Part of the tragedy of this is that Europe has been a party to one of the longest wars of recent memory with the explicit objective of weakening a rival power. They thought the war would weaken everyone except them.
9/So what is Europe to do? Not this...It has to wake up and understand that an alternative international order is being put on the table. It is not based on rules but hierarchy and extraction. Tepid finger waging will lead to domination.
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EU affirms ‘principles of national sovereignty’ in cautious response to Trump Greenland threats – Europe live
European Commission spokesperson also declines to rule on whether US intervention in Venezuela was legal
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January 6, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Part of the tragedy of this is that Europe has been a party to one of the longest wars of recent memory with the explicit objective of weakening a rival power. They thought the war would weaken everyone except them.
The real story of the 21st century is that Americans gave away so much freedom that forgot to keep any for themselves.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The real story of the 21st century is that Americans gave away so much freedom that forgot to keep any for themselves.
Liberals when they see white people supporting Trump: "Gut them! GUT THEM ALL!"
Liberals when they see brown people supporting Trump: "I will die for your comfort, my liege."
Liberals when they see brown people supporting Trump: "I will die for your comfort, my liege."
Campist leftist politics is uniquely vile towards exiled communities, from Syrians to Venezuelans. The moment these groups fail to perform “correctly” in unfolding political crises, their identity is stripped away & replaced with smears.
Such accusations are so predictable at this point.
Such accusations are so predictable at this point.
January 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Liberals when they see white people supporting Trump: "Gut them! GUT THEM ALL!"
Liberals when they see brown people supporting Trump: "I will die for your comfort, my liege."
Liberals when they see brown people supporting Trump: "I will die for your comfort, my liege."
We laugh, but the expats have to go. No exceptions.
a bunch of venezuelan expats are warring with anti-imperialist leftists who want Mamdani to free Maduro or he's a fascist sellout meanwhile the fash are acting like every memory of 2003 was surgically removed from their brains
January 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
We laugh, but the expats have to go. No exceptions.
Good plan. Slight problem: stupid people have powerful patrons.
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Good plan. Slight problem: stupid people have powerful patrons.
*in tribute to @dicknixon.bsky.social*
These people, Weiss, Ellison and others, come from a world where subtlety is unnecessary. Each of their interactions boils down to: "Give me what I want, or I'll have my legal team sue you into oblivion."
These people, Weiss, Ellison and others, come from a world where subtlety is unnecessary. Each of their interactions boils down to: "Give me what I want, or I'll have my legal team sue you into oblivion."
it really is something that no one affiliated or allied with trump seems to have any sense of how to use power with subtlety and finesse.
December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*in tribute to @dicknixon.bsky.social*
These people, Weiss, Ellison and others, come from a world where subtlety is unnecessary. Each of their interactions boils down to: "Give me what I want, or I'll have my legal team sue you into oblivion."
These people, Weiss, Ellison and others, come from a world where subtlety is unnecessary. Each of their interactions boils down to: "Give me what I want, or I'll have my legal team sue you into oblivion."
I stubbed my toe last month. That can only mean a KGB assassination attempt.
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
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#fossilwarfare
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Ermittler vermuten Russland hinter Bauschaum-Attacken auf Autos
Hunderte Autos wurden vor einem Jahr in mehreren Bundesländern mit Bauschaum beschädigt. Die Ermittler gehen derzeit davon aus, dass damit die Grünen vor der Wahl diskreditiert werden sollten.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I stubbed my toe last month. That can only mean a KGB assassination attempt.
Also, good thing nobody spent the last half decade establishing the precedent that attacking another country is worthy of sanctions.
Once again, any U.S. attack on Venezuela would be patently illegal.
Breaking news: High-level discussions over whether to attack Venezuela — and how — have been underway for days.
It remains unclear if President Trump has decided to pursue such an escalation.
It remains unclear if President Trump has decided to pursue such an escalation.
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Also, good thing nobody spent the last half decade establishing the precedent that attacking another country is worthy of sanctions.
Why can't I be as confident doing anything as Willy can be posting charts that destroy his own argument?
Wrong
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Why can't I be as confident doing anything as Willy can be posting charts that destroy his own argument?
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You know, that totenkopf guy may actually be an improvement after all
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You know, that totenkopf guy may actually be an improvement after all
"Hello, I am a Democrat. I will give you whatever you want if you hurt me badly enough. P-please don't do that Mr. Trump."
