Before I left The Other Place, I found it my duty to remind everyone, every time I saw a James Woods post that he tried to pick up Amber Tamblyn when she was 16. You can google it. Even The AI will tell you.
One reason that some (not all!) establishment Dems are freaking out over a few NYC primaries is that they're still on Twitter where this sort of fact-free pants-shitting paranoia has been mainstreamed.
They're getting their vibes about what's "normal" from a place where this is a trusted voice.
They're getting their vibes about what's "normal" from a place where this is a trusted voice.
i do find it remarkable that uh, basically no Republican over the age of 30 has managed to look at youth polling about ideological self-ID
June 26, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Before I left The Other Place, I found it my duty to remind everyone, every time I saw a James Woods post that he tried to pick up Amber Tamblyn when she was 16. You can google it. Even The AI will tell you.
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this is also one of my hobbyhorses. you want a better caliber of lawmaker? you
want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.
want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.
I wrote a paper about this in 2010, for the Richmond Journal of Law and Public Interest. Basically, low-paying, part-time legislatures serve to enshrine conflicts of interest as a best practice. We should raise pay by 10x.
May 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
this is also one of my hobbyhorses. you want a better caliber of lawmaker? you
want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.
want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.
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Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
February 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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look, they're not secret police, they're just non-police paramilitaries obeying secret orders and unrestrained by any legal or Constitutional limits at the behest of the President's chosen Nosferatu
January 21, 2026 at 11:18 PM
look, they're not secret police, they're just non-police paramilitaries obeying secret orders and unrestrained by any legal or Constitutional limits at the behest of the President's chosen Nosferatu
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And there it is:
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you see as the future of Venezuela's oil industry?
TRUMP: Well I see that we're gonna be very strongly involved in it. That's all. What can I say. We have the greatest oil companies in the world.
TRUMP: Well I see that we're gonna be very strongly involved in it. That's all. What can I say. We have the greatest oil companies in the world.
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
And there it is:
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Yesterday it was Jorge Elieser González Ochoa. Today it’s DMPS Superintendent Ian Roberts. This is unacceptable.
Iowans deserve answers and accountability from federal authorities. We cannot stay silent as members of our community are being swept away without cause.
Iowans deserve answers and accountability from federal authorities. We cannot stay silent as members of our community are being swept away without cause.
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yesterday it was Jorge Elieser González Ochoa. Today it’s DMPS Superintendent Ian Roberts. This is unacceptable.
Iowans deserve answers and accountability from federal authorities. We cannot stay silent as members of our community are being swept away without cause.
Iowans deserve answers and accountability from federal authorities. We cannot stay silent as members of our community are being swept away without cause.
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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this is why there's a persistent propaganda campaign in conservative media to portray cities as crime-ridden hellholes, because rural conservatives understanding how conservative politics have fucked up their own communities would be devastating to them.
the biggest force for rural resentment of cities in the last three decades is that cities got way better and the countryside got way worse.
August 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
this is why there's a persistent propaganda campaign in conservative media to portray cities as crime-ridden hellholes, because rural conservatives understanding how conservative politics have fucked up their own communities would be devastating to them.
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we all know that the proof for the administration that an institution is not implementing affirmative action will be the percentage of nonwhite admits. the lower the better. any more than a smattering of black and Hispanic students will be evidence of illegal discrimination (against whites)
President Trump is expected to sign a directive mandating universities provide admissions data to prove they are not implementing affirmative action policies, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posts on X.
Trump to require universities to hand over admissions data on race
The move comes after Ivy League universities Columbia and Brown struck settlements that require them to release information about applicants’ race.
nbcnews.to
August 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
we all know that the proof for the administration that an institution is not implementing affirmative action will be the percentage of nonwhite admits. the lower the better. any more than a smattering of black and Hispanic students will be evidence of illegal discrimination (against whites)
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The end result of this is that a bunch of cis women athletes are going to find out they're intersex.
July 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The end result of this is that a bunch of cis women athletes are going to find out they're intersex.
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“He’s not involved in the global child trafficking ring. The lady in charge of the global child trafficking ring said so, and why would she lie about the guy who pardoned her for her role in the global child trafficking ring?”
July 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“He’s not involved in the global child trafficking ring. The lady in charge of the global child trafficking ring said so, and why would she lie about the guy who pardoned her for her role in the global child trafficking ring?”
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I see we’re at the “OK, Nixon will release his own transcripts of some of the Watergate tapes” stage of this story.
JUST IN: The Justice Department's bid to relesae Epstein grand jury info comes with a huge caveat that it will seek to redact not just victim info but other "personal identifying information." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I see we’re at the “OK, Nixon will release his own transcripts of some of the Watergate tapes” stage of this story.
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“Why do people keep bringing up the famous pedophile who my entire political party spent nearly a decade promising they were going to reveal the truth about?”
Trump calls the Epstein scandal “bullshit” and says he no longer wants the support of “weaklings” who care about it
July 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Why do people keep bringing up the famous pedophile who my entire political party spent nearly a decade promising they were going to reveal the truth about?”
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I am not close to the MAGA administration and I can confirm that the president's "deals" are all theatrics.
A source close to the MAGA administration suggested the president’s “deals” are all theatrics.
Trump Admin Insider Blows Lid Off Tariffs: ‘It’s All Fake’
A source close to the MAGA administration suggested the president’s “deals” are all theatrics.
trib.al
July 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I am not close to the MAGA administration and I can confirm that the president's "deals" are all theatrics.
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How many times has this happened already? How many times will it happen in the coming years? The idiots who fired the competent people suddenly realize they are out of their depth.
USAGM today urgently called back to work the staff of the Voice of America's Farsi language service. All had been on paid admin leave for the past three months with the rest of VOA's silenced journalists.
June 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
How many times has this happened already? How many times will it happen in the coming years? The idiots who fired the competent people suddenly realize they are out of their depth.
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it’s funny that they’re both on their own personal websites posting their little posts
June 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
it’s funny that they’re both on their own personal websites posting their little posts
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It's telling that the ICE agents know that their actions are illegal, unethical, and immoral.
States and Congress need to pass laws to require law enforcement to be wearing uniforms and not hide their faces.
These people need to look in the mirror and get a job they will not be ashamed of.
States and Congress need to pass laws to require law enforcement to be wearing uniforms and not hide their faces.
These people need to look in the mirror and get a job they will not be ashamed of.
May 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It's telling that the ICE agents know that their actions are illegal, unethical, and immoral.
States and Congress need to pass laws to require law enforcement to be wearing uniforms and not hide their faces.
These people need to look in the mirror and get a job they will not be ashamed of.
States and Congress need to pass laws to require law enforcement to be wearing uniforms and not hide their faces.
These people need to look in the mirror and get a job they will not be ashamed of.
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If Trump is serious about tariffs on movies, it's a very dangerous escalation. Tariffs have not traditionally been applied to services, and the United States is a massive net exporter of services. We would be extremely vulnerable to any service-based retaliation.
Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”
May 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If Trump is serious about tariffs on movies, it's a very dangerous escalation. Tariffs have not traditionally been applied to services, and the United States is a massive net exporter of services. We would be extremely vulnerable to any service-based retaliation.
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It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.
February 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.
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it is so important to remember that IN THE MOMENT there was no one who thought jan. 6 was some innocent protest gone awry. everyone recognized it for what it was.
At the time, everyone, including Republicans, understood how bad it was. Then, brick by brick, they built a foundation of lies to justify doing what they know, deep down, to be wrong. Trump betrayed the country. And so do they.
January 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
it is so important to remember that IN THE MOMENT there was no one who thought jan. 6 was some innocent protest gone awry. everyone recognized it for what it was.
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As a food writer I feel it's important to report that sometimes the solution to your problems is eating as much mac and cheese as physically possible
December 3, 2024 at 11:18 PM
As a food writer I feel it's important to report that sometimes the solution to your problems is eating as much mac and cheese as physically possible
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I remain skeptical that these claimed tariffs will ever take effect. But note that Mexico is the biggest US trading partner and Canada is now essentially tied for second with China.
November 26, 2024 at 1:18 AM
I remain skeptical that these claimed tariffs will ever take effect. But note that Mexico is the biggest US trading partner and Canada is now essentially tied for second with China.