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I've been thinking of both the intentional similarity to the Eating cats and dogs and how we could have responded differently to the latter to make it more toxic. EG, we mocked Trump for it, but probably should have used outrage.
THAT SAID, there's an effort to refocus on Trump's fraud in response
THAT SAID, there's an effort to refocus on Trump's fraud in response
We're slipping into full-blown gutter racist pogrom politics and the reactions from most of the media/punditocracy/commentariat/elite/influencers/etc has tended from gleeful participation to "well, if that's what the people what it can't be that bad".
Seems suboptimal, to me.
Seems suboptimal, to me.
One thing that makes me depressed is that we’re bringing back medieval blood libel for minority groups (Haitians and Somalis in particular) and where once normies would be shocked or ignorant, now they’re saying stuff like “perfidis Judaeis-cels be seething over Good Friday chads” bc of TikTok
December 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I've been thinking of both the intentional similarity to the Eating cats and dogs and how we could have responded differently to the latter to make it more toxic. EG, we mocked Trump for it, but probably should have used outrage.
THAT SAID, there's an effort to refocus on Trump's fraud in response
THAT SAID, there's an effort to refocus on Trump's fraud in response
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My stance with the “never Trump” right remains: These are the people who fucking built Trump. Years of shit in service of Reagan, Bush, Romney, McCain paved the way for Trump. I don’t trust them. They’re rotten. I trust the people who opposed this shit all along.
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
My stance with the “never Trump” right remains: These are the people who fucking built Trump. Years of shit in service of Reagan, Bush, Romney, McCain paved the way for Trump. I don’t trust them. They’re rotten. I trust the people who opposed this shit all along.
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Talking with people at a holiday gathering here in Toronto last night, and when it came up, most of us nodded that we likely won’t ever visit the United States again.
It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.
It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.
December 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Talking with people at a holiday gathering here in Toronto last night, and when it came up, most of us nodded that we likely won’t ever visit the United States again.
It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.
It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.
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I’ve seen a million media stories about how sad Republican voters in CA are about losing their Republican representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’ve seen a million media stories about how sad Republican voters in CA are about losing their Republican representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
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Here's my interview on C-SPAN about THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP! Viewers from around the US called in to ask me questions and discuss their own travels and concerns for our country: www.c-span.org/program/wash...
Sarah Kendzior on Her Book [The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir]
Author Sarah Kendzior talked about her book [The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir]. This interview was the final day of a nine-day "Washington Journal" 2025 Holiday Authors series.
www.c-span.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Here's my interview on C-SPAN about THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP! Viewers from around the US called in to ask me questions and discuss their own travels and concerns for our country: www.c-span.org/program/wash...
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We're slipping into full-blown gutter racist pogrom politics and the reactions from most of the media/punditocracy/commentariat/elite/influencers/etc has tended from gleeful participation to "well, if that's what the people what it can't be that bad".
Seems suboptimal, to me.
Seems suboptimal, to me.
One thing that makes me depressed is that we’re bringing back medieval blood libel for minority groups (Haitians and Somalis in particular) and where once normies would be shocked or ignorant, now they’re saying stuff like “perfidis Judaeis-cels be seething over Good Friday chads” bc of TikTok
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
We're slipping into full-blown gutter racist pogrom politics and the reactions from most of the media/punditocracy/commentariat/elite/influencers/etc has tended from gleeful participation to "well, if that's what the people what it can't be that bad".
Seems suboptimal, to me.
Seems suboptimal, to me.
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
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Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?
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“A report by The New York Times revealed that third-party advertisers like Canada Proud ran disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. The Financial Times also exposed a coordinated campaign on X to support Pierre Poilievre and attack Carney’s reputation.”
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“A report by The New York Times revealed that third-party advertisers like Canada Proud ran disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. The Financial Times also exposed a coordinated campaign on X to support Pierre Poilievre and attack Carney’s reputation.”
