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obvious that this is in bad faith, but it’s a helpful tell that when Netanyahu’s gone the press is going to immediately pivot to “SEE I TOLD YOU IT WAS ANTISEMITISM” when Israel changes nothing and the criticism continues
But I thought the point of the embargo and sanctions was to pressure Israelis to elect leaders who would adopt different policies? It sounds like Congresswoman Tlaib doesn't think Israel should exist at all.
the thing about this piece is that it points fingers at the BRA going back to 2002, then posits that capital will, at some point in the future from *today*, start avoiding Boston. ok, sure, but we sure built a lot of $4K 1BR’s in the seaport for a communist dictatorship…
Boston’s chief planner is a true believer in the San Francisco model, in which you make it impossible to profitably build apartments by-right so developers are forced into a politicized discretionary negotiation with the city, which relaxes the rules in exchange for below-market units.
living under single party rule in the people’s commonwealth the only text I got was attacking a state treasurer candidate for being mormon
Voters are receiving so many political texts, calls and mailers that some are reconsidering ever donating to a campaign again “I must get at least 10-20 texts A DAY from literally every single candidate in the country," a Colorado voter said. "It makes me never want to make a contribution again"
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My lasting Yglesias memory is that he admits he wrote the Rana Plaza piece in fifteen minutes (it’s just a Larry Summers Econ 101 ripoff) intentionally to make people angry but thought the death toll was 25 not 2000
A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"
a million frothing bsky libs getting mad about this when it’s why Trump won. guys, they FUCKED you. fucked the whole world, so Jill and Hunter and all the little unelected creeps in the admin could keep their power
How Jill Biden Hid the President’s Decline https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/20/how-jill-biden-hid-the-presidents-decline/?ap=b
when they shot a whitey bulger movie that was set during the busing era in my neighborhoodeveryone complained because they covered the place in racist graffiti for a month
We all know the "Viggo broke his toe" story but what's another movie fact you're personally compelled to bring up every time without prompting? For me, it's the fact that Robin Tunney is wearing a wig in The Craft because of having just shaved her head to save her job filming Empire Records.
everything about Elon makes sense when you realize he lives in an eternal 1994 and he’s thinking about fleeing Joburg ahead of the ANC
every new Tesla product feels like its designed for the apocalypse. the cybertruck is bullet proof, for some reason? the roadster has turbo thrusts that can jump collapsing bridges, i suppose?
I would kill for a James Andrew Miller / Tom Shales / Bill Carter style book on the first few years of AEW
How much early insane AEW lore do the newer fans know? Shanna trying to shoot on Leyla Hirsch (presumably because Hirsch is a Jewish lesbian and Shanna is a shoot Nazi) and failing miserably? Darius Lockhart's USB thumb drive? BALD ASSHOLES? The invoice? The Sadie Gibbs-Bea Priestley fistfight?
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I understand liberals and conservatives. You have science and compassion, tradition and religion. But centrism requires performance of beliefs completely absent of facts or God
many centrists are as disdainful of science as MAGA these days. virtually every study on the topic, and there have been many, show that youth programs reduce crime. it's a settled question. this is no different from claiming vaccines are a hoax.
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