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you know it is not at all difficult to acknowledge the legitimate concerns about the tattoo and still make a case for the candidate. but this would require maturity, a perspective outside ones own and a willingness to lose a little face, which means it won’t happen.

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trying to explain how THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS is an interesting exploration of class, racism and inequality to my wife. “so it’s not about cannibals?” “oh no, to be clear there ARE cannibals in this film”

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there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable

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the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

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very strange to have someone whose work i have enjoyed just out of nowhere reveal a genuinely deep-seated resentment toward me that seems to, in all honesty, be less about what i have or have not written and more about a sense of betrayal

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I really, genuinely do not appreciate people putting words in my mouth that I did not say. Nor do I do appreciate people lying about the things I believe, support and write.

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the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster

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the level of contempt and disdain i feel for these chuds is really unhealthy

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great piece from @adamserwer.bsky.social on the “anti-woke” tax that americans now pay as a result of conservative identity politics run amok.

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accountability time, i just missed it, although i had the inclined up to 2 so i think that might technically count.

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it is very funny to me that my second grader is obsessed with two places: new york city and the continent of africa

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learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.

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seems like you could be minimally fit, join ICE for the signing bonus, and then just not do the job

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this absolutely. i would also add — and that editorial actually demonstrates this — that moderation is often in the eye of the beholder, isn't something that can be easily quantified, and is in relationship with other qualities (like candidate charisma)

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it is funny how much studio executives dislike making money

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as with adams, if sliwa drops out i think a non trivial portion of his support goes to mamdani

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you’re telling me that another thirtysomething republican has nazi beliefs. wow

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shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

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