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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
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It's funny (not really), I've only known of one real rapist/kid toucher
but why does he have to be my president...
but why does he have to be my president...
December 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It's funny (not really), I've only known of one real rapist/kid toucher
but why does he have to be my president...
but why does he have to be my president...
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Lotus and her friend Hank.
December 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Lotus and her friend Hank.
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If I were innocent, I would want everything released to prove my innocence.
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If I were innocent, I would want everything released to prove my innocence.
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the problem with dedicating campaign funds toward charitable endeavors is what if you lose and then all you’ve done is helped people in need in your community?
December 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
the problem with dedicating campaign funds toward charitable endeavors is what if you lose and then all you’ve done is helped people in need in your community?
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Well hello there MELIA 💗
your Bluesky friends are helping you find a quiet adult only home. With no dogs. Cats are ok (slow intro) dont you worry baby girl, it'll happen soon 🤞💗🤞
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
your Bluesky friends are helping you find a quiet adult only home. With no dogs. Cats are ok (slow intro) dont you worry baby girl, it'll happen soon 🤞💗🤞
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Well hello there MELIA 💗
your Bluesky friends are helping you find a quiet adult only home. With no dogs. Cats are ok (slow intro) dont you worry baby girl, it'll happen soon 🤞💗🤞
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
your Bluesky friends are helping you find a quiet adult only home. With no dogs. Cats are ok (slow intro) dont you worry baby girl, it'll happen soon 🤞💗🤞
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
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Little to no additional snow accumulation is expected after some New York City areas were hit with the heaviest snowfall in years, forecasters said.
Nearly 3,000 Flights Delayed After Heaviest New York City Snowfall In Years
Little to no additional snow accumulation is expected after some New York City areas were hit with the heaviest snowfall in years, forecasters said.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Little to no additional snow accumulation is expected after some New York City areas were hit with the heaviest snowfall in years, forecasters said.
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Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.
December 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.
Chilling in nature.
December 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Chilling in nature.
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AOC Knows. Much of Our Healthcare Money Is Being Spent
On ICE......
On ICE......
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
AOC Knows. Much of Our Healthcare Money Is Being Spent
On ICE......
On ICE......
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That asshole is the Anti-Christ.
I posted that assertion in 2015, when I observed the thrall he placed people into, celebrating vice as virtue, and attacking virtue as vice.
Never in our lives have we seen someone so adept at co-opting and demonizing basic human decency.
He is evil incarnate.
I posted that assertion in 2015, when I observed the thrall he placed people into, celebrating vice as virtue, and attacking virtue as vice.
Never in our lives have we seen someone so adept at co-opting and demonizing basic human decency.
He is evil incarnate.
December 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
That asshole is the Anti-Christ.
I posted that assertion in 2015, when I observed the thrall he placed people into, celebrating vice as virtue, and attacking virtue as vice.
Never in our lives have we seen someone so adept at co-opting and demonizing basic human decency.
He is evil incarnate.
I posted that assertion in 2015, when I observed the thrall he placed people into, celebrating vice as virtue, and attacking virtue as vice.
Never in our lives have we seen someone so adept at co-opting and demonizing basic human decency.
He is evil incarnate.
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Good morning dad, we noticed that you are enjoying bacon. We like bacon, you like us.... see where this is going. #dogsofbluesky #Saturday #bacon #floofy
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Good morning dad, we noticed that you are enjoying bacon. We like bacon, you like us.... see where this is going. #dogsofbluesky #Saturday #bacon #floofy
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I won’t sugarcoat it: this was an exhausting, cruel, terrible year. On this week’s Coffee Klatch, Heather and I try to make sense of what the country endured in 2025 — and what lessons we can take into 2026.
Did We Learn Anything in 2025? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I won’t sugarcoat it: this was an exhausting, cruel, terrible year. On this week’s Coffee Klatch, Heather and I try to make sense of what the country endured in 2025 — and what lessons we can take into 2026.
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Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."