Basileus Matt
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the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.
January 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.
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There is absolutely no reason for Dems to vote for GOP nominees, to facilitate the smooth operation of Congress, nor to withhold impeachment of the President and his appointees. Do it all.
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 AM
There is absolutely no reason for Dems to vote for GOP nominees, to facilitate the smooth operation of Congress, nor to withhold impeachment of the President and his appointees. Do it all.
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If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
January 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
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I understand that without control of the House or Senate Democrats have very little ability to by themselves prevent the dangerous cruelty Trump is unleashing around the world. I would however like to request that every Democrat scream at the top of their lungs every time they’re on TV
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I understand that without control of the House or Senate Democrats have very little ability to by themselves prevent the dangerous cruelty Trump is unleashing around the world. I would however like to request that every Democrat scream at the top of their lungs every time they’re on TV
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“True leftism is surrender to the powerful” guys are so weird
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“True leftism is surrender to the powerful” guys are so weird
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You should still hate Republicans, look down on Trump voters, etc. But notice how the GOP can manufacture a bullshit story on chud media, have it amplified on Twitter, and then use the power of the federal government to make it an issue that breaks through. We could learn from this.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
You should still hate Republicans, look down on Trump voters, etc. But notice how the GOP can manufacture a bullshit story on chud media, have it amplified on Twitter, and then use the power of the federal government to make it an issue that breaks through. We could learn from this.
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why are there rarely articles written about liberals in red state urban centers (e.g. Salt Lake City) being gerrymandered into some rural conservative representative?
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
why are there rarely articles written about liberals in red state urban centers (e.g. Salt Lake City) being gerrymandered into some rural conservative representative?
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
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He doesn't but no one in DoD will say otherwise (much like the shutdown pay stunt there's a bunch of GS-13s and 14s who need to be facing ADA violation criminal penalties when this is over with)
The bigger question is where is the $ coming from
The bigger question is where is the $ coming from
How does the president have independent authority to mail out Christmas bonuses?
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
He doesn't but no one in DoD will say otherwise (much like the shutdown pay stunt there's a bunch of GS-13s and 14s who need to be facing ADA violation criminal penalties when this is over with)
The bigger question is where is the $ coming from
The bigger question is where is the $ coming from
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the failure to actually jail people for this is what made Trump's return in 2024 possible
thinking about how few people know about the false electors scheme is genuinely depressing
thinking about how nobody in the democratic party has signaled a willingness to reopen that question is also depressing
i'm just really depressed, i think
thinking about how nobody in the democratic party has signaled a willingness to reopen that question is also depressing
i'm just really depressed, i think
I also developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt of this, using the investigative methods of "reading the words that the president regularly spoke and wrote in public forums."
December 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
the failure to actually jail people for this is what made Trump's return in 2024 possible
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I gotta return to this bad take because the whole point of the episode was that Carol spent a month doing exactly what she wanted and completely broke down because she needs other people. You don’t get more “liberal subtext” that “you live in a society and you need to be a part of that society”
I was asked what I thought now that #pluribus has reached seven episodes.
I’m not seeing any of the liberal subtext some folks are seeing. But I’ve learned to watch the show by fast forwarding through the long, artsy stretches where no one speaks.
There were exactly 2 lines of interesting dialogue.
I’m not seeing any of the liberal subtext some folks are seeing. But I’ve learned to watch the show by fast forwarding through the long, artsy stretches where no one speaks.
There were exactly 2 lines of interesting dialogue.
December 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I gotta return to this bad take because the whole point of the episode was that Carol spent a month doing exactly what she wanted and completely broke down because she needs other people. You don’t get more “liberal subtext” that “you live in a society and you need to be a part of that society”
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Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
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everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
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I'm basically a single issue voter in the next presidential primary: whichever candidate will take court reform the most seriously. You won't be able to govern without it.
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm basically a single issue voter in the next presidential primary: whichever candidate will take court reform the most seriously. You won't be able to govern without it.
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One of the dilemmas of living through the second Trump administration is that saying these things out loud seems crazy. But yeah, the death penalty is an established, well-documented thing we have on the books for precisely these kinds of crimes; they obviously did it; and it's not hard to prove.
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
One of the dilemmas of living through the second Trump administration is that saying these things out loud seems crazy. But yeah, the death penalty is an established, well-documented thing we have on the books for precisely these kinds of crimes; they obviously did it; and it's not hard to prove.
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if you believe this, every single one of you has to be prepared to demand this of your Dem representatives in 2029 and be prepared to primary them if they stand in the way
New Nuremburg is the moderate option.
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
if you believe this, every single one of you has to be prepared to demand this of your Dem representatives in 2029 and be prepared to primary them if they stand in the way
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I've always thought that the better response to anti-vax sentiment from communities without a well-rooted fear of the medical-scientific community is "shut the fuck up, get your shot or you will be punished" rather than attempting to get people to understand.
We're going to have to jam civilization and science down some people's throats.
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I've always thought that the better response to anti-vax sentiment from communities without a well-rooted fear of the medical-scientific community is "shut the fuck up, get your shot or you will be punished" rather than attempting to get people to understand.
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I would argue pretty strenuously that overreliance on nonprofits for social services is, in fact, a centrist position at best. NGO world cloaks itself in progressivism by adhering to cultural signifiers of social justice. Endless land acknowledgements as they take public jobs from union workers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I would argue pretty strenuously that overreliance on nonprofits for social services is, in fact, a centrist position at best. NGO world cloaks itself in progressivism by adhering to cultural signifiers of social justice. Endless land acknowledgements as they take public jobs from union workers.
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One local NGO that I had never had any interaction with whatsoever inexplicably dumped thousands of dollars into bizarre and unprecedented attack mail and texts. The nonprofit world is a real problem here in MN
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
One local NGO that I had never had any interaction with whatsoever inexplicably dumped thousands of dollars into bizarre and unprecedented attack mail and texts. The nonprofit world is a real problem here in MN
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With the right campaigning hard against nonprofit fraud in Minnesota, just going to remind everyone that this was literally a major plank of my campaign, and probably played a significant role in me not winning, as the Dem-connected nonprofit world went nuts over it www.willstancil.org/priorities1
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
With the right campaigning hard against nonprofit fraud in Minnesota, just going to remind everyone that this was literally a major plank of my campaign, and probably played a significant role in me not winning, as the Dem-connected nonprofit world went nuts over it www.willstancil.org/priorities1