Arthur
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You won't find much original commentary from me here, which is probably better for everybody involved.
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If you told me all this was part of Trump’s plan to get revenge on America for being convicted of 34 felonies, I’d believe it.
April 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you told me all this was part of Trump’s plan to get revenge on America for being convicted of 34 felonies, I’d believe it.
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Wow, the law firms that caved to Trump are getting bullied by Trump again, who could have seen this coming
You Cannot Appease Someone Who Intends to Destroy You
The BigLaw firms that rolled over to Trump are astonished to learn that he might not have been negotiating in good faith.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Wow, the law firms that caved to Trump are getting bullied by Trump again, who could have seen this coming
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Also how does the head of Homeland Security get her purse stolen? That doesn't seem possible. Her security detail must hate her.
April 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Also how does the head of Homeland Security get her purse stolen? That doesn't seem possible. Her security detail must hate her.
Rule of thumb: if Stephen Miller is saying it, it's a lie.
This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
April 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Rule of thumb: if Stephen Miller is saying it, it's a lie.
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
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This is an example of how nostalgia for the old days is simply nostalgia for when you were younger.
The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.
The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.
March 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is an example of how nostalgia for the old days is simply nostalgia for when you were younger.
The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.
The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.
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Let’s disappear people to foreign prisons based on allegations they committed crimes isn’t a slippery slope, you’ve already rolled all the way down the mountain.
March 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Let’s disappear people to foreign prisons based on allegations they committed crimes isn’t a slippery slope, you’ve already rolled all the way down the mountain.
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No one could’ve predicted that a candidate who threatened journalists and spoke of jailing protesters would turn out to be an enemy of free speech.
March 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
No one could’ve predicted that a candidate who threatened journalists and spoke of jailing protesters would turn out to be an enemy of free speech.
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The geniuses at DOGE are bringing us insights like "I'm not really sure why the tax agency for a country of 330 million people has a larger staff than a midsize bank"
March 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The geniuses at DOGE are bringing us insights like "I'm not really sure why the tax agency for a country of 330 million people has a larger staff than a midsize bank"
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resharing with alt text. truly terrifying shit
in addition to my fear, I feel fury
both at the perpetrators and all the facilitators who greased the wheels
in addition to my fear, I feel fury
both at the perpetrators and all the facilitators who greased the wheels
March 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
resharing with alt text. truly terrifying shit
in addition to my fear, I feel fury
both at the perpetrators and all the facilitators who greased the wheels
in addition to my fear, I feel fury
both at the perpetrators and all the facilitators who greased the wheels
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In this Ohio diner, a booster still means the wealthy alum who forces Ohio State to admit a defensive end with a 1.6 GPA. But they do know this: The faulty SpaceX rocket parts were definitely made by a woman or a minority.
March 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In this Ohio diner, a booster still means the wealthy alum who forces Ohio State to admit a defensive end with a 1.6 GPA. But they do know this: The faulty SpaceX rocket parts were definitely made by a woman or a minority.
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I think people are extremely on edge, and horrified by how quickly society has slipped into this banal techno-fascism, and scared about how far it will go, and that makes people brittle and impatient, and if I were a better person I would extend grace to people because of that, but, you know, I’m me
March 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I think people are extremely on edge, and horrified by how quickly society has slipped into this banal techno-fascism, and scared about how far it will go, and that makes people brittle and impatient, and if I were a better person I would extend grace to people because of that, but, you know, I’m me
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Very disappointed in @npr.org's take on our union on Morning Edition (now attached to the article previously shared) wherein they suggest we made an "attempt" to unionize and that we "wanted" (past tense) a union. We ARE a union and we WANT a union and we are ACTING like a union -- proudly!
March 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Very disappointed in @npr.org's take on our union on Morning Edition (now attached to the article previously shared) wherein they suggest we made an "attempt" to unionize and that we "wanted" (past tense) a union. We ARE a union and we WANT a union and we are ACTING like a union -- proudly!
