bellamoss
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21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
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4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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The Supreme Court affected public opinion?
Yes. In Watergate the Court on an expedited schedule ordered the public release of the smoking gun tapes. That’s what struck the final blow to Nixon.
Yes. In Watergate the Court on an expedited schedule ordered the public release of the smoking gun tapes. That’s what struck the final blow to Nixon.
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Supreme Court affected public opinion?
Yes. In Watergate the Court on an expedited schedule ordered the public release of the smoking gun tapes. That’s what struck the final blow to Nixon.
Yes. In Watergate the Court on an expedited schedule ordered the public release of the smoking gun tapes. That’s what struck the final blow to Nixon.
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Have seen this sentiment a lot. But it’s wrong because it inverts the core, fundamental causes.
Nixon wasn‘t pushed out by his own because they wanted him out. Republicans were FORCED to push him out, by the weight of public opinion, which got his approval down to around 25%.
Nixon wasn‘t pushed out by his own because they wanted him out. Republicans were FORCED to push him out, by the weight of public opinion, which got his approval down to around 25%.
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Have seen this sentiment a lot. But it’s wrong because it inverts the core, fundamental causes.
Nixon wasn‘t pushed out by his own because they wanted him out. Republicans were FORCED to push him out, by the weight of public opinion, which got his approval down to around 25%.
Nixon wasn‘t pushed out by his own because they wanted him out. Republicans were FORCED to push him out, by the weight of public opinion, which got his approval down to around 25%.
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I had this exact same thought in real time as the situation in Gaza unfolded. Bombed out images on news recalled those even the casual observer would have noted bore similarity to what we saw out of Ukraine not that much earlier and the US policy contests toward each very stark.
December 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I had this exact same thought in real time as the situation in Gaza unfolded. Bombed out images on news recalled those even the casual observer would have noted bore similarity to what we saw out of Ukraine not that much earlier and the US policy contests toward each very stark.
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The advocacy group founded by the late Jamal Khashoggi, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), has published a report which unveils the senior leadership of AIPAC— most of whom have not been previously disclosed.
The Faces of AIPAC
Unlike comparable organizations of its size and influence, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) does not maintain a public leadership page identifying the individuals who govern and direct...
dawnmena.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The advocacy group founded by the late Jamal Khashoggi, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), has published a report which unveils the senior leadership of AIPAC— most of whom have not been previously disclosed.
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When Candace Owens said in 2019 that Hitler was good until he started foreign wars because he was just trying to Make Germany Great Again, she perfectly predicted the trajectory of young stupid conservative thought on the subject.
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
When Candace Owens said in 2019 that Hitler was good until he started foreign wars because he was just trying to Make Germany Great Again, she perfectly predicted the trajectory of young stupid conservative thought on the subject.
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I think it's because you suggested abolishing birthright citizenship.
I think it's a little odd how people go in for this kind of nuclear-strength rhetoric over a disagreement about what issues it is most advantageous to talk about at the margin.
What you need to understand is @mattyglesias.bsky.social is a moral black hole and even then his depraved indifference brand of advice to democrats does not win elections
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I think it's because you suggested abolishing birthright citizenship.
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Abandoning the obsession with the Abraham Accords and having individual relationships with each country in the region on the basis of the merits of the individual relationship would be a marked improvement over the status quo.
December 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Abandoning the obsession with the Abraham Accords and having individual relationships with each country in the region on the basis of the merits of the individual relationship would be a marked improvement over the status quo.
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if Markey turns out, as I expect, to be uniquely resilient to age attacks as far as octogenarian Democrats with serious opponents go, I wonder if anyone will learn the really obvious lesson there
Smallest # of votes with Trump:
Wyden: 18
Smith: 17
Murray: 16
Van Hollen: 11
Merkley: 9
Murphy: 5
Sanders: 5
Warren: 4
Markey: 2
Wyden: 18
Smith: 17
Murray: 16
Van Hollen: 11
Merkley: 9
Murphy: 5
Sanders: 5
Warren: 4
Markey: 2
December 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
if Markey turns out, as I expect, to be uniquely resilient to age attacks as far as octogenarian Democrats with serious opponents go, I wonder if anyone will learn the really obvious lesson there
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Contempt of Congress, contempt for the law, contempt for Epstein's victims, contempt for basic human morality, contempt for their own supporters, contempt for the American people.
Not merely covering up Trump and associates' awful actions, but being really obvious, throwing it in everyone's faces.
Not merely covering up Trump and associates' awful actions, but being really obvious, throwing it in everyone's faces.
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Contempt of Congress, contempt for the law, contempt for Epstein's victims, contempt for basic human morality, contempt for their own supporters, contempt for the American people.
Not merely covering up Trump and associates' awful actions, but being really obvious, throwing it in everyone's faces.
Not merely covering up Trump and associates' awful actions, but being really obvious, throwing it in everyone's faces.
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They should tell reporters to go fuck themselves for enabling it in the first place
I doubt that any Democrat in the '28 mix would leave Trump's name on buildings. Questions are how they talk about taking it off, and what they say when reporters ask some version of "but wouldn't that further divide the country?"
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.
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
They should tell reporters to go fuck themselves for enabling it in the first place
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The Block The Bombs Act, which would legally suspend a large portion of American offensive military assistance to Israel, now has 60 cosponsors in the House of Representatives.
It is also endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the first ever Israel-Palestine related bill to acquire it.
It is also endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the first ever Israel-Palestine related bill to acquire it.
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Block The Bombs Act, which would legally suspend a large portion of American offensive military assistance to Israel, now has 60 cosponsors in the House of Representatives.
It is also endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the first ever Israel-Palestine related bill to acquire it.
It is also endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the first ever Israel-Palestine related bill to acquire it.
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Facial recognition is a genie that can’t be put back in the bottle and every day I’m reminded I need to reread this book.
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Facial recognition is a genie that can’t be put back in the bottle and every day I’m reminded I need to reread this book.
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This Epstein files document says that Epstein allegedly threatened to burn a young woman’s house down if she revealed that he had stolen and sold personal photographs she had taken of her sisters.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This Epstein files document says that Epstein allegedly threatened to burn a young woman’s house down if she revealed that he had stolen and sold personal photographs she had taken of her sisters.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
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In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
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I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
The DOJ Just Made It Almost Impossible to Prove Racism Exists
By rolling back “disparate impact" claims, the Trump administration is reducing courts to mere rubber stamps for the white supremacy written into the laws.
www.contrabandcamp.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
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The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
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it sounds like the redacting is coming from inside the files
bsky.app/profile/benc...
bsky.app/profile/benc...
Gonna stop looking at the Epstein Files in a second because I'm frankly way too skeeved out to keep going but I will say this: the CSAM isn't blacked out nearly enough while the faces of guys in ties are obscured by vanta black rectangles the size of the sun.
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
it sounds like the redacting is coming from inside the files
bsky.app/profile/benc...
bsky.app/profile/benc...
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Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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Just absolute bullshit propaganda from NYTimes
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just absolute bullshit propaganda from NYTimes
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A great gag in the movie DICK is that the girls are idiots but they managed to figure out “if you stay then you’re just as bad as he is” something numerous highly educated people like Marco Rubio are too stupid and/or too evil to figure out
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A great gag in the movie DICK is that the girls are idiots but they managed to figure out “if you stay then you’re just as bad as he is” something numerous highly educated people like Marco Rubio are too stupid and/or too evil to figure out