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I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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As I’ve said before — the economy is astrology for men.
The economy is a paranormal entity that our greatest dimensional scholars (macroeconomists) understand only superficially. They have induced a variety of changes in it by manipulating arcane forces like "money supply" with some success. But it remains protean and unpredictable.
December 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As I’ve said before — the economy is astrology for men.
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Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
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I'll never understand how so many people got conned into hating the idea of universal healthcare.
Say you pay 20% more in taxes.
Your employer pays you more because no insurance.
You never see a doctor, lab or out of network specialist bill again.
You have a low copay for drugs.
Isn't that worth it?
Say you pay 20% more in taxes.
Your employer pays you more because no insurance.
You never see a doctor, lab or out of network specialist bill again.
You have a low copay for drugs.
Isn't that worth it?
December 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I'll never understand how so many people got conned into hating the idea of universal healthcare.
Say you pay 20% more in taxes.
Your employer pays you more because no insurance.
You never see a doctor, lab or out of network specialist bill again.
You have a low copay for drugs.
Isn't that worth it?
Say you pay 20% more in taxes.
Your employer pays you more because no insurance.
You never see a doctor, lab or out of network specialist bill again.
You have a low copay for drugs.
Isn't that worth it?
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Still time for squishPAC Dems to learn the lessons of Labour’s ongoing self-implosion…
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Still time for squishPAC Dems to learn the lessons of Labour’s ongoing self-implosion…
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December 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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This entire country is being scammed — we can afford health care. You reason you don't have the health care you need because someone is making profit. That's it.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This entire country is being scammed — we can afford health care. You reason you don't have the health care you need because someone is making profit. That's it.
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coming soon: "the constitution is unconstitutional"
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
coming soon: "the constitution is unconstitutional"
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There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Yeah our product sucks, it’s also expensive, and yeah horrible for the environment, society, and your career, but also some of the worst human beings that have ever lived are pushing it. It also comes preinstalled and won’t stop pestering you. Why not try it?
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yeah our product sucks, it’s also expensive, and yeah horrible for the environment, society, and your career, but also some of the worst human beings that have ever lived are pushing it. It also comes preinstalled and won’t stop pestering you. Why not try it?
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I’m having that thing where you log on to social and everyone is reacting to the new thing but the reactions are vague, aghast, angry enough that you’re struggling to figure out exactly what the new thing is. German must have a word for this.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m having that thing where you log on to social and everyone is reacting to the new thing but the reactions are vague, aghast, angry enough that you’re struggling to figure out exactly what the new thing is. German must have a word for this.
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imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
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My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
*LEAVITT: TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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There's a book about what really happened to bring about the Declaration of Independence. And it's pretty wild! www.amazon.com/Declaration-...
Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 (Simon & Schuster America Collection)
Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 (Simon & Schuster America Collection) [Hogeland, William] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 (Simon & Schuster America Collection)
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November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
There's a book about what really happened to bring about the Declaration of Independence. And it's pretty wild! www.amazon.com/Declaration-...
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It's good to have this on the record.
There are 8 (probably more) Senate Democrats who don't believe in majority rule, and who desperately want excuses for failing to govern in ways their voters want when in power.
There are 8 (probably more) Senate Democrats who don't believe in majority rule, and who desperately want excuses for failing to govern in ways their voters want when in power.
Heaven forbid the Republicans get rid of the filibuster…
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It's good to have this on the record.
There are 8 (probably more) Senate Democrats who don't believe in majority rule, and who desperately want excuses for failing to govern in ways their voters want when in power.
There are 8 (probably more) Senate Democrats who don't believe in majority rule, and who desperately want excuses for failing to govern in ways their voters want when in power.
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When people start dying of totally treatable conditions and diseases, you can look at this chart and see who caused their deaths. No hyperbole intended.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When people start dying of totally treatable conditions and diseases, you can look at this chart and see who caused their deaths. No hyperbole intended.
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Hey Dick, even if Thune keeps his word that doesn't get you anywhere
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hey Dick, even if Thune keeps his word that doesn't get you anywhere
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I better not get not one email from the Democratic Party begging for money.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I better not get not one email from the Democratic Party begging for money.
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The cave caucus COULD say "we'll get people fed and paid through the holidays, give the American people the gift of the Epstein files, and take up the fight in the new year" but they're saying "we had a generational electoral victory and nothing we were doing was working so we quit"
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The cave caucus COULD say "we'll get people fed and paid through the holidays, give the American people the gift of the Epstein files, and take up the fight in the new year" but they're saying "we had a generational electoral victory and nothing we were doing was working so we quit"
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Here's the part that gets me on the shutdown: The section prohibiting Trump from firing workers is great! But it wasn't carried through to stop rescissions & withheld funds.
That Democrats knew how to write a No Kings budget, then only passed a tiny section of it to get Tim Kaine's vote, is galling.
That Democrats knew how to write a No Kings budget, then only passed a tiny section of it to get Tim Kaine's vote, is galling.
The Most Frustrating Thing About the Shutdown Cave - The American Prospect
Senate Democrats actually know how to use their power to counter Donald Trump and ensure that legislative funding gets spent—but this continuing resolution makes it clear they chose not to.
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here's the part that gets me on the shutdown: The section prohibiting Trump from firing workers is great! But it wasn't carried through to stop rescissions & withheld funds.
That Democrats knew how to write a No Kings budget, then only passed a tiny section of it to get Tim Kaine's vote, is galling.
That Democrats knew how to write a No Kings budget, then only passed a tiny section of it to get Tim Kaine's vote, is galling.
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The politics of the shutdown:
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The politics of the shutdown:
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies