How to Talk to Conservatives
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“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
And so I fight. I fight fair. I win.
And so I fight. I fight fair. I win.
Durant can’t buy a shot
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Durant can’t buy a shot
University of Michigan consumer sentiment falls to the second lowest in history.
Lower than the GFC
The trump economy is the worst economy
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UMCSENT
Lower than the GFC
The trump economy is the worst economy
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UMCSENT
University of Michigan: Consumer Sentiment
University of Michigan: Consumer Sentiment
fred.stlouisfed.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
University of Michigan consumer sentiment falls to the second lowest in history.
Lower than the GFC
The trump economy is the worst economy
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UMCSENT
Lower than the GFC
The trump economy is the worst economy
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UMCSENT
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If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
What are you going on to do when your family turns out to be nazi
October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What are you going on to do when your family turns out to be nazi
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Apparently there is an ongoing ICE raid in Chicago about west of kedzie and Armitage
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Apparently there is an ongoing ICE raid in Chicago about west of kedzie and Armitage
Crude Futures down to 60.82
This is terrible news for the US economy.
1. Oil drilling has halted -> like $120-150-170 oil when economy recovers
2. Means economic activity is slowing dramatically.
This is terrible news for the US economy.
1. Oil drilling has halted -> like $120-150-170 oil when economy recovers
2. Means economic activity is slowing dramatically.
October 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Crude Futures down to 60.82
This is terrible news for the US economy.
1. Oil drilling has halted -> like $120-150-170 oil when economy recovers
2. Means economic activity is slowing dramatically.
This is terrible news for the US economy.
1. Oil drilling has halted -> like $120-150-170 oil when economy recovers
2. Means economic activity is slowing dramatically.
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Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...
I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
I find this extremely chilling:
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...
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If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.
Now that summer is over, Chicago is still on track to have fewer homicides in 2025 than almost any other year since 2001. This is especially impressive considering that the five most violent years of the 21st century have all been in the past decade.
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.
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The deleted message was not a mistake.
It was meant to be seen.
It’s a scare tactic from Trumplethinskin Shitler.
It was meant to be seen.
It’s a scare tactic from Trumplethinskin Shitler.
September 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The deleted message was not a mistake.
It was meant to be seen.
It’s a scare tactic from Trumplethinskin Shitler.
It was meant to be seen.
It’s a scare tactic from Trumplethinskin Shitler.
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“Because $50,000 in US paper money was not a ‘thing of value’ at English common law prior to the existence of the US government, we hold . . . .”
-SCOTUS, five years from now
-SCOTUS, five years from now
September 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Because $50,000 in US paper money was not a ‘thing of value’ at English common law prior to the existence of the US government, we hold . . . .”
-SCOTUS, five years from now
-SCOTUS, five years from now
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man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger
If any of you have an account still over on the other social media platform, I highly recommend going to check it out. It’s absolutely disturbing.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If any of you have an account still over on the other social media platform, I highly recommend going to check it out. It’s absolutely disturbing.
I’m very curious about people voting with their wallets
I’ve certainly curbed my spending when I know the company supports republicans.
More than that, I’ve avoided professional business and financial interaction with people I know voted for Trump
It’s not much, it certainly has been an impact
I’ve certainly curbed my spending when I know the company supports republicans.
More than that, I’ve avoided professional business and financial interaction with people I know voted for Trump
It’s not much, it certainly has been an impact
September 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’m very curious about people voting with their wallets
I’ve certainly curbed my spending when I know the company supports republicans.
More than that, I’ve avoided professional business and financial interaction with people I know voted for Trump
It’s not much, it certainly has been an impact
I’ve certainly curbed my spending when I know the company supports republicans.
More than that, I’ve avoided professional business and financial interaction with people I know voted for Trump
It’s not much, it certainly has been an impact
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Translation: In six months, the economy will be tanking, but we’ll be able to falsify the numbers.
Lutnick says the jobs numbers "will get better because you'll take out the people who are just trying to create noise against the president ... this is gonna be the greatest growth economy six months from now, a year from today"
September 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Translation: In six months, the economy will be tanking, but we’ll be able to falsify the numbers.
22k jobs created
This economy is very weak.
This economy is very weak.
Trump, yesterday: “Right now, it’s a lot of construction numbers, but you’re gonna see job numbers like our country has never seen.”
Really? Tell me more.
Really? Tell me more.
September 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
22k jobs created
This economy is very weak.
This economy is very weak.
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Who could have predicted such a fate?
Bad news: this ballpark Bahn Mi was not good at all!
August 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Who could have predicted such a fate?
Lots of people are going to die.
It will not be good
It will not be good
August 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Lots of people are going to die.
It will not be good
It will not be good
We have immigration and customs agents rounding up homeless people and acting as police in DC
This is not normal.
Why are immigration agents doing anything with homeless people that does not involve immigration ?
This is not normal.
Why are immigration agents doing anything with homeless people that does not involve immigration ?
It’s all about sending a message. The raid is the message. It’s all about retribution. He is the retribution president. As with troops on our streets, it’s all about normalizing fascism. This is fascism. Fascism is here. Too many Americans are too “busy” to care. But it’s here.
August 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We have immigration and customs agents rounding up homeless people and acting as police in DC
This is not normal.
Why are immigration agents doing anything with homeless people that does not involve immigration ?
This is not normal.
Why are immigration agents doing anything with homeless people that does not involve immigration ?
I have not seen anybody talk about how I CE is exceeding their mandate by rounding up homeless people in Washington
Maybe I’ve just missed it.
Why is immigration and customs enforcement involved with any part of homeless people or standard law enforcement in DC?
Maybe I’ve just missed it.
Why is immigration and customs enforcement involved with any part of homeless people or standard law enforcement in DC?
August 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I have not seen anybody talk about how I CE is exceeding their mandate by rounding up homeless people in Washington
Maybe I’ve just missed it.
Why is immigration and customs enforcement involved with any part of homeless people or standard law enforcement in DC?
Maybe I’ve just missed it.
Why is immigration and customs enforcement involved with any part of homeless people or standard law enforcement in DC?
I keep wondering why Trump spends so much time alone with Putin.
It’s bizarre beyond anything we have ever seen.
It’s bizarre beyond anything we have ever seen.
August 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I keep wondering why Trump spends so much time alone with Putin.
It’s bizarre beyond anything we have ever seen.
It’s bizarre beyond anything we have ever seen.
PPI came in at 0.9%, the highest in three years
This is much higher than expected and roughly a 12% inflation rate if annualized.
Much of this was in Services, but this is just a gigantic number.
Cutting rates prices are going up as much as simply an impossibility
www.cnbc.com
This is much higher than expected and roughly a 12% inflation rate if annualized.
Much of this was in Services, but this is just a gigantic number.
Cutting rates prices are going up as much as simply an impossibility
www.cnbc.com
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August 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
PPI came in at 0.9%, the highest in three years
This is much higher than expected and roughly a 12% inflation rate if annualized.
Much of this was in Services, but this is just a gigantic number.
Cutting rates prices are going up as much as simply an impossibility
www.cnbc.com
This is much higher than expected and roughly a 12% inflation rate if annualized.
Much of this was in Services, but this is just a gigantic number.
Cutting rates prices are going up as much as simply an impossibility
www.cnbc.com
With crime so low, liberals should support beat cops in cities.
Have police walk around the major commercial areas. Be seen, be friendly
It would be great.
Have police walk around the major commercial areas. Be seen, be friendly
It would be great.
August 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
With crime so low, liberals should support beat cops in cities.
Have police walk around the major commercial areas. Be seen, be friendly
It would be great.
Have police walk around the major commercial areas. Be seen, be friendly
It would be great.
The homeless problem needs to be mitigated.
Cut this by 80% and our cities will be the best they have ever been
It’s terrible. It really is bad.
Cut this by 80% and our cities will be the best they have ever been
It’s terrible. It really is bad.
August 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The homeless problem needs to be mitigated.
Cut this by 80% and our cities will be the best they have ever been
It’s terrible. It really is bad.
Cut this by 80% and our cities will be the best they have ever been
It’s terrible. It really is bad.