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*singing to the tune of “One Foot” by Walk the Moon*
🎶ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER🎶
🎶ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER🎶
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
*singing to the tune of “One Foot” by Walk the Moon*
🎶ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER🎶
🎶ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER🎶
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Before any real news occurs this morning, just wanted to thank the good people at Slate for letting me write about the return of Gumball, which is genuinely one of the greatest animated series ever made.
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
The Ingenious, Joke-a-Minute Family Show That’s Like the Best of Looney Tunes and The Simpsons
The ingenious, mischievous, joke-a-minute family show is like Bluey’s naughty cousin.
slate.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Before any real news occurs this morning, just wanted to thank the good people at Slate for letting me write about the return of Gumball, which is genuinely one of the greatest animated series ever made.
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
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The Yankees come back to walk it off in extras!
The Mariners took a no-hitter and 5-0 lead into the 8th, & a 5-3 lead into the 9th.
"FROM NO-HIT TO NO WAY! THEY COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO WIN IT AND SWEEP SEATTLE!"
Michael Kay with the Yankees call for YES Network. ⚾️🎙️ #MLB
The Mariners took a no-hitter and 5-0 lead into the 8th, & a 5-3 lead into the 9th.
"FROM NO-HIT TO NO WAY! THEY COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO WIN IT AND SWEEP SEATTLE!"
Michael Kay with the Yankees call for YES Network. ⚾️🎙️ #MLB
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The Yankees come back to walk it off in extras!
The Mariners took a no-hitter and 5-0 lead into the 8th, & a 5-3 lead into the 9th.
"FROM NO-HIT TO NO WAY! THEY COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO WIN IT AND SWEEP SEATTLE!"
Michael Kay with the Yankees call for YES Network. ⚾️🎙️ #MLB
The Mariners took a no-hitter and 5-0 lead into the 8th, & a 5-3 lead into the 9th.
"FROM NO-HIT TO NO WAY! THEY COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO WIN IT AND SWEEP SEATTLE!"
Michael Kay with the Yankees call for YES Network. ⚾️🎙️ #MLB
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posting this bc if I see one more doomer take im going to kill someone with hammers
June 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
posting this bc if I see one more doomer take im going to kill someone with hammers
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Looking for a voter guide that DOESN'T try to justify in a roundabout way ranking a serial abuser who slashed medicaid funding and lied to the people of New York? Check out The Jewish Vote's 2025 Voter Guide: jfrej.org/ballot
The Jewish Vote: June 2025 Voter Guide
JFREJ's recommendations for 2025 democratic primary races across New York City.
jfrej.org
June 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Looking for a voter guide that DOESN'T try to justify in a roundabout way ranking a serial abuser who slashed medicaid funding and lied to the people of New York? Check out The Jewish Vote's 2025 Voter Guide: jfrej.org/ballot
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I genuinely wish western states concerned themselves as much with building Palestinian state administrative capacity as they do with symbolic recognition of a state that does not exist. Prioritizing spectacle over substance and then wondering why nothing changes.
French president's adviser on Israel-Palestine, Ofer Bronchtein, expects Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Croatia, Greece to recognize Palestine at next week's conference. France, UK, Canada, Japan would do so at war's end, based on concomitant developments.
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n...
Major Western countries coming together to support recognition of a Palestinian state
Opposition to the war in Gaza is fueling a new diplomatic approach. Major Western countries are coming together to support formal recognition of a Palestinian state. Israel is threatening retaliation.
www.npr.org
June 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I genuinely wish western states concerned themselves as much with building Palestinian state administrative capacity as they do with symbolic recognition of a state that does not exist. Prioritizing spectacle over substance and then wondering why nothing changes.
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A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
theonion.com/a-shatt...
theonion.com/a-shatt...
May 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
theonion.com/a-shatt...
theonion.com/a-shatt...
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NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.
I talked to NPR about seeing DHS White House liaison Paul Ingrassia at a Nick Fuentes rally last year.
Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.
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Elon Musk changing AI to do Holocaust Denialism is 100% what everyone was warning about. And it's only being caught because Elon Musk is a ham handed loser with no real talent. A competent person behind the scenes using AI to spread propaganda will be absolutely armageddon for truth as a whole.
May 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Elon Musk changing AI to do Holocaust Denialism is 100% what everyone was warning about. And it's only being caught because Elon Musk is a ham handed loser with no real talent. A competent person behind the scenes using AI to spread propaganda will be absolutely armageddon for truth as a whole.
