Davedette
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okay but democratic voters want to abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who works for it, so
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 AM
okay but democratic voters want to abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who works for it, so
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We are living in a *dramatically* improved world. It's up to us to defend that world, and make things even better.
Even the world of the 2000s is a distant dream. Extreme poverty has straight-up *evaporated* outside of Africa. The 21st century has done things that were aspirational UN goals just a few decades ago.
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 AM
We are living in a *dramatically* improved world. It's up to us to defend that world, and make things even better.
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so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 AM
so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.
I feel like this is one of the big sins of criticism: going from "this interpretation makes sense, internally" to "only this interpretation makes sense"
Where I'm at right now on the "is EYES WIDE SHUT about Jeffrey Epstein?" question is that I'm no longer sure if the movie even makes sense if it is not about him
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 AM
I feel like this is one of the big sins of criticism: going from "this interpretation makes sense, internally" to "only this interpretation makes sense"
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It should inspire serious reflection among liberals and institutionally liberal institutions in the US that this woman was (is still?) considered a standard-bearer on the issue of what constitutes bigotry.
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
It should inspire serious reflection among liberals and institutionally liberal institutions in the US that this woman was (is still?) considered a standard-bearer on the issue of what constitutes bigotry.
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i believe we should build the cube
February 4, 2026 at 3:37 AM
i believe we should build the cube
I'm sure this will end up fine for everyone
The current exposure for the California FAIR plan (California’s insurer of last resort) sits at $724 billion. Its liability almost doubled in two years and is now more than double the state’s annual budget. In its most recent financial reporting it had about $1.5 billion on hand.
February 4, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I'm sure this will end up fine for everyone
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I know it’s a cliche that every time one visits china it looks completely different but it’s a cliche for a reason, shit gets built.
February 4, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I know it’s a cliche that every time one visits china it looks completely different but it’s a cliche for a reason, shit gets built.
Ok, this is nitpicky, but something that actually does piss me off is the pretense all these ppl have that the past was much whiter than it actually was. I'm sorry, the Bronze Age near east was not white! Like at all!
Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
February 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Ok, this is nitpicky, but something that actually does piss me off is the pretense all these ppl have that the past was much whiter than it actually was. I'm sorry, the Bronze Age near east was not white! Like at all!
I think a big part of the problem is that all these ppl want to fudge the distinction between party-wide messaging and individual electoral choices. Republicans have had a lot of succss, on messages that were originally derided as too extreme, by shifting the debate through message discipline
basically yglesias, jain, jentleson, WelcomePAC donors etc all base their prescriptions for Dems on a statistical model that nobody can replicate, and refuse to acknowledge (a) that uncertainty dwarfs the detectable effect of moderation & (b) that the last year has proved their views wrong!!
February 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I think a big part of the problem is that all these ppl want to fudge the distinction between party-wide messaging and individual electoral choices. Republicans have had a lot of succss, on messages that were originally derided as too extreme, by shifting the debate through message discipline
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basically yglesias, jain, jentleson, WelcomePAC donors etc all base their prescriptions for Dems on a statistical model that nobody can replicate, and refuse to acknowledge (a) that uncertainty dwarfs the detectable effect of moderation & (b) that the last year has proved their views wrong!!
February 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
basically yglesias, jain, jentleson, WelcomePAC donors etc all base their prescriptions for Dems on a statistical model that nobody can replicate, and refuse to acknowledge (a) that uncertainty dwarfs the detectable effect of moderation & (b) that the last year has proved their views wrong!!
