Mr. America
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"The Simpsons" is a documentary. Homer is the median American.
Formerly SkinnerBoxUSA at the other place. IFBAV.
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Mr. America
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· Aug 31
We're like a squabbling family whose car broke down in "Hills Have Eyes" country, smoke coming from the hood, and vowing to buy a better brand of spark plugs, or fill the tank with premium gasoline next time.
The engine blew up, son. You either need a new engine or a new car, period.
The engine blew up, son. You either need a new engine or a new car, period.
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Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
May 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
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This is the defining aspect of a terminal narcissist. He doesn’t WANT people to love him, he EXPECTS it. The man literally has cabinet meetings where he forces grown ass adults to take turns telling each other their favorite things about him! You think he doesn’t know they hate doing this?
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is the defining aspect of a terminal narcissist. He doesn’t WANT people to love him, he EXPECTS it. The man literally has cabinet meetings where he forces grown ass adults to take turns telling each other their favorite things about him! You think he doesn’t know they hate doing this?
I'll say this much for '60 Minutes' slide into utter irrelevance -- it's hilarious to watch. Stahl has been in the game roughly as long as Sporkfoot has been alive, and yet is rendered inert with rubber-glue / why-do-you-keep-hitting-yourself retorts.
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LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'll say this much for '60 Minutes' slide into utter irrelevance -- it's hilarious to watch. Stahl has been in the game roughly as long as Sporkfoot has been alive, and yet is rendered inert with rubber-glue / why-do-you-keep-hitting-yourself retorts.
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For less than 50% of the money spent on Wendy Davis in 2014, Beto O’Rourke in 2018 & 22, and Collin Allred in 2024, we could have funded a decade + of party-building, progressive infrastructure, and independent progressive journalism in Texas.
im not saying democrats shouldnt run for things in texas. they should be running all over. but like florida, people need to be realistic about the likelihood of winning and donate accordingly.
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
For less than 50% of the money spent on Wendy Davis in 2014, Beto O’Rourke in 2018 & 22, and Collin Allred in 2024, we could have funded a decade + of party-building, progressive infrastructure, and independent progressive journalism in Texas.
Sure, Benny. 🙄 Sue his pants off! Sue his brains out, all night long!
Johnson is actually the median regime ideal -- a self-loathing power bottom whose internal contradictions can be used to leverage him into being a complete piece of shit.
See also: Hamel, Jimmy.
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Johnson is actually the median regime ideal -- a self-loathing power bottom whose internal contradictions can be used to leverage him into being a complete piece of shit.
See also: Hamel, Jimmy.
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Benny Johnson Suggests He’s ‘Duty Bound’ to Sue Milo Yiannopoulos for Claiming He Slept With ‘Boys’
Conservative commentator Benny Johnson appears to be gearing up to sue Milo Yiannopoulos, after he claimed it is an open secret Johnson slept with "boys" at political conferences.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sure, Benny. 🙄 Sue his pants off! Sue his brains out, all night long!
Johnson is actually the median regime ideal -- a self-loathing power bottom whose internal contradictions can be used to leverage him into being a complete piece of shit.
See also: Hamel, Jimmy.
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Johnson is actually the median regime ideal -- a self-loathing power bottom whose internal contradictions can be used to leverage him into being a complete piece of shit.
See also: Hamel, Jimmy.
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Lol, Karp's inability to understand how chairs work is the least of his problems -- and no, it's not "he's neurodivergent" either, except insofar as he's a sociopathic asshole who literally wants all the proles under the thumb of his (and Blood Boy Thiel's) shitbag company.
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Lol, Karp's inability to understand how chairs work is the least of his problems -- and no, it's not "he's neurodivergent" either, except insofar as he's a sociopathic asshole who literally wants all the proles under the thumb of his (and Blood Boy Thiel's) shitbag company.
The simplest, most readily apparent explanation is the correct one: the median Trumpkin has the arrested intellectual development of a bratty toddler, whose greatest delight is taking kindness and making it cruel and stupid, like themselves.
