License is not liberty
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It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
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In a country where it's functionally legal to murder anyone protesting for human rights: "The left is out of control!"
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In a country where it's functionally legal to murder anyone protesting for human rights: "The left is out of control!"
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An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
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they understand insurance. the entire premise of libertarian opposition to mandatory insurance is that they should not have to care about anyone else and be permitted to take risks. it's the same opposition to vaccination and taxation.
they are bad neighbors.
they are bad neighbors.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
they understand insurance. the entire premise of libertarian opposition to mandatory insurance is that they should not have to care about anyone else and be permitted to take risks. it's the same opposition to vaccination and taxation.
they are bad neighbors.
they are bad neighbors.
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The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
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New York electing its first Muslim mayor 24 years after 9/11 and rejecting the idiotic racism that would connect those events is actually a legit excuse for American triumphalism, but the people who say they love America the most hate all the best things about it.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New York electing its first Muslim mayor 24 years after 9/11 and rejecting the idiotic racism that would connect those events is actually a legit excuse for American triumphalism, but the people who say they love America the most hate all the best things about it.
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People who hate Zohran and everything he stands for: Now that Zohran has won, the most effective thing he can do is betray all of his principles
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
People who hate Zohran and everything he stands for: Now that Zohran has won, the most effective thing he can do is betray all of his principles
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Dems spent months handwringing after the last election about how to excite the electorate. Then the electorate gets ignited and they spend months trying to distance themselves from the enthusiasm. It doesn’t really track without considering big-money donors
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Dems spent months handwringing after the last election about how to excite the electorate. Then the electorate gets ignited and they spend months trying to distance themselves from the enthusiasm. It doesn’t really track without considering big-money donors
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If our system is unwilling—as it so often has been historically—to preserve the survival of the poorest & most vulnerable among us, then it doesn’t deserve to survive.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If our system is unwilling—as it so often has been historically—to preserve the survival of the poorest & most vulnerable among us, then it doesn’t deserve to survive.
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Shame is good because shame is the least restrictive and least violent deterrent for anti-social behavior, and you aren't going to like what happens when shame goes away if you're already worried about getting shamed.
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Shame is good because shame is the least restrictive and least violent deterrent for anti-social behavior, and you aren't going to like what happens when shame goes away if you're already worried about getting shamed.
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Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In Maine this week, the Friends of Feral Felines 6th annual fundraising online auction: www.32auctions.com/FoFFAuction2...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In Maine this week, the Friends of Feral Felines 6th annual fundraising online auction: www.32auctions.com/FoFFAuction2...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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I can completely identify with the desire for an opposition party, but I find it absolutely baffling that there are people who seem to be actually invested in the existing Democratic Party as it stands now.
October 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I can completely identify with the desire for an opposition party, but I find it absolutely baffling that there are people who seem to be actually invested in the existing Democratic Party as it stands now.
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When your system of belief starts with a rigid hierarchy is necessary for the universe to exist, of course you're going to discover hierarchies where none exist.
October 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
When your system of belief starts with a rigid hierarchy is necessary for the universe to exist, of course you're going to discover hierarchies where none exist.
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Janet Mills — who is 77 — should stay the absolute fuck away from the Senate race and this situation is honestly
FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.
GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!
FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.
GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!
October 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Janet Mills — who is 77 — should stay the absolute fuck away from the Senate race and this situation is honestly
FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.
GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!
FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.
GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!
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Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.
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This is, and has always been, a class war. There’s a veneer over top of it that presents parties and leaders and media as faux representative, but when the rubber meets the road and capitalism requires fascism, they turn to capitulation and collaboration.
October 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is, and has always been, a class war. There’s a veneer over top of it that presents parties and leaders and media as faux representative, but when the rubber meets the road and capitalism requires fascism, they turn to capitulation and collaboration.
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THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
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There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.
September 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.
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We don’t talk enough about how racists and authoritarians are the ones who actually genuinely hate this country.
September 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
We don’t talk enough about how racists and authoritarians are the ones who actually genuinely hate this country.
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One of the core differences between a serious ideology and a deeply unserious one is pretty much this dividing line - a serious ideology acknowledges problems and gaps in knowledge, an unserious ideology says it cannot fail, and if it does fail you either did it wrong or it was someone else's fault.
September 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
One of the core differences between a serious ideology and a deeply unserious one is pretty much this dividing line - a serious ideology acknowledges problems and gaps in knowledge, an unserious ideology says it cannot fail, and if it does fail you either did it wrong or it was someone else's fault.
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I’m angry and tired of this idea that just because someone puts on the decorations of a faith that they are taken as pious and devout representatives of that faith.
I think it’s insulting to believers who actually try and follow the precepts of generosity, kindness, meekness, and mercy laid out.
I think it’s insulting to believers who actually try and follow the precepts of generosity, kindness, meekness, and mercy laid out.
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’m angry and tired of this idea that just because someone puts on the decorations of a faith that they are taken as pious and devout representatives of that faith.
I think it’s insulting to believers who actually try and follow the precepts of generosity, kindness, meekness, and mercy laid out.
I think it’s insulting to believers who actually try and follow the precepts of generosity, kindness, meekness, and mercy laid out.
"Christ insists that the measure of faithfulness is what is done for the least among us and commands his followers to turn the other cheek. These are hardly virtues commensurate with the Trumpian fixation on domination, strength, and spite."
Charlie Kirk’s memorial was a religious revival of MAGA authoritarianism. With the exception of his widow, it was a celebration of rage, hatred, and retribution.
I wrote about it for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/charlie-kirk...
I wrote about it for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk, Martyrdom, and America’s Authoritarian Apostles
The entanglement of fascist politics and Christian imagery is not new, and it is dangerously powerful.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Christ insists that the measure of faithfulness is what is done for the least among us and commands his followers to turn the other cheek. These are hardly virtues commensurate with the Trumpian fixation on domination, strength, and spite."
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3/ Tech fascism in a nutshell: “Computers are so much more rule-based, controllable, fixable, and comprehensible than any human will ever be. As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.“ She wrote this in 2000!
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
3/ Tech fascism in a nutshell: “Computers are so much more rule-based, controllable, fixable, and comprehensible than any human will ever be. As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.“ She wrote this in 2000!