August J. Pollak
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Your face is good. I am a Soos.
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I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
The Fani Willis bed shitting is the epitome of liberals acting like historical revisionism is an emotional support animal. I'm sorry, I don't accept this. No, I don't care that you have a doctor's note from the internet.
oh come on. we’re at the defend Fani Willis stage of coping?
There was no reason to remove Fani Willis
She had no conflict of interest
The fix is in in Georgia
She had no conflict of interest
The fix is in in Georgia
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Fani Willis bed shitting is the epitome of liberals acting like historical revisionism is an emotional support animal. I'm sorry, I don't accept this. No, I don't care that you have a doctor's note from the internet.
I don’t think our collective brains are prepared to handle three years of the new discourse insisting that Biden saying “we beat Medicare” in a nationally televised debate is now Olivia Nuzzi’s fault
Look I don't want to say you're a rube if you fell for the "Biden's incompetent" trope but it was clearly a con coming almost exclusively from bad faith actors and had almost zero solid evidentiary basis.
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I don’t think our collective brains are prepared to handle three years of the new discourse insisting that Biden saying “we beat Medicare” in a nationally televised debate is now Olivia Nuzzi’s fault
It’s actually wild when you think about how this was made by the same guy whose most famous movie was the one about the Jewish mice who escaped Russia because of the pogroms started by the heroine of this movie’s family
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It’s actually wild when you think about how this was made by the same guy whose most famous movie was the one about the Jewish mice who escaped Russia because of the pogroms started by the heroine of this movie’s family
Folks if we’re having this conversation, then it’s time to actually have this conversation, this is also the exact reaction you evoke when you use the word “skeets”
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Folks if we’re having this conversation, then it’s time to actually have this conversation, this is also the exact reaction you evoke when you use the word “skeets”
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he’s the creator of Flask. he’s literally the creator of Django. you dipshits he invented Zoop. better watch how you talk to the actual inventor of Peebo
Wow 80% bad-faith responses, and people lecturing the creator of Flask here and the creator of Django/datasette in the comments on why AI is useless for software engineering...
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
he’s the creator of Flask. he’s literally the creator of Django. you dipshits he invented Zoop. better watch how you talk to the actual inventor of Peebo
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
A casual reminder that these are the actual episode titles for May I Ask For One Final Thing, an anime that if you are not watching, then you're dumb
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A casual reminder that these are the actual episode titles for May I Ask For One Final Thing, an anime that if you are not watching, then you're dumb
JD Vance is objectively the least qualified vice president in modern American history, but at least he’s also unfathomably stupid
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
JD Vance is objectively the least qualified vice president in modern American history, but at least he’s also unfathomably stupid
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The Kamala Harris book is so excruciating
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Kamala Harris book is so excruciating
Your continuing reminder that "Trump is going to cancel elections and declare a military dictatorship" was never a rational belief because amongst all other reasons it requires the military to not actually hate him
SOUTHCOM is curbing holiday leave as it prepares for potential land strikes in Venezuela within the next 10–14 days, NewsNation reports.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Your continuing reminder that "Trump is going to cancel elections and declare a military dictatorship" was never a rational belief because amongst all other reasons it requires the military to not actually hate him
Okay but Republicans don't care because the point of all this isn't to actually punish anyone; it's to taint the very perception of prosecutions starting in 2029. They want to spend three years making federal investigations look vindictive and meaningless for when they all face them themselves.
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Okay but Republicans don't care because the point of all this isn't to actually punish anyone; it's to taint the very perception of prosecutions starting in 2029. They want to spend three years making federal investigations look vindictive and meaningless for when they all face them themselves.
A major sign of things getting dire in DC is when House members start breaking kayfabe like this. It's really, REALLY not fun to be a minority caucus member under a lame duck president. A cushy board seat or academic chairmanship sounds a LOT better and the race for the exits is obvious.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A major sign of things getting dire in DC is when House members start breaking kayfabe like this. It's really, REALLY not fun to be a minority caucus member under a lame duck president. A cushy board seat or academic chairmanship sounds a LOT better and the race for the exits is obvious.
