MercuryCobra
@mercurycobra.bsky.social
Attorney. He/him. Anti-fascist.
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Yesterday's other big theme, besides how much the electorate hates Trump, is that voters really want more housing built.
I truly never thought I’d see the day when Marin County voters went pro-housing; but they appear to have opted to upzone parts of Sausalito(!) and rejected the housing-centric recall effort against the mayor of Fairfax.
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yesterday's other big theme, besides how much the electorate hates Trump, is that voters really want more housing built.
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The most normal thing in the world for a young white man is to be obsessed with D-Day!
this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The most normal thing in the world for a young white man is to be obsessed with D-Day!
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the Trump administration and its collaborators believe that, by winning an election, they haven't been temporarily given an office with named, limited powers, but rather have defeated their opponents on the field of battle and earned the right to dominate them.
None of this is particularly surprising. But it's nevertheless utterly shocking! There's no measure of restraint at all. No trace of any residual sense of commitment to something even remotely recognizable as a democratic political culture. It is so unhinged. These people have made their choice.
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the Trump administration and its collaborators believe that, by winning an election, they haven't been temporarily given an office with named, limited powers, but rather have defeated their opponents on the field of battle and earned the right to dominate them.
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We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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what's it like for people who don't have twelve different kinds and cost levels of mexican food available within a stone's throw. i bet it's hard
October 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
what's it like for people who don't have twelve different kinds and cost levels of mexican food available within a stone's throw. i bet it's hard
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It doesn't make any sense to conceive of due process as a right that individual people can have or not have at all tbh. Bad framing from the start. Due process is a restriction on the government's actions, and by definition it applies to either everyone or no one.
October 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It doesn't make any sense to conceive of due process as a right that individual people can have or not have at all tbh. Bad framing from the start. Due process is a restriction on the government's actions, and by definition it applies to either everyone or no one.
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Its insane that American politics now more or less revolves around infrequently passing a single comically large overstuffed money bill instead of like... normal legislation
September 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Its insane that American politics now more or less revolves around infrequently passing a single comically large overstuffed money bill instead of like... normal legislation
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jesus christ
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
September 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
jesus christ
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What’s surreal is knowing that if the Nazis do kill me, any media coverage would be “he was no angel,” pulling out the out-of-context posts the Nazis are using to try to depict me as a maniac. Because that’s the narrative they think makes them look savvy. Meanwhile demagogue Kirk gets canonized
September 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
What’s surreal is knowing that if the Nazis do kill me, any media coverage would be “he was no angel,” pulling out the out-of-context posts the Nazis are using to try to depict me as a maniac. Because that’s the narrative they think makes them look savvy. Meanwhile demagogue Kirk gets canonized
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rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
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Immigrants are a social good, anti-immigrant propaganda is basically all lies, and any approach to the "problem" that doesn't start form those two points is worthless
September 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Immigrants are a social good, anti-immigrant propaganda is basically all lies, and any approach to the "problem" that doesn't start form those two points is worthless
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I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
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My sort of meta egalitarian inegalitarian take is that people who don’t understand the point of a Rawlsian veil of ignorance are idiot provincials too dumb to be entrusted with running anything.
September 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My sort of meta egalitarian inegalitarian take is that people who don’t understand the point of a Rawlsian veil of ignorance are idiot provincials too dumb to be entrusted with running anything.
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and if it's not clear, the sheer force of the unbridled hatred i have for people who live in this mindset is occasionally debilitating, and has probably corroded what some people would call my "soul" and possibly made me a worse person.
August 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
and if it's not clear, the sheer force of the unbridled hatred i have for people who live in this mindset is occasionally debilitating, and has probably corroded what some people would call my "soul" and possibly made me a worse person.
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This is most of the ball game as far as economic perception. Left leaning influencers always say the economy is shitty, right wingers are strictly partisan in their assessments. This effects perception
Dem electeds want influencers in media to say stuff like "I sure do approve of the job our wonderful Dem electeds are doing" when the thing Dems need influencers to actually say is like "the shitty economy is really shit right now huh"
August 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is most of the ball game as far as economic perception. Left leaning influencers always say the economy is shitty, right wingers are strictly partisan in their assessments. This effects perception
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idk, I’ve traveled alone around the world including in “scary” places since I was a kid, and I really can find nothing but raw, cruel contempt in my heart for little baby 6’2 white man MAGAs who piddle like cockapoos at the mere idea of using public transportation
August 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
idk, I’ve traveled alone around the world including in “scary” places since I was a kid, and I really can find nothing but raw, cruel contempt in my heart for little baby 6’2 white man MAGAs who piddle like cockapoos at the mere idea of using public transportation
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really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
August 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
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dems don’t have this because in order to be that way, you have to believe in and care about some cause or vision of the social order more than you do friendships, yourself, the existing institutions, and the “rules.” and the dems who control the party hate those qualities
not saying these folks want the mirror image of the lawlessness per se but: one ferociously dedicated battering ram willing to do or say anything and force practically the entire government even people who technically outrank him to violate laws and norms, for the purpose of ruthlessly executing…
August 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
dems don’t have this because in order to be that way, you have to believe in and care about some cause or vision of the social order more than you do friendships, yourself, the existing institutions, and the “rules.” and the dems who control the party hate those qualities
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The thing that really gets me about anti tipping is that the entire thing is a response to audacious screens and the things they print. The literal only thing meant by “tipping is out of control” is “I hate the audacious machine” and nobody seems to recognize this or care
July 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The thing that really gets me about anti tipping is that the entire thing is a response to audacious screens and the things they print. The literal only thing meant by “tipping is out of control” is “I hate the audacious machine” and nobody seems to recognize this or care
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It's simply amazing to me that the U.S. spent 70 years (1945-2015) constructing a post-WW2 military, economic, and social world order to its liking, only to turn around and decide it was actually the victim of this order the entire time.
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's simply amazing to me that the U.S. spent 70 years (1945-2015) constructing a post-WW2 military, economic, and social world order to its liking, only to turn around and decide it was actually the victim of this order the entire time.
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how can you not be romantic about baseball
The dueling fan bases at Fenway join together for a "Yankees suck" chant.
July 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
how can you not be romantic about baseball
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The governing party of the United States is shutting down the federal government to cover-up evidence the president sexually abused children so he can continue trying to implement dictatorship.
That's just a true statement about the world!
That's just a true statement about the world!
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The governing party of the United States is shutting down the federal government to cover-up evidence the president sexually abused children so he can continue trying to implement dictatorship.
That's just a true statement about the world!
That's just a true statement about the world!
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you know what is a truly underrated spielberg? TINTIN. it's basically a young indiana jones movie and it rocks
July 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
you know what is a truly underrated spielberg? TINTIN. it's basically a young indiana jones movie and it rocks
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imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?