jamelle

jamelle

spending the afternoon at a sunflower farm

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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

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someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...

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jamelle

i’m killing the step game today

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jamelle

human nature!

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i was told that trump’s modest improvement with black and hispanic men meant that racism had nothing to do with MAGA. oh well.

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jamelle

she said that “black” with a hard r

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i have to imagine that vance said “god forbid” with a huge wink

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jamelle

ever notice how rfk’s head is crooked?

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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

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jamelle

ah yes, vital that we have housing for cars and not people

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jamelle

really worth watching

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all of this makes total sense when you recognize that “freedom” here means the freedom to dominate those you view as your subordinates and “tyranny” is when someone threatens that “freedom” or worse, when those subordinates try to claim power as political equals

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when doves cry to i would die 4 u to baby i’m a star to purple rain is transcendent

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also, the insane racism of this aside, "the black and white culture of louisiana is completely different" is something you can only believe if you've never stepped foot in louisiana (this applies to much of the south)

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i like when these guys just say things like "union station has fallen into disrepair" which is plainly false to anyone with eyes apnews.com/article/trum...

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one that annoys me is that what these people think is cutting edge new political thinking is just warmed over slaveholder ideology

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one thing i've taken away from surveys asking the public to evaluate trump's most authoritarian moves is that the ordinary americans have a much clearer sense of what's happening than most professional political observers

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“Trump’s pretense to ownership of public goods and public spaces isn’t some quirk to be ignored or waited out — “there goes our Donald!” — but a direct expression of his autocratic ambitions and despotic cast of mind.”

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i'm actually a big believer in drafting by hand. i think it helps you think in a different way then typing on a screen

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if i were on this deployment i would be pissed. these people have actual jobs! and here they are, walking around picking upt rash.

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nice of the president to provide the perfect quote for me to use in a column

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sorry i can't get over how he sounds like he's about to fall asleep

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this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.

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i will happily support the remigration of french reactionaries back to where they came from

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