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gay, fat, & tired. anglo-catholic socialist. nyc. he/they.

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I live in the state of California, he's my governor, I voted for him in 2018, and he's the worst piece of trash imaginable.

He hates the trans community, he's criminalized being homeless in a state where hardworking people are one missed paycheck from the street. He had Bannon on his podcast

10.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 2446 πŸ” 438 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 12

"it wasn't her job to convince people to vote for her" do you freaks hear yourselves

07.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Catastrophic political and economic pain is in fact what the US deserves for bombing girls going to school.

07.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i often realize the amount of brain worms ive been exposed to on the internet is much higher than most people i know. im not sure how i feel about this.

07.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 0

i don't get it. you can lift at the gym. being a softhanded scribe is like the pinnacle of civilized life, tens of thousands of generations of your ancestors would have murdered to be a softhanded scribe

06.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 1671 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 32

Sick, decadent country.

06.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

The insane jingoism of Iraq and the GWOT was driven by genuine popular pressure and widespread support, now we've decided to let a senile gangster redraw the world map and most of us neither know nor care what we're doing or why.

06.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 268 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do

05.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 21552 πŸ” 5924 πŸ’¬ 393 πŸ“Œ 220
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hell yeah

05.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 961 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 44

The professional and administrative class are the revolutionary class.

04.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

I did not share the original story because my gut was that the sourcing was dubious. Someone who knows more about the sole source confirms that skepticism. Don't fall for clickbait, read the piece linked below.

(If the story is confirmed by other outlets, that's another thing. But ... it's not)

04.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 543 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 20

What’s the name of this organization?

We call it the Department of War

And the head of that department is?

The Secretary of War

And the workers in this organization?

Warfighters

And these people are fighting a war.

Oh no. My goodness no.

03.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

Federal funding hasn't kept up with big pharma price gouging so nearly 20 states are cutting off access to lifesaving HIV drugs.

We need a national Medicare for All program that guarantees treatment and negotiates down Rx prices at scale.

03.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

We're going to spend the next three years gouging each others' eyes out over "overhaul vs. abolish" and then never get around to actually writing any legislative proposals, aren't we?

02.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

This is what "anti-wokeness" was all about, making it publicly acceptable to be an aspiring genocidaire bsky.app/profile/mehd...

02.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 2956 πŸ” 609 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 6
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States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

02.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 207 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 54

I think the answer is probably (3) which is that a lot of populist politics are ideologically incoherent and conspiratorial in a way that transcends whether they are left or right-coded, and that this is all downstream of the total aesthetization of politics, and the collapse of strong boundaries.

01.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 496 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 9

Today’s military strikes on Iran β€” carried out by the United States and Israel β€” mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

28.02.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 17262 πŸ” 3596 πŸ’¬ 186 πŸ“Œ 218
OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON
TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN
"The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic.

"Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.'

"Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people.

"Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different.

"In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

28.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 11108 πŸ” 3322 πŸ’¬ 367 πŸ“Œ 243

Congress must return immediately and vote to put an end to this war.

Every Senator should be on the recordβ€”the American people deserve to know which of their leaders supports another potentially bloody and costly war in the Middle East.

No war with Iran.

28.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 2829 πŸ” 671 πŸ’¬ 145 πŸ“Œ 63

As we plunge headlong into another catastrophic war, Sen. Schumer and Rep. Jeffries’ throat clearing and process critique only serves Trump and the war machine.

Democrats should speak clearly and with one voice: no war.

28.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them.

27.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 10336 πŸ” 2000 πŸ’¬ 756 πŸ“Œ 393

Wow! Weird how this KEEPS HAPPENING with Jesse Singal!

It's almost like he has some kind of agenda or bias. Isn't it interesting that a perception or assumption of a pro-trans bias disqualifies you from writing about trans health, but an anti-trans bias doesn't?

25.02.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 892 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school.

They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

25.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 8426 πŸ” 4145 πŸ’¬ 236 πŸ“Œ 140

He wrote a book about how to dismantle the Civil Rights Act in 2023 and cowrote Project 2025 as well, it's not like he had a cringe phase ten years ago he's regretful over. His *recent* blog posts about trans people are that they're disgusting and pitiable, and his stuff on race is still abhorrent

25.02.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 442 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

notably *at the time* it was treated as a big deal, and then the media decided it couldn't be because that would mean doing work.

24.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 1108 πŸ” 191 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 3
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Border Patrol dumped a blind man at a Buffalo donut shop A nearly blind Burmese refugee has been missing since Thursday after Border Patrol dropped him off at a Buffalo Tim Hortons.

ICE stole an older, blind refugee who can’t speak English, then dropped him off at a random coffee shop in Buffalo and he hasn’t been seen for 5 days in the freezing cold…

www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/24/b...

24.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 10

i like rice in all shapes and sizes

22.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reese’s grandson accuses Hershey of degrading chocolate, making it β€˜not edible.’ Is he right? H.B. Reese spent two years at Hershey before leaving to form his own company and inventing Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in 1928. His grandson says Reese's is ruining that legacy by cutting corners.

Truly the hero we need.

H.B. Reese is waging a one-man war on Hershey’s for ruining his grandfather’s legacy (and his Peanut Butter Eggs) 🍫

share.inquirer.com/xYjxA3

20.02.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 1424 πŸ” 265 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 43

Because a bunch of guys with hunting rifles aren't going to beat the American security state, but a Tahrir Square moment could.

20.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 253 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3