On a macro level, the success of liberalism is going to depend on our ability to turn a lot of historical political trends on their head. If we accept that immigration surges lead inevitably to a reactionary political moment, then in an age of climate migration we've basically given up the game
@gelliottmorris.com continues to have been right about immigration as an electoral issue
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
On a macro level, the success of liberalism is going to depend on our ability to turn a lot of historical political trends on their head. If we accept that immigration surges lead inevitably to a reactionary political moment, then in an age of climate migration we've basically given up the game
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@gelliottmorris.com continues to have been right about immigration as an electoral issue
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
@gelliottmorris.com continues to have been right about immigration as an electoral issue
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Will stancil is actually the perfect man for his moment and place, because of his superpower of being intensely annoying w/o actually doing anything wrong (commendatory, tbc)
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Will stancil is actually the perfect man for his moment and place, because of his superpower of being intensely annoying w/o actually doing anything wrong (commendatory, tbc)
lol, lmao
Bitcoin sub-$75k
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
lol, lmao
Ok, it's off topic, but the guy who responded in the tear gas expert thread, "what if you put the grenade it in a pressure cooker and seal it" was extremely funny. Idk if he was being serious or not, but v funny regardless.
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Ok, it's off topic, but the guy who responded in the tear gas expert thread, "what if you put the grenade it in a pressure cooker and seal it" was extremely funny. Idk if he was being serious or not, but v funny regardless.
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Most reliable red flag for a certain kind of ostensibly sensible centrist-ish elite is when they dig in their heels insisting Charles Murray is some kind of serious thinker who shouldn't be shunned, rather than a plain old gutter racist substantially on par with David Duke.
Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Most reliable red flag for a certain kind of ostensibly sensible centrist-ish elite is when they dig in their heels insisting Charles Murray is some kind of serious thinker who shouldn't be shunned, rather than a plain old gutter racist substantially on par with David Duke.
It would be really funny if bari Weiss ends up being the first casualty of the Epstein files
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
It would be really funny if bari Weiss ends up being the first casualty of the Epstein files
This is so funny
215-216-0-1
NEHLS flips from NV to YEA
NEHLS flips from NV to YEA
okay now 214-216-0-2
two of the NVs flipped to Yea
two of the NVs flipped to Yea
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This is so funny
Or maybe she's sympathetic to friends of Epstein, such as her wife, Nellie Bowles
Imagine writing these words, in February 2026, regarding the most vicious McCarthyite of the modern era: "Bari Weiss Hates cancel culture"
February 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Or maybe she's sympathetic to friends of Epstein, such as her wife, Nellie Bowles
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If many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...
Imagine writing these words, in February 2026, regarding the most vicious McCarthyite of the modern era: "Bari Weiss Hates cancel culture"
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...
Ppl are "psychotic" about it b/c they understandably see the entire discussion, in the current political climate, as a Trojan horse for handmaids tale type shit. This is really only mystifying if you insist on taking the discussion completely out of its social and political context
I’m gonna say it: it’s stupid how psychotic people get when birthrates are discussed. If you scream at and shout down anyone who isn’t a handmaids tale type when the subject comes up, then the policy space is going to be dominated by them, for what’s clearly going to be a consequential issue.
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Ppl are "psychotic" about it b/c they understandably see the entire discussion, in the current political climate, as a Trojan horse for handmaids tale type shit. This is really only mystifying if you insist on taking the discussion completely out of its social and political context
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It’s so crazy how the richest man alive has a literal harem of birth mothers, owns a CSAM generation website, begged to hangout with the worlds most notorious child sex trafficker, tried to single handedly destroy the entire American social safety net and is an open Neo Nazi and racist
Pipe down, everyone! One of the stars of the Epstein files is speaking!
Elon Musk Says Christopher Nolan Has ‘Lost His Integrity’ With ‘The Odyssey’ If Lupita Nyong’o Is Playing Helen of Troy
Elon Musk says 'The Odyssey' director Christopher Nolan 'has lost his integrity' if Lupita Nyong'o plays Helen of Troy.
variety.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
It’s so crazy how the richest man alive has a literal harem of birth mothers, owns a CSAM generation website, begged to hangout with the worlds most notorious child sex trafficker, tried to single handedly destroy the entire American social safety net and is an open Neo Nazi and racist
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