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The politics poster your mom warned you about. Impeach, exhume, try, and convict Richard M. Nixon. Occasional earnest lib posting, but sorry about it. Press secretary for The Prophetess of Discourse. Brainworms taxonomist. he/him
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They are now making a big deal about how hemophilia is passed through the maternal line, but there are only two generations between Albert and the maternal and paternal line converging!!!

submitted 30 minutes ago • 1 comment

Bernie Sanders could run on this platform and win if not for some emails and a speech by, what's her name? Alice Klobuchar from Wisconsin

submitted 43 minutes ago • 2 comments

My mother and I are heckling a documentary about Queen Victoria and her children and they just said Prince Leopold looks like Victoria's side of the family Dear and valued followers, Victoria and Albert were first cousins, there is only one side of the family

submitted 47 minutes ago • 4 comments

i have a couple of quick updates to share that are elaborated on in the updated post. TLDR: i have received a large volume of responses, my turnaround is going to be a little longer, and i'm going to start publishing next week, rather than march. thanks for all of your stories, and keep them coming.

submitted 2 hours ago • 5 comments

Remember, you can't just put pressure on Democratic members of the College of Cardinals, we need to keep the heat on Republican members even more

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

Guy who is obsessed with Congresspeople's age hasn't noticed one particular senator, many such cases

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

If you are a Federal employee, this is an HR matter and make it their problem If you have union representation, see if they will call this an irregular evaluation by a member of the public

submitted 3 hours ago • 4 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 3 hours ago • 1141 comments

I continue to be against summary execution. This take is a lot hotter than you think because I didn't show you the hot guy first

submitted 4 hours ago • 2 comments

what’s up Election Twitter, check out this map of Francis I’s election in 2013

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

If you are concerned about your Dem congresscritter taking part in some mushy budget compromise the thing you should do is call them.

submitted 8 hours ago • 2 comments

Again, on board *broadly* with Russiagate, the source for anything being a former KGB agent should give you some pause Doesn't mean it can't have some truth, but also, c'mon

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

I wasn't going to fight anyone on this thread over it, but a lot of you nerds had the opposite problem, it seems; reading well above your level at a precocious age 😂

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

I'm certainly not "pro-busywork" as such, but I also think parents underestimate how important a busy class is vital to classroom management. "Idle hands do the work of the Devil" is a bit old-fashioned and religious for my tastes, but also, it's basically correct

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

Humorless liberal scolds are, as far as I can tell, the ones terrorizing Republican congressmen when they make public appearances so until you do that instead of posting jokes, shut the fuck up

submitted 8 hours ago • 5 comments

Look, I've been solidly on board with the broad strokes of Russiagate since December 2016, but the idea is a crank magnet and that is part of what hurt convincing the public

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

This feels like the bit at the end of Good Omens where it turns out that Heavan and Hell had been blaming each other for stuff we invented

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments