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If your coach doesn't look like Belichick or Tommy Tuberville, you're doing it wrong, I guess.

12.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
There’s also often a devil’s bargain buried in all this, that you flatter and, yeah, respect these white people who think this country is theirs by throwing other people under the busβ€”by disrespecting immigrants and queer people and feminists and their rights and views. And you reinforce that constituency’s sense that they matter more than other people when you pander like this, and pretty much all the problems we’ve faced over the past four years, to say nothing of the last five hundred, come from this sense of white people being more important than nonwhites, Christians than non-Christians, native-born than immigrant, male than female, straight than queer, cis-gender than trans.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito just complained that β€œyou can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Now it’s considered bigotry.” This is a standard complaint of the right: the real victim is the racist who has been called a racist, not the victim of his racism, the real oppression is to be impeded in your freedom to oppress. And of course Alito is disingenuous; you can say that stuff against marriage equality (and he did). Then other people can call you a bigot, because they get to have opinions too, but in his scheme such dissent is intolerable, which is fun coming from a member of the party whose devotees wore β€œfuck your feelings” shirts at its rallies and popularized the term β€œsnowflake.”

There’s also often a devil’s bargain buried in all this, that you flatter and, yeah, respect these white people who think this country is theirs by throwing other people under the busβ€”by disrespecting immigrants and queer people and feminists and their rights and views. And you reinforce that constituency’s sense that they matter more than other people when you pander like this, and pretty much all the problems we’ve faced over the past four years, to say nothing of the last five hundred, come from this sense of white people being more important than nonwhites, Christians than non-Christians, native-born than immigrant, male than female, straight than queer, cis-gender than trans. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito just complained that β€œyou can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Now it’s considered bigotry.” This is a standard complaint of the right: the real victim is the racist who has been called a racist, not the victim of his racism, the real oppression is to be impeded in your freedom to oppress. And of course Alito is disingenuous; you can say that stuff against marriage equality (and he did). Then other people can call you a bigot, because they get to have opinions too, but in his scheme such dissent is intolerable, which is fun coming from a member of the party whose devotees wore β€œfuck your feelings” shirts at its rallies and popularized the term β€œsnowflake.”

When you call misogyny misogyny, you're allying with the victims of it and maybe rendering the misogynists uncomfortable, and you're also telling the truth. Whose comfort matters? Matters more than truth? The Times and a lot of the mainstream has been telling us conservative white men come first.

11.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 477 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5

And not understand them. We're losing both stamina and comprehension. Not great.

11.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Prissy little beta boys.

11.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's the marshmallow experiment but with nukes. Cool.

11.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TSA absences double during shutdown, 300 officers quit, as some airports see longer security lines TSA officer call-out rates have climbed into double-digit percentages at some airports, including half the officers at Houston's Hobby Airport, straining screening operations and contributing to longe...

Republicans are CHOOSING to force TSA to work without payβ€”but it can end TODAY.

I will try again to pass my bill to fund TSA and FEMA without cutting a blank check to ICE and Border Patrol. Republicans are the only thing standing in the way.

11.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 4
Pete looking like a dumbass at briefing.

Pete looking like a dumbass at briefing.

Pete yelling at the briefing.

Pete yelling at the briefing.

Maybe don't be a fool in front of the photographers.

11.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Didn't they try and do this in 2022 as well?

11.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ran right into it full speed like Wile E. Coyote.

11.03.2026 05:32 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bring them home. Stop the money.

10.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're all Iranian schoolgirls now.

10.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jerry, no.

10.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The President of the United states live blogging his war intel that may or may not be accurate on his personally owned social media site seems sub optimal on a number of vectors.

10.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."

10.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 15347 πŸ” 4620 πŸ’¬ 382 πŸ“Œ 161
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

10.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 24916 πŸ” 8626 πŸ’¬ 982 πŸ“Œ 517

gooning

10.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's the forthwith that really sells it.

10.03.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you considered how boring and unmanly mine sweeping is? Sweeping?! That's women's' work.

10.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Idiots.

10.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Only?

10.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

John Yoo. DRINK!

So, declare means affirm and fund and deploy means warring war war? This is bleak.

10.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess he's graduated to just full nazi now.

10.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb started their day thinking of some pranks and hijinks to pull on little Bobby Franks.

10.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was in the 20's before he did, and then a bunch of Republicans got on sides afterwards.

10.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"400 former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to β€œdefend the Constitution."" Getting played by obvious slop disinfo.

25k followers. Come on people.

10.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"400 former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to β€œdefend the Constitution.""

LOL

10.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's fake.

10.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Woke up and stared into the darkness.

10.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: U.S. dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year Snubbing Ukraine's offer ranks as one of the U.S.'s biggest tactical miscalculations before the war, officials say.

Also, a Nat Guard major turned weekend fill in Fox News co host might not have a lot of strategic prowess. www.axios.com/2026/03/10/u...

10.03.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm beginning to suspect that playing a businessman on the teevee is not actually a good indicator of economic acumen.

10.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0