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As I often said to friends who backed Trump in 2024 for pro-Israel reasons ... Trump has broken faith with everyone else on this earth fool enough to trust him, wives, creditors, everyone. Why do you imagine you'll be any different?
May 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As I often said to friends who backed Trump in 2024 for pro-Israel reasons ... Trump has broken faith with everyone else on this earth fool enough to trust him, wives, creditors, everyone. Why do you imagine you'll be any different?
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There's a lot of dunking on Dems that I don't appreciate, because it amounts to "why aren't you the party in power after losing an election?"
The below is the kind of tactical misstep Dems make routinely. Pick public fights when they fuck up! Make a bad news cycle for Republicans!
The below is the kind of tactical misstep Dems make routinely. Pick public fights when they fuck up! Make a bad news cycle for Republicans!
If a major American airport had basically stopped functioning when Joe Biden was president, every elected Republican would be blanketing cable news screaming for Pete Buttigieg’s resignation. Where is the outrage for Trump & Duffy?
May 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There's a lot of dunking on Dems that I don't appreciate, because it amounts to "why aren't you the party in power after losing an election?"
The below is the kind of tactical misstep Dems make routinely. Pick public fights when they fuck up! Make a bad news cycle for Republicans!
The below is the kind of tactical misstep Dems make routinely. Pick public fights when they fuck up! Make a bad news cycle for Republicans!
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I know, norms and all that, but the default Dem position should be:
We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.
We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.
May 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I know, norms and all that, but the default Dem position should be:
We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.
We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.
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I don't know what angry noises to make but I'm making them as angrily as I can. Fuck everything about everything about this
The HHS report on gender dysphora -- henceforth the "Trump Report" -- really is that apocalyptic of a broadside against trans people. Nothing in it is law -- yet. Which is why it's a good time for cis people to make angry noises about it and trans people to make plans for what to do next.
May 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I don't know what angry noises to make but I'm making them as angrily as I can. Fuck everything about everything about this
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As part of our plan to end antisemitism, today we fired multiple Jews from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance
by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance
April 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
As part of our plan to end antisemitism, today we fired multiple Jews from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance
by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance
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Sinners dropping just 6% in its second weekend merits a much bigger headline than its $48 million opening. It is actual box-office news--news as in "This never happens." Just a giant thing, for Ryan Coogler and for the future of original material.
April 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sinners dropping just 6% in its second weekend merits a much bigger headline than its $48 million opening. It is actual box-office news--news as in "This never happens." Just a giant thing, for Ryan Coogler and for the future of original material.
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he’s right and he’s right to say it
April 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
he’s right and he’s right to say it
So the Leafs are up 3-0 in the Battle of Ontario? Looks like the Sens have a chance to do the funniest thing ever next week…
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
So the Leafs are up 3-0 in the Battle of Ontario? Looks like the Sens have a chance to do the funniest thing ever next week…
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Trump and his administration are antisemites. They always have been, and always will be. They are weaponizing antisemitism as a way of meeting their own ends that have nothing to do with helping Jews and are ultimately about setting us up as the fall guy. Again: they are antisemites.
Read here: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Some Jewish Americans wrestle with Trump's sweeping crusade against antisemitism
The Trump administration has cited antisemitism as a key reason it has targeted universities and activists. While some Jewish groups have cheered these moves, others have fiercely criticized them.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Trump and his administration are antisemites. They always have been, and always will be. They are weaponizing antisemitism as a way of meeting their own ends that have nothing to do with helping Jews and are ultimately about setting us up as the fall guy. Again: they are antisemites.
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Inspiring multiple actors to publicly call out Variety's bizarre framing of its box office, Sinner really is That Movie
April 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Inspiring multiple actors to publicly call out Variety's bizarre framing of its box office, Sinner really is That Movie
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Helpful and heartening analysis.
Doomers need to settle down. The future is not written. Trump’s weak spots are starting to show.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Doomers need to settle down. The future is not written. Trump’s weak spots are starting to show.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court’s Late-Night Rebuke to Trump Is Extraordinary in More Ways Than One
The court didn't even wait to let Alito file his dissent.
slate.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Helpful and heartening analysis.
Doomers need to settle down. The future is not written. Trump’s weak spots are starting to show.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Doomers need to settle down. The future is not written. Trump’s weak spots are starting to show.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now
April 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now