Chris Dawe

The replies and quotes to this were full of polio vaccine and antibiotics but dudes. Smallpox. We eradicated smallpox so hard that people don't even think about it anymore. A disease that is estimated to have killed 300 million people in the 20th century alone is just GONE.

Hyperbole cannot outrun the fact that three Tubervilles stapled together would make this woman look like Kierkegaard.

this man is a gotdamned patriot

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

Chekov might have had unsound views but apparently Koenig signed autographs "Glory to Ukraine," which is all I need.

Oh, man, he's so close to getting it.

“My Catholic Latina opponent wants to impose Sharia Law” is a hilariously desperate closing message. thehill.com/homenews/617...

Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is

I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

Of course a win for non-authoritarian leaders or movements does not automatically mean all problems are solved or that authoritarian forces can't come back in future. But it is worth maintaining hope and optimism, because if people succumb to nihilism and apathy then democracy cannot survive.

I would like this to be true and correct.

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

*when a dem is in power* The tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants *when a republican is in power* criticizing the government is treason actually

He's just the wrongest man in politics

Once upon a time, Americans took pride that people would leave other countries and come to the USA because it was so much better

Reprehensible person and point of view aside, the lack of self-awareness on the part of MAGA continues to be breathtaking.

Looking over my ballot and slightly disappointed that I-638 only gives me the option for "Yes" or "No", and there's no bubble for "Fuck No", or better yet, "Fuck You, No."

The Bible speaks of the Ark leveling mountains and laying waste to entire regions, Charlie Brown.

my "zero 'coercion' required" t shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt

Fellow WA voters, let's bury this. I can't imagine any parent wants to subject their child to this vile "examination."

Women don’t come forward because of men like Vivek Ramaswamy.

"Corinth, you say?"

Fucking hell.

I think you need to read what Robin has to say here.

About damn time.

i miss when Biden had that dog that would bite everyone

It kind of really is this simple. There is no complex weighing of different policy nuances needed.

He not only hates strong women, but inteligente men too! #Pinks #USDemocracy

"White evangelicals were the least likely to name empathy as a foundational social value (42%), and more than half of white evangelicals (54%) said, 'empathy can become dangerous when it leads people away from building a society guided by God’s truth.'" religionnews.com/2026/10/20/a...

if you neve read the book, you can never understand it

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We few, we happy few, we band of readers.

The generation that got to buy cheap houses thanks to a postwar construction boom, then blocked new housing construction to juice their asset values is now whining that they have to pay taxes on their unearned wealth. Just breathtaking selfishness.

The hallmark of the modern reactionary is that they are so immersed in their own bullshit that they don’t understand how facile and corny their understanding of the world is.

What a master class.

I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

it makes me sad because this is a big, beautiful country with so many incredible things to see and I want more people to get to experience that

you can go back to X and I can’t stop you. it is also true that you can’t stop me or anyone else from thinking you’re a fascist-suckling piece of shit for doing so.

The US and the West welcomed Russia into the community of nations after the Cold War. Investment poured in. The G7 turned into G8. The idea that Poland, Estonia, etc. forming their own foreign relations was so unfair to Moscow that Russia is entitled to murder Ukrainians 20 years later is insane.

Trump’s worldview is that it is good for evil to prevail and wrong for the righteous to resist.

Octopus is the easiest thing to cut out of your diet on moral grounds because it’s basically never around, probably has dreams and emotions and tastes like a tire.

The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.