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Not dunking on propter here, because it's true that legislatively the Senate is locked out without creating a movement behind an issue. But part of being a good politician is creating that movement. Zohran reframed "affordability" until even Trump had to admit shit costs too much. Good leaders lead.
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Not dunking on propter here, because it's true that legislatively the Senate is locked out without creating a movement behind an issue. But part of being a good politician is creating that movement. Zohran reframed "affordability" until even Trump had to admit shit costs too much. Good leaders lead.
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IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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Now do Netanyahu
January 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Now do Netanyahu
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Actually, that exactly how JURISDICTION works unless you have an extradition treaty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Actually, that exactly how JURISDICTION works unless you have an extradition treaty
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“Irony” isn’t nearly a strong enough word
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
“Irony” isn’t nearly a strong enough word
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
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The idea is that white men today are unnaturally paying for the sins of the past. But the truth is that white men of the past, who faced an unnaturally cleared field, didn't have to pay natural costs of their present.
White men now have to compete with diverse voices. Nothing's been taken.
White men now have to compete with diverse voices. Nothing's been taken.
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The idea is that white men today are unnaturally paying for the sins of the past. But the truth is that white men of the past, who faced an unnaturally cleared field, didn't have to pay natural costs of their present.
White men now have to compete with diverse voices. Nothing's been taken.
White men now have to compete with diverse voices. Nothing's been taken.
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“Woke” is just being aware of these structures of power and authority and knowing that they are there to justify the abuse of others.
The “war on woke” is those the restoration of these structures for the purposes of abusing others.
The “war on woke” is those the restoration of these structures for the purposes of abusing others.
December 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Woke” is just being aware of these structures of power and authority and knowing that they are there to justify the abuse of others.
The “war on woke” is those the restoration of these structures for the purposes of abusing others.
The “war on woke” is those the restoration of these structures for the purposes of abusing others.
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A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
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There has long been enough evidence to indict and the slow release is intended to 1) further torment Epstein victims 2) get Americans used to child rape by elites 3) flaunt impunity, since there have been no meaningful consequences for perpetrators 4) arrive right when AI casts everything in doubt.
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
There has long been enough evidence to indict and the slow release is intended to 1) further torment Epstein victims 2) get Americans used to child rape by elites 3) flaunt impunity, since there have been no meaningful consequences for perpetrators 4) arrive right when AI casts everything in doubt.
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It's true that Garland did nothing about Trump and Epstein while being completely aware of the crimes. The crimes were public information! Garland was installed to protect the DOJ, which protects Trump and Epstein. It's explained in this free 2023 article. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
Servants of the Mafia State
Merrick Garland, Jamie Gorelick, and the truth
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's true that Garland did nothing about Trump and Epstein while being completely aware of the crimes. The crimes were public information! Garland was installed to protect the DOJ, which protects Trump and Epstein. It's explained in this free 2023 article. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
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The court document below is NOT new. I reprinted it in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT when discussing Trump's history with Epstein. Others also covered it. It was publicly available. Garland of course knew too and protected Trump. And Dems protected and defended Garland. Why pretend otherwise?
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The court document below is NOT new. I reprinted it in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT when discussing Trump's history with Epstein. Others also covered it. It was publicly available. Garland of course knew too and protected Trump. And Dems protected and defended Garland. Why pretend otherwise?
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There is a genuine sadness to this era of tech. This IS the Rot Economy, and what you get when growth is all that matters. Every person defending LLMs is ultimately defending growth itself. It’s not about technology and hasn’t been for a long time. It’s about more things to sell and develop for.
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
There is a genuine sadness to this era of tech. This IS the Rot Economy, and what you get when growth is all that matters. Every person defending LLMs is ultimately defending growth itself. It’s not about technology and hasn’t been for a long time. It’s about more things to sell and develop for.
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Trump’s White House UFC fight is an elevation of brutality.
Fascism has appeal because its energies exist within all of us. We all have the capacity for hate and violence. What makes liberal democracy unique is how it asks us to transcend our basest selves.
www.liberalcurrents.com/merry-christ...
Fascism has appeal because its energies exist within all of us. We all have the capacity for hate and violence. What makes liberal democracy unique is how it asks us to transcend our basest selves.
www.liberalcurrents.com/merry-christ...
Merry Christmas, I Don’t Want To Fight: Trump’s White House UFC Event and The Politics of Violence
Trump is seeking to elevate America’s most violent professional sport to an emblem of national identity.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Trump’s White House UFC fight is an elevation of brutality.
Fascism has appeal because its energies exist within all of us. We all have the capacity for hate and violence. What makes liberal democracy unique is how it asks us to transcend our basest selves.
www.liberalcurrents.com/merry-christ...
Fascism has appeal because its energies exist within all of us. We all have the capacity for hate and violence. What makes liberal democracy unique is how it asks us to transcend our basest selves.
www.liberalcurrents.com/merry-christ...
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If a key part of your job is getting information right and ferreting out falsehoods and untrustworthy sources, and the tool that’s supposed to help you do that keeps throwing you obvious errors, than yeah, you’re probably not going to *trust* it and may end up deciding it’s not all that useful.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If a key part of your job is getting information right and ferreting out falsehoods and untrustworthy sources, and the tool that’s supposed to help you do that keeps throwing you obvious errors, than yeah, you’re probably not going to *trust* it and may end up deciding it’s not all that useful.
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
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A historian of China makes a point about Trump's assault on the Smithsonian.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A historian of China makes a point about Trump's assault on the Smithsonian.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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forced birth but then you also have to watch all those babies die of preventable diseases. the only policy goal republicans have , as far as I can make out from what they’re doing with power, is to kill as many children as possible
December 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
forced birth but then you also have to watch all those babies die of preventable diseases. the only policy goal republicans have , as far as I can make out from what they’re doing with power, is to kill as many children as possible
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To end on a happier note, here are the 48 Democrats who haven't voted for a single fascist bill this session.
December 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
To end on a happier note, here are the 48 Democrats who haven't voted for a single fascist bill this session.
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This building is a memorial. It feels a bit like desecrating someone's grave.
I knew as soon as Trump took over the Kennedy Center board that the writing was on the wall (figuratively) and the writing would soon be on the wall (literally): that Trump would rename the Kennedy Center after himself.
Here's what it looked like at 2:30 p.m. today from my car.
Here's what it looked like at 2:30 p.m. today from my car.
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This building is a memorial. It feels a bit like desecrating someone's grave.