That said, some number of hyper rich people also need a powerful federal government to keep shoveling rent opportunities their way. Laissez faire is not the only government structure that can benefit the wealthy and connected

The American elite are more Trumpy than rural Wisconsinites, after you exclude doctors, lawyers, scientists My understanding of the world isn’t getting cooked by 3 hours a day of an algorithm that maximizes my exposure to Nazis

This is the Fox News endgame. It's not "believe our bullshit" it's "believe everything is bullshit" (so all you can ever believe are the pre-existing biases of your clan)

Real fixed investment in US factories inched down further in data released today as CHIPS ACT projects complete & tariffs weigh on the manufacturing industry. Construction activity is now down more than 8% from the mid-2024 record highs

“Just as renewables have experienced a dramatic transformation, batteries and hydrogen fuel have risen to meet the challenges of our energy future.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-biggest-...

If you're mad about what's going on at CBS right now, please consider helping us influence the media system for the better

Between CBS and the Epstein files it really is starting to feel like the country is falling apart on an epistemological level; no one trusts shit and really can you blame them

In a perfect world every casualty would be a General or higher

Years advance. Technology changes but WIFE BAD? WIFE BAD never changes.

Fascism selects for people who think they see through the lie of liberal democracy but who are actually just too broken and malformed to eke out a reasonably satisfying life on conditions of general equality with their fellow citizens.

Russophilia is a much realer thing than Russophobia. I may have to have a word with Tim Apple about this

I'm 90% sure he pivoted to the right because they don't care about the sexual assault allegations

WTF , these pay will go along with anything for more attention!

One-time buddy of Matt Stoller:

I want you to promise me you'll completely revise your worldview and drastically change your media consumption habits when January gets here and the invasion still hasn't happened

The Lord, seeing “borders” and “citizenship”

Good example of how someone who traipses into the left for non-serious reasons will just as easily traipse to the right when the incentives change

Exhibit #268 as to why you shouldn’t get too attached to “leftists” whose entire worldview is really just unfocused anti-establishment blathering

People complain about Christmas music but I quite like they we have this weird seasonal canon of songs that spans 60 years of recording history and a dozen different genres

Nexus of transnational organised crime - Trump, Netanyahu, Putin. They play triangulation games.

Digitizing archives should be a way bigger priority in the world of academic history than it currently is. If something only exists in its original physical media, there’s no telling how long it will exist at all

Everyone saw Jackson Hinkle jump to having millions of followers by going further into into antisemitic conspiracies then his mainstream rivals and wanted a piece of that

Jake Paul got wrecked but he was fighting a former world champion. Tate’s loss seems more embarrassing

Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers. An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social

The reality is that only a strong European effort can make a Russian re-invasion of Ukraine impossible

It's difficult to read this and conclude that the 100+ non-police casualties were all armed combatants at the time they were killed

"Footage raises questions" is never a good sign www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-wes...

I’m no boxing expert but the one thing I know is that if you’re gonna get hit, make sure it lands squarely at the bottom of your chin, where your face is the strongest

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We’ve created the self-regarding allegedly erudite child-molesting monsters from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel “Don’t Create The Self-Regarding Allegedly Erudite Child-Molesting Monster”

“Ceasefire”

"Most sexual abuse—most rape—most pedophilia—is not committed by strangers. It's committed by people you know. Trusted authority figures." (from July) www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...

Dictators actually all suck! www.tiktok.com/@liberal.cur...

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Anyone who claims Trump is building an ‘economically integrated’ hemisphere needs to have their wallet inspected

Pouring out a Moose Drool for Tester’s incredible run in a Red State

At first I thought this was another improvised MLRS which would have been way cooler

1994-2001: US disarms Ukraine of nuclear warheads & intercontinental ballistic missiles After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die. 2014: Russia invades Ukraine. 2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."

This fundraiser is already 8 months old. And still almost 430k UAH is needed. I don't think there can be any Christmas miracle so it will be closed this year. Just a reminder there is no such thing as a small donation. If each of my followers donated a 1$ - fundraiser would be closed. #UaView

Things are falling apart. There isvs clear downside to the U.S. declaring ceasefires no one has agreed to - sometimes they call your bluff

The key point on Abundance - the politically consequential opponents of building stuff are almost entirely on the right.

I have no dog in the ‘conductors on trains’ fight (when in doubt do what France does I guess?) But this manner of talking matters. Disparaging swaths of the country as well as education advances Trumpism even if it’s used against Trump

I do find it amusing to see TWU accuse people of “neoliberalism” when they endorsed literal republicans in congressional swing seats

The only problem with the Anthony Joshua - Jake Paul matchup is that there’s too many first names in that billing

We are all Guelphs now

another point made by others but which is true in my experience as well, is that many conservatives don’t want the small town experience, they’re misanthropes who want to live on a compound out in the middle of nowhere but also want the fire department and post office to come out there on my dime

Btw Denmark has a universal healthcare system; “people reject modern medicine because they can’t afford it” theory takes another hit

C’mon investigate conflict 2: electric boogaloo

What did you think “how to blow up a pipeline” was? A book? A movie?