We must reach out to them. 🙄
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We must reach out to them. 🙄
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Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The simplest, most readily apparent explanation is the correct one: the median Trumpkin has the arrested intellectual development of a bratty toddler, whose greatest delight is taking kindness and making it cruel and stupid, like themselves.
We must reach out to them. 🙄
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We must reach out to them. 🙄
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This dingbat has spent her entire adult life as a slam-book courtesan to a series of men old enough to be her father or grandfather. It's unacceptable that she gets to make a living peddling this insufferable, moronic drivel.
She should be straightening the kinks out of Bill Maher's wet noodle. 😤
She should be straightening the kinks out of Bill Maher's wet noodle. 😤
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This dingbat has spent her entire adult life as a slam-book courtesan to a series of men old enough to be her father or grandfather. It's unacceptable that she gets to make a living peddling this insufferable, moronic drivel.
She should be straightening the kinks out of Bill Maher's wet noodle. 😤
She should be straightening the kinks out of Bill Maher's wet noodle. 😤
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that would be the correct play here
At some point it may occur to the extremely wealthy people on Netflix’s side that the best way to save their deal is to make sure everyone in America knows how corrupt Trump and Ellison are. Their opponents paid off the referees! Make some noise about it!
this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
that would be the correct play here
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Just so we're clear how this works 👇
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just so we're clear how this works 👇
NGL, the visual of two of the most Jewish rock musicians other than Geddy Lee cozying up to this nazi regime is jarring to say the least. Love how Gene Simmons can never take off his wraparound shades because of all the botched work. Peter Criss is now a garden gnome.
Fuck everyone in this photo. 🖕
Fuck everyone in this photo. 🖕
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
NGL, the visual of two of the most Jewish rock musicians other than Geddy Lee cozying up to this nazi regime is jarring to say the least. Love how Gene Simmons can never take off his wraparound shades because of all the botched work. Peter Criss is now a garden gnome.
Fuck everyone in this photo. 🖕
Fuck everyone in this photo. 🖕
Nonsense. They're doing exactly what they were put there to do. They're succeeding beyond the wildest expectations of the OG RWNJ long-game guys like Rushdoony and Weyrich.
The word "failure" and its variants keep getting used, and sorry to go all Inigo Montoya here, but it's the wrong word to use.
The word "failure" and its variants keep getting used, and sorry to go all Inigo Montoya here, but it's the wrong word to use.
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Nonsense. They're doing exactly what they were put there to do. They're succeeding beyond the wildest expectations of the OG RWNJ long-game guys like Rushdoony and Weyrich.
The word "failure" and its variants keep getting used, and sorry to go all Inigo Montoya here, but it's the wrong word to use.
The word "failure" and its variants keep getting used, and sorry to go all Inigo Montoya here, but it's the wrong word to use.
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Pictured (L-R): Sylvester Stallone, apparently stung by an entire beehive; Paul Stanley, revealing that the KISS makeup was load bearing; and Donald Trump, recently poisoned by the Joker
December 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Pictured (L-R): Sylvester Stallone, apparently stung by an entire beehive; Paul Stanley, revealing that the KISS makeup was load bearing; and Donald Trump, recently poisoned by the Joker
Folks are (understandably) focusing on the first part of this excerpt, but the whole thing is worth watching, as he feints into hollow "too few people have all the moneys" bromides that he'd never do anything about.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Folks are (understandably) focusing on the first part of this excerpt, but the whole thing is worth watching, as he feints into hollow "too few people have all the moneys" bromides that he'd never do anything about.
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"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that?
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
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"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
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Cult(ure) of Abuse
How do we deal with a culture of abuse? What is our part in ending it? How do we deal with an abusive cult of millions?
www.the-reframe.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that?
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
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"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
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The fact that there’s barely a president is in fact a major national crisis, given who this (further) empowers
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The fact that there's barely a president is in fact a major national crisis - Lawyers, Guns & Money
As Jason Linkins observes, in addition to the absurdly obvious double standard the relative lack of coverage that Trump’s very obvious physical and mental decline is receiving is particularly indefens...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The fact that there’s barely a president is in fact a major national crisis, given who this (further) empowers
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writing about how corruption has hollowed out the regulatory state resulting in a country incapable of holding corporate power accountable, likely causing generational suffering and mass fatalities across myriad sectors would get clicks, too
They'd just rather blow smoke up the asses of CEOs
They'd just rather blow smoke up the asses of CEOs
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
writing about how corruption has hollowed out the regulatory state resulting in a country incapable of holding corporate power accountable, likely causing generational suffering and mass fatalities across myriad sectors would get clicks, too
They'd just rather blow smoke up the asses of CEOs
They'd just rather blow smoke up the asses of CEOs
It seems pretty unavoidable at this point that the defining traits of The Elite Media are greed, cowardice, and Stockholm Syndrome.
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In this segment, Senator Schmitt insists he knows nothing about a major scandal, goes on an extended rant filled with lies and smears, insults Stephanopolous and his show directly, and is generally a preening asshole.
Yet I’m sure they’ll welcome him back for more.
Yet I’m sure they’ll welcome him back for more.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It seems pretty unavoidable at this point that the defining traits of The Elite Media are greed, cowardice, and Stockholm Syndrome.
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Never gets tiring watching these soft-handed ventriloquist's dummies declare themselves the arbiters on what constitutes "masculinity," like, there's a fair chance Lonsdale gets his butthole bleached regularly, right after his mani-pedi.
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
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“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Never gets tiring watching these soft-handed ventriloquist's dummies declare themselves the arbiters on what constitutes "masculinity," like, there's a fair chance Lonsdale gets his butthole bleached regularly, right after his mani-pedi.
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
You know it's not really Trump because he forgot to scream THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!!!11!1!. 😤
But God was very happy with him for pardoning a political criminal, so there's that. 🙄
Seriously, what the hell are we doing here anymore?
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But God was very happy with him for pardoning a political criminal, so there's that. 🙄
Seriously, what the hell are we doing here anymore?
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
You know it's not really Trump because he forgot to scream THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!!!11!1!. 😤
But God was very happy with him for pardoning a political criminal, so there's that. 🙄
Seriously, what the hell are we doing here anymore?
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But God was very happy with him for pardoning a political criminal, so there's that. 🙄
Seriously, what the hell are we doing here anymore?
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New, from me: Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons.
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
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It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
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Pardon the Corruption
Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons
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December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New, from me: Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons.
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
This Niedermeyer-ass bobble-throated slapdick has been a full-blown unrepentant sociopath from day one, and it's long past goddamned time everyone called him on it.
Every Republican -- and plenty of Democrats! -- are as well, of course, but Cotton seems to enjoy it more.
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Every Republican -- and plenty of Democrats! -- are as well, of course, but Cotton seems to enjoy it more.
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In this Tom Cotton speculates that one of the shipwrecked men “taking off his tshirt” was a hostile act that required his execution by missile from miles away.
One of the most insane, sickening things I’ve ever heard from a US leader
One of the most insane, sickening things I’ve ever heard from a US leader
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This Niedermeyer-ass bobble-throated slapdick has been a full-blown unrepentant sociopath from day one, and it's long past goddamned time everyone called him on it.
Every Republican -- and plenty of Democrats! -- are as well, of course, but Cotton seems to enjoy it more.
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Every Republican -- and plenty of Democrats! -- are as well, of course, but Cotton seems to enjoy it more.
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Really getting to the bottom of all sorts of mysteries at the best funded news outlet in the country. First how did a Republican end up in a racist group chat, and now this.
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Really getting to the bottom of all sorts of mysteries at the best funded news outlet in the country. First how did a Republican end up in a racist group chat, and now this.