Max Bricker
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Meaningless reduced form nonsense
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I want to see every single congressional Democrat proposing & cosponsoring the Renee Nicole Good Act, which abolishes ICE, impeaches Noem, and imposes consequences on federal agents who murder citizens on our streets in cold blood.
Do you know who Willie Horton is? What about Laken Riley? How is it that you came to know these things?
Ok, now. Without googling, how many Jan 6 rioters have recidivated? Been charged with violent or child-sex crimes? What are their names? Who were their victims?
More on the disparity here.
Ok, now. Without googling, how many Jan 6 rioters have recidivated? Been charged with violent or child-sex crimes? What are their names? Who were their victims?
More on the disparity here.
What Would Republicans Do?
If a repugnant cabal of predators and perverts beats you in critical elections, their tactics are worth studying. And, in some cases, emulating.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I want to see every single congressional Democrat proposing & cosponsoring the Renee Nicole Good Act, which abolishes ICE, impeaches Noem, and imposes consequences on federal agents who murder citizens on our streets in cold blood.
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This glib statement is all the more risible when you recall how many law enforcement officers used their vehicles as weapons against protesters in 2020... and how many Republican-dominated states *sought to legalize killing protesters with vehicles* as a reaction to the demonstrations
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This glib statement is all the more risible when you recall how many law enforcement officers used their vehicles as weapons against protesters in 2020... and how many Republican-dominated states *sought to legalize killing protesters with vehicles* as a reaction to the demonstrations
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The justices seemed so appalled that someone could be disqualified based on factfinding by a state trial judge--as if people don't lose their liberty, their homes, and their children in state trial courts every day of the week.
January 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The justices seemed so appalled that someone could be disqualified based on factfinding by a state trial judge--as if people don't lose their liberty, their homes, and their children in state trial courts every day of the week.
My mission on this site is to post Indian Classical Music into mainstream consciousness, inshallah I will convert you all one day
I know im becoming a more seasoned rasika because I just listened to a UVK raag and thought, "this kind of sucks", and then I read up on it and turns out Parrikar agrees
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
My mission on this site is to post Indian Classical Music into mainstream consciousness, inshallah I will convert you all one day
I know im becoming a more seasoned rasika because I just listened to a UVK raag and thought, "this kind of sucks", and then I read up on it and turns out Parrikar agrees
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I know im becoming a more seasoned rasika because I just listened to a UVK raag and thought, "this kind of sucks", and then I read up on it and turns out Parrikar agrees
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This is what happens when you recklessly extend BRICS right up to America’s borders and ignore America’s legitimate security concerns.
January 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This is what happens when you recklessly extend BRICS right up to America’s borders and ignore America’s legitimate security concerns.
BBC coverage right now: but Trump clearly said he was not going to start foreign wars!
a close up of a pikachu with a surprised look on its face .
ALT: a close up of a pikachu with a surprised look on its face .
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
BBC coverage right now: but Trump clearly said he was not going to start foreign wars!
So how long until South Africa restarts its nuclear program I wonder
January 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
So how long until South Africa restarts its nuclear program I wonder
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I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
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BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
Simply cannot understand this faction of the left's refusal to engage with statistics and political science
when we said “defer electoral strategy to the actual politicians running for actual offices” we meant “after calculating wins above replacement somehow”
December 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Simply cannot understand this faction of the left's refusal to engage with statistics and political science
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It's your birthday, Duane.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's your birthday, Duane.
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When you ask yourself, why would they go ahead and do things like this, changing signage when there's a question of the legality, you have to remember that it will cost money to undo it, and when people try to do so, they will be met with complaints that they're looking backwards and wasting money
Wasting no time, the Trump administration begins adding his name to the Kennedy Center building, ignoring the understanding that it would require an act of Congress. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
When you ask yourself, why would they go ahead and do things like this, changing signage when there's a question of the legality, you have to remember that it will cost money to undo it, and when people try to do so, they will be met with complaints that they're looking backwards and wasting money
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Until the end of my days I will harbor a burning rage toward anyone who entertained the slightest inkling of defunding American aid programs
Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Until the end of my days I will harbor a burning rage toward anyone who entertained the slightest inkling of defunding American aid programs
Does Haruki Murakami have a sponsorship deal with Cutty Sark
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Does Haruki Murakami have a sponsorship deal with Cutty Sark
When Dems swept into office in 2008, they had one big policy objective: to reform healthcare. This was the thing that had festered too long, that was way overdue for new legislation, and that was worth spending political capital on.
Next trifecta, it better be gun control
Next trifecta, it better be gun control
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
When Dems swept into office in 2008, they had one big policy objective: to reform healthcare. This was the thing that had festered too long, that was way overdue for new legislation, and that was worth spending political capital on.
Next trifecta, it better be gun control
Next trifecta, it better be gun control
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if you are still out here arguing that civilians at a holiday celebration are a legitimate target for "armed resistance" because of their presumed political beliefs, you not only lack any kind of analysis of power or productive theory of change, you have alienated yourself from basic humanity.
December 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
if you are still out here arguing that civilians at a holiday celebration are a legitimate target for "armed resistance" because of their presumed political beliefs, you not only lack any kind of analysis of power or productive theory of change, you have alienated yourself from basic humanity.
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annoyance theory is a good one (that I invented) but if you are more annoyed by one group and the other group is dangerous and runs the government well
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
annoyance theory is a good one (that I invented) but if you are more annoyed by one group and the other group is dangerous and runs the government well
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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The chabad rabbi killed at Bondi Beach
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The chabad rabbi killed at Bondi Beach
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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pluribus is the only show brave enough to ask if one mean lesbian could save the world
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
pluribus is the only show brave enough to ask if one mean lesbian could save the world
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The North won the civil war. We can make sweet cornbread if we want.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The North won the civil war. We can make sweet cornbread if we want.
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