Andrew Balis
@andrewbalis.bsky.social
Grad student at GW. Fascinated by humans. I like to share my thoughts about stuff.
This is Tim Robinson-coded.
December 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is Tim Robinson-coded.
Sure, Kat. That’s true, in theory. But inferring that the decision to nix the CECOT story was political doesn’t require any of that. It just requires her to have been in a position of power, and to have the right incentives to do so. This is not supervillain stuff. It’s just politics.
lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time
December 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sure, Kat. That’s true, in theory. But inferring that the decision to nix the CECOT story was political doesn’t require any of that. It just requires her to have been in a position of power, and to have the right incentives to do so. This is not supervillain stuff. It’s just politics.
Mfs will tell you to go to Austin, and then take you to the viral coffee hole.
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Mfs will tell you to go to Austin, and then take you to the viral coffee hole.
Amazing
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Amazing
Rest in peace, King.
a man wearing sunglasses and a hat says " so yeah homes we pimpin "
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a hat says " so yeah homes we pimpin "
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Rest in peace, King.
Something that I think a lot of the (accurate) “this guy has no juice” takes nonetheless ignore is the fact that Trump owes a huge part of his success to running as the *opposition candidate,* something Babyface will not be able to do in ‘28.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Something that I think a lot of the (accurate) “this guy has no juice” takes nonetheless ignore is the fact that Trump owes a huge part of his success to running as the *opposition candidate,* something Babyface will not be able to do in ‘28.
There need to be severe consequences for the people who make this.
DHS just shared this video to X with the caption "This Christmas, our hearts grow as our illegal population shrinks."
The video is set to a version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and has text that reads "Christmas after mass deportations." The end reads "Mirthnuke."
Evil shit.
The video is set to a version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and has text that reads "Christmas after mass deportations." The end reads "Mirthnuke."
Evil shit.
December 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There need to be severe consequences for the people who make this.
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it's just kind of the same old story? guy has deep-seated dislike for entire categories of people, tells himself a just-so story about how that dislike is principled and how, if you put him and his friends in power, those people would go away and he would be happy for once.
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
it's just kind of the same old story? guy has deep-seated dislike for entire categories of people, tells himself a just-so story about how that dislike is principled and how, if you put him and his friends in power, those people would go away and he would be happy for once.
What a putz.
Rubio on Russia-Ukraine: "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What a putz.
A truculent Chinese meal?
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A truculent Chinese meal?
What if the Deep State was in our hearts all along?
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What if the Deep State was in our hearts all along?
We need an antidote to the kind of ennui and anomie that are the unfortunate byproducts of modernity, but chauvinism and machismo masquerading as Christianity isn't it.
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We need an antidote to the kind of ennui and anomie that are the unfortunate byproducts of modernity, but chauvinism and machismo masquerading as Christianity isn't it.
"Please don't put in the paper that I lost control of the House."
"I have not lost control of the House"
- Speaker Mike Johnson, in a press gaggle off the House floor a few minutes ago
- Speaker Mike Johnson, in a press gaggle off the House floor a few minutes ago
FOUR REPUBLICANS just signed the House Democratic discharge petition to force a House vote on the Hakeem Jeffries bill to extend health care tax credits for 3 years: Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Lawler (NY), Rob Bresnahan (PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (PA). Gives it the required 218 signatures. Huge news
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Please don't put in the paper that I lost control of the House."
But, but I thought the humanities were worthless and companies only wanted people with STEM degrees?
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
December 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
But, but I thought the humanities were worthless and companies only wanted people with STEM degrees?
Pathetic
Standing on a street corner in Little Village with a gun held to his chest, surrounded by residents blowing whistles, Gregory Bovino ignored a man who asked for a “rational conversation.”
“Alright guys. Merry Christmas if I don’t see you again,” Bovino said, walking. Video @ckubzansky.bsky.social
“Alright guys. Merry Christmas if I don’t see you again,” Bovino said, walking. Video @ckubzansky.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Pathetic
"I didn't think I'd be eating *my own tail*," laments local ouroboros.
December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"I didn't think I'd be eating *my own tail*," laments local ouroboros.
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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“Terrorist,” a word that famously no one, and I mean no one, used in the aftermath of *checks notes* 9/11.
I’m sorry, what?!
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Terrorist,” a word that famously no one, and I mean no one, used in the aftermath of *checks notes* 9/11.
2000 Meters to Andriivka (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
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December 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The rationale behind this seems to be “per the central limit theorem, there must be a critical mass of voters whose politics always align with the center,” but, and I’ll say it again, that’s. Not. How. Voters. Operate.
i've said it before but this is the post that makes me think the centrist strategist wing of American politics is cooked
December 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The rationale behind this seems to be “per the central limit theorem, there must be a critical mass of voters whose politics always align with the center,” but, and I’ll say it again, that’s. Not. How. Voters. Operate.
If an “American” ethno-nationalist state were at all politically viable, its proponents wouldn’t be bankrolled by a handful of South African tech oligarchs.
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
If an “American” ethno-nationalist state were at all politically viable, its proponents wouldn’t be bankrolled by a handful of South African tech oligarchs.
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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state.
Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles
www.stripes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state.