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The last step we need folks to take is realizing that these aren’t “horrible mistakes.” You only operate the way the administration is if you do not care whether the people you’re shipping to the gulag are guilty or innocent.

Please, I’m begging people to stop responding to every economic update and tariff announcement as if they’re just screwing up and as if the demolition of our economy isn’t beneficial to oligarchs and the wealth class that wants to gobble up resources and exploit us more effectively.

What a hilarious assertion. That a human would want a large following at all?

I understand this attitude (people would go nuts if they celebrated it and said it matters even if they don't win the title) but we'd be in a lot better place with the league if people did care about what the Thunder are doing during the regular season. It's extraordinary and should be celebrated.

Stop thinking of the Trump regime as a presidency doing politics. Start seeing it as a Mafia-style crime syndicate running a protection racket.

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Don't repost that Rogan clip. This is just his schtick. He pumps out 99% propaganda then throws in the odd morsel of feigned moral outrage to appear non-biased. And his gullible followers eat it up.

there is no economic policy that can fix this

Combination of slowing down work and a stunt to get attention, this is what we've been asking for, it's good.

Lots of people celebrating Cory Booker's filibuster -- for good reason! He's presenting issues that are being ignored. But note that Booker (very characteristically) oozes Senatorial comity, repeatedly talking about what good friends he is with far right Senators.

(Raises hand) I know! I know! Whatever helps Republicans get elected is the law. Easy.

Lord, protect this man. Because the bigot grifters are currently starving. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

I don't even know why what Boyega is saying would be considered controversial. It was clear after THE FORCE AWAKENS that his character was sidelined and sidekicked and its not unreasonable to conclude that audiences' reactions to Boyega being black was a big factor in that decision.

I just sent Cory Booker money. I will send money to anyone who fights, and I will not send money to anyone who cowers in fear. That has to be the situation, for all of us.

I was struck by an Elon fan, in WI, asking if DOGE had found evidence that USAID was buying off politicians. Why? Bc 2+ months in, there's no misuse of funds scandal or "welfare queen"-esque money sponge found by DOGE. No fraud. It's just: "This program said 'trans' so we got rid of it."

It’s still incredible to me that “like your doctor keep your doctor” was called Lie of the Year when it was mostly true. Now we have an Admin that lies about stuff on tape, in documented text messages, under oath, in court, to judges, etc and no one in the media calls them liars.

I am deeply bemused by the assertion that Democrats have failed West Virginia because of Joe Manchin, as it fails to examine the political affiliation of every single other politician in West Virginia, from governor to dog catcher

they like trump and want to help him rule over us

shocked to discover ezra klein doesn't know what he's talking about and is just smuggling right wing talking points in via the "abundance" framing.

I'm glad the Carl Quintanilla is on here.

I consistently remind people about NY politics when they talk about other states. NY politic is rancid. The governor is pathetic, the Mayor of NYC is a corrupt cop, etc... No one in this state should ever open their mouth to talk about other people in other states re: political leadership.

John Roberts paved the way for Trump's return to the White House, making him a "king above the law." The Court's majority also seems poised to endorse many of Trump's authoritarian assaults on our democracy. But the Court could pay a high price for serving as Trump's enabler, as I discuss in PN.

Against the arrest and deportation of Rumeysa Ozturk, merely for free speech. A line in the sand. The newest from National Review: www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/wher...

Conservative writer for @nationalreview.bsky.social has zero affection for Rumeysa Öztürk but slams her arrest and detention. Let’s uplift conservatives when they oppose outrageous Trump actions.

Hey, given that kitchen-table concerns are the primary driver of all political behavior, I can only assume the Canadian economy has dramatically improved since January 20? I mean after all what else could explain the astonishing improvement in the incumbent party’s fortunes?

There is an extremely good argument for applying strict broken windows policing to American elites

if you think this violates the law (and it very clearly does imo), you don't seek an injunction, you seek an indictment, given that the law makes it a class 1 felony. cowardice from the AG, cowardice from the courts, nobody wants the responsibility of actually enforcing the law. cowards all around

I feel that if, in 2010, you had told me that Citizens United would lead to someone literally giving oversized $1 million checks to voters in exchange for their votes, I would have called you a delusional conspiracy theorist. And I would have been wrong.

Reminder: Trump was on the path to getting the due process Le Pen just did (which also took years, even w/o Presidential immunity) until John Roberts intervened. John Roberts was singularly responsible for delay, John Roberts was key vote that created 2 more years of delay.

I'm working on a thing on this but the "I voted for this person" you see sometimes is lying.

The biggest danger to the Democratic Party is the Republicans who are actively working to gut our democracy, strip away our rights and align us with our enemies worldwide. The next biggest danger is "centrist" "Democrats" who want to compromise with MAGA and blame our problems on other Dems.

I am once again reminding people that police are on the Internet and can read your posts m.youtube.com/watch?v=pBdG...

Calling it: I’ve never played a video game with richer and more thematically ambitious storytelling than Elden Ring. It’s astounding that humans put this together. Oh you can also play the game and enjoy the hell out of it without having any idea what’s going on. Wild achievement.

Day 68 into the GOP takeover: Prices are going up. Consumer confidence is plummeting. Classified info is being leaked. Social Security is being dismantled. Residents are being arrested for their political views.

If you're just an ordinary citizen, how are you supposed to react to continuous news demonstrating that the rule of law is dead?

I'd read a long essay not only on this phenomenon but why the Democratic Party and the press seem determined to ignore it.

Yes. I do not want to ever 'move on' again. Every time we turn the cheek, overlook the criminality, absolve the sins, they come back worse. I want punishment. Deterrence. Retribution. Err on the side of excess, not lenity. Anything less is asking them to come back worse yet again.