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When your entire electoral strategy is “try to convert some republicans, no matter how much it enrages your base and makes them lack any enthusiasm to turn up, and then you can blame them for not voting hard enough for your crappy 10%-less-awful-than-the-GOP platform,” it makes perfect sense.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
When your entire electoral strategy is “try to convert some republicans, no matter how much it enrages your base and makes them lack any enthusiasm to turn up, and then you can blame them for not voting hard enough for your crappy 10%-less-awful-than-the-GOP platform,” it makes perfect sense.
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The easiest way to understand why Hillary and Kamala lost is to quote them.
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The easiest way to understand why Hillary and Kamala lost is to quote them.
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I regularly think back to the fact that some prominent Biden allies openly admitted that he was incapable of extending the same level of empathy towards Palestinians as other ethnic groups. And it essentially passed without as much as a blip within both elite liberal circles and the national press.
It is fascinating that a genuinely intelligent person like Clinton cannot fathom people just disagreeing with her based on the evidence, clearly this is a racial (and ideological) blindspot on her part, but this is true for pretty much everyone of her generation and of her particular elite cohort.
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I regularly think back to the fact that some prominent Biden allies openly admitted that he was incapable of extending the same level of empathy towards Palestinians as other ethnic groups. And it essentially passed without as much as a blip within both elite liberal circles and the national press.
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
FBI needs to check Clay Higgins’ google history
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
FBI needs to check Clay Higgins’ google history
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It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If there was one thing I wished more people understood, it’s this.
He told them to vote. Schumer loves doing this shit. He picked the senators who were retiring or not up for reelection next year and then voted no himself so he could pretend to be clean. He’s done this before.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
If there was one thing I wished more people understood, it’s this.
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So the vote is 56-40. Cornyn hasn't voted, maybe looking over his shoulder at Paxton. (The deal torches House GOP appropriations on 3 bills.) Rick Scott, Mike Lee & Ron Johnson are holding out in the back of the chamber.
Hardline Rs aren't likely to save Democrats from themselves, but it's amusing.
Hardline Rs aren't likely to save Democrats from themselves, but it's amusing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
So the vote is 56-40. Cornyn hasn't voted, maybe looking over his shoulder at Paxton. (The deal torches House GOP appropriations on 3 bills.) Rick Scott, Mike Lee & Ron Johnson are holding out in the back of the chamber.
Hardline Rs aren't likely to save Democrats from themselves, but it's amusing.
Hardline Rs aren't likely to save Democrats from themselves, but it's amusing.
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shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now
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Republicans have a big problem- they've so singularly committed to Trump that all these elections become referendums on him, but also don't show up to vote when he's not literally on the ballot
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Republicans have a big problem- they've so singularly committed to Trump that all these elections become referendums on him, but also don't show up to vote when he's not literally on the ballot
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
Finally got around to watching the NYC mayoral debate and I honestly kind of respect the hell out of Sliwa.
This guy is exactly like any random asshole on Staten Island and I’m glad those folks have someone they can see themselves in and vote for.
Also, Cuomo clearly has a humiliation fetish.
This guy is exactly like any random asshole on Staten Island and I’m glad those folks have someone they can see themselves in and vote for.
Also, Cuomo clearly has a humiliation fetish.
October 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Finally got around to watching the NYC mayoral debate and I honestly kind of respect the hell out of Sliwa.
This guy is exactly like any random asshole on Staten Island and I’m glad those folks have someone they can see themselves in and vote for.
Also, Cuomo clearly has a humiliation fetish.
This guy is exactly like any random asshole on Staten Island and I’m glad those folks have someone they can see themselves in and vote for.
Also, Cuomo clearly has a humiliation fetish.
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There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.
"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."
Can't call them fascists?
Can't call them fascists?
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.
It’s pretty wild how much smoke Trump has for a guy that arguably won him the election in 2016 by flagrantly disregarding the longstanding norm of not letting an active investigation interfere in an ongoing election.
September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It’s pretty wild how much smoke Trump has for a guy that arguably won him the election in 2016 by flagrantly disregarding the longstanding norm of not letting an active investigation interfere in an ongoing election.
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This is quite the post.
1. He unambiguously directs his AG to go after those who investigated him for his crimes
2. He admits being influenced by online chatter
He is mob bossing out in the open, because he knows he has corrupted every federal law enforcement agency into submission.
1. He unambiguously directs his AG to go after those who investigated him for his crimes
2. He admits being influenced by online chatter
He is mob bossing out in the open, because he knows he has corrupted every federal law enforcement agency into submission.
September 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is quite the post.
1. He unambiguously directs his AG to go after those who investigated him for his crimes
2. He admits being influenced by online chatter
He is mob bossing out in the open, because he knows he has corrupted every federal law enforcement agency into submission.
1. He unambiguously directs his AG to go after those who investigated him for his crimes
2. He admits being influenced by online chatter
He is mob bossing out in the open, because he knows he has corrupted every federal law enforcement agency into submission.
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Greed only goes so far when you have to personally labor for what you have. But money separates work from its rewards. It allows one to enjoy the fruits of OTHER people's labor--potentially millions of other people.
September 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Greed only goes so far when you have to personally labor for what you have. But money separates work from its rewards. It allows one to enjoy the fruits of OTHER people's labor--potentially millions of other people.
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It turns out centrists who call themselves liberals want right wing things
September 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It turns out centrists who call themselves liberals want right wing things
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i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation
Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions | News | The Harvard Crimson
By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.
www.thecrimson.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation
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I really do think Ezra Klein needs to be held to account for why he gets to keep his columnist job, as a white man, for saying CK was "practicing politics the right way" while Karen Attiah, a Black woman, loses her columnist job for quoting what CK said about Black women.
Someone, plz ask him.
Someone, plz ask him.
September 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I really do think Ezra Klein needs to be held to account for why he gets to keep his columnist job, as a white man, for saying CK was "practicing politics the right way" while Karen Attiah, a Black woman, loses her columnist job for quoting what CK said about Black women.
Someone, plz ask him.
Someone, plz ask him.
This is why that Taylor Lorenz scoop about influencer dark money funding was relevant - those same influencers would certainly be offered pay by this entity to STFU about Israel at minimum.
Israel could try following international law, or it could just spend more money spreading propaganda here readsludge.com/2025/09/15/d...
Democratic PR Firm to Run Bot Army for Israel
A new FARA document reveals SKDK's plan to "flood the zone" with social media bots as part of its $600,000 contract with Israel.
readsludge.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is why that Taylor Lorenz scoop about influencer dark money funding was relevant - those same influencers would certainly be offered pay by this entity to STFU about Israel at minimum.
Maybe some folks in NYC would say “Chris Van Who?”, but if you asked them who Hakeem Jeffries is, they would know - he’s the spineless weasel lying about representing them.
September 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Maybe some folks in NYC would say “Chris Van Who?”, but if you asked them who Hakeem Jeffries is, they would know - he’s the spineless weasel lying about representing them.