Matt
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man it is crazy how rich this country is
If your household, not you, all of the income earners in your household, make over $130,500/yr, you are better off than 60% of American households.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
man it is crazy how rich this country is
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so i think the og wikileaks theory that you could panopticon your government until it died was true, it just turns out julian sucked
curtailing the power of the police by subjecting them to a permanent hostile panopticon is certainly novel though
February 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM
so i think the og wikileaks theory that you could panopticon your government until it died was true, it just turns out julian sucked
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curtailing the power of the police by subjecting them to a permanent hostile panopticon is certainly novel though
February 5, 2026 at 7:59 AM
curtailing the power of the police by subjecting them to a permanent hostile panopticon is certainly novel though
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very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
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voters have incoherent beliefs and preferences about immigration. they, of course, literally voted for this. they also did not understand anything about it, so they actually hate it. and the hard part is getting them to think that the thing you are doing is the (nonsensical) thing they want.
Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed.
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
voters have incoherent beliefs and preferences about immigration. they, of course, literally voted for this. they also did not understand anything about it, so they actually hate it. and the hard part is getting them to think that the thing you are doing is the (nonsensical) thing they want.
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you best start believing in interregnums
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
you best start believing in interregnums
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Let’s do some amateur analysis:
Marco Rubio—deep inner life, knows he is consciously doing wrong, justifies it to himself on the grounds that he may end the communist govt in Cuba
Kristi Noem—impoverished inner life, basically the instincts of a jackal with a thin veneer of human sociability
Marco Rubio—deep inner life, knows he is consciously doing wrong, justifies it to himself on the grounds that he may end the communist govt in Cuba
Kristi Noem—impoverished inner life, basically the instincts of a jackal with a thin veneer of human sociability
He really is a viscerally repulsive human being. like most of the Trump cabinet, I think he’s morally worse than Trump, because I believe he has an interior life in a way that Trump does not
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Let’s do some amateur analysis:
Marco Rubio—deep inner life, knows he is consciously doing wrong, justifies it to himself on the grounds that he may end the communist govt in Cuba
Kristi Noem—impoverished inner life, basically the instincts of a jackal with a thin veneer of human sociability
Marco Rubio—deep inner life, knows he is consciously doing wrong, justifies it to himself on the grounds that he may end the communist govt in Cuba
Kristi Noem—impoverished inner life, basically the instincts of a jackal with a thin veneer of human sociability
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He really is a viscerally repulsive human being. like most of the Trump cabinet, I think he’s morally worse than Trump, because I believe he has an interior life in a way that Trump does not
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
He really is a viscerally repulsive human being. like most of the Trump cabinet, I think he’s morally worse than Trump, because I believe he has an interior life in a way that Trump does not
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One of the most successful GOP lies is that, there is some magic line that illegal immigrants are just cutting to come into the country, and that they only wanted to deport the criminal ones of those, and, A, there is no line, and B, they want to deport anybody that isn’t Lily white. And yet
one area where popularism is most preposterous is where voters are quite obviously confused
Pew finds 60% oppose pausing visas and 66% oppose nixing asylum! People overinterpreted 2024 as a seismic shift to Trump on immigration. But the data is showing very broad opposition to the restrictionist, ethnonationalist, anti-humanitarian aspects of Trumpism. 5/5
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of the most successful GOP lies is that, there is some magic line that illegal immigrants are just cutting to come into the country, and that they only wanted to deport the criminal ones of those, and, A, there is no line, and B, they want to deport anybody that isn’t Lily white. And yet
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New York Times is now the only real newspaper as such left in America. Grim for many reasons.
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
New York Times is now the only real newspaper as such left in America. Grim for many reasons.
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“Gambling company operates free grocery store for the poor” is literally some Al Capone type shit x.com/polymarket/s...
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
“Gambling company operates free grocery store for the poor” is literally some Al Capone type shit x.com/polymarket/s...
