"we don't think the courts will allow us to do it so we're going to preemptively fold" is such beta shit
not even clear that there's going to be an actual compromise that can get out of the House
it is so fucking terrible on here now lol. maybe geohell guy was on to something
replies full of antivaxxers. this site is a clear and present danger to the human race
what I'd add is that a lot of those upper left voters are alienated from the political system, a key swing vote fraction voted for Obama because of populist affect, and then for Trump for the same reason
Apr 20, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
this didn't get as much attention but it happened to my last job right before I moved on
thriving, profitable website, and a content farm bought it and drove it right into the ground for no reason
Apr 6, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
depressing to conclude that America is actually quite tolerant of immigrants compared to the rich country average washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/…
to be clear Biden's refugee policy is dog shit but just in cultural terms you don't see this kind of widespread panic across the whole political spectrum
people have sort of forgotten this but it was probably the largest protest movement in American history! nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Mar 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
we didn't talk about Finland because the podcast was about the *American* transphobia panic you are helping whip up, and as I said in the tweet you're screencapping here I don't particularly know what is going on in Finland
the question of what's going on in Finland is totally irrelevant to the egregiously bigoted assault on trans rights that is happening in this country. picture perfect whataboutism
lol right. I mean most Americans probably aren't familiar with their bank's balance sheet but they know about deposit insurance and regional banks aren't full of tech startup crap
Prager U made a video based on this (intentionally?) botched reporting to whitewash the tiki torch fascist rally
Feb 17, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
personally when someone claims to be the left of Bernie Sanders and tells an *outlandish* gender story that just happens to line up with right-wing agitprop, I know what to do: believe them
[reading a story about children identifying as helicopters in a publication run by someone who fell for an "Official Antifa" parody account] Michael Hobbes will answer for this
Dec 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Matt's right. the idea that there is systematic overtreatment in American health care is not true
we rate highly in some common procedures (c-sections, MRIs) and some tests. but on general measures of utilization we are below average for rich countries jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
anti-wokeism is just the latest in a long tradition of privileged people giving themselves permission to flip out in defense of hierarchy. we all know what it would have sounded like in the 1870s
Nov 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
feels like a real opportunity for the left to claim like sports, families, kids, barbeques, etc when the right is represented by this disgusting freak
socialism is all about making the good times better--free health care for your flag football injuries, more time to chill with your buds, time off work for parents, etc. not depraved shit like "having hetero sex is gay"
