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i always find this stuff kind of baffling--obama was a good candidate. he managed to do the same thing trump does: convince a fractious coalition that he can be trusted to advance their interests. the moderate wing of the democrat party has not produced a good politician in that sense for decades

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We love the Shrike, don’t we folks? We love the Lord of Pain. And we love to be pinned to that Tree

submitted 610 days ago • 14 comments

oh, now the nytimes wants to worry us all a out the unfolding collapse of pax americana after spending virtually all of the past year being a mouthpiece for the fuckwits who sanewashed trump and minimized project 2025 and its creators

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relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?

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Economist @betseystevenson.bsky.social, on DOGE: "I would basically call it a performance art piece... probably making the government more inefficient, but there's a lot of spectacle about it," designed "to dazzle us and have us look away from trillions of dollar in tax cuts to the uber-wealthy."

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

This is the right message. What we're witnessing is a socioeconomic sickness. Megalomania brought on by severe concentration of wealth. It will destroy everything if it's not addressed

submitted 15 days ago • 25 comments

People like to compare deficit spending to “eating your seed corn” but that phrase applies much better to cutting investments that will have long term returns

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

Folks, @thejamham.bsky.social joins us on this week’s new episode that has everything: -Beavers building a $900k dam 🦫 -100,000 eggs that were stolen 🥚 -Rats chewing through NYC trash cans 🐀 -And more! apple.co/2yPmdte / spoti.fi/2qSy1Gp / other pod places

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Because what they actually hated was Black and poor people being free, and they know Trump isn't gonna do that, so they're happy to let him cook

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if the president can say “i don’t like the department of energy,” and within a week it’s closed, then the constitution means nothing, and the president’s entire claim to power is the loyalty of the military. either he is constrained by the constitution or he’s a dictator, there isn’t a middle ground

submitted 32 days ago • 148 comments

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

submitted 32 days ago • 67 comments

My anxiety is thru the roof, I hope 9 cups of coffee & 14 hours on social media helps

submitted 35 days ago • 568 comments

OpenAI right now

submitted 39 days ago • 302 comments

I hate the trump doomerism where literally any response to his behavior is met with predictions that it will never work and trump will rule us forever

submitted 40 days ago • 19 comments

it would be kind of interesting if there were a real ugly country music guy who had face tattoos. i dont know, i just think that would be cool to see. hopefully someone does that soon because, again, i would enjoy seeing it. maybe i could even see it every day without looking it up? if possible?

submitted 40 days ago • 7 comments

Share if you’re Gen X and you grew up: - Licking lead paint off the walls - Drinking leaded gasoline straight from the pump - Chewing on a big bar of lead whenever you were bored And you turned out fine!!!!

submitted 42 days ago • 440 comments

Balatro's easy if you play your cards right

submitted 42 days ago • 106 comments

Shout out to the media who participated in the most obvious misdirection ever

submitted 47 days ago • 157 comments

"The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights." — Timothy Snyder

submitted 48 days ago • 61 comments

the two things I believe most strongly in this world are that public services should be wholly replaced by the private sector and that the government should intervene instantly the second I personally feel a little bit scared

submitted 60 days ago • 197 comments

it is so important to remember that IN THE MOMENT there was no one who thought jan. 6 was some innocent protest gone awry. everyone recognized it for what it was.

submitted 62 days ago • 197 comments

some of those who golf courses carry forward tax losses

submitted 78 days ago • 13 comments

Every minute of every hour of every day someone is trying to sell me something using psychological and emotional manipulation You’d think it would cause a mental health epidemic or something thankfully everyone is doing just fine

submitted 79 days ago • 5 comments

Last night, we let the Yao talk

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Thanks so much to the Bsky elders for their efforts so far. The handoff has been completed and your burden has been lifted. You may rest without needing to post any further