiddler as a heartwarming story about a funny man doing Ya-ba-dibba-dibbas, but it's literally about pogroms like this
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Armed ICE agents trapped U.S. citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers.
Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Every single person was a U.S. citizen.
Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Every single person was a U.S. citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped U.S. citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers.
Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Every single person was a U.S. citizen.
Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Every single person was a U.S. citizen.
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i’ll add that what substantively seems to annoy silver is the existence of people with principles
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
i’ll add that what substantively seems to annoy silver is the existence of people with principles
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
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""merit is apparently tossed aside for woke ideology.""
So they're suing the 49ers, the team that benched Colin Kaepernick for excessive wokeness.
Make it make sense.
So they're suing the 49ers, the team that benched Colin Kaepernick for excessive wokeness.
Make it make sense.
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
""merit is apparently tossed aside for woke ideology.""
So they're suing the 49ers, the team that benched Colin Kaepernick for excessive wokeness.
Make it make sense.
So they're suing the 49ers, the team that benched Colin Kaepernick for excessive wokeness.
Make it make sense.
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I think there's not enough focus given to the fact that he's demanding US citizens carry immigration papers.
The majority of citizens aren't immigrants, and thus don't have immigration papers.
The majority of citizens aren't immigrants, and thus don't have immigration papers.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I think there's not enough focus given to the fact that he's demanding US citizens carry immigration papers.
The majority of citizens aren't immigrants, and thus don't have immigration papers.
The majority of citizens aren't immigrants, and thus don't have immigration papers.
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When you can’t say “sorry we capitulated to bigots” because you’re afraid the bigots might hear you, so you just throw some glitter around and hope for the best.
The chain unveiled its first-ever concept store in SoHo this week, adorned with stylish apparel, designer collaborations, and beauty products — all key areas that its incoming CEO hopes will revive its former "Tar-zhay" glory.
https://cnn.it/48W8CAk
https://cnn.it/48W8CAk
December 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When you can’t say “sorry we capitulated to bigots” because you’re afraid the bigots might hear you, so you just throw some glitter around and hope for the best.
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Working on a piece about how 2025 is the year all MAGA's accusations about indoctrination in public schools became confessions via their state and federal education initiatives.
Wow, there's a lot.
Wow, there's a lot.
December 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Working on a piece about how 2025 is the year all MAGA's accusations about indoctrination in public schools became confessions via their state and federal education initiatives.
Wow, there's a lot.
Wow, there's a lot.
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AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
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It's remarkable how perfectly this awful story is similar to The Dreyfuss Affair, from the banishment to a cruel tropical prison to the world's worst and stupidest people refusing to let it go even for decades after he was freed.
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's remarkable how perfectly this awful story is similar to The Dreyfuss Affair, from the banishment to a cruel tropical prison to the world's worst and stupidest people refusing to let it go even for decades after he was freed.
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
Barron Trump's ties to accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate exposed in NYT report
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
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I am today issuing a full and unconditional Pardon to the great HAMILTON B. URGLAR, a Patriot who has been relentlessly attacked by the Radical Left for as "The Hamburglar" just because of all of the many hamburgers he stole. Thank your for your attention to this matter! Robble Robble
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I am today issuing a full and unconditional Pardon to the great HAMILTON B. URGLAR, a Patriot who has been relentlessly attacked by the Radical Left for as "The Hamburglar" just because of all of the many hamburgers he stole. Thank your for your attention to this matter! Robble Robble
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Reuters: The deployment of troops to cities around the US has cost more than $340 million, Sen. Tammy Duckworth said, highlighting the expense of Trump's use of the military in the Democratic-led cities.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Reuters: The deployment of troops to cities around the US has cost more than $340 million, Sen. Tammy Duckworth said, highlighting the expense of Trump's use of the military in the Democratic-led cities.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Stephen Miller said that the children of immigrants fail society.
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Stephen Miller said that the children of immigrants fail society.
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
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I mean, the Penn student newspaper isn't wrong, but www.instagram.com/p/DSH1X4EDwP...
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I mean, the Penn student newspaper isn't wrong, but www.instagram.com/p/DSH1X4EDwP...
It sure seems like there are a lot of people who don't understand how this works... at all.
You can't impeach without a majority.
Dems don't have a majority.
Thus, you can't just impeach the bastard without winning over some GOP votes.
Where are those votes?
You can't impeach without a majority.
Dems don't have a majority.
Thus, you can't just impeach the bastard without winning over some GOP votes.
Where are those votes?
God damn these f****** losers just can't do the easy right thing.
What is to be lost here?
What conceivable problem is there behind just f****** impeaching the bastard?
People get so mad when I say that Democrats are a conservative center right party but....
What is to be lost here?
What conceivable problem is there behind just f****** impeaching the bastard?
People get so mad when I say that Democrats are a conservative center right party but....
December 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It sure seems like there are a lot of people who don't understand how this works... at all.
You can't impeach without a majority.
Dems don't have a majority.
Thus, you can't just impeach the bastard without winning over some GOP votes.
Where are those votes?
You can't impeach without a majority.
Dems don't have a majority.
Thus, you can't just impeach the bastard without winning over some GOP votes.
Where are those votes?
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For a person making $65,000/yr, I’m pretty sure that 8-12 pct more in taxes is less than the ~$19,200/year they’re going to pay in insurance premiums next year.
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
For a person making $65,000/yr, I’m pretty sure that 8-12 pct more in taxes is less than the ~$19,200/year they’re going to pay in insurance premiums next year.