Flim Flam
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Ugh.
Wonky DC stuff, media, policy, fun. Nothing is new.
The gyre is fucked.
Wonky DC stuff, media, policy, fun. Nothing is new.
The gyre is fucked.
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there were - a lot - of cardinals out yesterday. apparently this tree was a #perfectperch #birdoftheday #birdsseenin2026
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
there were - a lot - of cardinals out yesterday. apparently this tree was a #perfectperch #birdoftheday #birdsseenin2026
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“Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses – because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
January 8, 2026 at 8:37 PM
“Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses – because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
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"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Proud Boy Youth Corps
NPR - DoD planning to cut its ties with the Boy Scouts. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Proud Boy Youth Corps
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Whoever made this meme is responsible
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Whoever made this meme is responsible
I was an infant when this was released, so while I didn't watch this in real time, only years later, there were countless other nuke flicks that indelibly impacted my childhood understanding. Namely, By Dawn's Early Light, which I watched as a 9 year old.
Tonight in 1983, more than 100 million Americans saw multiple thermonuclear weapons destroy Kansas City, Missouri, in “The Day After” on ABC. A.C. Nielsen Company reported that 62 percent of television sets that night were tuned to the film. I watched in my packed college dorm lounge. How about you?
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I was an infant when this was released, so while I didn't watch this in real time, only years later, there were countless other nuke flicks that indelibly impacted my childhood understanding. Namely, By Dawn's Early Light, which I watched as a 9 year old.
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ICE is a team sport for guys who would otherwise be school shooters
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ICE is a team sport for guys who would otherwise be school shooters
Nothing kills my spirit like a soggy, sad sandwich.
Lunch meeting today was catered with tacos, a delicious surprise
As I chewed, thought of how bulk/catering orders support the independent restaurants that are hurting right now
So if you have any power to shift away from the fast casual chain catering cabal...
you know pan dulce > panera anyway
As I chewed, thought of how bulk/catering orders support the independent restaurants that are hurting right now
So if you have any power to shift away from the fast casual chain catering cabal...
you know pan dulce > panera anyway
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Nothing kills my spirit like a soggy, sad sandwich.
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The Kremlin hasn’t had ROI like this since Facebook ads in 2016.
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Kremlin hasn’t had ROI like this since Facebook ads in 2016.
This is like if Joe Exotic joined the Helsinki Accords.
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is like if Joe Exotic joined the Helsinki Accords.
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I’m 100% sure that’s actually not the question to be asking
As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?
National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs
As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?
n.pr
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I’m 100% sure that’s actually not the question to be asking
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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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It’s so depressing watching the dumbest people in America drive this country into a ditch …. Again
September 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It’s so depressing watching the dumbest people in America drive this country into a ditch …. Again
Gangs of New York? That's your answer? 70+ years of cinema in/on/about NYC and that's the cultural touchstone you pick?
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September 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Gangs of New York? That's your answer? 70+ years of cinema in/on/about NYC and that's the cultural touchstone you pick?
media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...
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Are we in a political crisis? Man, I'd love to pick the brains of the other ~20%... You living under rocks? Siloed in your bubble? Simply high as shit? Too rich to care?
Even beyond Trump's paltry 38% approval rating in this new Quinnipiac poll - and his equally-bad approval ratings on some key issues - these numbers are just brutal for the party in power.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Nearly 8 In 10 Voters Say The United States Is In A Political Crisis,
Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds;
Optimism Sinks For Freedom Of Speech Being Protected In The U.S. | Quinnipiac Univers...
"The Kirk assassination lays bare raw, bipartisan concerns about where the country is headed," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.
poll.qu.edu
September 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Are we in a political crisis? Man, I'd love to pick the brains of the other ~20%... You living under rocks? Siloed in your bubble? Simply high as shit? Too rich to care?
Swear down, I seen it. Blokes haulin’ swans off the Green, carp out the Regent’s Canal, stickin’ ‘em in Tesco bags like it’s a weekly shop. It’s barbaric, innit! This ain’t Poland, bruv, this is London!
September 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Swear down, I seen it. Blokes haulin’ swans off the Green, carp out the Regent’s Canal, stickin’ ‘em in Tesco bags like it’s a weekly shop. It’s barbaric, innit! This ain’t Poland, bruv, this is London!
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