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Avoiding my geopolitical anxiety by reading the Harvard Magazine obits, and damn this issue starts off with a banger
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Avoiding my geopolitical anxiety by reading the Harvard Magazine obits, and damn this issue starts off with a banger
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Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.
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And non-performative giving up on the whole process after trying *twice* also matters. People notice the giving up part.
My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Why push for impeachment?
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
And non-performative giving up on the whole process after trying *twice* also matters. People notice the giving up part.
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I loathe people like Ezra Klein who is just a public example of the incestuous big establishment club who say and write things like "Charlie Kirk did politics the right way" and have normalized Trump and MAGA for 10 years.
All of them were complicit in this bc it didn't personally affect them.
All of them were complicit in this bc it didn't personally affect them.
January 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I loathe people like Ezra Klein who is just a public example of the incestuous big establishment club who say and write things like "Charlie Kirk did politics the right way" and have normalized Trump and MAGA for 10 years.
All of them were complicit in this bc it didn't personally affect them.
All of them were complicit in this bc it didn't personally affect them.
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
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What a perfect analogy and response to resistlibs who whinge about "why are you protesting democrats and not republicans." Well done. 🧵
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What a perfect analogy and response to resistlibs who whinge about "why are you protesting democrats and not republicans." Well done. 🧵
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The ethical and legal damage will be with us forever but it’s the raging incompetence that will strike first, within the next few days.
Director of the CIA is in the room but you have OSINTdefender's twitter page up on the screen
January 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The ethical and legal damage will be with us forever but it’s the raging incompetence that will strike first, within the next few days.
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Thinking of the old lawyer adage: If the law is on your side, pound the law. If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If you have neither law nor facts on your side, pound the table.
Lots of table pounding here.
Lots of table pounding here.
Marco Rubio on comparisons between Venezuela and Iraq: "People need to stop describing the apples of the Middle East to the oranges of the Western Hemisphere
January 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Thinking of the old lawyer adage: If the law is on your side, pound the law. If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If you have neither law nor facts on your side, pound the table.
Lots of table pounding here.
Lots of table pounding here.
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Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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The whole point of Bulwark is to launder the careers of the people who created Trumpism: Kristol, Tim Miller, etc
Bulwark needs to stop platforming this goon.
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The whole point of Bulwark is to launder the careers of the people who created Trumpism: Kristol, Tim Miller, etc
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Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
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As a veteran, I co-sign this. War is awful and turns everyone into monsters and victims. War forces us to make terrible choices regarding survival. It makes us killers and the dead, broken survivors fleeing horrible memories. Only in fantasy can war be fun.
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
As a veteran, I co-sign this. War is awful and turns everyone into monsters and victims. War forces us to make terrible choices regarding survival. It makes us killers and the dead, broken survivors fleeing horrible memories. Only in fantasy can war be fun.
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The MAGA regime was ordered to explain to Congress today why they illegally made redactions in the Epstein Files, just in case you needed more context as to why they are bombing another country and murdering their citizens.
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
The MAGA regime was ordered to explain to Congress today why they illegally made redactions in the Epstein Files, just in case you needed more context as to why they are bombing another country and murdering their citizens.
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They’re all posting their statements on the child porn platform? That’s a wild choice.
And here are those statements!
AOC: x.com/aoc/status/2...
Bernie: x.com/sensanders/s...
Zohran: x.com/nycmayor/sta...
Rashida: x.com/reprashida/s...
CVH: x.com/chrisvanholl...
AOC: x.com/aoc/status/2...
Bernie: x.com/sensanders/s...
Zohran: x.com/nycmayor/sta...
Rashida: x.com/reprashida/s...
CVH: x.com/chrisvanholl...
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
They’re all posting their statements on the child porn platform? That’s a wild choice.
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These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
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The U.S. right now
a cat playing with a stack of jenga blocks
Alt: a cat playing with a stack of jenga blocks
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The U.S. right now
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thinkin abt that 99-0 senate confirmation vote on rubio as one does
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
thinkin abt that 99-0 senate confirmation vote on rubio as one does
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WELP, I guess I’m awake now. Time to
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
WELP, I guess I’m awake now. Time to
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
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And this is why we can’t have universal health care
Year-end tally of Trump admin combat actions in 2025:
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes*
—Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid**
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids***
—Iran—3 B-2 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes*
—Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid**
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids***
—Iran—3 B-2 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at:
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
January 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
And this is why we can’t have universal health care
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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Marco Rubio was confirmed 99-0 by the US Senate one year ago this month.
January 3, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Marco Rubio was confirmed 99-0 by the US Senate one year ago this month.
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"The United States hit Venezuela with a 'large-scale strike' early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country"
U.S. Strikes Venezuela And Says Its Leader, Maduro, Has Been Captured And Flown Out Of The Country
The Venezuelan government called it an “imperialist attack” and urged citizens to take to the streets.
www.huffpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"The United States hit Venezuela with a 'large-scale strike' early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country"
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Barbra Streisand
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Barbra Streisand
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LLMs are 100% - yes, 100% - the results of their programmer's intentions.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
LLMs are 100% - yes, 100% - the results of their programmer's intentions.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.