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There’s no need for them to receive more press but whenever I read one of these stories I’m reminded that the pronatalist couple named their daughter “Industry Americus Collins” and I laugh every time

submitted 2 hours ago • 30 comments

I wanted to try and figure out how Neil Gorsuch concluded that 'Pride Puppy', an ABCs book about a lost dog at a pride parade that he insists he read, exposes kids to "bondage" and "sex workers." The answers are somehow even dumber than you can imagine. A brief thread:

submitted 3 hours ago • 11 comments

so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations. everything.

submitted 4 hours ago • 54 comments

there have been stories trickling around about ICE raids where they refuse to show warrants. It was mostly being chalked up to hubris and emboldened agents, but now we can see it’s official policy

submitted 5 hours ago • 15 comments

my latest newsletter is about how The Free Press, Bari Weiss's pseudo-independent media outlet, is handling Trump's second term.

submitted 20 hours ago • 22 comments

This is very good at diagnosing what Bari Weiss is trying to do

submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

my latest newsletter is about how The Free Press, Bari Weiss's pseudo-independent media outlet, is handling Trump's second term.

submitted 20 hours ago • 22 comments

bluesky is back so I can finally say it: go Knicks

submitted 20 hours ago • 14 comments

the reason the term “tyranny of the majority” is useful is because tyranny of a minority is just the regular definition of tyranny

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

a better framework for thinking about this would be whether the massive amount of energy spent decrying the dangers of wokeness might have been misallocated given what we know now

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

there’s now only one reliable source of Supreme Court commentary

submitted 2 days ago • 26 comments

Episode 39: The Let Them Theory The self-help craze sweeping the nation tells you to “let them.” If someone cuts you off in traffic, let them. If your friends are ignoring you, let them. If a popular self-help author plagiarizes your idea and turns it into a book, LET THEM.

submitted 2 days ago • 141 comments

Editor creates an AI executive who is "an expert at building and scaling digital media companies." Decides within minutes that the AI is "one of the most knowledgeable and energetic colleagues" he's ever had. Asks the AI to create a headshot of itself. It does. He sexually harasses it immediately.

submitted 3 days ago • 203 comments

this is why Stancil is one of the greats. right or wrong, he is consistently able to drive his opponents to insane places.

submitted 4 days ago • 21 comments

made us wait an extra day for some half-baked procedural complaining. pathetic.

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it really does seem like the moderate conservatives blinked here, which is a good sign. but it’s pretty disconcerting that they didn’t see this coming a week ago.

submitted 6 days ago • 20 comments

why are they branding it like a 90s action/thriller

submitted 7 days ago • 40 comments

one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now

submitted 7 days ago • 160 comments

Insane, indeed.

submitted 7 days ago • 66 comments

yes that classic system of several hundred kings ruling a nation simultaneously

submitted 7 days ago • 14 comments

there’s a really consistent Eric Adams thing where he fucks up whatever he’s trying to do, but also what he’s trying to do is very stupid

submitted 8 days ago • 31 comments

Mayor Adams is wearing his “in god we trust” American flag shirt once again. But this time it’s written in Italian. He says it’s Spanish to honor the victims of a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican republic last week.

submitted 8 days ago • 382 comments

on deep reflection i’ve determined that the gravest threat to our nation is the fact that my political opponents have even a little bit of power or influence

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

conservatives took the exact opposite position a few years ago when Biden moved to end the Remain in Mexico policy

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

credit where it’s due, we’re seeing unparalleled innovation in workplace sexual harassment from elon right now

submitted 8 days ago • 27 comments

unfortunately Leon tried to fix some issues with our feed and accidentally blasted out several old episodes. he will be punished accordingly.

submitted 9 days ago • 22 comments

if you blame me for the crimes of my ancestors you are a pathetic anti-white lib. i would, however, like credit for the good stuff they built.

submitted 9 days ago • 56 comments