Purplegirl
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Heritage president Kevin Roberts, in a truly revealing passage of his Foreword to the Project 2025 policy agenda, states that the project of “dismantling the administrative state” is not about the actual size of government at all.
The goal is to cut “the secret lifeblood of the Great Awokening.”
The goal is to cut “the secret lifeblood of the Great Awokening.”
My sense, from the swamp that is Twitter, is that this may be ideological: these folks have talked themselves into the idea that American liberalism is wholly synthetic, entirely the product of government money diverted into 'George Soros' projects, illegal immigrants voting, etc. and so on. 4/
March 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Heritage president Kevin Roberts, in a truly revealing passage of his Foreword to the Project 2025 policy agenda, states that the project of “dismantling the administrative state” is not about the actual size of government at all.
The goal is to cut “the secret lifeblood of the Great Awokening.”
The goal is to cut “the secret lifeblood of the Great Awokening.”
No one knows how to suck a group dry to the benefit of the few
More than private equity
More than private equity
Exclusive: Elon Musk's DOGE has sent three people with experience in private equity and finance to the Social Security Administration
Musk Taps Private Equity Veterans to Aid DOGE at Social Security
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has sent three individuals with experience in private equity and finance to the Social Security Administration, highlighting the focus that President Do...
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
No one knows how to suck a group dry to the benefit of the few
More than private equity
More than private equity
I’m More and more convinced that stress is a killer and maybe this is a contributor the the health disparities with this country and other developed nations the average person has a lot of stress over all sorts of things mainly work and economics and health care
March 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’m More and more convinced that stress is a killer and maybe this is a contributor the the health disparities with this country and other developed nations the average person has a lot of stress over all sorts of things mainly work and economics and health care
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For years economists told us that the country would face a recession under President Biden. It never happened.
Just six weeks into Trump's term, however, we are now on the verge of economic turmoil.
Just six weeks into Trump's term, however, we are now on the verge of economic turmoil.
March 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For years economists told us that the country would face a recession under President Biden. It never happened.
Just six weeks into Trump's term, however, we are now on the verge of economic turmoil.
Just six weeks into Trump's term, however, we are now on the verge of economic turmoil.
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"Our allies are properly alarmed and outraged. The Putin regime is gleeful and triumphant. They understand how important it is that the Trump administration has joined them in pursuing a world in which perpetrators are rewarded and victims abandoned."
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
What a Weekend for Putin!
It’s been a long time since the Russian dictator had it this good.
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March 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Our allies are properly alarmed and outraged. The Putin regime is gleeful and triumphant. They understand how important it is that the Trump administration has joined them in pursuing a world in which perpetrators are rewarded and victims abandoned."
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www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
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"You have hot chocolate for breakfast and hot chocolate for lunch. You wear pajamas and snow pants. You trespass with abandon, as neighbors’ hills and public streets become fair game." We're going to give that up for a day of online quasi-school? Really?
In Defense of Snow Days
Inconvenient? Yep. Unpredictable? Sure. Disruptive? Yes. But a snow day is also a minor civic miracle, and we ought to treat it as such.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"You have hot chocolate for breakfast and hot chocolate for lunch. You wear pajamas and snow pants. You trespass with abandon, as neighbors’ hills and public streets become fair game." We're going to give that up for a day of online quasi-school? Really?
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At Cabaret yesterday, Cliff said his line “…if you’re not against all this then you’re for it. Or you might as well be”. The audience interrupted the scene to applaud that line so strongly it stopped the show. Doing a show about the onset of fascism right now is. . . chilling.
February 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
At Cabaret yesterday, Cliff said his line “…if you’re not against all this then you’re for it. Or you might as well be”. The audience interrupted the scene to applaud that line so strongly it stopped the show. Doing a show about the onset of fascism right now is. . . chilling.
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I have a feeling there will be exemptions for red states.
Bama Senator Howls Like Stuck Pig After She Sees NIH Cuts Impact in State talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bama-...
Bama Senator Howls Like Stuck Pig After She Sees NIH Cuts Impact in State
Yesterday I made the point that while research universities and academic medical...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I have a feeling there will be exemptions for red states.
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I come from the right. It’s the cruelty. For the right, the cruelty is the point. The cruelty sells.
February 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I come from the right. It’s the cruelty. For the right, the cruelty is the point. The cruelty sells.
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a lot going on but keep an eye or two on this in the coming weeks
February 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
a lot going on but keep an eye or two on this in the coming weeks
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Los Angeles-area people! Trying to compile a list of mutual aid groups/community kitchens/animal shelters/etc offering services or mobilizing to help those displaced by the fires. Let me know/send links and any info to donate.
January 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Los Angeles-area people! Trying to compile a list of mutual aid groups/community kitchens/animal shelters/etc offering services or mobilizing to help those displaced by the fires. Let me know/send links and any info to donate.
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Found out 2 things today
1.) Kitchen Sex can be WILD!
2.) The staff at @wendys-usa.com are QUITE narrow minded!
#DocAfterDark
1.) Kitchen Sex can be WILD!
2.) The staff at @wendys-usa.com are QUITE narrow minded!
#DocAfterDark
January 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Found out 2 things today
1.) Kitchen Sex can be WILD!
2.) The staff at @wendys-usa.com are QUITE narrow minded!
#DocAfterDark
1.) Kitchen Sex can be WILD!
2.) The staff at @wendys-usa.com are QUITE narrow minded!
#DocAfterDark
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“Cut taxes. Fuck public services and fuck you all. Nobody deserves anything in this world. Also, is anyone willing to personally fight the inferno near my mansion? I’m willing to give you any and all of my bottle caps!”
For history’s sake, record of a late stage capitalism life arc
January 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“Cut taxes. Fuck public services and fuck you all. Nobody deserves anything in this world. Also, is anyone willing to personally fight the inferno near my mansion? I’m willing to give you any and all of my bottle caps!”
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Corporations will have to pay protection money to trump every week now or be threatened with jail.
Trump's celebration of Zuckerberg caving to his threats is really about slowly acclimating us to the tactic of corruptly threatening prosecution to force people into submission.
On the pod, @jenmercieca.bsky.social analyzes his authoritarian tropes at his presser:
newrepublic.com/article/1899...
On the pod, @jenmercieca.bsky.social analyzes his authoritarian tropes at his presser:
newrepublic.com/article/1899...
Trump’s Angry, Unhinged Rants at Presser Show Things Will Get Very Bad
After Trump unleashes some wildly crazed ideas to reporters, an expert in authoritarian rhetoric says Trump revealed deeper intentions that are dangerously alarming and designed to normalize the abnor...
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Corporations will have to pay protection money to trump every week now or be threatened with jail.
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He’s the only candidate for president in American history who refused to accept the will of the people.
He committed crimes trying to overthrow the election.
He incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election.
A people that truly cared about democracy would’ve made him a pariah. Shame on us.
He committed crimes trying to overthrow the election.
He incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election.
A people that truly cared about democracy would’ve made him a pariah. Shame on us.
January 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
He’s the only candidate for president in American history who refused to accept the will of the people.
He committed crimes trying to overthrow the election.
He incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election.
A people that truly cared about democracy would’ve made him a pariah. Shame on us.
He committed crimes trying to overthrow the election.
He incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election.
A people that truly cared about democracy would’ve made him a pariah. Shame on us.
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"In this sea of opinion/bullshit, people today are much less likely to hit upon genuine information than they were 30 years ago. This bedrock fact means that they’ve become acclimated to relying on opinion/bullshit."
American Folklore
The internet was supposed to spread information and elevate our understanding of the world. Instead it turned us into a primitive people, reliant on folk stories.
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December 28, 2024 at 11:00 AM
"In this sea of opinion/bullshit, people today are much less likely to hit upon genuine information than they were 30 years ago. This bedrock fact means that they’ve become acclimated to relying on opinion/bullshit."
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Montana is the clearest place to see the nationalization of US politics. Whole Dem ticket was multigenerational MT hunters & farmers in bolo ties. Dem gov candidate owned a gun manufacturer. GOP slate was outta state tech.
Whole race was dominated by natl culture war & southern border, GOP sweep
Whole race was dominated by natl culture war & southern border, GOP sweep
December 23, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Montana is the clearest place to see the nationalization of US politics. Whole Dem ticket was multigenerational MT hunters & farmers in bolo ties. Dem gov candidate owned a gun manufacturer. GOP slate was outta state tech.
Whole race was dominated by natl culture war & southern border, GOP sweep
Whole race was dominated by natl culture war & southern border, GOP sweep
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So to clarify, the pediatric cancer research funding bill in the Senate that Republicans said never passed because of Schumer was actually held up by Rand Paul the entire time. Yet another lie.
December 21, 2024 at 3:02 AM
So to clarify, the pediatric cancer research funding bill in the Senate that Republicans said never passed because of Schumer was actually held up by Rand Paul the entire time. Yet another lie.
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“The House Republicans fear their incoming insect overlords. So they capitulate to them before they’ve even taken office.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worlds...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worlds...
The World’s Richest Man Wants to Burn It All Down
We knew Elon liked strategic acquisitions. We didn’t know the spines of House Republicans came quite so cheap.
www.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:37 PM
“The House Republicans fear their incoming insect overlords. So they capitulate to them before they’ve even taken office.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worlds...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worlds...
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It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter
December 19, 2024 at 2:44 AM
It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter
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Rand Paul becomes the first to call for Elon Musk to replace Mike Johnson as Speaker. Which, if you listened to my podcast Uncovered yesterday, you already knew was going to happen before it just happened.
December 19, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Rand Paul becomes the first to call for Elon Musk to replace Mike Johnson as Speaker. Which, if you listened to my podcast Uncovered yesterday, you already knew was going to happen before it just happened.