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the washington free beacon is trying to october surprise abdul by revealing his comms chief used to post bangers

What’s that you say? Liz has a new book out which even the Telegraph is saying is even more unhinged than the last one? Wonderful, I’ll post this then.

the markets have essentially become a gauge for how much corruption the government in power is going to let the business class get away with

i remember being in the boyscouts and being taught flag etiquette and i thought burning the flag sounded cool so i dropped one on the ground on purpose and told my dad we needed to burn it and he told me to fuck off

Modal outcome here: * Raman wins comfortably * DSA looks weak because their endorsement or its withdrawal doesn't matter * DSA looks even weaker because constant messy intra-factional beefs caused the above

Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

The US is not about to have a free and fair election. The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor the ruling party in multiple ways. It's a mostly free, somewhat unfair election. But still one where the ruling party can be overwhelmed by numbers. Hence the term "competitive authoritarianism."

"libertarian candidate for state senate in north carolina is currently in a shootout with the cops and live-tweeting his planned suicide", while not exactly surprising, is still a weird thing to read

When trans creators are subtle, people dismiss the trans subtext as “headcanon.” When trans creators are loud and proud, people call it “obnoxious” and “cringe.” They just don’t want us to be represented in media at all. Because they don’t want us to exist at all.

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.

Flávio, these are all really good ideas

The vile attacks on Amy Acton need to be seen in the context of a party that *needs* people to believe women fabricating sexual assaults is common as rainwater. Because it’s pretty much the only way to evade the conclusion that the president is a rapist.

IM ABOUT TO SPANISH REPUBLIC POST ON MAIN AGAIN

you cannot trust marxist-leninists. marxism-leninism structurally selects for either ignorant or immoral people (specifically people willing to ignore its grave historical crimes). also its *founding organizational tenet* (democratic centralism) structurally selects for dishonesty and entryism

harrington was right, you all fucked up by allowing marxist-leninists and other ultras into your organization

Between this and Ramaswamy, I think the GOP has lost touch with reality so much they're just making ads for Dems now.

If there is a Republican candidate you are considering voting for because he is an exception, a throwback to the good old days when Republicans were decent, honorable people, I assure you: no there isn't.

"Under Brazilian federal law, all legislators have immunity...To run for President, Bolsonaro decided not to run for his Senate seat. Now, after losing the Presidential election, he no longer has legislative immunity when his Senate term expires in January 2027." Very Special Episode of no amnesty

i think. like ok if i ever fucked up so bad my eighth grade teacher posted up on a street corner to literally picket my behavior. i mean i would simply kill myself like that’s all there is to it

1. Lose election 2. Assume Trump will steal election for him 3. Trump is flailing around and failing to steal his own election 4. Oh shit oh fuck

RIP IN PISS MAGGOT

dunno if this is considered bullying but i'm sure there's still time

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.

On a recent podcast, Jessica Taylor of Cook Political Report said that the combination of public and private polling she's seen, plus what she's hearing on the ground from Republican and Democratic, says a 2010-esque night (but for Republicans this time) is increasingly likely. Be still my heart.

with permission I’m going to share this note which I enjoyed receiving. not sure xo would be useful for anyone or everyone but some people are finding it helpful:

When the libs are supporting Lula that's what we call "the libs doing what the left wants" and when the libs do what the left wants that's good because, in adversarial terms, it means we're setting terms.

I feel like one of the issues with economic malaise is pretty clearly the fact that if you look at 1826 -> 1876 -> 1926 -> 1976 -> 2026, every one of these 50 year periods saw a massive, qualitative, jump in quality of life, except the last one

There is an international, well-connected network of fascists promoting far-right candidates in elections (and coups) across the world. The guy who owns the site Yglesias posted this on is one of their leaders. Be careful of people advocating for their opponents to disarm!

ladies, is your programming - a field dominated by rich white men - driven by fashion trends - practiced as a demonstration of status - funded by vanity projects for failsons - filled with queers trying and failing to break even that's art, sorry

the one billion Americans guy thinks Americans shouldn't see foreigners as humans whose lives matter

Yes well it does require things like “empathy” and possessing a basic understanding that all of our lives are interconnected