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Presidentialism, in fact, was a grave mistake & sits at the root of our current inability to properly deal with the onslaught of lawless authoritarianism. The ministerial resignations & toppling of the Mad King prime minister would have happened months (years) ago under parliamentary government.
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Presidentialism, in fact, was a grave mistake & sits at the root of our current inability to properly deal with the onslaught of lawless authoritarianism. The ministerial resignations & toppling of the Mad King prime minister would have happened months (years) ago under parliamentary government.
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Do lesbians face discrimination in the United States? On the one hand, Renée Good was murdered. On the other hand, I am highly paid to relativize such crimes.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Do lesbians face discrimination in the United States? On the one hand, Renée Good was murdered. On the other hand, I am highly paid to relativize such crimes.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
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An eternal theme in American politics is women trying to warn the public about predatory, abusive men, and the media (then public) condemning them for it even as subsequent events prove them right.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
An eternal theme in American politics is women trying to warn the public about predatory, abusive men, and the media (then public) condemning them for it even as subsequent events prove them right.
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McBride has an incredibly thankless job because her colleagues misgender her and insult her and try to prevent her from using the bathroom. And many loud voices on social media accuse her of being a sellout. But she works damn hard to get long-term victories.
Few people in power deserve more credit for this than Sarah McBride
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
January 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
McBride has an incredibly thankless job because her colleagues misgender her and insult her and try to prevent her from using the bathroom. And many loud voices on social media accuse her of being a sellout. But she works damn hard to get long-term victories.
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Almost certainly the only human being in the Bush leadership who took "we're here to bring liberal democracy" seriously
January 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Almost certainly the only human being in the Bush leadership who took "we're here to bring liberal democracy" seriously
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unironically think we should offer sanctuary for Powell up here in Canada if they manage to railroad him
January 12, 2026 at 1:34 AM
unironically think we should offer sanctuary for Powell up here in Canada if they manage to railroad him
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Alternately, it would be great if an independent ran so we could dispense with Oberfuhrer Oysterfarmer and the Six Million Year Old Woman.
January 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Alternately, it would be great if an independent ran so we could dispense with Oberfuhrer Oysterfarmer and the Six Million Year Old Woman.
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World's only genuinely democratic Party of Power (laudatory)
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM
World's only genuinely democratic Party of Power (laudatory)
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J’ai parlé aujourd’hui avec mes homologues danois et groenlandais, Lars Løkke Rasmussen et Vivian Motzfeldt, afin de réitérer l’appui indéfectible du Canada à la souveraineté et à l’intégrité territoriale du Royaume du Danemark et du Groenland.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
J’ai parlé aujourd’hui avec mes homologues danois et groenlandais, Lars Løkke Rasmussen et Vivian Motzfeldt, afin de réitérer l’appui indéfectible du Canada à la souveraineté et à l’intégrité territoriale du Royaume du Danemark et du Groenland.
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I think social media is a lot like alcohol in that it’s not great but most people can use it semi-responsibly but for a smaller set of people it’s going to ruin your life
January 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I think social media is a lot like alcohol in that it’s not great but most people can use it semi-responsibly but for a smaller set of people it’s going to ruin your life
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This is right, but I'd add that #1 is only unclear because of a pretty perverse line of authority that doesn't need to be that way.
The problem is, there are two key questions here:
1. Was the use of force legally justified?
2. Was Ms. Good a "domestic terrorist" who tried to run him down, as the VP and the entire Trump admin is claiming?
The answer to 1 isn't entirely clear. The answer to 2 is pretty decisively no.
1. Was the use of force legally justified?
2. Was Ms. Good a "domestic terrorist" who tried to run him down, as the VP and the entire Trump admin is claiming?
The answer to 1 isn't entirely clear. The answer to 2 is pretty decisively no.
Sohrab Ahmari thinks that the officer was in danger and had a right to kill Renee Good.
He’s as bad as any MAGA.
He’s as bad as any MAGA.
January 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This is right, but I'd add that #1 is only unclear because of a pretty perverse line of authority that doesn't need to be that way.
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i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
January 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
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So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
In 1932, on the eve of seizing power, the Nazi goon army - the Sturmabteiling or SA - numbered 400,000 members. By 1933, it was over two *million.*
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
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Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
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need more cosmopolitan chauvinism imo. to be able to go to a world city and do this without crossing a border is something you should be proud of, it means you're a great country. To want to tear it down means you are inbred provincial hog with no greater drives than envy and fear.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
need more cosmopolitan chauvinism imo. to be able to go to a world city and do this without crossing a border is something you should be proud of, it means you're a great country. To want to tear it down means you are inbred provincial hog with no greater drives than envy and fear.
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this is one of the more psychotic things about this shit. yes they are absolutely terrorizing people and communities. yes they are motivated by racism and xenophobia. no, they are not actually deporting that many people relative to baseline.
One thing seeing them made clear: among other things, this is a TERRIBLE way to conduct deportations. If they weren’t rolling in like paramilitaries, two guys with badges could probably deport more people in an hour than this military convoy of 20 men could in a day
just had my first major real-life encounter with an ICE convoy and the sheer creepiness of a bunch of men in masks rolling through your community hard to convey in texts. they have half the city on their tail at all times at least
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
this is one of the more psychotic things about this shit. yes they are absolutely terrorizing people and communities. yes they are motivated by racism and xenophobia. no, they are not actually deporting that many people relative to baseline.
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Like, he won. The Tories crowed and jeered over him quitting, but he won. He denied them the thing they most wanted: A humiliating electoral defeat at the hands of Pierre Poilievre. He left his party positioned to pivot to a new leader able to defeat Poilievre.
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Like, he won. The Tories crowed and jeered over him quitting, but he won. He denied them the thing they most wanted: A humiliating electoral defeat at the hands of Pierre Poilievre. He left his party positioned to pivot to a new leader able to defeat Poilievre.
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A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead
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going to be real: i think if you're on the left and still using X your brain is going to be pickled
January 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
going to be real: i think if you're on the left and still using X your brain is going to be pickled
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As an Arctic nation, Canada continues to take a leadership role in defending and protecting the Arctic in conjunction with Indigenous peoples and other Arctic countries.
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As an Arctic nation, Canada continues to take a leadership role in defending and protecting the Arctic in conjunction with Indigenous peoples and other Arctic countries.
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okay this is really good to see
January 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
okay this is really good to see
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similarly, I was one of Hochul’s most vocal opponents when she paused congestion pricing. but now that she has implemented and adamantly defended it I am one of her strongest supporters!
January 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
similarly, I was one of Hochul’s most vocal opponents when she paused congestion pricing. but now that she has implemented and adamantly defended it I am one of her strongest supporters!