Jason Nerad
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Data over dogma!
it has been truly amazing to see certain people who would normally acknowledge things like this contort their positions in crazy ways just to avoid admitting something that might hurt their ability to win contracts (campaign messages don't matter as much as conditions and wouldn't have saved Harris)
Short thread. Can't emphasize this point enough. This plus the worldwide context (that most incumbent parties did even worse. Also my guess is always that the swing to GOP and other out-parties was part economy and part/most post-pandemic general unhappiness, not just economy).
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Data over dogma!
Goddamn.
The obvious joke here is: “This ad misleadingly represents an ICE officer getting custody of his kids after the divorce.”
The obvious joke here is: “This ad misleadingly represents an ICE officer getting custody of his kids after the divorce.”
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Goddamn.
The obvious joke here is: “This ad misleadingly represents an ICE officer getting custody of his kids after the divorce.”
The obvious joke here is: “This ad misleadingly represents an ICE officer getting custody of his kids after the divorce.”
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
A bop with a coffin flop. 10/10, no notes.
Candi Carpenter - Friday Night (Three Stacks on The Radio) | Official Music Video
YouTube video by Candi Carpenter
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December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A bop with a coffin flop. 10/10, no notes.
I think all those “Illinois 8th congressional district” searches are exclusively from me copy-pasting Raja Krishnamoorthi’s name. Otherwise this is an accurate summation of my 2025 hyperfixations.
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I think all those “Illinois 8th congressional district” searches are exclusively from me copy-pasting Raja Krishnamoorthi’s name. Otherwise this is an accurate summation of my 2025 hyperfixations.
Started!
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Myt…
Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly…
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December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Started!
Finished! Less interesting than the first one, but an unexpectedly relevant tale of how well-meaning people let democracy die.
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
With the same brilliance that characterized his classic…
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December 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Finished! Less interesting than the first one, but an unexpectedly relevant tale of how well-meaning people let democracy die.
Reading Claudius The God, and I came upon a passage which I think gives some insight into the current GOP and the Trump capitulators.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Reading Claudius The God, and I came upon a passage which I think gives some insight into the current GOP and the Trump capitulators.
Happy March to the Sea Day!
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy March to the Sea Day!
No wonder Michael Wolff gets access. He behaves like a scheming vizier to gain their trust before completely completely turning on them when it's time to write a book.
The other two Epstein-related emails just released by Oversight Dems: exchanges between Jeffrey Epstein and Michael Wolff regarding Trump from 2019 and 2015.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
No wonder Michael Wolff gets access. He behaves like a scheming vizier to gain their trust before completely completely turning on them when it's time to write a book.
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I’m reminded this morning of Coates’s remarks re cowardice and the Senate’s tendency to describe itself as “the greatest deliberative body in the world.”
Defending this institution is using it in moral ways, ways that can demand courage.
Defending this institution is using it in moral ways, ways that can demand courage.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I’m reminded this morning of Coates’s remarks re cowardice and the Senate’s tendency to describe itself as “the greatest deliberative body in the world.”
Defending this institution is using it in moral ways, ways that can demand courage.
Defending this institution is using it in moral ways, ways that can demand courage.
Fuck these thugs, and everyone who supports them.
From the illinois community on Reddit: ICE pours a large canister of pepper spray directly into family car, hitting 1-year-old baby. "They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed th...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Fuck these thugs, and everyone who supports them.
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Spanberger now at 15 and change. please feel free to read too much into it.
how to handicap VA results:
Sears + >0: hail king trump
Spanberger +1-5: dems in serious trouble
Spanberger +5-10: normal shift, anything could happen
Spanberger +10-15: don't read too much into it
Spanberger +15-20: read too much into it
Spanberger +20: hail queen aoc
Sears + >0: hail king trump
Spanberger +1-5: dems in serious trouble
Spanberger +5-10: normal shift, anything could happen
Spanberger +10-15: don't read too much into it
Spanberger +15-20: read too much into it
Spanberger +20: hail queen aoc
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Spanberger now at 15 and change. please feel free to read too much into it.
Quigley-Ramirez press conference on the warrantless ICE abduction at a fucking daycare this morning.
ICE Abduction Inside Daycare: Press Conference
YouTube video by U.S. Representative Mike Quigley
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November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Quigley-Ramirez press conference on the warrantless ICE abduction at a fucking daycare this morning.
Okay, but what if I managed to be depressed and unmotivated in my 20s and 30s while being entirely sober?
Weed is often seen as harmless, but for many people, it can slowly become a serious problem, especially as they approach their twenties or thirties. Today, we take a closer look at how long-term daily use can affect your relationships, mental health, and life in general: https://kgs.link/QuitWeed
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Okay, but what if I managed to be depressed and unmotivated in my 20s and 30s while being entirely sober?
This one goes out to all the secular humanists who stared into The Void too long and got depressed.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This one goes out to all the secular humanists who stared into The Void too long and got depressed.
Turns out my sleep habits got so bad that they circled around to "historical."
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Turns out my sleep habits got so bad that they circled around to "historical."
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You know it’s really bad when the bunch who exposed the Alexei Navalny poisoning plot are now focusing on the federal tactics in Chicago’s neighborhoods and suburbs
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
You know it’s really bad when the bunch who exposed the Alexei Navalny poisoning plot are now focusing on the federal tactics in Chicago’s neighborhoods and suburbs
Week is starting off pretty dumb.
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Week is starting off pretty dumb.
I was already there. I should have set out snacks.
If the Trump admin's goal is to foment a Chicago nationalist movement that prioritizes Chicagoan identity above and increasingly at odds with American identity, they're succeedding.
The scenes marked the third consecutive day that federal agents swarmed Chicago in what seemed like a new level of escalation in their immigration enforcement blitz, even for the standard they had set since early September. trib.al/iOUZBP2
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I was already there. I should have set out snacks.
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tolkien: man I'm sure glad my book about how much industrialization sucks has found its intended audience, dudes who build war machines and want to kill the night sky
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
tolkien: man I'm sure glad my book about how much industrialization sucks has found its intended audience, dudes who build war machines and want to kill the night sky
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Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
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October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Rest easy, Chop.
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Rest easy, Chop.
I consider Pargin to be part of an as-of-yet artistic school that includes Sam Raimi and James Gunn. Midwestern Decline Core?
The budget of the final season of Stranger Things is about half a billion dollars. Once it's over the world will need another "Small town losers vs cosmic horror" series and I know of one that could be made for no more than twice that amount, I think we could keep it under a bill per season
October 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I consider Pargin to be part of an as-of-yet artistic school that includes Sam Raimi and James Gunn. Midwestern Decline Core?