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· Jan 19
Every time I encounter a “MLK was a Republican” post, I’m tempted to say: “You mean there’s an anti-war, pro-union, Planned Parenthood-supporting, UBI-backing, voter rights-advocating version of the GOP? Sign me up!”
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 01,1943
January 01,1943
January 2, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 01,1943
January 01,1943
I can’t believe in any version of Heaven where Freddie Mercury isn’t on lead mic.
January 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I can’t believe in any version of Heaven where Freddie Mercury isn’t on lead mic.
Have a Happy New Year and may there be more holidays added to the calendar:
January 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Have a Happy New Year and may there be more holidays added to the calendar:
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“I shall return.”
Trump Translation: I am complying (maybe) with legal orders and threatening to break them again next week.
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“I shall return.”
Happy New Year, Frohes Neues Jahr, Bonne Année, Feliz Año Nuevo, laimīgu Jauno Gadu, and Godt Nytt År, Everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Happy New Year, Frohes Neues Jahr, Bonne Année, Feliz Año Nuevo, laimīgu Jauno Gadu, and Godt Nytt År, Everyone!
Have a safe and happy MMXXVI, Everyone!!! 🎈🎉🎆 🥳
January 1, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Have a safe and happy MMXXVI, Everyone!!! 🎈🎉🎆 🥳
Taking a look at political Facebook this morning and arrived at the conclusion that banning the r-word over there would hamstring 75% of Trump supporters’ debating tactics.
January 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Taking a look at political Facebook this morning and arrived at the conclusion that banning the r-word over there would hamstring 75% of Trump supporters’ debating tactics.
Hmm. John Roberts’ comments seem more aspirational than actual. Perhaps it’s a New Year’s resolution:
Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution. https://cnn.it/3LsloyF
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Hmm. John Roberts’ comments seem more aspirational than actual. Perhaps it’s a New Year’s resolution:
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The G. Gordon Liddy origin story at last.
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The G. Gordon Liddy origin story at last.
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All it takes is one bad gig.
December 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
All it takes is one bad gig.
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Keeping herself relaxed despite the fireworks by holding on to my hand. Christ, not sure it gets much cuter.
December 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Keeping herself relaxed despite the fireworks by holding on to my hand. Christ, not sure it gets much cuter.
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Happy Meeow Year ! 🎉
a cat wearing a lion 's mane is laying on a bed with the word rawr above it .
Alt: a cat wearing a lion 's mane is laying on a bed with the word rawr above it .
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Happy Meeow Year ! 🎉
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Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
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So. Sleepy.
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
So. Sleepy.
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oh hey; I got a subscriber. Here to celebrate is a cat with all the orangeness
will post more cat pics for subs. It's $5/m, $50/yr. www.everythingishorrible.net/subscribe
will post more cat pics for subs. It's $5/m, $50/yr. www.everythingishorrible.net/subscribe
December 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
oh hey; I got a subscriber. Here to celebrate is a cat with all the orangeness
will post more cat pics for subs. It's $5/m, $50/yr. www.everythingishorrible.net/subscribe
will post more cat pics for subs. It's $5/m, $50/yr. www.everythingishorrible.net/subscribe
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Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP
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I *know* I shouldn’t share the NYPost but I got served this BUTT PHRENOLOGY article
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
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And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
How a bigger-looking butt could be a sneaky sign of autism and ADHD
Your backside might reveal a thing or two about your brain.
nypost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I *know* I shouldn’t share the NYPost but I got served this BUTT PHRENOLOGY article
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
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Jo Ann Allen Boyce's life was disrupted not only by standard-issue US white supremacy, but also by a particularly virulent strain of American fascism. School integration in Clinton, TN began fairly peaceably, until a neo-Nazi associate of George Lincoln Rockwell named John Kaspar showed up.
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Jo Ann Allen Boyce's life was disrupted not only by standard-issue US white supremacy, but also by a particularly virulent strain of American fascism. School integration in Clinton, TN began fairly peaceably, until a neo-Nazi associate of George Lincoln Rockwell named John Kaspar showed up.
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Not a miracle. Partly the playout of the DOJ consent decree that reformed the police force. Also treating illicit drug use as a medical rather than an LE issue. Hard work went into that turnaround.
Still a few days to go, but as of right now the Baltimore homicide page shows 133 homicides for the year.
It was consistently around 330/year until four years ago, when it started its steep decline. It is now well under HALF of what it was.
This is a miracle.
It was consistently around 330/year until four years ago, when it started its steep decline. It is now well under HALF of what it was.
This is a miracle.
Baltimore City Homicides
Database of homicides in Baltimore from 2007 to 2025, searchable by district, date and cause of death
homicides.news.baltimoresun.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Not a miracle. Partly the playout of the DOJ consent decree that reformed the police force. Also treating illicit drug use as a medical rather than an LE issue. Hard work went into that turnaround.
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for the longest time on twitter my bio was “the real racist” as a joke about this dynamic.
And that’s part of the problem a lot of people assume Black thinkers are simply acting out of revenge and hatred against white people rather than examining and exploring the dynamics within their communities and larger context.
December 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
for the longest time on twitter my bio was “the real racist” as a joke about this dynamic.
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more confirmation that lurking clearly behind this idea of the “heritage american” is a straightforward contempt for the actual history and tradition of this country, such that vermeule has to hallucinate a framework to justify his desire to jettison the clear meaning of the 14th amendment
I had missed this latest delirium by Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
December 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
more confirmation that lurking clearly behind this idea of the “heritage american” is a straightforward contempt for the actual history and tradition of this country, such that vermeule has to hallucinate a framework to justify his desire to jettison the clear meaning of the 14th amendment
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Because Republicans in the age of Trump no longer have policies, or even politics -- they just try to be influencers, but because they're all twisted freaks it comes out like this.
A Republican State Senator, Chris Garten, just posted a picture of himself beating up Santa for Christmas. Why?
December 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Because Republicans in the age of Trump no longer have policies, or even politics -- they just try to be influencers, but because they're all twisted freaks it comes out like this.
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I'd sooner have a Christmas sermon from Charlie Pierce than from anyone else. link.esquire.com/view/5664569...
This was England, in the early part of the 17th century, every 25th of December, every year, until the Puritans moved into power, and the monarchy fell with the head of Charles I. Things became a bit grim, as Professor Schnepper writes.
link.esquire.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'd sooner have a Christmas sermon from Charlie Pierce than from anyone else. link.esquire.com/view/5664569...