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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"I write in response to your letter dated February 17, 2025, which you sent to me via email on March 3, 2025" lmao okay I can tell from line one this gon be good
March 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"I write in response to your letter dated February 17, 2025, which you sent to me via email on March 3, 2025" lmao okay I can tell from line one this gon be good
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wrote about this morning's Supreme Court decision, in which five justices said maybe we're not a monarchy yet--and the other four, already half-dressed for the coronation, said wtaf
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/usaid...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/usaid...
Four Republican Justices “Stunned” Trump Isn’t a King Yet
The Court's decision in the USAID lawsuit reveals an institution perilously close to making Donald Trump a king.
ballsandstrikes.org
March 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
wrote about this morning's Supreme Court decision, in which five justices said maybe we're not a monarchy yet--and the other four, already half-dressed for the coronation, said wtaf
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/usaid...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/usaid...
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i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all
the problem with the "trans sports participation is a loser / 80-20 issue" framing is that it ignores how it got that way. it didn't just happen out of nowhere. It's been a 5+ year campaign by Republicans to make it an 80-20 issue, and noone fought back.
March 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all
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jesus fucking christ, man, it gets really tired noting this kind of thing, but "[veterans] aren't fit to have a job or aren't willing to come to work" is the kind of headline that should absolutely destroy a fucking administration and would, if that administration were led by a democrat
Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
March 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
jesus fucking christ, man, it gets really tired noting this kind of thing, but "[veterans] aren't fit to have a job or aren't willing to come to work" is the kind of headline that should absolutely destroy a fucking administration and would, if that administration were led by a democrat
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CBP is detaining german tourist for over 1 mo because they accused her of intending to tattoo for $$ while in US. In jailing her to deport, they held her in solitary for 9 days, also kept her from her return flight Feb 15. She's still jailed.
CoreCivic+CBP ⬆️ 💵
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
CoreCivic+CBP ⬆️ 💵
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
The young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January.
www.kpbs.org
March 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
CBP is detaining german tourist for over 1 mo because they accused her of intending to tattoo for $$ while in US. In jailing her to deport, they held her in solitary for 9 days, also kept her from her return flight Feb 15. She's still jailed.
CoreCivic+CBP ⬆️ 💵
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
CoreCivic+CBP ⬆️ 💵
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
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"It’s easy to miss the human side of policy, legal compliance, the nitty gritty of efficient government. To get caught up in slogans about fraud or waste. That’s what Musk and Trump are counting on. And yet I see and hear the human side every time my son says “My dad’s name is David.” On @msnbc.com
Opinion | The Trump administration is ready to abandon kids like my son
Attacks on disabled Americans and the policies we rely on lie at the core of so much of MAGA culture.
www.msnbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"It’s easy to miss the human side of policy, legal compliance, the nitty gritty of efficient government. To get caught up in slogans about fraud or waste. That’s what Musk and Trump are counting on. And yet I see and hear the human side every time my son says “My dad’s name is David.” On @msnbc.com
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it's important to remember that black history isn't just about movements and towering figures. some of you are the first in your family to graduate, own a business, own a home, educate others, seek therapy, master a recipe, share your art, rest, come out a closet, etc. that is black history too.
a woman is sitting in a crowd of people clapping and making a funny face .
ALT: a woman is sitting in a crowd of people clapping and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
it's important to remember that black history isn't just about movements and towering figures. some of you are the first in your family to graduate, own a business, own a home, educate others, seek therapy, master a recipe, share your art, rest, come out a closet, etc. that is black history too.
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Every few months like clockwork, these eugenicist, child abusing nazis show up getting glamorous glow up profiles in national media. Insane how astroturfed this stuff is.
February 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Every few months like clockwork, these eugenicist, child abusing nazis show up getting glamorous glow up profiles in national media. Insane how astroturfed this stuff is.
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i know people are coming here for catharsis and that's fine but when you are done screaming please pick something you can do that will help people and do it. you don't accomplish anything by rolling around in the fear all day
January 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
i know people are coming here for catharsis and that's fine but when you are done screaming please pick something you can do that will help people and do it. you don't accomplish anything by rolling around in the fear all day
Fucking NYT.
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Fucking NYT.