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this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...
The Constitution allows 1 Representative for every 30,000 Americans. Simple majorities in the House, Senate and a Democratic President could add 11,000 new members to the House, let them gerrymander that. Would permanently fix the Electoral College too.
Trump and his allies are doing everything they possibly can to strengthen the forces in the center-left that are urging Dems to embrace procedural Total War. Trump and the GOP are doing this to our country. Every last shred of damage that results from escalation is their fault.
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The only way to force the gulf open is to go in on the ground, and that’s not likely to work either. As bad as it is now, there’s a good chance it’s about to get a whole lot worse.
RAPIDAN: “.. We now assign 70% odds to military escalation as Washington moves to reopen Hormuz by force, 20% to continuation of the status quo – no Hormuz flows, no escalation – and 10% to a deal that leads to a resumption of flows.”
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Breaking character: In memory of Ted Turner, the amazing letter his dad wrote him when he decided to major in the classics. Yankees just can't write this, my friends. www.bu.edu/arion/files/...
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Liberalism is the unrelentingly radical belief that humans stand equal as brothers and sisters in a shared and open society, governed by laws and leaders of their own choosing, free to live lives of their own choosing, finding their own truth and fortune, vested with rights universal and inalienable
Unironically we need to reclaim the historical sense of liberalism as a radical ideology, not the squishy sensibility that it denotes to most people today.
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Imagine reducing the need for knee replacements by 62%! A groundbreaking injection could rejuvenate your cartilage using your own cells. What if aging joints could be treated without surgery? This research might just change everything. 🦵✨
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Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
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I like this band a lot, especially this song. youtu.be/Y6VWm8CnE54?...
I’m a pretty simple guy, I just don’t want to live next to assholes.
I quite happily live in a neighborhood where most people do not share my religion, where multiple languages are represented, and where people have come from a lot of different countries. Bigoted assholes always assume everyone else actually shares their bigotries.
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“Join with us in choosing hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of law, lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption. Resistance over complacency, truth over lies, unity over division, and peace over war.” -Bruce Springsteen in Los Angeles variety.com/2026/music/c...
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Pretty much…
Iran FM: ‘Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender. It only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray. Every bridge and building will be built back stronger. What will never recover: damage to America's standing.’
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BREAKING — Effort launches to remove Trump’s name from ALL federal property, monuments, and currency. UndoTrump.org
What part of “you broke it, you own it” do these guys not understand?
Hegseth: "The president was clear this morning in his Truth that there are countries around the world who ought to be prepared to step up on this critical waterway as well. Last time I checked there was supposed to be a big bad Royal Navy that could be prepared to do things like that."
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After years of research, Daphna Renan & I are thrilled to announce preorders of SUPREMACY. Why is US democracy so broken? One reason is we've wrongly accepted that 9 justices have the final say over the Constitution. This book traces how that happened—& how we can reclaim power to govern ourselves.
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Trump has potentially ended free maritime trade, a literally world-changing development that, if it lasts, may do more damage than anything else he has done so far What a phenomenally, historically evil and incompetent failure The Republican Party is a party of failure, defeat, and idiocy
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