I was looking a bit more into that Ben Appel guy --the "In Defense Of Effeminate Men" "writer"-- and, wouldn't you know it, he's even more of a conservative fuck than you'd think he'd admit to. Every trans person deserves to tear him to shreds with responses to what he was doing w that article.
“My job is to make bland, colorless slurry” Docter should have gone on to say.
Nope I’m gone and at this point I’m not coming back.
RUMINT of a 4th F-15 down near Basra, pilot captured. What we are seeing is the humbling of American militarism in real time.
The press secretary is still working on her English skills.
Kuwaiti pilot got 60% to ace on ally kills www.twz.com/news-feature...
I am a stupid person, but this isn't an opportunity...this is, most optimistically, a tie broken by the VP. Political optimism is bordering on hard drug status at this point.
I hear all this hype about the 2026 election, and I just straight up don't get it. Maximum "Blue wave" in 2026 realistically means a house shift with a 4 seat margin. That's a blowout? Help me understand...
Depressing.
I have a hard time believing there's nothing more pressing happening in the entire country of Australia than the missing family member of a celebrity I've never heard of.
I'm not heartless, if it were my mom missing I'd want it to be front page news too, but the fact that this story has been locked at the top for this long is a red herring. Please report news that impacts more than one family, I'm begging you.
There's an absolutely mind boggling amount of scandals involving US government officials right now, and the only thing plastered across CNN's front page for days has been a TV host's missing mother. I'm sorry, I just do not care about this whatsoever. This is the state of newsmedia in the US.
On his update call last night, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social said something that hit me square in the chest. He said, "My job is not to make what is popular right. My job is to make what is right popular." That's what an actual leader does.
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You have confirmed with multiple sources that CNE was key to the success of this intervention?
Modern Marat?
This is correct.
This. This. This. This.
There are more people now than ever before in my lifetime who are rightly seeing this sort of pattern as a shrewd move in a wider strategy. We can't afford to continue to play checkers while high-society plays chess. In fact, NYT publishing this opinion is another move in the same game.
Businesses call this sort of gamble a "loss leader". I will take a loss on this purchase so that I can get this other better, desired outcome as a result. It's pawn sacrifice, not ineptitude.
NYT is wrong. Bezos buying WaPo was never a for-profit venture. Buying news outlets and allowing/forcing them to fail is not an accident, it's a militant strategy by the ultra-wealthy to deny their opposition (all of us) reliable information in an ongoing class war. The price is worth it for them.
Take Matt's expert advice, especially if you are an activist or journalist of any kind.
Pedantic.
Dems either can’t or don’t want to wield power when they have it. If the party only offers us empty suits like suozzi to vote for instead of embracing and uplifting populist candidates, they’re doing Republicans work for them. Dems have an established pattern of undercutting their base.
Nah, this idea that the Dems would take care of business if they just had a majority has been proven wrong time and time again. See my statement on rotating villains. The party has 0 discipline or will to meaningfully crack a whip on their party members. Voting harder is rose colored glasses.
Dems either want their base or they don't. I'm in their base, and if they want my vote, they can earn my vote. If they choose to caucus with Liz fucking Cheney, then that tells me everything I need to know about where their baseline values are.
Ok, but it sounds like you're saying the same thing I have been all along. Yeah, I'm glad they're showing their true colors, and when candidates I can vote for do that, I'm not voting for them. That's my whole premise. I'm not doing this grit-your-teeth-and-bear-it politics anymore.
On the other hand, you could say that Suozzi is free to speak his mind. So if that's what's on his mind and Schumer/Jeffries don't counter-message, what's the difference between the opinion of leadership and any other DINO elected? They're effectively allowing Suozzi to lead on messaging.
The starting point of this thread was that Dems want to understand why their voters are choosing to sit out elections, and I'm telling them. Even if you don't consider Suozzi a "leader", an effective whip will keep goobers like him in his lane. If they aren't doing that, then that's on the party.
Who says I'm sitting on my hands just because I won't punch the card for top government positions if they haven't convinced me? I'm volunteering for several campaigns of politicians I do believe in. I'm leading techies for Abdul Al-Sayed's campaign. I'm very much involved.
