Hammerer of the Scotch
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Not here for the follows, but they're appreciated. If you do follow, you'll get a firehose of lefty takes, typically during business hours
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starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
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no eres mis casa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
no eres mis casa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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I have heard about DHS literally every day for over a year
Kristi Noem: "I always tell people that the days you don't hear about us are the days we were successful."
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I have heard about DHS literally every day for over a year
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a public service announcement many of you apparently need to hear
February 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
a public service announcement many of you apparently need to hear
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This is how history will recount it, even if the American legacy media refuses to present it.
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is how history will recount it, even if the American legacy media refuses to present it.
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Gotta love the ‘Democracy Is On The Ballot’ to ‘We Can Find Bipartisan Common Ground’ pipeline. Incredibly efficient.
February 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Gotta love the ‘Democracy Is On The Ballot’ to ‘We Can Find Bipartisan Common Ground’ pipeline. Incredibly efficient.
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So many people are about to be sacrificed at the altar of capitalism to appease the line go up gods
January 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So many people are about to be sacrificed at the altar of capitalism to appease the line go up gods
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At what point do traditional Western allies tell the US to go fuck itself, make their own economic alliance, and potentially even develop better relations with China?
They can’t allow the US to get away with this.
They can’t allow the US to get away with this.
Trump:
"Am I going to impose tariffs on the European Union? ...Absolutely."
"Am I going to impose tariffs on the European Union? ...Absolutely."
January 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
At what point do traditional Western allies tell the US to go fuck itself, make their own economic alliance, and potentially even develop better relations with China?
They can’t allow the US to get away with this.
They can’t allow the US to get away with this.
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‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ is finally coming to Maine!
Labor writer Kim Kelly will be discussing her book "Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor" on Wednesday, February 12, 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 24 Gray Street in Portland, ME.
January 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ is finally coming to Maine!
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we really do have too many cars and not enough trains
February 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
we really do have too many cars and not enough trains