Anonymous WPA Bureaucrat
@charlesdeguava.bsky.social
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If Democrats win a trifecta in Arizona next year (which is entirely possible), they might as well add two more seats to the AZ Supreme Court, for a total of nine. They can then restore a liberal majority (after replacing one Republican justice who must retire in 2027 anyway due to age limits).
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If Democrats win a trifecta in Arizona next year (which is entirely possible), they might as well add two more seats to the AZ Supreme Court, for a total of nine. They can then restore a liberal majority (after replacing one Republican justice who must retire in 2027 anyway due to age limits).
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The subject was revisited by Norman Rockwell in 1954, with a starker contrast between the generations, fewer heartstrings, and much more optimism.
Rockwell's painting was also hugely popular. Like Hovenden's take, it was widely reproduced, and got the movie treatment too.
Rockwell's painting was also hugely popular. Like Hovenden's take, it was widely reproduced, and got the movie treatment too.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The subject was revisited by Norman Rockwell in 1954, with a starker contrast between the generations, fewer heartstrings, and much more optimism.
Rockwell's painting was also hugely popular. Like Hovenden's take, it was widely reproduced, and got the movie treatment too.
Rockwell's painting was also hugely popular. Like Hovenden's take, it was widely reproduced, and got the movie treatment too.
Globalism won
Probably some kind of joke you could make about how even manufacturing consent has been moved overseas
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Globalism won
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What?
breaking news from Passan: The New York Mets and Texas Rangers are finalizing a trade that would send second baseman Marcus Semien to the Mets and outfielder Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
What?
The byline here is a real peek-a-boo moment. Surprised there‘s no mention of how many nuns are acceptable casualties
I presume Foreign Affairs is not yet running my one-word rebuttal "don't"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Topple Maduro
And why regime change is the only way forward in Venezuela.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The byline here is a real peek-a-boo moment. Surprised there‘s no mention of how many nuns are acceptable casualties
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I think this is mostly San Francisco finally shrugging off the pandemic, but it is *really* funny that rent prices in San Francisco shot up *immediately* after the city banned RealPage and other algorithmic price setting software.
My pre trends are incredible!
My pre trends are incredible!
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I think this is mostly San Francisco finally shrugging off the pandemic, but it is *really* funny that rent prices in San Francisco shot up *immediately* after the city banned RealPage and other algorithmic price setting software.
My pre trends are incredible!
My pre trends are incredible!
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“If I am killed / for simply living, / let death be kinder / than man.”
— Althea Davis
— Althea Davis
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“If I am killed / for simply living, / let death be kinder / than man.”
— Althea Davis
— Althea Davis
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a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
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I suspect this is true - the humanities will go back to being a status marker. Rich kids and the elect get to study Homer, but the middle class must settle for adjunct-taught mega-lectures before STEM classes.
A grim destination, but right now that is the road the voters keep choosing.
A grim destination, but right now that is the road the voters keep choosing.
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I suspect this is true - the humanities will go back to being a status marker. Rich kids and the elect get to study Homer, but the middle class must settle for adjunct-taught mega-lectures before STEM classes.
A grim destination, but right now that is the road the voters keep choosing.
A grim destination, but right now that is the road the voters keep choosing.
DOGE was a failure according to its stated mission on paper—yes. But we don’t have insight into how much data and security was compromised, and you can’t really trust any element of the govt right now to conduct an audit. And Elon and his teens (illegally) killing USAID was a crime against humanity!
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
DOGE was a failure according to its stated mission on paper—yes. But we don’t have insight into how much data and security was compromised, and you can’t really trust any element of the govt right now to conduct an audit. And Elon and his teens (illegally) killing USAID was a crime against humanity!
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american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
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listen to me. listen to me right now. if you don't know what this tweet means, just close your device. don't look anything up. go for a walk. return in a week. if you don't listen to me, your life will be ruined and i can't be held accountable
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
listen to me. listen to me right now. if you don't know what this tweet means, just close your device. don't look anything up. go for a walk. return in a week. if you don't listen to me, your life will be ruined and i can't be held accountable
Human centipede of profound incompetence and malice
what is going on
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Human centipede of profound incompetence and malice
The myopia of the press really shines through in this story and the people trying to defend them. There are actual victims to this story and it’s not any of the three trashy stars of it. It’s all of the kids who will die of measles
Olivia Nuzzi could have easily sinked RFK Jr. and she didn’t. She knew what he was capable of doing at HHS and she chose not to destroy him.
Lizza is an unreliable narrator and a creep but she was deeply compromised (and still is) when she was covering the 2024 election. I think Lizza’s revenge has probably killed any chance of us knowing the extent to which she helped RFK Jr’s campaign and to the extent the Trump Campaign.
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The myopia of the press really shines through in this story and the people trying to defend them. There are actual victims to this story and it’s not any of the three trashy stars of it. It’s all of the kids who will die of measles
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It is important for you to realize that you have probably never once in your life sent a private email. That’s just not how email works. Sure, turn off whatever Gmail features you want, but you’re just playing whack-a-mole with the technical realities of email as a concept.
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It is important for you to realize that you have probably never once in your life sent a private email. That’s just not how email works. Sure, turn off whatever Gmail features you want, but you’re just playing whack-a-mole with the technical realities of email as a concept.
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Folks, Marjorie Greene is worth many millions of dollars. She did not time her resignation to get an $8,700 pension when she turns 62.
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Folks, Marjorie Greene is worth many millions of dollars. She did not time her resignation to get an $8,700 pension when she turns 62.
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
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Politicians bemoan all the time that “we invent so much in America but none of it gets built here.”
Yeah! We get the high value add design jobs, Vietnam gets the 7% profit margin manufacturing jobs. Seems like a great deal!
Yeah! We get the high value add design jobs, Vietnam gets the 7% profit margin manufacturing jobs. Seems like a great deal!
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Politicians bemoan all the time that “we invent so much in America but none of it gets built here.”
Yeah! We get the high value add design jobs, Vietnam gets the 7% profit margin manufacturing jobs. Seems like a great deal!
Yeah! We get the high value add design jobs, Vietnam gets the 7% profit margin manufacturing jobs. Seems like a great deal!
Almost every country in the world would be considered in violation of human rights by this standard
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Almost every country in the world would be considered in violation of human rights by this standard
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"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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RFK Jr. dirty talking like “"̵Y̵r̸ ̵o̷p̶e̴n̸ ̸m̵o̷u̴t̵h̸ ̴a̴w̴a̶i̶t̷i̸n̴g̶ ̷m̴y̵ ̷h̵a̵r̶v̴e̵s̴t̶,̴ ̶D̶r̶i̶n̵k̴ ̴f̶r̵o̸m̵ ̶m̶e̷ ̵L̴o̷v̵e̷.̶"̵”
I said in another thread that the act itself isn’t that much of a problem for me, it’s the fact I’m hearing everything in RFK’s voice
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
RFK Jr. dirty talking like “"̵Y̵r̸ ̵o̷p̶e̴n̸ ̸m̵o̷u̴t̵h̸ ̴a̴w̴a̶i̶t̷i̸n̴g̶ ̷m̴y̵ ̷h̵a̵r̶v̴e̵s̴t̶,̴ ̶D̶r̶i̶n̵k̴ ̴f̶r̵o̸m̵ ̶m̶e̷ ̵L̴o̷v̵e̷.̶"̵”
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It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
She was a true believer in every sense
In her resignation statement, MTG breaks very dramatically with the secret-plan conspiracy theorists about what’s happening in DC.
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
She was a true believer in every sense