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Mar Espinar criticized Isabel Diaz Ayuso for her alignment with Trump during a government hearing: (English translation in the post) “Cójase al mafioso de su jefe de Gabinete, tire para Mar-a-Lago y déjenos aquí — que somos más de los valientes de Minnesota”

Mar Espinar, Spain’s PSOE deputy, on Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s support for Trump:

“Take your mafioso chief of staff, go to Mar-a-Lago, and leave us here — because we are more like the brave ones from Minnesota”

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Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."

No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

the stink of gender resentment coming off Silicon Valley has been obvious for a while. these men hate women because they hate being told no.

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."

Just saying it right out loud now.

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Everyone else in the room when a former DOGE employee was deposed.

SLEEPER CELL

Very helpful!

Aww! It’s like taking your kids to a museum and they only want to hang out in the gift shop.

Barcelona has a great system for this - trash and recycling containers are in a lane bw the sidewalk and traffic and bike lane is in between containers and sidewalk. A built in barrier bw cars and bike/pedestrians.

So we now have state Republicans taking over:
- local school district (Houston ISD)
- higher ed (All)
- municipal water supply (CC)
- elections (Harris County)*

* special “election integrity” rule that only applies to Harris Cty and will absolutely be triggered in mid-terms

THAT ENRAGED ME!! It’s such blatant sexism. “You’re so passionate about your work; it’s adorable!” Fuck that guy.

Just look at how many of the shitty nominees he’s voted for!

He gives the game away: Republicans believe people are poor by choice and/or personal failing, not because of any systemic reason.

Meritocracy, baby!

They just really, really hate Actual, Right-Here-Right-Now, America.

Why does Kennedy remove his false teeth before every hearing?

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

Oh, I think about this *all* the time, Steve.

NYT: Rashida Tlaib’s Expletive-Laden Cry to Impeach Trump Upends Democrats’ Talking Points

NYT search result showing no results for Andy Ogles

NYT when a Muslim congresswoman says “motherfucker”: This is a problem for Democrats

NYT when a Christian Republican congressman says “Muslims don't belong in American society”: 0 results

1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):

Election Denier = doesn’t believe in democracy

It’s always so interesting to get hot takes from people who 1) don’t live in your state (Texas, in this case) and 2) don’t appear to have done any canvassing of actual voters in the primary

Actual Texans aren’t making these declarations.

Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

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GOP Congressman Says ‘Muslims Don’t Belong In American Society’ Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee also called it “a lie” that diverse groups of people can respectfully engage with each other.

The Christian nationalist Republicans who feel comfortable saying this about Muslims in public undoubtedly say it about Jews in private too. www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-o...

From Abraham Lincoln to… Donald Trump? A history of the Republican Party – Part I: From anti-slavery origins to white conservative domination, 1850s to 1990

I wrote about the Republican Party’s historical trajectory:

From Abraham Lincoln to… Donald Trump. How the hell did we end up here?

Some thoughts from my new piece - an attempt to identify key moments and dynamics in the history of the modern Right:

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Paging @notpodium.bsky.social

Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe City officials expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...

Soo Corpus Christi is nearly out of water and will likely hit a crisis point within months. If nothing is done, and so far Texas Politicians don’t seem to be taking it seriously, the entire city would essentially shutdown hurting fuel and gas prices

www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...