The party got onto a viable ToV (whether by dumb luck or by design) with raising healthcare salience, thanks to GOP stupidity
But this was always how it was going to end, whether a week ago, now, or in another week or two
There was no universe in which the GOP decides "oh, I like the ACA now"
But this was always how it was going to end, whether a week ago, now, or in another week or two
There was no universe in which the GOP decides "oh, I like the ACA now"
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Hello, I am a Democrat. I will give you whatever you want if you hurt me badly enough. P-please don't do that Mr. Trump."
Will the last person to leave the Democratic Party please turn out the lights?
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Will the last person to leave the Democratic Party please turn out the lights?
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One of the many reasons that Schumer straight up has to go is that, *best case scenario,* he has zero control over his caucus. The worst case scenario is considerably worse
I will say, I don't know what a plausible *good* outcome was -- the GOP wasn't going to sign off on good bills just because of some bad polls, I don't think online progs or Schumer/Jeffries had a clear plan to win this either?
but the Senate mods / institutionalists are throwing in the towel afaict
but the Senate mods / institutionalists are throwing in the towel afaict
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One of the many reasons that Schumer straight up has to go is that, *best case scenario,* he has zero control over his caucus. The worst case scenario is considerably worse
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if dems take this deal, they take ownership of the shutdown pain. fucking champions of own goals..
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
if dems take this deal, they take ownership of the shutdown pain. fucking champions of own goals..
This is why the Democratic party is not going to last much longer. If your response to every everything is "Well, my chart says that you're a liar!", people are going to stop trusting you to work on their behalf.
a)vibes based economic forecasting is a bane on both the left and right
b)americans are in fact doing -incredibly- better than, say, Europe
c)and our consumer goods based economy was also incredible (post tariff feasibility TBD)
d)but nobody can buy a house and brunch is 2 hours of wages. ergo,
b)americans are in fact doing -incredibly- better than, say, Europe
c)and our consumer goods based economy was also incredible (post tariff feasibility TBD)
d)but nobody can buy a house and brunch is 2 hours of wages. ergo,
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is why the Democratic party is not going to last much longer. If your response to every everything is "Well, my chart says that you're a liar!", people are going to stop trusting you to work on their behalf.
This dynamic is not sustainable. It won't be long before the "doing good things for people" faction does not exist.
If you want to be the party of doing good things for people you’re in a much harder place than the “fuck ‘em all” party
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This dynamic is not sustainable. It won't be long before the "doing good things for people" faction does not exist.
Wait, how is the son of a career politician "insecure"?
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
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I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical
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November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Wait, how is the son of a career politician "insecure"?
Ah yes, who could forget the economic security of 2008?
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ah yes, who could forget the economic security of 2008?
Never Trump Republican: *sees thing that works* "Here's why we must never do this."
Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Never Trump Republican: *sees thing that works* "Here's why we must never do this."
Cool. Why would any Dem president be nice to these lutefish eaters? Any competent Dem is going to say: "Pay up, or we let Putin roll tanks into Oslo."
I mean. The goal was to not give the Peace Prize to Donald Trump without Donald Trump pulling out of NATO and nuking Scandinavia, so mission accomplished.
Beginning to wonder if the Nobel Peace Prize can ever recover from this.
November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Cool. Why would any Dem president be nice to these lutefish eaters? Any competent Dem is going to say: "Pay up, or we let Putin roll tanks into Oslo."
Still waiting on the positive case for Janet Mills.
Yeah man (((Those People))) really stabbed you in the back huh.
"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienced within the Democratic Party.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Still waiting on the positive case for Janet Mills.
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I think I might be the only one to remember that The New York Times gifted Bari and all-expenses paid sojourn to Australia and she came back with a single essay about Australian politics that was written at a eighth grade level and almost completely incorrect. She a stupido, y'all.
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I think I might be the only one to remember that The New York Times gifted Bari and all-expenses paid sojourn to Australia and she came back with a single essay about Australian politics that was written at a eighth grade level and almost completely incorrect. She a stupido, y'all.
"I don't have an example of what I'm talking about, but by God I will screech until I do!"
I accept the criticism that I didn't name an individual who is both vocally pro-Plantar and anti-Mamdani. What I had in mind is the overall volume of Nazi tattoo apologetics and Islamiphobic smears popping up in the ostensibly anti-that-stuff coalition, including with bad "electability" arguments.
The fact that some prominent Democrats defend a Maine Senate primary candidate’s Nazi tattoo while he isn’t even leading in polls, but not defend a NYC mayor primary winner from false smears even as he’s leading general election polls says a lot.
That doesn’t seem driven by voter preference.
That doesn’t seem driven by voter preference.
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"I don't have an example of what I'm talking about, but by God I will screech until I do!"