Luke Doran
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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So the podcast Knowledge Fight has a recent episode where they cover Nick recounting his origin story and yup, it involves him not being able to deal with a girl that isn’t interested in him (bc he was saying anti-Semitic stuff) and him refusing to grow up and learn that’s just how life works.
Loving women is gay. Being attracted to women is gay. Enjoying consentual sex with women is gay.
Is anything straight anymore?
Is anything straight anymore?
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
So the podcast Knowledge Fight has a recent episode where they cover Nick recounting his origin story and yup, it involves him not being able to deal with a girl that isn’t interested in him (bc he was saying anti-Semitic stuff) and him refusing to grow up and learn that’s just how life works.
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
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the idea that you could just pass specific bills on specific areas with simple majorities is just beyond the ability and comprehension of most lawmakers in congress it seems
Its insane that American politics now more or less revolves around infrequently passing a single comically large overstuffed money bill instead of like... normal legislation
September 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
the idea that you could just pass specific bills on specific areas with simple majorities is just beyond the ability and comprehension of most lawmakers in congress it seems
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A big problem is university presidents trying to transform their institutions into something at odds with their prior identity, at the behest of delusional board members, and running into severe financial difficulties, which they blame on woke professors.
September 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A big problem is university presidents trying to transform their institutions into something at odds with their prior identity, at the behest of delusional board members, and running into severe financial difficulties, which they blame on woke professors.
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The press needs to stop using “vaccine skeptic” and start using “child abuser.”
September 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The press needs to stop using “vaccine skeptic” and start using “child abuser.”
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The thing about those 600 minors being deported is none of them were in the Epstein files like Trump is.
September 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The thing about those 600 minors being deported is none of them were in the Epstein files like Trump is.
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
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This is actually hilarious 😆
August 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is actually hilarious 😆
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if you want to have a nice and relaxing sunday, do not watch the new Hulu documentary on Hurricane Katrina. if you want to shake with rage and anger over the total failure of this nation's government and media establishment, watch the Hulu documentary on Katrina (this is a recommendation)
August 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
if you want to have a nice and relaxing sunday, do not watch the new Hulu documentary on Hurricane Katrina. if you want to shake with rage and anger over the total failure of this nation's government and media establishment, watch the Hulu documentary on Katrina (this is a recommendation)
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the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.
The Supreme Court knocked down one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 in the Shelby County case. It has now gone out of its way to consider whether it should knock down the other, by rescheduling arguments in a case it could have resolved in June under existing precedent.
****Breaking:**** Supreme Court, in Order Asking for Additional Briefing in Louisiana Voting Case, Appears to Put the Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act into Question electionlawblog.org?p=151301
August 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a climate report that aims to cast doubt on the severity of climate change.
Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.
“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
zurl.co/UELHj
Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.
“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
zurl.co/UELHj
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
zurl.co
August 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a climate report that aims to cast doubt on the severity of climate change.
Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.
“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
zurl.co/UELHj
Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.
“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
zurl.co/UELHj
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“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell
July 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - George Orwell, 1984
July 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - George Orwell, 1984
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Schizophrenia is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.
July 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Schizophrenia is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.