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New York Times headline: Libertarians: We Told You So With an image of a big black boot stomping a snake

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart

1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks

2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

This is joyous

“So we’re thinking slave patrols, but like, cute.”

💯

Who’s going to read your crap, lady? Have some self respect.

oh there’s fully 2500 people in this webinar. they had to add another one later this week.

Over the years, if the media (and society) treated homophobic actions/remarks like they do saying/doing racist things (which they rightfully condemn), we wouldn’t be stuck having Kershaw, Dungy, Torii Hunter, etc pollute our TV screens

JFC

FBF

JD Vance frowning like a bearded little bitch at the Olympics

when you bring an airplane full of food to the event and you’ve eaten it all by day 3

Pedo bowl Epstein files leaders

Credit: vjaybombs on instagram

The Black Peanut!

An observation I've been thinking about:

Around 2020, we were told that US political & corporate elites had been gripped by "wokeness" & thus become obsessed with climate change & diversity. This wokeness was alleged to be so severe & monomaniacal that it threatened the entire culture & economy.

Kid Rock lyrics about underage girls draw questions ahead of ‘faith and family’-based TPUSA show “I like ’em underage, see some say that’s statutory (but I say that’s mandatory),” Kid Rock sings on the 2001 song, which was also for a children’s movie.

you mean to tell me kid rock does’t actually care about faith and family??

A listicle? Really?

He coulda gotten booed at home!

Finneas and Billie

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

Foundational Texts: Jenny Holzer's Truisms | dansinker.com

Love this from @dansinker.com about @jennyholzer.bsky.social "For me, 14 and still trying to figure out how the walk in the world—motivated by anger and art in equal measure—seeing those LED displays scrolling through Truisms was a revelation. Art could be just words." dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

We really need to stop with the Trump does X to distract from Y. He does X and Y because he's terrible and lacks self control.

lmao

Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis pointed out that Martinez is "presumed innocent of any offense of which she has not been convicted." Martinez's attorney said the text messages and other evidence ...

DEVELOPING: Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her

From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/f...

It's not!

But also, be on the lookout for smaller marches and demonstrations in the days and weeks to come. Huge marches and smaller protests synergize very well with walkouts, boycotts etc:

www.mobilize.us

Rad

I love that photo

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Republicans are the party of separating and destroying families | Moira Donegan Their ‘pro family’ rhetoric is a cynical and hollow sham

Republicans are the party of separating and destroying families | Moira Donegan

Maybe today will be the day it happens

The US government is spending taxpayer dollars to sue a 5-year-old refugee/kindergartener for seeking asylum here through the legal and proper channels when he was an infant