One of the very annoying performative-outrage traps that has already been set for the next Democratic administration is they will almost certainly attempt to "restore" the Press Corps to its pre-Trump roster and the current one's immediate tantrum about it will be one for the history books
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One of the very annoying performative-outrage traps that has already been set for the next Democratic administration is they will almost certainly attempt to "restore" the Press Corps to its pre-Trump roster and the current one's immediate tantrum about it will be one for the history books
This is called having an eating disorder
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is called having an eating disorder
DOGE was not a failure. Its purpose was to use the completely fabricated claim of “efficiency” to irreparably annihilate vast amounts of federal government infrastructure, which it did instantly, violently, and in ways we will not see the full repair of in our lifetimes.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
DOGE was not a failure. Its purpose was to use the completely fabricated claim of “efficiency” to irreparably annihilate vast amounts of federal government infrastructure, which it did instantly, violently, and in ways we will not see the full repair of in our lifetimes.
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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I love hearing news the church that kicked me out for being lesbian is getting into controversies bc their pastors are either predators or committing adultery…
Meanwhile I design both Heaven and Hell now for the number 1 show on Prime 🥰 I wish them a horrible life ✌🏻
Meanwhile I design both Heaven and Hell now for the number 1 show on Prime 🥰 I wish them a horrible life ✌🏻
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I love hearing news the church that kicked me out for being lesbian is getting into controversies bc their pastors are either predators or committing adultery…
Meanwhile I design both Heaven and Hell now for the number 1 show on Prime 🥰 I wish them a horrible life ✌🏻
Meanwhile I design both Heaven and Hell now for the number 1 show on Prime 🥰 I wish them a horrible life ✌🏻
It’s quite telling how the American right has basically achieved nearly everything in their wildest dreams through Trump’s presidencies but “the wheels are falling off” this unmitigated generational victory because he showed civility to an ideological opponent
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It’s quite telling how the American right has basically achieved nearly everything in their wildest dreams through Trump’s presidencies but “the wheels are falling off” this unmitigated generational victory because he showed civility to an ideological opponent
Oh no I’m at the farmers market being overstimulated
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Oh no I’m at the farmers market being overstimulated
Trump just gave a stronger endorsement of Zohran Mamdani than Chuck Schumer did.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trump just gave a stronger endorsement of Zohran Mamdani than Chuck Schumer did.
This is of course one of the most glaring examples on how surrendering for a vote on ACA was peak Democrat stupidity. The vote will fail but Democrats generously provided Collins another out for that precious, precious Sensible Moderate™️ cred.
Cygnal poll: ME Senate race at 49% generic Dem, 41% Collins. If she votes for ACA subsidies, race tightens to 45% Dem, 43% Collins, which is within the poll's 4-pt margin of error. #mepolitics www.newsweek.com/susan-collin...
Susan Collins gets new warning signs in Maine poll
Collins' positioning on Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits could be critical to her reelection next November, the poll found.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is of course one of the most glaring examples on how surrendering for a vote on ACA was peak Democrat stupidity. The vote will fail but Democrats generously provided Collins another out for that precious, precious Sensible Moderate™️ cred.
The Press Secretary’s job is literally to spin and promote the president’s agenda and Leavitt being a horrible person with a horrible boss is completely irrelevant to the objective fact that she is better at that job than Jean-Pierre was.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Press Secretary’s job is literally to spin and promote the president’s agenda and Leavitt being a horrible person with a horrible boss is completely irrelevant to the objective fact that she is better at that job than Jean-Pierre was.
I’ve made this point before but the biggest luxury item consumed by the median American voter is racism. It’s the thing they most enjoy when they have nothing else to care about and whenever the economy goes to shit it’s the first thing they let go of to tighten their budgets.
I can’t be the only one that doesn’t give a shit about “illegal immigration” (dubious as that term is). Insofar in that it’s an issue to be addressed beyond - we should help people who want to come to America for a better life. The whole premise on immigration from the right is complete nonsense
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’ve made this point before but the biggest luxury item consumed by the median American voter is racism. It’s the thing they most enjoy when they have nothing else to care about and whenever the economy goes to shit it’s the first thing they let go of to tighten their budgets.