The Haitianist
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an emblem of our boundless affinity for disposable ephemera
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400 Ahmed Chalabis
If you wrote this shit as fiction it would be considered too outlandish and cartoonishly conspiratorial.
January 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
400 Ahmed Chalabis
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12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
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first as tragedy then as farce. then as farce again. then farce one more time. a little more farce after that. then some farce. and then another farce and more farce after
July 11, 2024 at 6:10 PM
first as tragedy then as farce. then as farce again. then farce one more time. a little more farce after that. then some farce. and then another farce and more farce after
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January 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus
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Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
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People rarely know what the law is, even when they think they do. Because they assume that the law is something that makes sense and tracks their moral intuitions. So explaining why something doesn‘t make sense/is immoral is an important part of legal persuasion.
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
People rarely know what the law is, even when they think they do. Because they assume that the law is something that makes sense and tracks their moral intuitions. So explaining why something doesn‘t make sense/is immoral is an important part of legal persuasion.
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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You really don’t have to know exactly what’s going on here to know that it shouldn’t be
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
You really don’t have to know exactly what’s going on here to know that it shouldn’t be
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this movie is like an inverse PAY IT FORWARD where every life the protagonist touches is ruined
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 AM
this movie is like an inverse PAY IT FORWARD where every life the protagonist touches is ruined
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As the great Suketu Mehta wrote in the accompanying essay, "By 1643, only nineteen years after the first Walloon settlers founded New Amsterdam, 18 languages were already being
spoken in the city—among a population of a mere 500." To hell with fictions of a homogenous past, linguistic & otherwise.
spoken in the city—among a population of a mere 500." To hell with fictions of a homogenous past, linguistic & otherwise.
January 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
As the great Suketu Mehta wrote in the accompanying essay, "By 1643, only nineteen years after the first Walloon settlers founded New Amsterdam, 18 languages were already being
spoken in the city—among a population of a mere 500." To hell with fictions of a homogenous past, linguistic & otherwise.
spoken in the city—among a population of a mere 500." To hell with fictions of a homogenous past, linguistic & otherwise.
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This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
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Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
January 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
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"The GOP now fuses myths of white male victimhood with censorship that erases decades of academic scholarship detailing how Black Americans—not white men—face systemic discrimination in America." www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
Promoting a New Segregation
The Trump administration wants to make anti-Black racism great again.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
"The GOP now fuses myths of white male victimhood with censorship that erases decades of academic scholarship detailing how Black Americans—not white men—face systemic discrimination in America." www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
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It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
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Things are going great on The Everything App with MechaHitler in charge.
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Things are going great on The Everything App with MechaHitler in charge.
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we were offered such a mean, bitter, small version of this city, and we rejected it for the idea of a big loving basket case. good for us no matter what happens next
January 1, 2026 at 8:09 PM
we were offered such a mean, bitter, small version of this city, and we rejected it for the idea of a big loving basket case. good for us no matter what happens next
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It’s too simplistic to be truly descriptive much less causal but in my homespun soul I think 72% of these people’s evil is about 1) how fast and poorly they age and 2) that they can in no way feel the rhythm. You want to punish the earth because you can’t feel collective effervescence or sit in sun.
ICE Barbie and ICE Baldy caught on camera dancing—very badly—to the Vanilla Ice classic ‘Ice Ice Baby’
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ICE Barbie and ICE Baldy Dance Badly to ‘Ice Ice Baby’ in Cringe NYE Vid
Noem and Miller swayed to Vanilla Ice at Trump’s bash in an on-the-nose moment for the architects of the deportation drive.
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January 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
It’s too simplistic to be truly descriptive much less causal but in my homespun soul I think 72% of these people’s evil is about 1) how fast and poorly they age and 2) that they can in no way feel the rhythm. You want to punish the earth because you can’t feel collective effervescence or sit in sun.
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A vivid lesson for law students and young lawyers: Statutory interpretation--and, in particular, asking "What was Congress up to here?"--can make a real difference!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
Trump Abandons Efforts to Deploy National Guard to 3 Major Cities
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
A vivid lesson for law students and young lawyers: Statutory interpretation--and, in particular, asking "What was Congress up to here?"--can make a real difference!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
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We’ve lost a lot of recipes but some things remain the same.
Rare cards have become high-dollar targets, leaving collectors and shops with major losses.
Pokémon card thefts rose across Texas in 2025—and the losses are costly
Rare cards have become high-dollar targets, leaving collectors and shops with major losses.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
We’ve lost a lot of recipes but some things remain the same.
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Bork Meridian, or the Evening Floofness in the West
January 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Bork Meridian, or the Evening Floofness in the West
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Fascists fundamentally misunderstand the politics of artists, of fashion, of self-expression, because they do not respect them and they are obsessed with conformity.
They do this a lot. In the same way that they insist all feminists are ugly, and that's why they're feminists. It's bullshit.
They do this a lot. In the same way that they insist all feminists are ugly, and that's why they're feminists. It's bullshit.
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Fascists fundamentally misunderstand the politics of artists, of fashion, of self-expression, because they do not respect them and they are obsessed with conformity.
They do this a lot. In the same way that they insist all feminists are ugly, and that's why they're feminists. It's bullshit.
They do this a lot. In the same way that they insist all feminists are ugly, and that's why they're feminists. It's bullshit.
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Petty and pathetic. We will overturn these vetoes. Good riddance.
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Petty and pathetic. We will overturn these vetoes. Good riddance.