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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."

I can only assume this 'Tesla Owners Silicon Valley' is one of those hate-monetizing accounts based in Bangladesh.

Elon Musk’s X fined $140 million by European Commission over 'deceptive' blue checkmark and lack of transparency The social-media platform has been fined by the bloc after breaching transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

If you missed the news about the EU Commission & its decisions to fine X for non compliance with the Digital Services Act, we reported on this here. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/e...

Sounders beat 'em down so hard in Leagues Cup, Suarez got himself cancelled.
Congrats to Don Garner for finally getting what he wanted, and was willing to ruin the MLS for.

RFK-appointed CDC panel drops hepatitis B vaccine at birth recommendation The federal vaccine advisory panel, all appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted to drop the universal recommendation that children should get vaccinated for hepatitis B at birth. Wi...

The MAGA CDC = Republican Death Panel.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

They love to talk about classical ideas of beauty but as a cultural movement MAGA is only capable of producing filth

My favorite team?
Whoever beats OKC.
- a Seattleite

Same energy:

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Non-European? You know who is European? Someone who lives in Europe.
These American fascists can fk right off.

a picture of a plant in a vase is hanging on a white wall . ALT: a picture of a plant in a vase is hanging on a white wall .

Marine biologists:

Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney bookmarked by signs that read Country Over Party

Ask Kamala Harris how Newsom’s “addition not subtraction” strategy worked out last time. Do you think she won more voters than she lost by pledging to appoint a Republican to her cabinet?

1% real wage growth in the last year is absolute chump change when, over the last 10yrs, things like rent (>100%⬆️) and out-of-pocket health care expenses (>100%⬆️) have skyrocketed.
1% isn't making up for the crushing of the middle class.
And none of Trump's policies have made life cheaper.

Walking backwards and getting TF out of Ukraine is always an option, orc. 🇺🇦

4) I knock 500-1000 doors a year. There are still a lot of people who are interested in a conversation at the door. Of the 850 this year and 150 answers (standard 20% rate) I probably had 10 that went 15-30min.
5) My own analysis shows canvassing yields a ~2-3 percentage point vote share increase.

3) My comment was more about leftists who think we just need to tweak a message or go full populist to reap massive electoral gains? They really haven't met many voters who don't think like them... other than uncles and cousins they despise and write-off.

For sure, but a lot to unpack.
1) Paying doorknockers doesn't work. They often don't know the candidates and only perform a litdrop. Not sure it's more effective than mailers.
2) Having lots of doorknocking vols reflects a foundation of activated folks; so a reflection of pre-existing support.

This boils down to “dictatorship is good if I’m the dictator.”

No it isn’t.

Wait, murdering fishermen is "a break from public-sector incompetence"? wtf, what an editorial.

Seriously, even 10 years later and most hyper-online lefty politics junkies have never knocked a door, much less in a place dissimilar to where they live.

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".

Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza

"If you believe a Palestinian child is equal in dignity and worth to an Israeli or American child, it is no longer possible to support this Israeli government while hiding behind platitudes about peace." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

Maybe she should run HHS. 🪱🪱

At the end of the day, if we can use Epstein to bury Trump, that's great, but I also want the hides of the Dems who took a pass on it for years.
There's no excuse for us to be going through the current hellscape because a bigwig consultancy shrugged it off.

Something I can't stop thinking about is this:
Who in Democratic Party leadership understood how pervasive Trump's presence in the Epstein files was and when? (2019? 2020?)
Why wasn't this used to bury him in either 2020 or 2024?
Did they demure because it was unseemly? Protecting other Dems?

Mayo doesn't count as a side dish, Choam.

Jfc, did a barely-literate potato write this? lmao

Guns of August.

See how easy that is? Like, it really is that easy.
These fkers ask for a bribe, and you say no. Simple.

Very close, but even yelling in the face of the ref was risky ah.