cassius marcellus clay
@cmclay.bsky.social
Mostly politism, sometimes track and field, sometimes a secret third thing
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Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
i know we already had this whole discourse but it really cannot be overstated how many shitty things are normalized/enabled right now bc journos/creators/influencers/etc refuse to come to terms with the fact twitter not only no longer has the pulse of normies but is exceptionally silo'd and deluded
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we are seeing in real time why there are some questions “you arent allowed to ask”
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
we are seeing in real time why there are some questions “you arent allowed to ask”
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Analysis:
Starship Troopers is a fun time at the movies but anyone looking for a political or social message will be left wanting as at no point do the characters turn to the audience and say “it is wrong to Starship Trooper someone”
Starship Troopers is a fun time at the movies but anyone looking for a political or social message will be left wanting as at no point do the characters turn to the audience and say “it is wrong to Starship Trooper someone”
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Analysis:
Starship Troopers is a fun time at the movies but anyone looking for a political or social message will be left wanting as at no point do the characters turn to the audience and say “it is wrong to Starship Trooper someone”
Starship Troopers is a fun time at the movies but anyone looking for a political or social message will be left wanting as at no point do the characters turn to the audience and say “it is wrong to Starship Trooper someone”
i know we already had this whole discourse but it really cannot be overstated how many shitty things are normalized/enabled right now bc journos/creators/influencers/etc refuse to come to terms with the fact twitter not only no longer has the pulse of normies but is exceptionally silo'd and deluded
Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
i know we already had this whole discourse but it really cannot be overstated how many shitty things are normalized/enabled right now bc journos/creators/influencers/etc refuse to come to terms with the fact twitter not only no longer has the pulse of normies but is exceptionally silo'd and deluded
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"For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty."
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty."
the soy right strikes again
House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
the soy right strikes again
for a while we were in this shitty pattern where improvements to products/services only occurred until enough of the market was captured, then rent seeking and enshittification began.
capitalism continued innovating and now the starting point is forcing dogshit onto already captured markets
capitalism continued innovating and now the starting point is forcing dogshit onto already captured markets
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
for a while we were in this shitty pattern where improvements to products/services only occurred until enough of the market was captured, then rent seeking and enshittification began.
capitalism continued innovating and now the starting point is forcing dogshit onto already captured markets
capitalism continued innovating and now the starting point is forcing dogshit onto already captured markets
its true that plenty of todays bad journalism is intentional & plenty of it is bad actors knowingly abusing their power over defining popular narratives... but also a great deal of it is just being a field addicted to elevating its most naive and intellectually lazy members
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
its true that plenty of todays bad journalism is intentional & plenty of it is bad actors knowingly abusing their power over defining popular narratives... but also a great deal of it is just being a field addicted to elevating its most naive and intellectually lazy members
its kinda crazy to consider that the youngest zoomers and entire gen alpha generation have never experienced a working search engine or the concept of "search bars, generally, work well" - good example of where profit seeking led to actual technological regression
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
its kinda crazy to consider that the youngest zoomers and entire gen alpha generation have never experienced a working search engine or the concept of "search bars, generally, work well" - good example of where profit seeking led to actual technological regression
really fucked up they didnt use tony's legally recognized alias, Tony Double-Cut Dokoupil
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
really fucked up they didnt use tony's legally recognized alias, Tony Double-Cut Dokoupil
Any phone with a lithium battery can also be a lighter, the catch is you can only use that function exactly one time.
A calculator that’s also a lighter, AND an alarm clock!? You can’t get more convenient than the Casio QL-10, at least in 1981 when it was released! Nowadays we have calculators and alarm clocks on our phones, bring back the lighters! 🔥📱😅
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Any phone with a lithium battery can also be a lighter, the catch is you can only use that function exactly one time.
This is the posting equivalent of standing on the corner in your underwear screaming about lizard people and the end times
Bots are only as capable as their programming, human stupidity is limitless.
Also, I voted for Harris to not only protect against Project2025, but also to give Palestinians a chance.
It was their own American DSA Uncommitted Movement “allies” that threw them under the bus.🤷🏻♂️
bsky.app/profile/have...
Also, I voted for Harris to not only protect against Project2025, but also to give Palestinians a chance.
It was their own American DSA Uncommitted Movement “allies” that threw them under the bus.🤷🏻♂️
bsky.app/profile/have...
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is the posting equivalent of standing on the corner in your underwear screaming about lizard people and the end times
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Today @cato.org published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew www.cato.org/white-paper/...
