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Living in SC. Previously lived in the Midwest, Southwest, North central and West. I build websites and have a dog.
When is that dumb old motherfucker gonna die? So sick of him.
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
When is that dumb old motherfucker gonna die? So sick of him.
An alternate solution would be to put away your dishes because you love your wife and want to make her happy.
Did red states ban dishwashers? This reads like a martial strife column from 1969.
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
An alternate solution would be to put away your dishes because you love your wife and want to make her happy.
Absolutely. This is the principle behind the five whys concept in root cause analysis.
part of that is listening in a deep way — in a way that you won’t capture with issue polling. you have to ask yourself what is the underlying concern? is it that voters have a firm view of, say, the deficit? or does the deficit represent a set of larger worries. if the latter, you speak to *that*.
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Absolutely. This is the principle behind the five whys concept in root cause analysis.
One thing I’d add is that the public doesn’t respect politicians who appear to be tacking to every change in public opinion. People like someone with a backbone!
i will again note the slight of hand here. “respecting” public opinion is defined as being subservient to public opinion. but you can respect where the public lies without making yourself a slave to its whims.
This exchange drives me nuts. Neither the interviewer nor Bazelon acknowledges that 1) abortion rights are really popular! and 2) what ICE is doing is hugely unpopular!
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One thing I’d add is that the public doesn’t respect politicians who appear to be tacking to every change in public opinion. People like someone with a backbone!
Abolish ICE, arrest the perpetrators of these lawless crimes.
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Abolish ICE, arrest the perpetrators of these lawless crimes.
I’d go farther and say it was unethical and immoral.
Important: Maryland senate leader refuses to redistrict to counter Trump/GOP, but Rep Jamie Raskin says if Indiana GOPers move, MD must act:
"There’s nothing ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game they’ve created."
On the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
"There’s nothing ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game they’ve created."
On the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’d go farther and say it was unethical and immoral.
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While it is tempting to look for patterns, I think the capriciousness and arbitrariness are the point. That's what signals the absolute power of the monarch: he's not beholden to anything, hence anyone is entirely at his mercy.
Dice come up 7, 11, or doubles: congratulations, here's your pardon
All other rolls: blow 'em up, finish off any survivors
All other rolls: blow 'em up, finish off any survivors
Trump grants clemency to Baltimore drug trafficker who ran multimillion-dollar ring
A Baltimore drug kingpin who built a multimillion-dollar narcotics empire and lived a lavish lifestyle before his arrest was granted clemency by President Donald Trump.
www.baltimoresun.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
While it is tempting to look for patterns, I think the capriciousness and arbitrariness are the point. That's what signals the absolute power of the monarch: he's not beholden to anything, hence anyone is entirely at his mercy.
It’s interesting how the most vocal racists tend to look like products of a first-cousin marriage.
July 5, 1925: Jean Raspail, a French author who became a hero of the far right with his novel "The Camp of the Saints," about an "invasion" of the West by dark-skinned immigrants, is born. Trump administration figures who praised his work include Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon.
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It’s interesting how the most vocal racists tend to look like products of a first-cousin marriage.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬, by Marian Kamensky
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬, by Marian Kamensky
A really lovely, positive story about what people can do to restore our world.
"The problems are immense, but the solutions are immense too."
I loved this short documentary about botanist Hugh Wilson, who spent thirty years protecting and growing a forest in New Zealand.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VZS...
I loved this short documentary about botanist Hugh Wilson, who spent thirty years protecting and growing a forest in New Zealand.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VZS...
Man Spends 30 Years Turning Degraded Land into Massive Forest – Fools & Dreamers (Full Documentary)
YouTube video by Happen Films
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A really lovely, positive story about what people can do to restore our world.
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All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
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Even accounting for the new congressional maps, a swing like Aftyn Behn's (Trump+22 to D-8.6) would net Dems 259 seats in the midterms.
Even if the swing is *half* of tonight's, Dems win the House with 229 seats
Data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Even if the swing is *half* of tonight's, Dems win the House with 229 seats
Data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accounting for the new congressional maps, a swing like Aftyn Behn's (Trump+22 to D-8.6) would net Dems 259 seats in the midterms.
Even if the swing is *half* of tonight's, Dems win the House with 229 seats
Data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Even if the swing is *half* of tonight's, Dems win the House with 229 seats
Data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This guy’s face just screams “punch me. You just know he couldn’t take it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This guy’s face just screams “punch me. You just know he couldn’t take it.
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What lies at the root of both the grifters and ideologues, is a realization that attempting to recreate the United States' old racial hierarchies or burn a new white ethnostate out of it, is simply catastrophically unpopular to the point that an authoritarian regime would be required to enforce it.
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
What lies at the root of both the grifters and ideologues, is a realization that attempting to recreate the United States' old racial hierarchies or burn a new white ethnostate out of it, is simply catastrophically unpopular to the point that an authoritarian regime would be required to enforce it.
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i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
The thing is, electorally, it won’t work out for them. There are a lot of minorities in this country.
Trump & Miller are now just explicitly explaining the whites only society they demand. It’s just the Klan. That’s it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The thing is, electorally, it won’t work out for them. There are a lot of minorities in this country.
Trump Take Last Breath
Credit where it’s due. But I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this new framing comes out after a Democratic wave election, the ascendance (and surprisingly broad acceptance) of Mamdani, and his steadily crashing poll numbers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Trump Take Last Breath
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Trump, Musk, and the GOP killed hundreds of thousands of kids around the world.
That should be a major story and talking point.
They cut USAID to "save" from "waste," but gave 40 billion to Argentina and threw a Great Gatsby party and let Kash Patel burn our money for his honeypot GF.
That should be a major story and talking point.
They cut USAID to "save" from "waste," but gave 40 billion to Argentina and threw a Great Gatsby party and let Kash Patel burn our money for his honeypot GF.
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Trump, Musk, and the GOP killed hundreds of thousands of kids around the world.
That should be a major story and talking point.
They cut USAID to "save" from "waste," but gave 40 billion to Argentina and threw a Great Gatsby party and let Kash Patel burn our money for his honeypot GF.
That should be a major story and talking point.
They cut USAID to "save" from "waste," but gave 40 billion to Argentina and threw a Great Gatsby party and let Kash Patel burn our money for his honeypot GF.
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tovarisch, our presidentski is a very stupid man. you must speak to him in the manner to which he is accustomed www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
tovarisch, our presidentski is a very stupid man. you must speak to him in the manner to which he is accustomed www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Putin always wanted a peace deal, huh? Is that before or after he invaded?
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Putin always wanted a peace deal, huh? Is that before or after he invaded?
It is interesting that both the U.S. and Russia have explicit policies to separate disfavored parents from their children.
This is happening because of Trump & Vance
Deported and Desperate to Be Reunited With Their Children
Deported and Desperate to Be Reunited With Their Children
Deported and Desperate to Be Reunited With Their Children
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It is interesting that both the U.S. and Russia have explicit policies to separate disfavored parents from their children.
Don’t the Brits have more important things to think about than transgender issues? Like perhaps their sputtering economy?
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Don’t the Brits have more important things to think about than transgender issues? Like perhaps their sputtering economy?
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To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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