Seraphiel
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this baby can fit so much anger in it
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“Politicians should do what wins elections” is asinine for moral reasons but also, no one knows what will win an election! Yglesias et al keep acting like there’s some obvious set of policies or words that will guarantee victory but Harris basically did what they wanted and she lost.
4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
December 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Politicians should do what wins elections” is asinine for moral reasons but also, no one knows what will win an election! Yglesias et al keep acting like there’s some obvious set of policies or words that will guarantee victory but Harris basically did what they wanted and she lost.
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I find this sort of refusal to care about meaning incredibly confusing.
Liberalism offers a more meaningful existence than anything the right wing has to offer.
They want you to do steroids and die disappointed because you couldn’t have a life that only existed in ads from the 50s.
Liberalism offers a more meaningful existence than anything the right wing has to offer.
They want you to do steroids and die disappointed because you couldn’t have a life that only existed in ads from the 50s.
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I find this sort of refusal to care about meaning incredibly confusing.
Liberalism offers a more meaningful existence than anything the right wing has to offer.
They want you to do steroids and die disappointed because you couldn’t have a life that only existed in ads from the 50s.
Liberalism offers a more meaningful existence than anything the right wing has to offer.
They want you to do steroids and die disappointed because you couldn’t have a life that only existed in ads from the 50s.
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it is illegal for me to express what i think the penalty for a president doing this should be
Miriam Adelson encourages Trump to serve an illegal third term during a Hanukkah celebration at the White House. The crowd chants "four more years!"
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
it is illegal for me to express what i think the penalty for a president doing this should be
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Q: How have most professional libertarians failed to meet the moment for over a decade?
A: They'll cling to "both sides are bad but the left is worse and the right has no agency" whataboutism — even as Trump and his allies go mask-off racist, trample on free speech, and build concentration camps.
A: They'll cling to "both sides are bad but the left is worse and the right has no agency" whataboutism — even as Trump and his allies go mask-off racist, trample on free speech, and build concentration camps.
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Q: How have most professional libertarians failed to meet the moment for over a decade?
A: They'll cling to "both sides are bad but the left is worse and the right has no agency" whataboutism — even as Trump and his allies go mask-off racist, trample on free speech, and build concentration camps.
A: They'll cling to "both sides are bad but the left is worse and the right has no agency" whataboutism — even as Trump and his allies go mask-off racist, trample on free speech, and build concentration camps.
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"'Everyone knows' this thing, I'm gonna try to find out whether it's true" is the recipe behind some of the most interesting journalism of the century. Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't but you need to do the work of finding out rather than just assuming the 'everyone knows' part is enough.
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"'Everyone knows' this thing, I'm gonna try to find out whether it's true" is the recipe behind some of the most interesting journalism of the century. Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't but you need to do the work of finding out rather than just assuming the 'everyone knows' part is enough.
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“What we’ve already seen of the Epstein emails offers a remarkable window into the bipartisan decadence and depravity of many of our elites. Democrats should run against not just Trump and the GOP, but against elites in general in 2026, and I dare say in 2028.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
Trump’s Epstein Humiliation Grows
The president saw defeat and ran. But that doesn’t mean the fight over releasing the files is over.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“What we’ve already seen of the Epstein emails offers a remarkable window into the bipartisan decadence and depravity of many of our elites. Democrats should run against not just Trump and the GOP, but against elites in general in 2026, and I dare say in 2028.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
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i would like more democrats to start promising to lock these fuckers up
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
i would like more democrats to start promising to lock these fuckers up
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everyone gets so mad at the mods here for doing basic mod shit. sometimes you gotta make a little murder joke and eat a three day ban for it. that’s life baby, there’s beauty in that.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
everyone gets so mad at the mods here for doing basic mod shit. sometimes you gotta make a little murder joke and eat a three day ban for it. that’s life baby, there’s beauty in that.
