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ericowens.bsky.social
Once in conservative media before it went insane. Also once a foreign service officer and an attorney. Sect. 230 is my passion. [email protected]
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It hit me yesterday: Americans hate liberalism because it's cold reason, not the comforting heat of nationalism. Liberalism is Michael Corleone. Nationalism is Sonny. Trumpism is Fredo.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

"Rare earth magnets"? Buddy, that's just dirt. You been had, @volkswagen.bsky.social.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

It has just occurred to me that "shrimp on the barbie!" in Australia, which always merits an exclamation point because it's so fun to say — "shrimp on the barbie!" is obviously short for "shrimp on the barbecue." I may be slow, but I do get there. Eventually.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Trump, who is set to accept a $400M floating palace airplane from Qatar, tweeted this about Obama in 2012:

submitted 6 days ago • 311 comments

Paging @radiofreetom.bsky.social: Fascinating piece here. I'd never heard of Rene Girard. He has interesting things to say about the way people become unhappy when other people are allegedly happy. Peter Thiel took his concept directly from Girard and decided to make money on it. archive.is/daj22

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

It is fascinating to me to watch Trumpists discover that the Catholic Church opposes deportation.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Meet the new pope. Same as the old pope. Amirite? Or amirite?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

So they chose an American pope nobody's ever heard of when they could have chosen this guy? Missed opportunity.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

1. The core tenet of the United States is Western liberalism. It is embedded in our laws and our founding documents. 2. Anyone who does not subscribe to Western liberalism is not an American. 3. Any non-American can be deported. 4. Therefore, deport all Trumpists to El Salvadorean prisons.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Overrated: Sex Underrated: Removing the perforated crap from a piece of notebook paper. Fight me.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Do the people offering to house homeless people in the subway system not understand that it's going to lead at best to much more piss and human shit everywhere, and at worst a bunch of rape and murder? It's shocking, really. Am I missing something?

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I don't understand why it's bad to forecast job cuts during severe weather. Why is it any worse during severe weather? I'll be here all week. Just flew in from Fresno. And, boy, are my arms tired. www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

A disturbing headline, @radiofreetom.bsky.social. But that's far from the worst of it: A man in one of the first-class seats stands up barefoot and begins yelling at the flight attendants in Portuguese. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Yesterday, I flew through Dallas. Had a long layover, so I idled in the American Admiral Club. There was a guy there wearing a shirt with an image of Joe Biden and text saying, like, "I shit my own pants." Who does that? Why?

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

There's no reason for any of you to care, but I get emails from Gab, the far-right nutball Twitter competitor. They're insane. We are dealing with true morons who have never cracked a book.

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Annenberg (University of Pennsylvania) poll: Two-thirds (66%) of Americans say the president must abide by Supreme Court decisions. Just 16% of Americans believe the president can flatly ignore the Supreme Court. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-america...

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Annenberg (University of Pennsylvania) poll: A majority of Americans (60%) think the country is going in the wrong direction and a slim majority (54%) think a year from now the economy will be worse than it is today. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-america...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

A theory to put your mind at ease: If it's true, as it seems to be, that Trump's administration is filled with amateurs and D-leaguers, then over time the people who really know how government works (judges, say, and members of Congress) should be able to win these various battles.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Ken Griffey, Jr. is a credentialed professional photograher at the Masters. www.cbssports.com/golf/news/lo...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I got this one exactly right!

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Hang on — are we now “unliberated”? Do people know — or do they care to know — that they’re being played?

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments