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Can’t wait for some hard-hitting coverage of what’s happening in Venezuela on CBS.
January 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Can’t wait for some hard-hitting coverage of what’s happening in Venezuela on CBS.
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It is pretty amazing how quickly they pivoted from wearing tricorner hats at Tea Party rallies to thinking that on reflection there’s a lot to be said for authoritarianism.
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
It is pretty amazing how quickly they pivoted from wearing tricorner hats at Tea Party rallies to thinking that on reflection there’s a lot to be said for authoritarianism.
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This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
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Every election year, you hear the same old song from Democrats: That Texas is not a red state, but just a low-turnout state and if Democrats just turn out enough voters, it will flip blue.
This is empirically not true. Democrats need to persuade Republicans
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
This is empirically not true. Democrats need to persuade Republicans
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Biggest Lie in Texas Politics
Ahead of the midterm elections, the state Democratic party is leaning on an old message.
www.texasmonthly.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Every election year, you hear the same old song from Democrats: That Texas is not a red state, but just a low-turnout state and if Democrats just turn out enough voters, it will flip blue.
This is empirically not true. Democrats need to persuade Republicans
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
This is empirically not true. Democrats need to persuade Republicans
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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"People like Susie Wiles are a terrific example of how something as bad as Nazism actually happened."
On the pod, @swin24.bsky.social and me on the darker story behind the Wiles mess: People like her know how lawless the Trump project is but are going along anyway:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
On the pod, @swin24.bsky.social and me on the darker story behind the Wiles mess: People like her know how lawless the Trump project is but are going along anyway:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"People like Susie Wiles are a terrific example of how something as bad as Nazism actually happened."
On the pod, @swin24.bsky.social and me on the darker story behind the Wiles mess: People like her know how lawless the Trump project is but are going along anyway:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
On the pod, @swin24.bsky.social and me on the darker story behind the Wiles mess: People like her know how lawless the Trump project is but are going along anyway:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
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bsky.app/profile/surc...
the only way to get everyone’s attention is to pick a very big and fat target to make a public example of and do it without hesitation
the only way to get everyone’s attention is to pick a very big and fat target to make a public example of and do it without hesitation
Wiping out Oracle's IP--all of it--with a quick Congressional bill at the start of a new admin--would more than suffice to make everyone realize that liberals, when sufficiently angry, are scarier than reactionaries.
And it would destroy a parasitic copyright troll of negative economic value.
And it would destroy a parasitic copyright troll of negative economic value.
this will only change when democrats punish or threaten to punish
December 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
bsky.app/profile/surc...
the only way to get everyone’s attention is to pick a very big and fat target to make a public example of and do it without hesitation
the only way to get everyone’s attention is to pick a very big and fat target to make a public example of and do it without hesitation
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Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel?
Today, I want to share some additional thoughts with you on this...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
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I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
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It's because she doesn't know how to be the head of CBS News. Just no clue what a person in this role does. Similar to how Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy don't know how to be cabinet secretaries.
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
I’m sorry but why is the head of cbs news on tv herself
December 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It's because she doesn't know how to be the head of CBS News. Just no clue what a person in this role does. Similar to how Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy don't know how to be cabinet secretaries.
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
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NO ONE FORMS POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY SEE IN THE WORLD.
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NO ONE FORMS POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY SEE IN THE WORLD.
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
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an old blender trying to get one last frozen strawberry crushed
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
an old blender trying to get one last frozen strawberry crushed
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
"The case, which prosecutors considered a slam dunk, then collapsed when an inexperienced federal judge appointed by Trump dismissed it on questionable legal grounds."
They misspelled "corrupt."
They misspelled "corrupt."
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"The case, which prosecutors considered a slam dunk, then collapsed when an inexperienced federal judge appointed by Trump dismissed it on questionable legal grounds."
They misspelled "corrupt."
They misspelled "corrupt."
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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New Trump 2028 campaign slogan just dropped.
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New Trump 2028 campaign slogan just dropped.