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It’s kind of tradition in my friend group for each new member to give a nickname to the next guy who joins, so Greg called Jason “Big Man,” and then Jason called Brian “Brisket,” etc. Unfortunately I came in right after Hidetaka Miyazaki so now I’m “The Pustulant Scab Devourer”
December 28, 2024 at 4:50 PM
It’s kind of tradition in my friend group for each new member to give a nickname to the next guy who joins, so Greg called Jason “Big Man,” and then Jason called Brian “Brisket,” etc. Unfortunately I came in right after Hidetaka Miyazaki so now I’m “The Pustulant Scab Devourer”
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NYT journalists: how dare you accuse me of belonging to an organization that systematically demeans women and victims of sexual trafficking
NYT today: this greedy kid wanted money for braces and so ended up becoming sexually trafficked. The real victim? Matt Gaetz
NYT today: this greedy kid wanted money for braces and so ended up becoming sexually trafficked. The real victim? Matt Gaetz
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
NYT journalists: how dare you accuse me of belonging to an organization that systematically demeans women and victims of sexual trafficking
NYT today: this greedy kid wanted money for braces and so ended up becoming sexually trafficked. The real victim? Matt Gaetz
NYT today: this greedy kid wanted money for braces and so ended up becoming sexually trafficked. The real victim? Matt Gaetz
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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HE WAS RUNNING A CATCH AND KILL OPERATION FOR AN ELITE CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING OUT OF YOUR OWN OFFICES AND IT IMPLICATED THE PRESIDENT DIRECTLY
Do we know Landon told anyone that he was having this convo with Epstein? We do not! But let’s say an editor knew. Then what? At most, it would be the beginning of an investigation. Would Landon be the reporter to do it? Probably not! You see he’s begging Epstein for specifics & doesn’t get them
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
HE WAS RUNNING A CATCH AND KILL OPERATION FOR AN ELITE CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING OUT OF YOUR OWN OFFICES AND IT IMPLICATED THE PRESIDENT DIRECTLY
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Destroy the careers of every law-enforcement and immigration official who touched this case. Arrest them, imprison them.
A Chicago daycare teacher taken by federal agents has been released. blockclubchi.co/4hYKy3F
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Destroy the careers of every law-enforcement and immigration official who touched this case. Arrest them, imprison them.
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McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?
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we'll reunite after the 2026 primary cycle and not a moment sooner actually bsky.app/profile/whit...
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
we'll reunite after the 2026 primary cycle and not a moment sooner actually bsky.app/profile/whit...
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I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
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Elect 50 Dems to the Senate, abolish the filibuster, & then immediately pass a bill that makes the Senate a purely advisory body. We do the will of the people in the House (which we should dramatically expand). We consult the Senate when we want an opinion from septuagenarian oligarchs.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Elect 50 Dems to the Senate, abolish the filibuster, & then immediately pass a bill that makes the Senate a purely advisory body. We do the will of the people in the House (which we should dramatically expand). We consult the Senate when we want an opinion from septuagenarian oligarchs.
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The US Senate is a worthless institution that has, with a few very brief exceptions, been a reactionary force in the US for all its history, holding back progress, holding back the will of the voters, upholding a grossly oligarchic, patriarchal, racist hierarchy. Flush it down the toilet.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The US Senate is a worthless institution that has, with a few very brief exceptions, been a reactionary force in the US for all its history, holding back progress, holding back the will of the voters, upholding a grossly oligarchic, patriarchal, racist hierarchy. Flush it down the toilet.
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Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
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Everybody talks as if this is impossible, but all Democrats need is the will to power. Which is to say, the will to admit DC as 250 states so we can rewrite the constitution at will
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Everybody talks as if this is impossible, but all Democrats need is the will to power. Which is to say, the will to admit DC as 250 states so we can rewrite the constitution at will
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a lot of you could stand to follow Marshall's attitude here (which is very close to mine) and more importantly, get your friends and family to share it
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
a lot of you could stand to follow Marshall's attitude here (which is very close to mine) and more importantly, get your friends and family to share it
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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any argument that the dem position is good relies on assuming that they will continue to fight. this is possible, but it is not guaranteed, and it should not be shocking that people don’t trust the fighting chops of the guys who currently are retreating
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
any argument that the dem position is good relies on assuming that they will continue to fight. this is possible, but it is not guaranteed, and it should not be shocking that people don’t trust the fighting chops of the guys who currently are retreating