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videodrome hits different when the government is posting edits about how epic bombing iran is

this is actually how i stopped being a conservative lol. being a kid from a mostly average background with some really rich peers made me realize what social class was

(my school district didnt have a high school, so i ended up at a nearby private school on financial aid, while my siblings went to a school that's technically private, but functionally the public school for a different district, which our town paid the tuition for)

in fairness, he's not exactly wrong about about towns lacking high schools and our relationship with private schools, though going to a boarding school in ct is kinda a different thing

A Conversation on Graham Platner - Pine & Roses Graham Platner’s campaign in Maine’s 2026 Senate race has caused divided opinions among many of the state’s progressive and left wing voters, partly due to

i got asked to represent the "anti-platner" side in a back-and-forth piece for pine and roses. you can read my argument and our debate here: pineandroses.org/opinion/a-co...

ok i know we're mostly talking about how evil this is (rightly so), but like, this is also insanely cringe. its not a very good video

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yeah its the defensiveness, the denial and the attempt to shunt it off onto schumer/mills rather than accepting responsibility that make the entire thing so much more suspicious.

which is especially pernicious given ya know the demographics of the people saying it vs the people feeling uncomfortable

on the flip side ive never felt more alienated from my own community. everytime someone talks about how "only outside establishment forces care about the tattoo" it very much feels like ok youre basically saying people here who are worried about it dont belong

yeah exactly. its just a race to the bottom with a total lack of imagination. a non-evil version of when dems moderate on immigration! all you're doing is raising the salience of republican talking points. but because its about "affordability" everyone thinks its fine

i will only vote for candidates with the bravery of heart to call for middle class tax hikes sorry

Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0

This district is home to more artists than almost anywhere in the country but rising costs are pushing them out.

I'm running to build an economy where time and space for creativity isn't a luxury reserved only for a lucky few.

i always felt like the odd one out in these questions as a kid, cause most of my peers had granddads who fought in ww2, while mine was in vietnam.

anti-trans Dems ate shit last night

between this and her vote on the save act, susan collins is so deeply out of step with her constituents.

these kinds of things only ever appeal to people who already hate someone

there are a lot of insanely stupid criticisms that nobody cares about outside of the internet and the more they get elevated, the harder it is to actually focus on the real problems with him

rfk jr about to cause the second hartford convention

every time i see a democratic candidate talk about "middle class tax cuts" this is all i can think about lol

all youre doing is justifying anti-trans panic and the sorts of genocidal policies that the trump admin is carrying out against trans inmates in federal prisons. fuck you and fuck whoever edited this piece.

absolutely disgusting of the press herald to publish this article under this headline. what the fuck does a harasser being trans have to do with anything. you would never see something published with "harassed by gay inmate" or "harassed by asian inmate" or "harassed by tall inmate"

im reading a book on deng now as a follow up, and im finding it quite interesting the extent to which in the same way gorbachev was interested (but ultimately unable to) reform along chinese lines, that china took heavily from eastern europe/yugoslavia (plus trips to france)

ah yes thats what i suspected. i read this last year and enjoyed it quite a bit.

what're these from?

Best part of all of this is that Jasmine Crockett's successor in the House will be a Black pastor who called Israel an apartheid state in Oct 2023

I've seen enough: James Talarico (D) wins the #TXSEN Dem primary.

ha ha ha ha fuck