Governor McCheese
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Gay Gen-X guy living in Chicago. I wanted to be a Muppeteer. In no one’s starter pack. AI is theft. DEVO was right.
REPUBLICANS COULD STOP THIS AT ANY TIME
REPUBLICANS COULD STOP THIS AT ANY TIME
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Look, Democrats have no power (voters saw to that), and there is no single bucket of water Dems can thrown on Trump to make him melt away. We are stuck with this, and as much as it sucks, all we have is harm reduction for now.
It's not satisfying, and it's not fast, but it's what we got.
It's not satisfying, and it's not fast, but it's what we got.
I think I'm done with this place for a while. I just can't tolerate the Do Somethings who couldn't bother to do the one thing they could do to stop all of this.
January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I think I'm done with this place for a while. I just can't tolerate the Do Somethings who couldn't bother to do the one thing they could do to stop all of this.
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This is what the majority of white Americans wanted though.
Georgia mother on the impact of rising health care costs:
"I'm having to ask my children to help me do things that should only be my responsibility, and that has broken my heart... They should concentrate on going to school, getting good grades, making friends. Not paying a bill."
"I'm having to ask my children to help me do things that should only be my responsibility, and that has broken my heart... They should concentrate on going to school, getting good grades, making friends. Not paying a bill."
January 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
This is what the majority of white Americans wanted though.
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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The only difference between this and statements from other Democrats is you like AOC and you hate them.
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The only difference between this and statements from other Democrats is you like AOC and you hate them.
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us as a whole. I've had to remind my own husband what he can get away with as a white person, especially a white man, that would not go the same way for me. Same with friends. They get it when I point it out but should I have to?
us as a whole. I've had to remind my own husband what he can get away with as a white person, especially a white man, that would not go the same way for me. Same with friends. They get it when I point it out but should I have to?
January 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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us as a whole. I've had to remind my own husband what he can get away with as a white person, especially a white man, that would not go the same way for me. Same with friends. They get it when I point it out but should I have to?
us as a whole. I've had to remind my own husband what he can get away with as a white person, especially a white man, that would not go the same way for me. Same with friends. They get it when I point it out but should I have to?
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weaponized against them; people whose ancestors, like them, were born with the rights that have had to be fought for and blood shed in my lifetime. And it's not just about politics.
The way they can get away with outbursts in stores, restaurants, anywhere public, which doesn't apply to
weaponized against them; people whose ancestors, like them, were born with the rights that have had to be fought for and blood shed in my lifetime. And it's not just about politics.
The way they can get away with outbursts in stores, restaurants, anywhere public, which doesn't apply to
January 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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weaponized against them; people whose ancestors, like them, were born with the rights that have had to be fought for and blood shed in my lifetime. And it's not just about politics.
The way they can get away with outbursts in stores, restaurants, anywhere public, which doesn't apply to
weaponized against them; people whose ancestors, like them, were born with the rights that have had to be fought for and blood shed in my lifetime. And it's not just about politics.
The way they can get away with outbursts in stores, restaurants, anywhere public, which doesn't apply to
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I get so irritated when I see yt people who've never been targeted by laws and/or society, demand Black people and others show more anger, or opine about the more aggressive, including violent way they demand things be handled.
People who, as a people, have not had actual laws passed and 1/
People who, as a people, have not had actual laws passed and 1/
January 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I get so irritated when I see yt people who've never been targeted by laws and/or society, demand Black people and others show more anger, or opine about the more aggressive, including violent way they demand things be handled.
People who, as a people, have not had actual laws passed and 1/
People who, as a people, have not had actual laws passed and 1/
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“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Governor of Minnesota is not going to go on TV and say “go set a cop car on fire”, and that’s good
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The Governor of Minnesota is not going to go on TV and say “go set a cop car on fire”, and that’s good
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You can feel whatever kind of way you want about it but I for both practical and analytical reasons you sort of need to recognize that when Walz and Frey tell people to calm down and go home or the MPD disperses a crowd it is in the context of a credible threat of a military occupation of the city
Sen. Jon Husted: "What the Insurrection Act threat means to be is Gov. Walz, Mayor Frey, take action or you'll see an escalation"
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
You can feel whatever kind of way you want about it but I for both practical and analytical reasons you sort of need to recognize that when Walz and Frey tell people to calm down and go home or the MPD disperses a crowd it is in the context of a credible threat of a military occupation of the city
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NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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The fact that the major news outlets are uncritically reporting that Jonathan Ross suffered internal bleeding after walking into the front of a barely moving car -- HE DIDN'T EVEN FALL DOWN -- shows just how complicit they are in enabling the lies and dishonesty of this administration.
January 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The fact that the major news outlets are uncritically reporting that Jonathan Ross suffered internal bleeding after walking into the front of a barely moving car -- HE DIDN'T EVEN FALL DOWN -- shows just how complicit they are in enabling the lies and dishonesty of this administration.
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Exhibit A
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Exhibit A
He can sell it to the Saudis. Fuck him.
'The Pete Davidson Show,' a weekly video podcast, premieres later this month on Netflix—get details.
