Jack
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the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
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main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
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As I was just saying.
They will scale up random “schools” based on market speculation and then close them down when demand wanes. Thats the plan.
They will scale up random “schools” based on market speculation and then close them down when demand wanes. Thats the plan.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As I was just saying.
They will scale up random “schools” based on market speculation and then close them down when demand wanes. Thats the plan.
They will scale up random “schools” based on market speculation and then close them down when demand wanes. Thats the plan.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
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by Dean's definition of what a player has to do to avoid the foul, though (he basically said the defender needs to sidestep the QB before hitting him which lol ok) ... then the rule needs to be changed because that's impossible
you just can't ever blitz the A-gap again under those conditions
you just can't ever blitz the A-gap again under those conditions
even Dean Blandino thinks that sucks
November 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
by Dean's definition of what a player has to do to avoid the foul, though (he basically said the defender needs to sidestep the QB before hitting him which lol ok) ... then the rule needs to be changed because that's impossible
you just can't ever blitz the A-gap again under those conditions
you just can't ever blitz the A-gap again under those conditions
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"Bad guys are dying, I like it."
Notch up another win for the 'Everyone is 12 Now' theory of modern American politics.
Notch up another win for the 'Everyone is 12 Now' theory of modern American politics.
Fox News' Lawrence Jones, reacting to complaints about the White House's lack of transparency and refusal to brief Democrats on the Venezuelan boat strikes:
"This is moronic... I don’t need a briefing. Bad guys are dying, I like it."
"This is moronic... I don’t need a briefing. Bad guys are dying, I like it."
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"Bad guys are dying, I like it."
Notch up another win for the 'Everyone is 12 Now' theory of modern American politics.
Notch up another win for the 'Everyone is 12 Now' theory of modern American politics.
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The pattern here is personalism. Trump views the federal treasury as a discretionary fund for dispensing patronage and largesse; he regards the White House as his private property; he regards DOJ as (literally) his personal lawyers, & the military & law enforcement as his personal security team.
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The pattern here is personalism. Trump views the federal treasury as a discretionary fund for dispensing patronage and largesse; he regards the White House as his private property; he regards DOJ as (literally) his personal lawyers, & the military & law enforcement as his personal security team.
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I can’t stop thinking about all the hoopla over removing confederate statues and the phony appeals to “heritage.” But this is done without discussion. It was always about displays of dominance.
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I can’t stop thinking about all the hoopla over removing confederate statues and the phony appeals to “heritage.” But this is done without discussion. It was always about displays of dominance.
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An aristocracy served by workers they don't have to pay, women they don't have to respect, wealth without labor, unpunished and rampant sexual violence, and a deity who sanctions it all
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
An aristocracy served by workers they don't have to pay, women they don't have to respect, wealth without labor, unpunished and rampant sexual violence, and a deity who sanctions it all
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This should be an Iran-Contra level scandal and I don’t even know if it will make the front page in this news environment
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This should be an Iran-Contra level scandal and I don’t even know if it will make the front page in this news environment
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Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...
Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.
One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project
If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.
slate.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...
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Dan Campbell confirms he was told by officials that the ruling to overturn Jared Goff's TD pass came from New York, not officials on the field.
In other words, referee Craig Wrolstad was a good NFL stooge and lied to the pool reporter after the game
In other words, referee Craig Wrolstad was a good NFL stooge and lied to the pool reporter after the game
Dan Campbell confirms the NFL intervened in Lions overturned TD vs Chiefs
Dan Campbell confirms he was told by officials that the ruling to overturn Jared Goff's TD pass came from New York, not officials on the field
lionswire.usatoday.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Dan Campbell confirms he was told by officials that the ruling to overturn Jared Goff's TD pass came from New York, not officials on the field.
In other words, referee Craig Wrolstad was a good NFL stooge and lied to the pool reporter after the game
In other words, referee Craig Wrolstad was a good NFL stooge and lied to the pool reporter after the game
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There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?
Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?
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So basically this is Iranian Hostage Crisis 2.0, just with a 9-month delay in the payoff for no particular reason.
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
So basically this is Iranian Hostage Crisis 2.0, just with a 9-month delay in the payoff for no particular reason.
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This because (I think) a solid core of the Trumpists are fundamentally seeking after dominion, not trying to address concrete grievances wherein achieving some portion of them hives off segments of the movement. The thrill of experiencing submission simply feeds the high, leads to yearning for more.
September 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This because (I think) a solid core of the Trumpists are fundamentally seeking after dominion, not trying to address concrete grievances wherein achieving some portion of them hives off segments of the movement. The thrill of experiencing submission simply feeds the high, leads to yearning for more.
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I'm starting to think we need to bring back a constructive form of shame, which @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social makes a great case for in this excellent piece:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
September 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm starting to think we need to bring back a constructive form of shame, which @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social makes a great case for in this excellent piece:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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the amount of raw, unadulterated fear that many Americans have of even small cities is never going to stop being darkly hilarious to me
September 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
the amount of raw, unadulterated fear that many Americans have of even small cities is never going to stop being darkly hilarious to me
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My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”
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Social consequences for public bad behavior – including bad speech! – is how we "keep the temperature down". Sometimes social censure will overreach but that's better than violence! Thank you @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social!
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
September 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Social consequences for public bad behavior – including bad speech! – is how we "keep the temperature down". Sometimes social censure will overreach but that's better than violence! Thank you @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social!
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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was definitely interesting seeing the demand for "hard truths" about BLM and also the demand to carefully consider the "economic anxiety" behind MAGA overlap in time (and in some characters)
Were there people who were disingenuous about their commitments? Absolutely. Is this true in every movement? Yes. Were some people misguided or overzealous? Yes. Is this true in every movement? Yes. These only become defining when people want to discredit the core argument they’re avoiding.
September 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
was definitely interesting seeing the demand for "hard truths" about BLM and also the demand to carefully consider the "economic anxiety" behind MAGA overlap in time (and in some characters)
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the core of MAGA government is giving resentful mediocrities to power to act as tyrants and dominate others
“The FCC under Brendan Carr uses mergers and business interests of media companies as leverage to extract concessions, extract bribes, and extract censorship.”
Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him
In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct is flatly unconstitutional. They also expect him to keep going.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
the core of MAGA government is giving resentful mediocrities to power to act as tyrants and dominate others
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because, when you get down to it, there's just not that much to say about it. what trump stands for is evil, and self-evidently so. it's not interesting. there's no nuance to it. it is just every kind of idiotic belief which exists fuelling every kind of evil a state can do.
September 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
because, when you get down to it, there's just not that much to say about it. what trump stands for is evil, and self-evidently so. it's not interesting. there's no nuance to it. it is just every kind of idiotic belief which exists fuelling every kind of evil a state can do.
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i really, really fucking loathe "steelmanning" as a concept. it is not my job to make the best possible version of your argument for you if oppose you, if i oppose you, i intend to attack both your shitty ideas *and* the shitty way in which you present them, because fuck you, that's why.
"steelman" culture is just dishonesty. there is no one who holds the reasonable views which media liberals propose conservatives believe in. they are wholly a rhetorical construct of the center-left. a figment we can shadowbox to avoid confronting what conservatives actually believe.
September 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
i really, really fucking loathe "steelmanning" as a concept. it is not my job to make the best possible version of your argument for you if oppose you, if i oppose you, i intend to attack both your shitty ideas *and* the shitty way in which you present them, because fuck you, that's why.