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just a reminder as you read this very lovely thread of Charles Sumner-posting: Casten’s reputation is that of a business-friendly moderate.
the caucus may or may not be able to do anything about this, which may or may not be a real threat.
but they are *pissed*
the caucus may or may not be able to do anything about this, which may or may not be a real threat.
but they are *pissed*
That this SCOTUS used it to justify striking affirmative action bc it discriminated against WHITE people and now thinks their might be a colorable argument about the birthright part shows only that they are confused about whether the good team won the Civil War. (2/3)
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
just a reminder as you read this very lovely thread of Charles Sumner-posting: Casten’s reputation is that of a business-friendly moderate.
the caucus may or may not be able to do anything about this, which may or may not be a real threat.
but they are *pissed*
the caucus may or may not be able to do anything about this, which may or may not be a real threat.
but they are *pissed*
this is one of the weirdest things about living here yeah. i always have to warn people visiting that all the restaurants are going to be closed if they dont make a decision soon lol
I am once again asking why Washington, DC does not have decent food options past 9 PM despite being a city full of workaholic sickos.
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
this is one of the weirdest things about living here yeah. i always have to warn people visiting that all the restaurants are going to be closed if they dont make a decision soon lol
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something I think is underdiscussed about employment/capitalism discourse is that abusive/bad labor/management practices are probably more common in nonprofits and trendy organizations that people on the left are likely to work for than big boring office companies
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
something I think is underdiscussed about employment/capitalism discourse is that abusive/bad labor/management practices are probably more common in nonprofits and trendy organizations that people on the left are likely to work for than big boring office companies
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Every interview with a right-wing politician is like: "Mr. Hitler is adamant: If we sacrifice enough children, Santa Claus will come back and deliver 5% GDP growth. But I have to ask him: Do you ever worry that your relentless advocacy for working folks offends the rootless cosmopolitan parasites?"
I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Every interview with a right-wing politician is like: "Mr. Hitler is adamant: If we sacrifice enough children, Santa Claus will come back and deliver 5% GDP growth. But I have to ask him: Do you ever worry that your relentless advocacy for working folks offends the rootless cosmopolitan parasites?"
do u ever think about the mortifying ordeal of being known
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
do u ever think about the mortifying ordeal of being known
ten thousand hounds, baying at the past
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
ten thousand hounds, baying at the past
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the young groyper republican is, like, excluding for income, the *textbook* example of a target for radicalization by basically every extremist group in human history, just a self-hating human-shaped vessel waiting to be filled up by the darkest thing that comes along
they've just never had to work hard for anything, they've never had to fight for anything, they're never satisfied with their efforts, they've never had anything they wanted to fight *for*, they don't believe in anything or anyone, including themselves
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
the young groyper republican is, like, excluding for income, the *textbook* example of a target for radicalization by basically every extremist group in human history, just a self-hating human-shaped vessel waiting to be filled up by the darkest thing that comes along
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part of it is that they hate women, part of it is that they hate her specifically because they think she should want to fuck them, part of it is that all this shit is for the benefit of like 10K people on twitter who've all been legally prohibited from having unsupervised time with their children
I don't really know what the administration hopes to gain by picking fights with the most well-liked pop artists in the United States. You're just generating backlash for no discernible reason outside of owning the libs.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
part of it is that they hate women, part of it is that they hate her specifically because they think she should want to fuck them, part of it is that all this shit is for the benefit of like 10K people on twitter who've all been legally prohibited from having unsupervised time with their children
collect, not too often, mostly garbage
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
collect, not too often, mostly garbage
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im still hyped for the poe2 0.4.0 patch next week but it definitely looks weaker than 0.3.0, much fewer sweeping system or balance changes and fewer new things. i dont really care that much about druid itself...
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
im still hyped for the poe2 0.4.0 patch next week but it definitely looks weaker than 0.3.0, much fewer sweeping system or balance changes and fewer new things. i dont really care that much about druid itself...
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insane local news just dropped. i've lived in a part of KC for ~decade and it's been an inside joke with friends and service workers that the local biz/party district is ran by a cartel of biz owners who bully out new ventures and replace them with generic dive bars for white suburbanites.
Well UH
Well UH
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
insane local news just dropped. i've lived in a part of KC for ~decade and it's been an inside joke with friends and service workers that the local biz/party district is ran by a cartel of biz owners who bully out new ventures and replace them with generic dive bars for white suburbanites.
Well UH
Well UH
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
gmail showing a pop up for their fucking banana image ai thing every fucking day when ive already exited out of it is going to turn me into the joker
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
gmail showing a pop up for their fucking banana image ai thing every fucking day when ive already exited out of it is going to turn me into the joker
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There is absolutely nothing preventing a new D president from dropping a NSS and NDS on Inauguration Day.
(Well, “nothing” is loadbearing and if a new D president hires old D talent it’ll take 18 months of briefcase carrier struggle sessions to produce a draft)
(Well, “nothing” is loadbearing and if a new D president hires old D talent it’ll take 18 months of briefcase carrier struggle sessions to produce a draft)
Everything else in the other thread aside this is something the dems need to but probably won't address: explicitly repudiating this stuff in foundational documents when they're back in power
I think we have an unreasonable confidence in the belief that up-and coming officers, intelligence analysts etc. will know better than to take this kind of unhinged stuff seriously- especially when the environment for promotions and dismissals is so fraught and politicized.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There is absolutely nothing preventing a new D president from dropping a NSS and NDS on Inauguration Day.
(Well, “nothing” is loadbearing and if a new D president hires old D talent it’ll take 18 months of briefcase carrier struggle sessions to produce a draft)
(Well, “nothing” is loadbearing and if a new D president hires old D talent it’ll take 18 months of briefcase carrier struggle sessions to produce a draft)
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DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
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“We had to kill the survivors in the water with a missile because they might flip the shards of the boat, continue to the US, and sell drugs” is not really any different than “We had to kill the entire village because the children might grow up and join the Vietcong,” except much less plausible
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“We had to kill the survivors in the water with a missile because they might flip the shards of the boat, continue to the US, and sell drugs” is not really any different than “We had to kill the entire village because the children might grow up and join the Vietcong,” except much less plausible
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Right wingers huffing so much racism paint that they don't even get that there's a non-European NATO member already and also that non-European is a meaningless term
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Right wingers huffing so much racism paint that they don't even get that there's a non-European NATO member already and also that non-European is a meaningless term
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finally listened to that roblox ceo interview podcast
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
finally listened to that roblox ceo interview podcast
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Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
damn thats crazy its almost like he should be arrested over it
The IG's review found that Hegseth "sent nonpublic DoD information identifying the quantity and strike times of manned U.S. aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network."
This "could cause harm to DoD personnel and mission objectives."
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
This "could cause harm to DoD personnel and mission objectives."
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
damn thats crazy its almost like he should be arrested over it