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It's great that Coachella Valley Rail to Palm Springs is moving forward, but why does it cost $80 million for environmental review of a conventional rail project on existing right of way? www.rctc.org/coachella-va...
Coachella Valley Rail Advances to Next Stop as Commission Approves $80 Million for Environmental Study - Riverside County Transportation Commission
CV Rail project moves into next phase of environmental work
www.rctc.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
It's great that Coachella Valley Rail to Palm Springs is moving forward, but why does it cost $80 million for environmental review of a conventional rail project on existing right of way? www.rctc.org/coachella-va...
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it is pretty safe to assume that at least one in five of the adult population in twin cities has engaged in some facet of community defense and direct aid at this point.
February 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
it is pretty safe to assume that at least one in five of the adult population in twin cities has engaged in some facet of community defense and direct aid at this point.
the thing about the elites being “smeared” is that they absolutely knew what epstein was, at least by 2008ish, and were comfortable sidelining that thought if they still got invited to the cool parties
“Please Grok, won’t someone think of the plight of the true victims here? That of the poor, abused billionaire pedophile elites????” Cried Robby into the darkened void...
February 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
the thing about the elites being “smeared” is that they absolutely knew what epstein was, at least by 2008ish, and were comfortable sidelining that thought if they still got invited to the cool parties
the intent here, i think, was to mimic how the american old(er) money uses press connections and media ownership to kill stories, exercise influence etc. but bezos does not seem to understand that this only works if the institution is respectable enough to reputationally launder what you want it to
Video call: WaPo Executive Editor Matt Murray says the paper plans to lay off hundreds of staff, cutting into its local, international, and sports coverage (New York Times)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
the intent here, i think, was to mimic how the american old(er) money uses press connections and media ownership to kill stories, exercise influence etc. but bezos does not seem to understand that this only works if the institution is respectable enough to reputationally launder what you want it to
voters think (1) there is a pathway to legal immigration for non-college entrants with no family which for all intents and purposes does not exist (2) the border is a crime and terrorism issue, which although informed by *racism* is not “the brown hordes are diluting our white blood”
one area where popularism is most preposterous is where voters are quite obviously confused
Pew finds 60% oppose pausing visas and 66% oppose nixing asylum! People overinterpreted 2024 as a seismic shift to Trump on immigration. But the data is showing very broad opposition to the restrictionist, ethnonationalist, anti-humanitarian aspects of Trumpism. 5/5
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
voters think (1) there is a pathway to legal immigration for non-college entrants with no family which for all intents and purposes does not exist (2) the border is a crime and terrorism issue, which although informed by *racism* is not “the brown hordes are diluting our white blood”
isaiah to the rest of us:
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
isaiah to the rest of us:
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the great joke of this era of unprecedented abundance is that our elite universities could easily solve this "problem" by being bigger, but the point of elite universities is not to ensure that kids go to good schools but to ensure that the right people's kids are the ones who go to the good schools
Helen Andrews, who once accused @adamserwer.bsky.social of writing the "most toxic piece of journalism" of the era and who recently argued that women are basically the main problem, is currently waxing rhapsodic about how the issue with Asian Americans is that they are too good at school.
February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
the great joke of this era of unprecedented abundance is that our elite universities could easily solve this "problem" by being bigger, but the point of elite universities is not to ensure that kids go to good schools but to ensure that the right people's kids are the ones who go to the good schools
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I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
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It's Elmo's birthday
February 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It's Elmo's birthday
with a certain kind of professional organizer, protests are about the protestor and should ultimately cater to their safety and sensibilities first and foremost.
Ugh. The main anti-ICE group in Washington which has 44k followers on Facebook and has been going around to communities promoting classes is now promoting this anti-whistle nonsense for "harm reduction" reasons as well.
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
with a certain kind of professional organizer, protests are about the protestor and should ultimately cater to their safety and sensibilities first and foremost.
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