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Absolutely brain dead take. Trans people did start with employment, housing, and healthcare. There are cases dating back decades such as Smith v. Salem in 2004 and Glenn v Brumby in 2011! Many states passed anti discrimination laws well over a decade ago. He has no idea what he's talking about.
February 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Absolutely brain dead take. Trans people did start with employment, housing, and healthcare. There are cases dating back decades such as Smith v. Salem in 2004 and Glenn v Brumby in 2011! Many states passed anti discrimination laws well over a decade ago. He has no idea what he's talking about.
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Just a totally normal thing that two billionaire sexual predators were obsessed with befriending Vladimir Putin. No big whoop.
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February 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Just a totally normal thing that two billionaire sexual predators were obsessed with befriending Vladimir Putin. No big whoop.
(1/2) Fascinating book by Julia Ioffe, mingling the rich history of her own family with that of the Soviet feminist experiment. Her portraits are sharply observed - I particularly enjoyed one that contrasted Raisa Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan that really confounded how one would commonly think … 💙📚
February 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
(1/2) Fascinating book by Julia Ioffe, mingling the rich history of her own family with that of the Soviet feminist experiment. Her portraits are sharply observed - I particularly enjoyed one that contrasted Raisa Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan that really confounded how one would commonly think … 💙📚
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Stop saying they didn't vote for this when they did and recognize instead that, scarily & sadly, we're in a country where millions of our fellow citizens are going to support the warehouses for humans (the concentration camps) that are coming.
February 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Stop saying they didn't vote for this when they did and recognize instead that, scarily & sadly, we're in a country where millions of our fellow citizens are going to support the warehouses for humans (the concentration camps) that are coming.
February 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Thoroughly immersive read, which was exacting to the last detail about the alternate world it depicted - a gut wrenching depiction of slavery 💙📚
February 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Thoroughly immersive read, which was exacting to the last detail about the alternate world it depicted - a gut wrenching depiction of slavery 💙📚
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Insane that the @nytimes.com is still reporting a jobs report with so many downward revisions that virtually no jobs were created in 2025 under Trump & Vance as a a good report for them. This is economic illiteracy and journalistic incompetence.
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Insane that the @nytimes.com is still reporting a jobs report with so many downward revisions that virtually no jobs were created in 2025 under Trump & Vance as a a good report for them. This is economic illiteracy and journalistic incompetence.
“Forget it Josh, it’s the New York Times”
February 14, 2026 at 4:06 AM
“Forget it Josh, it’s the New York Times”
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So, to wrap up today's insanity:
President Trump, who is deeply implicated in a pedophilia scandal involving his best friend, the sex trafficker, sent Attorney General Bondi -- who only has that job because Trump's first choice was also implicated in a separate pedophilia scandal -- to the House...
President Trump, who is deeply implicated in a pedophilia scandal involving his best friend, the sex trafficker, sent Attorney General Bondi -- who only has that job because Trump's first choice was also implicated in a separate pedophilia scandal -- to the House...
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
So, to wrap up today's insanity:
President Trump, who is deeply implicated in a pedophilia scandal involving his best friend, the sex trafficker, sent Attorney General Bondi -- who only has that job because Trump's first choice was also implicated in a separate pedophilia scandal -- to the House...
President Trump, who is deeply implicated in a pedophilia scandal involving his best friend, the sex trafficker, sent Attorney General Bondi -- who only has that job because Trump's first choice was also implicated in a separate pedophilia scandal -- to the House...
(1/2) Beautiful read reminiscent of Candide, stuffed with archaic details and levity
It was by turns bawdy and solemn - there was a detour into Boethius as a means of comprehending the turn of events, but … 💙📚
It was by turns bawdy and solemn - there was a detour into Boethius as a means of comprehending the turn of events, but … 💙📚
February 9, 2026 at 10:35 PM
(1/2) Beautiful read reminiscent of Candide, stuffed with archaic details and levity
It was by turns bawdy and solemn - there was a detour into Boethius as a means of comprehending the turn of events, but … 💙📚
It was by turns bawdy and solemn - there was a detour into Boethius as a means of comprehending the turn of events, but … 💙📚
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February 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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Subo getting sent off for pulling back Haaland when Salah had same thing done to him four times and we got one free kick just highlights what unfair bullshit we are constantly up against.
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Subo getting sent off for pulling back Haaland when Salah had same thing done to him four times and we got one free kick just highlights what unfair bullshit we are constantly up against.
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Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
I seriously don’t get the logic of Alisson staying up for that one. It’s been a poor game for him - though he did make two great reflex saves #LFC
February 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I seriously don’t get the logic of Alisson staying up for that one. It’s been a poor game for him - though he did make two great reflex saves #LFC
When we had the lead we should’ve been more judicious with the ball. A lot of just hoofing the ball up the pitch when it could’ve been more controlled #LFC
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
When we had the lead we should’ve been more judicious with the ball. A lot of just hoofing the ball up the pitch when it could’ve been more controlled #LFC
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I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
Sadly, a good example of why I stopped subscribing to WaPo back in 2024
WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
February 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Sadly, a good example of why I stopped subscribing to WaPo back in 2024