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Today @cato.org published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew www.cato.org/white-paper/...
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How can new people cut the deficit? First, a significant portion of spending is "pure public goods," military & interest payments on old debt, that don't increase b/c of immigrants. This means the average new person is paying more in taxes than they receive in benefits...
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
How can new people cut the deficit? First, a significant portion of spending is "pure public goods," military & interest payments on old debt, that don't increase b/c of immigrants. This means the average new person is paying more in taxes than they receive in benefits...
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And immigrants are better-than-average! Even tho they earn lower wages, they work at so much higher rates that they account for a greater share of total earned income, which results in a higher-than-average share of tax revenues. Immigrants pay more taxes.
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
And immigrants are better-than-average! Even tho they earn lower wages, they work at so much higher rates that they account for a greater share of total earned income, which results in a higher-than-average share of tax revenues. Immigrants pay more taxes.
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On the spending side, immigrants don't cost more than the US-born. Here's everything the government spent money on over the last 30 years. Immigrants were much less costly in two areas: old age benefits and education. Why...?
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
On the spending side, immigrants don't cost more than the US-born. Here's everything the government spent money on over the last 30 years. Immigrants were much less costly in two areas: old age benefits and education. Why...?
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For education, immigrants arrive in the US at the average age of about 25, meaning that the US gets workers without having to pay to educate them. They are more costly while in school due to bilingual education, but they're much less likely to be in school
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
For education, immigrants arrive in the US at the average age of about 25, meaning that the US gets workers without having to pay to educate them. They are more costly while in school due to bilingual education, but they're much less likely to be in school
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What about needs-based assistance? Immigrants are overrepresented in the poverty population, but account for about the average rate for needs-based assistance. Status-based restrictions keep their use rates below the rate predicted by their poverty rate
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
What about needs-based assistance? Immigrants are overrepresented in the poverty population, but account for about the average rate for needs-based assistance. Status-based restrictions keep their use rates below the rate predicted by their poverty rate
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When you put it all together, this is what the fiscal flows for immigrants have looked like for the last 30 years. Immigrants have reduced the deficit every year for 3 decades.
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
When you put it all together, this is what the fiscal flows for immigrants have looked like for the last 30 years. Immigrants have reduced the deficit every year for 3 decades.
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For decades, nativists have sold America this narrative that immigrant welfare is behind our deficits and debt. This figure shows how absurd that is. This is all government expenditures, federal, state, and local, for the last 3 decades. Immigrants are not to blame:
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
For decades, nativists have sold America this narrative that immigrant welfare is behind our deficits and debt. This figure shows how absurd that is. This is all government expenditures, federal, state, and local, for the last 3 decades. Immigrants are not to blame:
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NEW: There were more voters to Kamala Harris's right - but to beat Trump, she only needed 8% of the leftists who refused to back her. www.peoplesline.org/p/kamala-har...
Kamala Harris could have won by running harder to the left
Once again, claims that eligible voters are only available to the center or right are extremely misleading.
www.peoplesline.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 AM
NEW: There were more voters to Kamala Harris's right - but to beat Trump, she only needed 8% of the leftists who refused to back her. www.peoplesline.org/p/kamala-har...
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this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
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If there’s one thing we don’t tolerate in America it’s Spanish words. To do that in San Francisco California…well it makes me angry, and I’ll say that all the way from Los Angeles to Bonita Springs Florida
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
If there’s one thing we don’t tolerate in America it’s Spanish words. To do that in San Francisco California…well it makes me angry, and I’ll say that all the way from Los Angeles to Bonita Springs Florida
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going to start referring to all this no-caffeine, omni-spectrum sobriety, celibacy, 996, workout and diet focus stuff as "mormonism with silicon valley characteristics" because it's more polite than calling it "homeschool mindset"
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
going to start referring to all this no-caffeine, omni-spectrum sobriety, celibacy, 996, workout and diet focus stuff as "mormonism with silicon valley characteristics" because it's more polite than calling it "homeschool mindset"
There are a lot of delusional NYT op-eds but this one might be the most shameless reversal of reality ive ever seen. Not sure any single group more rapidly abandoned everything they had pretended to believe to ally with fascists than libertarians
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
There are a lot of delusional NYT op-eds but this one might be the most shameless reversal of reality ive ever seen. Not sure any single group more rapidly abandoned everything they had pretended to believe to ally with fascists than libertarians
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i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute