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New tolkien quote of the day everyday five(ish) days of the week
i RS a lot of mutual aid posts some nsfw🔞
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One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy

and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
I said it elsewhere, but it’s weirdly exhilarating and addictive to be terrified all the time, and the people addicted to it, when they say this, may as well be saying “I can stop at any time, it’s just the world doing this *to* me.”
JP Morgan’s RTO plans
YouTube video by Morning Brew
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
have you seen the jaimie dimon rto parody lol
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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this is why making every ICE and CBP guy's job an endless series of humiliations is critical. also if they don't meet their quota they don't get their bonus.
Ice will probably have fewer guys come November than now
i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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Ice will probably have fewer guys come November than now
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 AM
once we retake the house and senate we should pass a bill extending statute of limitations on wtvr laws are best for prosecuting ice/bp and new super easy to procecute law with clear language about not applying/no clawback if you quit by idk 4/1/27

itll be vetoed which is Good, in 2029 its harsher
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Also they’re still number one natsec threat even after theyre abolished. its why it is so important to make them quit and slow down hiring now.
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
yeah man The Cool Zone is actually decidedly uncool who knew
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
like HSI doesnt exist anymore its all ero. RIF literally everyone involved as Accountability Step 1

and even sidestepping the morality, in 2029 ICE and USBP will be our biggest natsec threat

they cant be trusted to follow orders or not sink the admin either softly or open sedition/assassination
I mean,,,they’re corrrect about what hsi does?

like it’s also not 2024 anymore. almost the entirety of hsi was reassigned to ero in 2025 and short of an amerimaidan-shaped situation, they’re role in ero will only grow until 2029
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
the 100ish or so principled civil libertarians that follow me are unironically probably close to a double digit percent of them left in the country
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Neoconservatism
Has any ideology more quickly and comprehensively abandoned its ostensible principles than Libertarianism? Virtually every libertarian I know has gone full, devoted MAGA. Just totally rolled over for fascism instantly.

(I know the REAL principles have always been "I get to be selfish" lol)
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.

This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.

Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
February 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Yeag
February 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Its so funny that its objectively the correct answer
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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my husband and i never talked at home, when he did want to tell me something he spoke to me like Will from Stranger Things
It’s like watching how Christianity spilt up into different religions
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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my favorite michael tracey moment is when he flew to poland after the ukraine war started and thought he had stumbled onto a massive conspiracy because he ran into uniformed u.s. troops
Mike Tracey is a greasy right wing opportunist posing as a journalist, whose latest trolling engagement shtick is harassing victims of Jeffrey Epstein

Notice how Newsnation and The Hill prop him up as a serious good faith actor
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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The worst people wanted carte blanche to be their true awful selves and they manufactured it but they facing the backlash now
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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This guy is the Satanic character from that show Evil
Hassett: "There's a pretty big decline in the labor force because of illegals leaving the country, so the break even job number is quite a bit lower than it was under Joe Biden. So you should expect slightly smaller job numbers."
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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“Did you do those fighting Uruks, Frank?”

“Sure did boss, real sexy just like you asked.”

“What”
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Elon musk’s baby fursona
okay I'm sorry but who the fuck is Elmo supposed to be posting for on Twitter?
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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four haitian women were deported from puerto rico; they have now been found decapitated
Four Haitian Women Were Deported From Puerto Rico; They Have Now Been Found Decapitated
So far, Dominican authorities have reported the arrest of a Haitian man identified as Chin Laduse, who is allegedly connected to the killings.
www.latintimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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February 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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It's weird that they're both posting as if they don't live in puerto rico, where they both moved to avoid paying taxes
The culture wars are ripping families apart!
February 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
No one saw it lmao
February 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Its so funny that its objectively the correct answer
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
like you saw this everywhere from dems, company cuts, leftists, all media, your rando mix of gcs and irl friends and coworkers.
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM