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Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
www.ms.now
October 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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but either way, you ideally want your future voting coalition to include more people than it did in an election *which you lost* so y'know. gonna have to get some people who went the wrong way onside.
October 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
but either way, you ideally want your future voting coalition to include more people than it did in an election *which you lost* so y'know. gonna have to get some people who went the wrong way onside.
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and, like, that's fine?
i don't think he's a bad person, i think he's a good person who tactically made a mistake that was not in the grand scheme of things all that consequential but which, if you also think was a mistake, should probably affect how you view his future voting advice
i don't think he's a bad person, i think he's a good person who tactically made a mistake that was not in the grand scheme of things all that consequential but which, if you also think was a mistake, should probably affect how you view his future voting advice
October 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
and, like, that's fine?
i don't think he's a bad person, i think he's a good person who tactically made a mistake that was not in the grand scheme of things all that consequential but which, if you also think was a mistake, should probably affect how you view his future voting advice
i don't think he's a bad person, i think he's a good person who tactically made a mistake that was not in the grand scheme of things all that consequential but which, if you also think was a mistake, should probably affect how you view his future voting advice
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i don't think Tom Morello should have tried to get people to vote third party in 2024.
i think that was a mistake.
i don't know if he thinks that was a mistake or what.
this is one of the many ways in which, while there are lots of ways I can make common cause with Morello, our politics differ
i think that was a mistake.
i don't know if he thinks that was a mistake or what.
this is one of the many ways in which, while there are lots of ways I can make common cause with Morello, our politics differ
October 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
i don't think Tom Morello should have tried to get people to vote third party in 2024.
i think that was a mistake.
i don't know if he thinks that was a mistake or what.
this is one of the many ways in which, while there are lots of ways I can make common cause with Morello, our politics differ
i think that was a mistake.
i don't know if he thinks that was a mistake or what.
this is one of the many ways in which, while there are lots of ways I can make common cause with Morello, our politics differ
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shes saying this on the same network that just interviewed a guy who said he spent 18 days in heaven chilling with jesus christ
Harris Faulkner: "We have a society now that’s losing its grip and respect and need for the truth. Which is why the disinformation and misinformation and the conspiracy theories are so popular and they break through on social media. People have a complicated relationship with the truth."
uh huh...
uh huh...
October 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
shes saying this on the same network that just interviewed a guy who said he spent 18 days in heaven chilling with jesus christ
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Web devs learned 15 years ago that there is no such thing as anonymized data. Now the AI bros gonna relearn that about training data. Or more properly, go to absurd lengths to avoid learning it
October 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Web devs learned 15 years ago that there is no such thing as anonymized data. Now the AI bros gonna relearn that about training data. Or more properly, go to absurd lengths to avoid learning it
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chat is this good
October 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
chat is this good
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"Put that fucker in the stocks and let me hurl tomatoes at him" polling at +50
October 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
"Put that fucker in the stocks and let me hurl tomatoes at him" polling at +50
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If you go up to the box office and say "one adult for the movie where the whale eats a guy, please" they have to give it to you. There's no law that says you have to say Whalefall or whatever it's called.
October 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
If you go up to the box office and say "one adult for the movie where the whale eats a guy, please" they have to give it to you. There's no law that says you have to say Whalefall or whatever it's called.
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good review and also, there is still something to be written about Sarah Palin as a key figure in creating the political space that trump seized just a few years later.
www.liberalcurrents.com/you-cant-bui...
In the spirit of intramural rigor (as in, we are on the same side), I wrote a review of Sarah Longwell’s highly engaging but at times flawed new book on how to build an anti-MAGA coalition.
In the spirit of intramural rigor (as in, we are on the same side), I wrote a review of Sarah Longwell’s highly engaging but at times flawed new book on how to build an anti-MAGA coalition.
You Can't Build a Better Politics on Bad History
Sarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" offers useful advice for Democratic politics. Yet it is also based on a false history of the GOP.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
good review and also, there is still something to be written about Sarah Palin as a key figure in creating the political space that trump seized just a few years later.
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I stand by what I wrote early this year: Trump and Co. will definitely try to steal the midterms. And they will fail, because it's too big.
Trying to buy votes wasn't part of their scheme then. But you should see it as a sign of desperation — that they know their other malfeasance won't be enough.
Trying to buy votes wasn't part of their scheme then. But you should see it as a sign of desperation — that they know their other malfeasance won't be enough.
Trump Can’t Steal the Midterms
The case for being vigilant without panicking.
www.thebulwark.com
October 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I stand by what I wrote early this year: Trump and Co. will definitely try to steal the midterms. And they will fail, because it's too big.
Trying to buy votes wasn't part of their scheme then. But you should see it as a sign of desperation — that they know their other malfeasance won't be enough.
Trying to buy votes wasn't part of their scheme then. But you should see it as a sign of desperation — that they know their other malfeasance won't be enough.
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A hallmark of democratic backsliding is government leaders stealing from taxpayers and using public funds to try to get themselves electoral advantages.
Backsliding countries keep the form of elections, but corrupt leaders render them no longer free and fair by putting a state thumb on the scale.
Backsliding countries keep the form of elections, but corrupt leaders render them no longer free and fair by putting a state thumb on the scale.
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
The US Energy Department will announce $150 million in new funding for power lines in Alaska on Monday as Vice President JD Vance visits the state, where Republicans are fighting to hold a critical Senate seat in the November midterm elections.
October 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A hallmark of democratic backsliding is government leaders stealing from taxpayers and using public funds to try to get themselves electoral advantages.
Backsliding countries keep the form of elections, but corrupt leaders render them no longer free and fair by putting a state thumb on the scale.
Backsliding countries keep the form of elections, but corrupt leaders render them no longer free and fair by putting a state thumb on the scale.
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never the wrong time for this classic
October 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
never the wrong time for this classic
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With social media, with the gig economy, with crypto… each successive generation of exploitation, they’ve gotten better and better at it.
October 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
With social media, with the gig economy, with crypto… each successive generation of exploitation, they’ve gotten better and better at it.
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Aside from the obvious unfairness of people getting rich off of uncompensated stealing of creative works, we should think really hard about what it means that the people who keep winning economic jackboxes to become oligarch-rich are the ones who are willing to cheat and break the law
Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
October 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Aside from the obvious unfairness of people getting rich off of uncompensated stealing of creative works, we should think really hard about what it means that the people who keep winning economic jackboxes to become oligarch-rich are the ones who are willing to cheat and break the law
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Ds are going to win because:
1. the dog that bit them in 24 is now biting GOP (inflation rage)
2. a key faction of the modern GOP is mad at the president because they think he's beholden to (((them)))
3. pandemic & phones make everyone mad all the time
none of these things will change in 27
1. the dog that bit them in 24 is now biting GOP (inflation rage)
2. a key faction of the modern GOP is mad at the president because they think he's beholden to (((them)))
3. pandemic & phones make everyone mad all the time
none of these things will change in 27
October 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ds are going to win because:
1. the dog that bit them in 24 is now biting GOP (inflation rage)
2. a key faction of the modern GOP is mad at the president because they think he's beholden to (((them)))
3. pandemic & phones make everyone mad all the time
none of these things will change in 27
1. the dog that bit them in 24 is now biting GOP (inflation rage)
2. a key faction of the modern GOP is mad at the president because they think he's beholden to (((them)))
3. pandemic & phones make everyone mad all the time
none of these things will change in 27
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This is absolutely going to happen because voters know nothing but "throw the bums out"
Imagine if the 2030s is still just careening back and forth between a normal Democratic party and MAGA every 4 years. With every attempt to rebuild or repair scuttled every 4 years.
I really hate living in the interstitial.
October 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
This is absolutely going to happen because voters know nothing but "throw the bums out"
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The answer of course is that the President isn't supposed to do either of these things, he is supposed to implement and enforce the laws passed by Congress, which is expected to have some institutional longevity
October 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The answer of course is that the President isn't supposed to do either of these things, he is supposed to implement and enforce the laws passed by Congress, which is expected to have some institutional longevity