So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.

black people used to be on television in the 90s

Honestly, not the worst thing they could be doing with their time. But if this counts as a deployment, as I assume it does, this might be the most expensive trash collection scheme in human history.

All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.

It’s really wild how far down the path to a consolidated authoritarian regime we’ve already gone.

It’s very helpful that Trump is so bad at this and fairly unpopular. But, it’s also wild how quickly we’ve normalized being in a lawless, post-constitutional world. Scary times!

as for the upshot of the decision, the republican court has put the citizen children of non-citizens in a position similar to that of free blacks during the antebellum period. their right to enjoy the privileges and immunities of american citizenship will vary according to state borders

Feels like ranked choice was absolutely decisive in this race—not because of the vote count, but because of how it changed the incentives from zero-sum to cooperapetitive. It allowed a fractured left field to align organically through co-endorsements instead of falling into a circular firing squad.

"In this way, Medicaid isn’t just a safety net for the poor—it’s an invisible subsidy for everyone. When it shrinks, costs don’t disappear. They move to households, employers, local governments, school systems, ERs, jails. Everyone pays."

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me and the concept of critical thinking in 2025:

On top of everything, we should be deeply troubled by the government’s arbitrary designation of someone as a terrorist without providing any evidence in public (and then backing it up by citing El Salvador’s president’s arbitrary designation of him as a terrorist)

it’s “cause we say it it’s true”

Gamer Gate II: The Gamer Awokening

im all set to graduate Columbia University majoring in " Cowardice " , with a minor in "Kissing Fucking Ass" a nd "Prostrating myself "

this one too. you should play outer wilds btw. so true

As an empath, when I watch pornography I get sexually and physically aroused, because I can understand and feel that they're horny and cumming.