The Pete Davidson Show Weekly ‘Podcast’ Sets Netflix Premiere
'The Pete Davidson Show,' a weekly video podcast, premieres later this month on Netflix—get details.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
He can sell it to the Saudis. Fuck him.
SCOTUS has been champing at the bit to destroy voting rights and here's the latest.
🚨BREAKING: Any candidate for federal office may challenge election laws governing their election, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, potentially triggering a deluge of litigation over the counting and certifying of results. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court opens election litigation floodgates, says any candidate can challenge voting laws
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
SCOTUS has been champing at the bit to destroy voting rights and here's the latest.
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Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
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Never forget this bitch in 2016.
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Never forget this bitch in 2016.
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re: SDCC allowing GenAI into their art show. SDCC costs creators *thousands* of dollars to attend and they think this is ok?
Readers, attendees, and creators alike need to let them know there’s no place for GenAI in the arts, period.
here’s their contact page www.comic-con.org/contact/
Readers, attendees, and creators alike need to let them know there’s no place for GenAI in the arts, period.
here’s their contact page www.comic-con.org/contact/
January 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
re: SDCC allowing GenAI into their art show. SDCC costs creators *thousands* of dollars to attend and they think this is ok?
Readers, attendees, and creators alike need to let them know there’s no place for GenAI in the arts, period.
here’s their contact page www.comic-con.org/contact/
Readers, attendees, and creators alike need to let them know there’s no place for GenAI in the arts, period.
here’s their contact page www.comic-con.org/contact/
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Graham Platner has secured the bag from ⚪️Lefties and now him and his “great sperm” will be heading to Norway…with their money💀😭😂😂😂😂
l swear to goodness we don’t need fiction writers anymore.
Wheezing! I’m freaking wheezing! 😭💀😂
www.themainewire.com/2026/01/grah...
l swear to goodness we don’t need fiction writers anymore.
Wheezing! I’m freaking wheezing! 😭💀😂
www.themainewire.com/2026/01/grah...
“Graham Has Great Sperm - I Can Say That, Right?” - Amy Gertner, Wife Of U.S. Senate Democrat Candidate
If the chips are down, Maine voters can depend on a U.S. senator who has … “great sperm.” That’s the literal message of a new campaign announcement video produced by Graham Platner, who’s in a highly ...
www.themainewire.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Graham Platner has secured the bag from ⚪️Lefties and now him and his “great sperm” will be heading to Norway…with their money💀😭😂😂😂😂
l swear to goodness we don’t need fiction writers anymore.
Wheezing! I’m freaking wheezing! 😭💀😂
www.themainewire.com/2026/01/grah...
l swear to goodness we don’t need fiction writers anymore.
Wheezing! I’m freaking wheezing! 😭💀😂
www.themainewire.com/2026/01/grah...
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Versions of this photo ran on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and in USAToday online. I don't see a single reference to the quote on her fucking podium in any of them.
ITS. A. THREAT. OF. GENOCIDE.
ITS. A. THREAT. OF. GENOCIDE.
January 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Versions of this photo ran on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and in USAToday online. I don't see a single reference to the quote on her fucking podium in any of them.
ITS. A. THREAT. OF. GENOCIDE.
ITS. A. THREAT. OF. GENOCIDE.
When will he just drop dead already
January 14, 2026 at 12:02 AM
When will he just drop dead already
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Thread. Good explainer on budget bill.
This “affordability” framework for a second reconciliation bill (i.e. a “Second Big Beautiful Bill”) follows the same structure as its predecessor:
1.)Making it harder for Americans to afford health care, food & groceries.
2.)Tax cuts for rich people. 🧵
1.)Making it harder for Americans to afford health care, food & groceries.
2.)Tax cuts for rich people. 🧵
🐘📈 Republicans in the House have started about a second party-line reconciliation package.
In other words: A "One Big Beautiful Bill 2.0."
The Republican Study Committee put out its framework for a bill.
Here is everything in it, and how much it costs or saves on th3e federal budget:
In other words: A "One Big Beautiful Bill 2.0."
The Republican Study Committee put out its framework for a bill.
Here is everything in it, and how much it costs or saves on th3e federal budget:
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Thread. Good explainer on budget bill.
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What the flying f--k is going on?
"Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump admin’s efforts to obtain information about Jewish profs, staff and students at the Univ of Pennsylvania–including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses–as govt abuse with 'ominous historical overtones.'"
"Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump admin’s efforts to obtain information about Jewish profs, staff and students at the Univ of Pennsylvania–including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses–as govt abuse with 'ominous historical overtones.'"
I mean. I am not an expert. But when the government is like “Hey, give me a list of Jews. For uh protection reasons” it would seem like A BAD THING. apple.news/A-AXrNRgkRhm...
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’ — Guardian US
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
apple.news
January 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM
What the flying f--k is going on?
"Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump admin’s efforts to obtain information about Jewish profs, staff and students at the Univ of Pennsylvania–including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses–as govt abuse with 'ominous historical overtones.'"
"Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump admin’s efforts to obtain information about Jewish profs, staff and students at the Univ of Pennsylvania–including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses–as govt abuse with 'ominous historical overtones.'"