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I am pushing back against Varmus’ claim that philanthropic dollars come with fewer strings attached, compared to federal dollars. The strings are established in what they will fund: work that DIRECTLY benefits them, can be rolled over into an IPO, and promoted their ideologies.

As a young man, I used to think there was no such thing as 'forbidden' knowledge, that knowledge was always good and could never be harmful. As a somewhat older man, I regard this position was folly. No one is improved by finding out what a Malfoid is. This is a knowledge that should be forbidden.

what the fuck is a Malfoid

By all accounts this is what most of the recent Reform media events have looked like. Bubble well and truly burst

Dawg we are talking about 1966, no American white working man was suddenly getting left high and dry by deindustrialization or austerity or recession The only “radical shift in the material conditions” was “you have to let black people into your school/office/shop/apartment block now”

The “something” in question was the workers themselves deciding by 1966 that they no longer wanted New Dealer welfare capitalism if it meant black Americans would benefit from it while anti-war protesters were free to burn the flag

Politico wrote up Zohran playing basketball with the uncovering-a-big-scandal tone the same day the NYTimes wrote up "credible allegation that The President of the United States raped a woman" as a political strategy story. Broken media in a nutshell

There are many reasons to be excited about a blue midterms wave, but Elon crashing out is one of them. His posts have actually been getting even stupider and angrier.

i took down my old post because of a spelling error, which is less embarrassing than losing the election and immediately having your passport confiscated because you are being prosecuted for massive corruption. i hope Jair and Flavio grow old together in whatever prison hospital has the worst food

Trump says protesters at his rallies are paid $250 by Soros

anyone ever notice how republicans don't run on half the evil shit that they do? ever notice how that works?

Vucic be like, none can beat me! None:

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Who do I give to to get this in front of as many Michigan voters as possible?

Color revolution theory is great because it isn’t actually meant to give you a strategy as much as an alibi for why you got your ass kicked These guys destroyed the NED/USAID/CIA deep state they feared and are still getting their asses beat, so dammit do they need to rationalize and shift blame

I'm honestly kind of surprised they haven't tried something like this sooner

"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

It’s funny how western leftists seem amazed at features of Asian societies as public infrastructure that is quickly repaired or public transportation that is always on time without seeming to realize that the secret sauce is worker exploitation

between serbia, brazil, and hopefully november 3, a good reminder: voting works it’s not the end, there’s always work to be done after the vote, but if you want to beat the motherfuckers and keep them out of power: vote your asses off

Immensely funny in an ironic way that far-right nationalism has become far more internationalist than communism ever was because of the Internet and Social Media.

It’s a decision to spend fewer dollars on SNAP while funding random elective wars and ICE and ads for Trump

no amnesty

are you telling me the anonymous right-wing degenerates on polymarket got it wrong?

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

El-Sayed: This is like the 3rd campaign stop where Donald Trump can't help but mention somebody's ass. When I get to DC, I'm just gonna make sure that I never let him see mine…

Prediction markets really not beating the "we just reflect information you could easily gather yourself" allegations there

me: mom, what was I like as a little girl? my mom (completely fucking braindead): hey alexa describe a human kid or something

If still debating whether Donald Trump or Elon Musk willfully crippled Ukraine's missile defense, helping to slay innocent civilians, you are a rube. If the U.S. President had no role, then an oligarch governs national security. If not, the U.S. President serves Russia. Both answers are mortifying.

BRENNAN: The DOJ lawsuit demands the Alaska result not be certified if voters are confused. The confusion is defined as Sen. Sullivan not winning. BLANCHE: That's not what it says BRENNAN: I'm quoting from it. You are telling them not to certify it. What right does the federal govt have?

this is total gobbledygook? the process to decide who should be certified as the winner is the election, and there is no federal law that says the courts get to decide who that is.

youre laughing. he poked fun at the decor of the cheesecake factory and youre laughing

Every attempt by a career right-wing DC politics dude to ventriloquize real normal Americans comes off as vastly more patronizing and out of touch than their target. Your imagined noble savages in Tulsa are in fact perfectly aware Cheesecake Factory's decor is a deliberately tongue-in-cheek shtick.

she called him papi one time and it was over

my god