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this is exactly why I am absolutely not willing to overlook anyone who was once “advocating for ending USAID” as merely committing a little oopsie-daisy-booboo, by the way
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
this is exactly why I am absolutely not willing to overlook anyone who was once “advocating for ending USAID” as merely committing a little oopsie-daisy-booboo, by the way
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"given the choice between vance and newsom you are morally obligated to choose newsom"
no. given the choice between vance and newsom, you are morally obligated to find the people responsible for *this* being your choice and remove that power from them, one drop at a time. until there's nothing left
no. given the choice between vance and newsom, you are morally obligated to find the people responsible for *this* being your choice and remove that power from them, one drop at a time. until there's nothing left
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"given the choice between vance and newsom you are morally obligated to choose newsom"
no. given the choice between vance and newsom, you are morally obligated to find the people responsible for *this* being your choice and remove that power from them, one drop at a time. until there's nothing left
no. given the choice between vance and newsom, you are morally obligated to find the people responsible for *this* being your choice and remove that power from them, one drop at a time. until there's nothing left
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amazing how yet another round of "you have to promise you'll vote for the shitbag years in advance" reveals itself to have nothing to do with strategy and pragmatics and everything to do with "i am scared and anxious and everyone on the internet needs to promise me everything will turn out alright"
February 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
amazing how yet another round of "you have to promise you'll vote for the shitbag years in advance" reveals itself to have nothing to do with strategy and pragmatics and everything to do with "i am scared and anxious and everyone on the internet needs to promise me everything will turn out alright"
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Yeah it is genuinely fucking scaring me the degree to which all our cultural output about nuclear war lately seems to present it as a Struggle That Humanity Will Emerge From Stronger. We honestly cannot allow that message to propagate in our fictions, because it *will* doom us. Nuclear War is not…
Threads director Mick Jackson has expressed worry over the upcoming remake’s focus on finding “hope even in the most challenging of times.”
“That one phrase worried me,” he tells Empire. “Hope is not part of nuclear war.”
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
“That one phrase worried me,” he tells Empire. “Hope is not part of nuclear war.”
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
February 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Yeah it is genuinely fucking scaring me the degree to which all our cultural output about nuclear war lately seems to present it as a Struggle That Humanity Will Emerge From Stronger. We honestly cannot allow that message to propagate in our fictions, because it *will* doom us. Nuclear War is not…
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It's a little deranging to feel on the cusp of something important when the people in charge think it's Wednesday and they're busy still trying to strike two-party bargains in a room with one occupant.
Grin Without a Cat - Truthdig
It’s time for elected Democrats to seize the moment — and cease triangulating with nihilism.
www.truthdig.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
It's a little deranging to feel on the cusp of something important when the people in charge think it's Wednesday and they're busy still trying to strike two-party bargains in a room with one occupant.
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I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.
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the thing is that "age of consent guy" was a very specific, well known, risible, and widely scorned type of guy well before metoo. knowledge of age of consent laws has been a creepy tell for as long as i've been alive. that this wasn't considered weird in elite circles doesn't change broader reality
February 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
the thing is that "age of consent guy" was a very specific, well known, risible, and widely scorned type of guy well before metoo. knowledge of age of consent laws has been a creepy tell for as long as i've been alive. that this wasn't considered weird in elite circles doesn't change broader reality
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theyre not ICE prisons theyre warehouse with cages inside. the layout and design will maximize how many people they can hold inside locked fences. there will be no movement, activities, programming, or congregate time for the incarcerated. Heating, cooling, and humidity control will be insufficient
February 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
theyre not ICE prisons theyre warehouse with cages inside. the layout and design will maximize how many people they can hold inside locked fences. there will be no movement, activities, programming, or congregate time for the incarcerated. Heating, cooling, and humidity control will be insufficient
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"This guy is clearly a monster, but he's a well-connected and well-resourced monster so I'm going to let it slide" is the universal lapse in judgement here among elites, and it's a huge issue that seems to be getting missed even though it's so damning of the culture around them.
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"This guy is clearly a monster, but he's a well-connected and well-resourced monster so I'm going to let it slide" is the universal lapse in judgement here among elites, and it's a huge issue that seems to be getting missed even though it's so damning of the culture around them.
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it's easy to spin a narrative about epstein that sees him as a central diabolical villain, the hub around which all of this cohered. but the reality is much more mundane: every narrative in those emails simply reflects a broader consensus among our elites about who is worth protecting and who isn't
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
it's easy to spin a narrative about epstein that sees him as a central diabolical villain, the hub around which all of this cohered. but the reality is much more mundane: every narrative in those emails simply reflects a broader consensus among our elites about who is worth protecting and who isn't
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Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.
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I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
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There's a distinction here that might be lost by modern understandings of games. Cartridges existed before this, but they were basically signals to the system to run some preexisting game that was already built into the console. He did something else, something that floppies couldn't do
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
February 2, 2026 at 8:28 AM
There's a distinction here that might be lost by modern understandings of games. Cartridges existed before this, but they were basically signals to the system to run some preexisting game that was already built into the console. He did something else, something that floppies couldn't do
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Hi, Epstein did not create the GCs. Researchers for the last ten years have been telling you over and over about the collection of forces that resulted in the GCs. There is no conspiracy. Just a bunch of political actors collaborating in their mutual interest.
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Hi, Epstein did not create the GCs. Researchers for the last ten years have been telling you over and over about the collection of forces that resulted in the GCs. There is no conspiracy. Just a bunch of political actors collaborating in their mutual interest.
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The worst part is that they're using these revelations to go after trans people even more. I hate it here.
Heads they win, tails we lose.
Heads they win, tails we lose.
February 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The worst part is that they're using these revelations to go after trans people even more. I hate it here.
Heads they win, tails we lose.
Heads they win, tails we lose.
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You have been visited by PWG Sofía Vergara repost PWG Sofía Vergara and receive good fortune or ignore PWG Sofía Vergara and be cursed 🤼♂️
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
You have been visited by PWG Sofía Vergara repost PWG Sofía Vergara and receive good fortune or ignore PWG Sofía Vergara and be cursed 🤼♂️
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Kamala Harris's actual 2024 policies:
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Kamala Harris's actual 2024 policies:
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fucking hell just remembered, "CBP stays at border" and the way 'border' is defined in this country is this bullshit. awesome work, guys
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM
fucking hell just remembered, "CBP stays at border" and the way 'border' is defined in this country is this bullshit. awesome work, guys
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im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
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learning that "soccer" is a term that comes from england really makes you consider that there's a strong change a large amount of british word decisions stem from getting mad The Colonies are using their words, or getting upset that spain probably called them cringe
January 26, 2026 at 2:41 PM
learning that "soccer" is a term that comes from england really makes you consider that there's a strong change a large amount of british word decisions stem from getting mad The Colonies are using their words, or getting upset that spain probably called them cringe
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They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops
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Mamdani didn’t focus on a nebulous affordability, he focused on specific policies relating to the office, AND he stood firm on other values. Schumer is focusing on affordability with NO coherent policies IN ORDER to avoid discussing policies and values directly relating to his office. No tricky
January 22, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Mamdani didn’t focus on a nebulous affordability, he focused on specific policies relating to the office, AND he stood firm on other values. Schumer is focusing on affordability with NO coherent policies IN ORDER to avoid discussing policies and values directly relating to his office. No tricky
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Reagan? That’s also a Hitler. Clinton and his democrats’ embrace of capital? The government-corporate fusion is the backbone of fascism.
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Reagan? That’s also a Hitler. Clinton and his democrats’ embrace of capital? The government-corporate fusion is the backbone of fascism.