CalmBelligerent
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A real bastard and then some. NFL owner. Attorney. It's time for the weird to turn pro. #GoPackGo #Celtics
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Welp. Good, old-fashioned anti-Catholicism is back.
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In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Welp. Good, old-fashioned anti-Catholicism is back.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Friendly reminder that the NYT asked Ms Rachel if she was paid by Hamas.
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Friendly reminder that the NYT asked Ms Rachel if she was paid by Hamas.
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They should study journalists’ brains like they do with football players after they die.
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They should study journalists’ brains like they do with football players after they die.
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It turns out that the madman theory works on one particular target. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-madman...
The Madman Theory's Perfect Target
Yes, it's moderate Democrats.
danieldrezner.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It turns out that the madman theory works on one particular target. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-madman...
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Court denies Trump administration’s request to block order to fully fund SNAP as states begin issuing benefits
Appeals court says it won't block order to fully fund SNAP as states begin issuing benefits
A court has denied the administration's request to lift a judge's order that it fully fund SNAP for November, as several states have already begun issuing benefits.
abcnews.go.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Court denies Trump administration’s request to block order to fully fund SNAP as states begin issuing benefits
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This is a really weird way to describe a phone number cops can call to find kids to kidnap
ICE to open call center to help track migrant children for removal
ICE plans to establish a "National Call Center" to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal.
abcnews.go.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is a really weird way to describe a phone number cops can call to find kids to kidnap
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Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
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There it is. That’s a HUGE part of the reason Trump & the oligarchs love the Gilded Age — the era before the income tax. They want to shift the tax burden back to consumers & working people while the robber barons celebrate their biggest tax cuts in US history. That’s also why Elon decimated govt.
Trump: "From 1789 to 1913, we were a tariff-backed nation and the US was proportionately the wealthiest it has ever been ... then in 1913, for reason unknown to mankind, they established the income tax."
April 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There it is. That’s a HUGE part of the reason Trump & the oligarchs love the Gilded Age — the era before the income tax. They want to shift the tax burden back to consumers & working people while the robber barons celebrate their biggest tax cuts in US history. That’s also why Elon decimated govt.
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“What are we gonna do?”
“The same thing we always do. We’re going to say that crime is up 834%”
“The same thing we always do. We’re going to say that crime is up 834%”
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“What are we gonna do?”
“The same thing we always do. We’re going to say that crime is up 834%”
“The same thing we always do. We’re going to say that crime is up 834%”
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Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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We have a chance to change the direction of politics in our state. Renew our focus on a stronger economy, clean up our water, and build a future our kids can be proud of. Help us do it? RobSand.com/volunteer
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We have a chance to change the direction of politics in our state. Renew our focus on a stronger economy, clean up our water, and build a future our kids can be proud of. Help us do it? RobSand.com/volunteer
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Also points to the 9+ month boycott by Black consumers in particular for rolling back their DEI and minority business programs
Target just sent up a giant red flag about the U.S. consumer. A 30% stock plunge, collapsing store traffic, and margin pressure all point to the same thing: Affluent shoppers are rattled and recession fears are rising qz.com/tgt-wmt-earn...
Target just sent up a giant red flag about the U.S. consumer
A 30% stock plunge, collapsing store traffic, and margin pressure all point to the same thing: Affluent shoppers are rattled and recession fears are rising
qz.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Also points to the 9+ month boycott by Black consumers in particular for rolling back their DEI and minority business programs
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Iowa's AEAs provide special needs students in rural communities across the state tools & support to learn & grow.
Like I said at today's AEA roundtable - as governor, I'll work to stabilize the program & get funding back where it can be most effective in these kid's lives.
Like I said at today's AEA roundtable - as governor, I'll work to stabilize the program & get funding back where it can be most effective in these kid's lives.
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Iowa's AEAs provide special needs students in rural communities across the state tools & support to learn & grow.
Like I said at today's AEA roundtable - as governor, I'll work to stabilize the program & get funding back where it can be most effective in these kid's lives.
Like I said at today's AEA roundtable - as governor, I'll work to stabilize the program & get funding back where it can be most effective in these kid's lives.
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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The racist faction Republicans tolerated for votes is no longer quiet—or controllable.
What Dinesh D’Souza calls a “shitshow” isn’t the discovery of racism in the GOP. It’s the moment the bargain breaks: the part of the coalition meant to stay silent learned it holds the power.
What Dinesh D’Souza calls a “shitshow” isn’t the discovery of racism in the GOP. It’s the moment the bargain breaks: the part of the coalition meant to stay silent learned it holds the power.
The Faction They Could No Longer Control
Non-racist Republicans are shocked to discover the bargain doesn’t hold
www.notesfromthecircus.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The racist faction Republicans tolerated for votes is no longer quiet—or controllable.
What Dinesh D’Souza calls a “shitshow” isn’t the discovery of racism in the GOP. It’s the moment the bargain breaks: the part of the coalition meant to stay silent learned it holds the power.
What Dinesh D’Souza calls a “shitshow” isn’t the discovery of racism in the GOP. It’s the moment the bargain breaks: the part of the coalition meant to stay silent learned it holds the power.
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“I chose a political culture that thinks masculinity means being an shitposter asshole who is proud to say ‘retard’, and now I can‘t find a suitable masculine mate.”
I think I may have spotted your problem.
I think I may have spotted your problem.
This Washington Post article about MAGA people trying and failing to date in Washington is...really something
www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“I chose a political culture that thinks masculinity means being an shitposter asshole who is proud to say ‘retard’, and now I can‘t find a suitable masculine mate.”
I think I may have spotted your problem.
I think I may have spotted your problem.
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The central lie — the key dishonesty — of modern conservatism is that being judgmental about the ethnicity or language or culture of the person next door is fine and acceptable, but being judgmental of that attitude is elitist and arrogant and closed-minded. What vapid bullshit.
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The central lie — the key dishonesty — of modern conservatism is that being judgmental about the ethnicity or language or culture of the person next door is fine and acceptable, but being judgmental of that attitude is elitist and arrogant and closed-minded. What vapid bullshit.
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I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.