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Extremely tangential, but the Jan 6th - Jan 20th triumvirate is one of those things that is unknown to most of the population. It has had no effects, and I thought it would.
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Extremely tangential, but the Jan 6th - Jan 20th triumvirate is one of those things that is unknown to most of the population. It has had no effects, and I thought it would.
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Inshallah, the next Democratic administration will find that the 14th Amendment exists, that Pence was technically the 46th President, Biden the 47th, and Trump was not eligible to hold office again and all his acts are null and void. (Yes, I am a politics sicko with a heart full of hope.)
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Inshallah, the next Democratic administration will find that the 14th Amendment exists, that Pence was technically the 46th President, Biden the 47th, and Trump was not eligible to hold office again and all his acts are null and void. (Yes, I am a politics sicko with a heart full of hope.)
Seriously who is this book supposed to appeal to
you know how it is when a family member faintly connected to 9/11 dies in 2015, your tragedy is really *America's* tragedy and it's not surprising that you fuck a brain-wormed sociopath as a result.
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Seriously who is this book supposed to appeal to
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This is a stupid idea, but I wish there were a good app that used VR with LLMs for language learning via conversation. I think part of visiting other countries helps with learning is your brain automatically shifts into "oh God I have to speak now" and it's hard to recreate that at home.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is a stupid idea, but I wish there were a good app that used VR with LLMs for language learning via conversation. I think part of visiting other countries helps with learning is your brain automatically shifts into "oh God I have to speak now" and it's hard to recreate that at home.
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As suspected, there was clear cooperation with Iranian officials in the deportation, and a number of people persecuted on ethnic and political bases.
“For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As suspected, there was clear cooperation with Iranian officials in the deportation, and a number of people persecuted on ethnic and political bases.
Goddamn you follow any citation anywhere far enough and it really does just end in "someone made this up"
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Goddamn you follow any citation anywhere far enough and it really does just end in "someone made this up"
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no one not calling for Schumer's job, who is in a position to actually take it away from him, deserves your uncritical, automatic support.
we'll come back together when the primaries are over next year. right now they are all on notice.
we'll come back together when the primaries are over next year. right now they are all on notice.
It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
no one not calling for Schumer's job, who is in a position to actually take it away from him, deserves your uncritical, automatic support.
we'll come back together when the primaries are over next year. right now they are all on notice.
we'll come back together when the primaries are over next year. right now they are all on notice.
"What do you got on Marlo?" "I know he's a drug dealer. Just can't prove it" lmfao
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"What do you got on Marlo?" "I know he's a drug dealer. Just can't prove it" lmfao
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you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
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Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
Possession 9/10ths of the law, faits accomplis 9/10ths of politics
One of Donald Trump’s great innovations is that he does things. Democrats to the 85th percentile do not do things—they ask for permission to do things. Trump does things and dares anyone to tell him he can’t. We should learn from this
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Possession 9/10ths of the law, faits accomplis 9/10ths of politics
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One of Donald Trump’s great innovations is that he does things. Democrats to the 85th percentile do not do things—they ask for permission to do things. Trump does things and dares anyone to tell him he can’t. We should learn from this
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
One of Donald Trump’s great innovations is that he does things. Democrats to the 85th percentile do not do things—they ask for permission to do things. Trump does things and dares anyone to tell him he can’t. We should learn from this
Wages of Destruction is scary good. I'm not very far into Statistics and the German State but it's also amazing. The Deluge suffers a bit from the wider scope but the level of insight is still unbelievable. Shutdown is good, Crashed I couldn't get through, not sure why
Recently picked up WAGES OF DESTRUCTION and it's ofc brilliant, but also Tooze recently said on his podcast that Mamdani is an "east coast answer to Newsom" because they're both vocally anti-Trump. So I'm just trying to keep in mind that he's really good on his actual academic discipline.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Wages of Destruction is scary good. I'm not very far into Statistics and the German State but it's also amazing. The Deluge suffers a bit from the wider scope but the level of insight is still unbelievable. Shutdown is good, Crashed I couldn't get through, not sure why
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LFG. A decade of socialist mayors could fix us
LEAD CHANGE: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Harrell by... 91 votes.
That's out of ≈270K!
Seattle counted roughly 39K ballots today, & they broke in favor of Wilson by 11.4%, erasing the entirety of the incumbent's lead.
That's out of ≈270K!
Seattle counted roughly 39K ballots today, & they broke in favor of Wilson by 11.4%, erasing the entirety of the incumbent's lead.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
LFG. A decade of socialist mayors could fix us
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you cannot win over the New York Democratic Party, you have to beat them
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
you cannot win over the New York Democratic Party, you have to beat them
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there is no downside here, Chi's outstanding and will fight cleanly, Jeffries already hates the left, maybe he'll learn to fear us a little
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
there is no downside here, Chi's outstanding and will fight cleanly, Jeffries already hates the left, maybe he'll learn to fear us a little
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
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I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
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To put it another way, *capital* is perfectly capable of organizing decarbonization. The problem is *capital-owners*, who are political actors and not just the embodiments of the accumulation process. Elon Musk is symptomatic here.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
To put it another way, *capital* is perfectly capable of organizing decarbonization. The problem is *capital-owners*, who are political actors and not just the embodiments of the accumulation process. Elon Musk is symptomatic here.
The AV Club is usually so good but this strikes me as just plainly wrong: the Greek is the least nuanced character in the series, in a way that I think does more damage to Season 2 than the newspaper high ups do to Season 5
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The AV Club is usually so good but this strikes me as just plainly wrong: the Greek is the least nuanced character in the series, in a way that I think does more damage to Season 2 than the newspaper high ups do to Season 5
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“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Oathbreakers, all.
Oathbreakers, all.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Oathbreakers, all.
Oathbreakers, all.
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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crowns are fucking littering the gutter, pick one
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
crowns are fucking littering the gutter, pick one
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The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist