mike haw
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
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I would like for national political reporters to place a moratorium on “But what will voters in the rest of America think about New York City’s socialist mayor?” We don’t care! Red states are notably full of psycho politicians yet rarely do you see pundits asking Brooklyn people about them.
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I would like for national political reporters to place a moratorium on “But what will voters in the rest of America think about New York City’s socialist mayor?” We don’t care! Red states are notably full of psycho politicians yet rarely do you see pundits asking Brooklyn people about them.
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Firefighters, famously, have a house they all live in, where they wait for people to call them, actually.
September 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Firefighters, famously, have a house they all live in, where they wait for people to call them, actually.
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This is so dumb. The FBI has actual skills to contribute to fighting crime—and walking a beat in Georgetown as a large group in tactical gear isn’t it. This is public safety LARPing.
FBI, DEA and other law enforcement recorded in Georgetown walking around
“There’s not much going on around here… maybe they’re practicing”
“There’s not much going on around here… maybe they’re practicing”
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is so dumb. The FBI has actual skills to contribute to fighting crime—and walking a beat in Georgetown as a large group in tactical gear isn’t it. This is public safety LARPing.
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As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
August 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
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I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
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The Senate just voted 67-32 to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as labor secretary, which means a lot of Dems voted for her. During a fucking constitutional crisis.
March 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Senate just voted 67-32 to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as labor secretary, which means a lot of Dems voted for her. During a fucking constitutional crisis.
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Dems should not allow anything to move in the House or Senate until this is dealt with. Dem have the power in both chambers to jam up the works, and they need to use it.
That isn't a radical tactic, it's what the GOP has done for years for trivial matters. Unlike this, which is catastrophic.
That isn't a radical tactic, it's what the GOP has done for years for trivial matters. Unlike this, which is catastrophic.
Fed source to me: “It’s like a bank heist and the bank is America. Not really being hyperbolic to say control of those systems would allow an extremely fast collapse of the economy. Imagine it’s a plumbing system and someone takes a sledgehammer to the central pipe.”
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Dems should not allow anything to move in the House or Senate until this is dealt with. Dem have the power in both chambers to jam up the works, and they need to use it.
That isn't a radical tactic, it's what the GOP has done for years for trivial matters. Unlike this, which is catastrophic.
That isn't a radical tactic, it's what the GOP has done for years for trivial matters. Unlike this, which is catastrophic.
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only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard
The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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and just like with 2001, there is a better than even chance that this republican president and his gleeful allies will plunge us right back into chaos and disorder
January 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
and just like with 2001, there is a better than even chance that this republican president and his gleeful allies will plunge us right back into chaos and disorder
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i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
Trump's transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.
Agencies are weighing in-person requirement for sensitive data.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:21 PM
i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against approximately two dogs.
December 10, 2024 at 8:50 PM
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against approximately two dogs.
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Every Movement In Man’s Burrito-Eating Technique Informed By Past Burrito Tragedies
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November 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Every Movement In Man’s Burrito-Eating Technique Informed By Past Burrito Tragedies
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