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A little on the nose

one side wants no kings, the other side wants kings. can’t we just find a common sense bipartisan solution like one king

Missed an opportunity for a “Thanks Obama!” throwback

Elliott do you still like The Economist?

I haven’t seen this much Portland pride since pre-pandemic. It’s nice.

Write it, I’d be curious for your perspective. I think im too cynical because I’m always blown away when Trump supporters seem to actually care about Epstein or free speech because I’ve assumed it was always bad faith. I enjoy when the data proves me wrong.

I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but considering how much worse he’s been this term than his first term Im surprised it took so long to sink.

Also relieved people are noticing.

Yeah I saw a comment like “Why would someone who’s right wing possibly do this?”

The same reason anyone would? Because they’re insane?

*mournfully* This is a problem on the left (posters on the website 'blue sky') AND the right (the united states federal government)

Tweet from Ezra: In the last few years we've seen: - The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer - The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC - The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi - Multiple assassination attempts against Trump - The assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of on State Senator John Hoffman and his wife - Luigi Mangione's assassination of Brian Thompson - The assassination of Charlie Kirk Political violence is contagious. It is spreading. It is not confined to one side or belief system. It should terrify us all. The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in it without fear of violence. Political violence is always an attack against us all. You have to be so blind not to see that.

Didn’t Galen used to say that Beto “won by negative two points”? Pretty good for Texas, I bet Talarico could finish what he started

I wanted Jeremy Strong to get the company in Succession, but not in real life

One pundit seems to really like the Speedo man

So does Noah

In light of your recent post about dictatorship, how much will this matter?

Not in terms of elections, which it does seem like Dems can win in 26, but how much will house control matter to stop this slide into dictatorship?

"I was encouraged to see the CDC director refused to resign, to force the Trump administration to fire her. I was thrilled to see Lisa Cook refuse to passively accept Trump's attempt to fire her and to say instead, no, this is illegal," says @brendannyhan.bsky.social.

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New York and California

I'm not right wing but some of this "woke" stuff is a little over the top [6 months later] Slavery was fine. Your city is under martial law

I know the joys of a beagle self-insert while trying to work

Not liking this game that Murkowski, Collins, and Tillis get to play where they take turns being the reasonable one and still get to pass all their bills.

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One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.

Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.

Mamdani winning is bad for Democrats because now Republicans might call them socialists, something that has never happened before.

#Academia

The Subway Is Not Scary Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.

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