Silsmile
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Trying to make sense of the moment
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The idea that Americans are unusually quiescent is a weirdly load-bearing and ideologically widespread position, one that has survived multiple massive protest waves and visible community organizing in the face of violent state repression with nary a ripple. It's really odd
I see this take around from time to time and totally disagree. ICE just murdered a woman standing up to them. No Kings is among the largest protests in history.
The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
January 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The idea that Americans are unusually quiescent is a weirdly load-bearing and ideologically widespread position, one that has survived multiple massive protest waves and visible community organizing in the face of violent state repression with nary a ripple. It's really odd
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richest nation in the world and we can't even afford to add testicles to our children. sad!
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
richest nation in the world and we can't even afford to add testicles to our children. sad!
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President who swings between apoplectic and catatonic when he has to perform official duties fantasizes about having the job for 7 more years.
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
President who swings between apoplectic and catatonic when he has to perform official duties fantasizes about having the job for 7 more years.
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the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
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You’ve done it now you’ve radicalized the most anodyne man in America
Famed weatherman Al Roker is urging the Trump administration not to follow through with its plan to dismantle a climate research facility in Colorado.
‘Today’ Show’s Al Roker Rebukes Trump Goon for Blowing Up Science
The climate change-denying White House says it’s moving to dismantle a “woke” climate center.
trib.al
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
You’ve done it now you’ve radicalized the most anodyne man in America
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if SCOTUS hadn’t fucked it I remain firmly convinced that Smith would have nailed Trump to the wall with the J6 case
everything that’s happened since is on their hands
everything that’s happened since is on their hands
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
if SCOTUS hadn’t fucked it I remain firmly convinced that Smith would have nailed Trump to the wall with the J6 case
everything that’s happened since is on their hands
everything that’s happened since is on their hands
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My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
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It's not just me. I know of many Black people who land jobs in highly visible or prestigious places and become scapegoats for the resentments of others.
I can tell you some of the most horrible experiences with racism have come downstream from the idea that I beat a out a white person for a job. Even when I in fact did not. The fantasy is enough to translate into physically threatening harrasment
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It's not just me. I know of many Black people who land jobs in highly visible or prestigious places and become scapegoats for the resentments of others.
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there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
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i mostly come away from these interviews thinking the white house is a disorganized, dysfunctional mess and that wiles and the rest of them are dumb as bricks, and there may not be much else to it
i have no idea what to make of those big wiles interviews. all these people, including wiles, are brazen liars and most of them are out to get each other.
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
i mostly come away from these interviews thinking the white house is a disorganized, dysfunctional mess and that wiles and the rest of them are dumb as bricks, and there may not be much else to it
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Reminder that every individual senator has immense powers to hold presidents accountable. They just choose not to use it.
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Reminder that every individual senator has immense powers to hold presidents accountable. They just choose not to use it.
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images from the future
December 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
images from the future
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He is literally the worst person in the world, and his statement this morning about Rob Reiner is possibly one of the worst things said by a U.S. President in any of our lives.
the way I feel about everyone who voted for him. the way I feel about the otherwise *seemingly* smart or kind people adjacent to my life who justified it for one reason or another. it gets worse every day. the rot.
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
He is literally the worst person in the world, and his statement this morning about Rob Reiner is possibly one of the worst things said by a U.S. President in any of our lives.
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Bully backed down after running into resistance, indicating they hoped their target would weakly fold in the face of bluster and don’t have a back up plan?
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bully backed down after running into resistance, indicating they hoped their target would weakly fold in the face of bluster and don’t have a back up plan?
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
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that is the most republican looking man i have ever seen
NEW: The RNC Chair is calling the 2026 midterms a “pending, looming disaster” for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
that is the most republican looking man i have ever seen
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this is 100% accurate and why the mainstream media constantly downplays negative stories about steve bannon
Bannon is a source for every White House reporter in town. Trading access for protection.
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
this is 100% accurate and why the mainstream media constantly downplays negative stories about steve bannon
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The Trump regime thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an easy target. Few would care, and it’d show that the facts don’t matter.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
i think you can make a pretty credible case that taking a stand on abrego garcia gave the administration its first high profile, high salience defeat
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Trump regime thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an easy target. Few would care, and it’d show that the facts don’t matter.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
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All ye purveyors of loser ass doomerism take heed.
I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
All ye purveyors of loser ass doomerism take heed.
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The only real explanation for the maniacal persecution of Kilmer Abrego Garcia is that he, by an accident of history, ended up being the face of this administration’s cruelty. For that he must be constantly punished.
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The only real explanation for the maniacal persecution of Kilmer Abrego Garcia is that he, by an accident of history, ended up being the face of this administration’s cruelty. For that he must be constantly punished.
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
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I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.