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David Houston
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· Nov 12
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I write about music, culture, and other stuff.
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When you can’t say “sorry we capitulated to bigots” because you’re afraid the bigots might hear you, so you just throw some glitter around and hope for the best.
The chain unveiled its first-ever concept store in SoHo this week, adorned with stylish apparel, designer collaborations, and beauty products — all key areas that its incoming CEO hopes will revive its former "Tar-zhay" glory.
https://cnn.it/48W8CAk
https://cnn.it/48W8CAk
December 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When you can’t say “sorry we capitulated to bigots” because you’re afraid the bigots might hear you, so you just throw some glitter around and hope for the best.
Conservatives sure did set a land speed record going from “states rights” to “bow down to King Donald or starve”
When your party threatens to defund an entire state—including stripping away monies for roads & major projects—if state leaders don’t support the illegal demands of the president, it’s time to get a new party
If I lived in Indiana I would be rage calling every single member of the state legislature
If I lived in Indiana I would be rage calling every single member of the state legislature
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Conservatives sure did set a land speed record going from “states rights” to “bow down to King Donald or starve”
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This was literally a Parks & Rec joke
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This was literally a Parks & Rec joke
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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Because when one eccentric billionaire can literally buy a stake in the military, when the Supreme Court has declared that the president can do anything he wants while in office—anything—you should be terrified.
This isn’t “America first.” It’s America for sale.
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This isn’t “America first.” It’s America for sale.
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Fascism with a Payment Plan
Trump’s Pentagon, Timothy Mellon’s checkbook, and the price tag on patriotism.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Because when one eccentric billionaire can literally buy a stake in the military, when the Supreme Court has declared that the president can do anything he wants while in office—anything—you should be terrified.
This isn’t “America first.” It’s America for sale.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
This isn’t “America first.” It’s America for sale.
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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We are in the middle of a prolonged constitutional meltdown, where the president is seizing vast powers he should not have, eviscerating the existing constitutional system that has kept America stable and prosperous for most of 250 years.
And our leading political outlets are doing… this
And our leading political outlets are doing… this
The Washington Post opinion section is a thing to behold today. (Don't worry, I canceled my subscription, but old habits die hard, and I tend to still navigate to their front page during my news reading in the morning.)
October 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We are in the middle of a prolonged constitutional meltdown, where the president is seizing vast powers he should not have, eviscerating the existing constitutional system that has kept America stable and prosperous for most of 250 years.
And our leading political outlets are doing… this
And our leading political outlets are doing… this
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I’m sure it’s merely a coincidence that the guy who bankrupted casinos is now responsible for the first, second, and third longest government shutdowns in our country’s history.
October 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m sure it’s merely a coincidence that the guy who bankrupted casinos is now responsible for the first, second, and third longest government shutdowns in our country’s history.
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Human garbage 🗑
October 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Human garbage 🗑
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1) it’s a ceasefire, not a peace deal. Biden also got a ceasefire that included a prisoner swap and it didn’t produce peace
2) Democrats need to stop pretending that jumping to prematurely give Trump credit will encourage him to do good things. All it does is make him look strong. Stop helping him!
2) Democrats need to stop pretending that jumping to prematurely give Trump credit will encourage him to do good things. All it does is make him look strong. Stop helping him!
Former Presidents Biden and Clinton praised President Trump today for the Gaza peace deal.
Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal
Biden said he commends Trump and his team, and Clinton said they "deserve great credit."
www.axios.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
1) it’s a ceasefire, not a peace deal. Biden also got a ceasefire that included a prisoner swap and it didn’t produce peace
2) Democrats need to stop pretending that jumping to prematurely give Trump credit will encourage him to do good things. All it does is make him look strong. Stop helping him!
2) Democrats need to stop pretending that jumping to prematurely give Trump credit will encourage him to do good things. All it does is make him look strong. Stop helping him!
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I'm not sure that's a defense so much as a confession.
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses
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September 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm not sure that's a defense so much as a confession.
Wilhoit’s Law, folks.
A corrupt government manufactures criminal activity by others and ignores proven corruption of its administration members.
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Wilhoit’s Law, folks.
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this is the guy schumer and jeffries are like "yes, we need to negotiate with him"
This is delusional but you don’t have to read the whole thing.
Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.
Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
this is the guy schumer and jeffries are like "yes, we need to negotiate with him"
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“An escalator can never break down. It can only become stairs. You’ll never see an escalator out of order sign. Just escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” - Mitch Hedberg
September 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“An escalator can never break down. It can only become stairs. You’ll never see an escalator out of order sign. Just escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” - Mitch Hedberg
In short, it took 30 years of RW violence before the authors could cherry pick a shorter span of time that they could use to pin on “the left”.
@theatlantic.com has descended into NY Post-style propaganda.
@theatlantic.com has descended into NY Post-style propaganda.
Fresh off of providing the intellectual heft to fuel the murderous anti-transgender panic @theatlantic.com is now targeting the whole left. Sick.
September 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In short, it took 30 years of RW violence before the authors could cherry pick a shorter span of time that they could use to pin on “the left”.
@theatlantic.com has descended into NY Post-style propaganda.
@theatlantic.com has descended into NY Post-style propaganda.
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One thing we've learned in the last 12 hours: The Sinclair-Nexstar ban on Kimmel, in terms of his reach, means nothing in an era when late-night shows have an afterlife or simultaneous life on streaming. Kimmel's average audience is 1.6M. On YouTube, last night's monologue is already at 8.4M views.
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
One thing we've learned in the last 12 hours: The Sinclair-Nexstar ban on Kimmel, in terms of his reach, means nothing in an era when late-night shows have an afterlife or simultaneous life on streaming. Kimmel's average audience is 1.6M. On YouTube, last night's monologue is already at 8.4M views.
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September 23, 1977
David Bowie released 'Heroes' as a single. Co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, the track features King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and has gone on to become one of Bowie's signature songs.
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/qN1kBbNDXD4?...
David Bowie released 'Heroes' as a single. Co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, the track features King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and has gone on to become one of Bowie's signature songs.
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/qN1kBbNDXD4?...
David Bowie - Heroes (1977) • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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September 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
September 23, 1977
David Bowie released 'Heroes' as a single. Co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, the track features King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and has gone on to become one of Bowie's signature songs.
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/qN1kBbNDXD4?...
David Bowie released 'Heroes' as a single. Co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, the track features King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and has gone on to become one of Bowie's signature songs.
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/qN1kBbNDXD4?...
We have got to jettison once and for all this cultural notion that it’s improper or “in bad taste” to point out a person’s harmful behavior just because they’ve shuffled off this coil.
there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
We have got to jettison once and for all this cultural notion that it’s improper or “in bad taste” to point out a person’s harmful behavior just because they’ve shuffled off this coil.
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Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs.
September 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs.
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Y'know that Guardian article which cited an anonymous friend of Tyler Robinson claiming he was the only "leftist" in his family?
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
September 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Y'know that Guardian article which cited an anonymous friend of Tyler Robinson claiming he was the only "leftist" in his family?
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
Every little bit of good news helps.
GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Every little bit of good news helps.
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Will be interesting to see which news outlets omit his years of violent white nationalism. I'm guessing practically every single one.
September 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Will be interesting to see which news outlets omit his years of violent white nationalism. I'm guessing practically every single one.
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have spent the last 12 hours in some sort of pre-grief for what's clearly coming, an imperial boomerang with x-ray vision now unconstrained by whatever law we had left
September 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
have spent the last 12 hours in some sort of pre-grief for what's clearly coming, an imperial boomerang with x-ray vision now unconstrained by whatever law we had left