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Published: January 9, 2026 22:36

Oh word? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 9, 2026 19:09

Continually sickened by the misogyny and homophobia that runs through this whole affair--from the words of her murderer to the many attempts by conservatives to devalue her life since [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 9, 2026 14:20

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Published: January 9, 2026 12:08

What are we even doing here

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Published: January 9, 2026 01:14

Is the administration making Vance the face of the Minneapolis ICE murder because they think he's good at it or because they know he's bad at it

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Published: January 8, 2026 22:51

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally…

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Published: January 8, 2026 22:28

The back of my head throughout today

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Published: January 8, 2026 19:51

Using "gaslighting"--a term pioneered by feminists to describe the tactics of abusers--to justify the state-sanctioned murder of a queer woman [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 8, 2026 18:50

From what little we know of Good we know that she died while acting in solidarity with her immigrant neighbors. The circle of state violence will grow to encompass anyone who stands up for the safety and dignity of those at its center [contains quote post…

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Published: January 8, 2026 18:10

Talk to Lex ⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 8, 2026 15:39

"I have heard too many people echo talking points about how poorly trained these fascist kidnappers and murderers are — and I want us to stop and think about that for a moment...What do we want? Greater professionalism in the violence they perpetrate, or…

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Published: January 8, 2026 12:11

A queer life is a human life [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 7, 2026 23:51

You have to think if a tragedy this harrowing doesn't break through then what does [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 7, 2026 22:21

Her wife watched her die

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Published: January 7, 2026 22:17

She was a queer woman peacefully exercising her First Amendment right. Every person with a sound conscience should be furious. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 7, 2026 22:05

Horrifying [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 7, 2026 22:05

“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the…

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Published: January 7, 2026 21:15

"Witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."…

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Published: January 7, 2026 20:56

Someone needs to tell them

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Published: January 7, 2026 18:43

In what world is his life being threatened by a car clearly and visibly turning away from him? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 7, 2026 18:30

Tin soldier's and Miller's coming [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 7, 2026 15:35

Stolen Amanda Lepore valor [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 7, 2026 12:49

Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

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Published: January 7, 2026 00:39

I had been cross posting there but set my account back to private, which leads me to the question: What's the business model for a website where women can't post photos of themselves? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 7, 2026 00:19

The Pitt is incredible as proof you can be very middlebrow and very engaging at the same time. So much prestige TV relies on like novelistic subtext or tons of mythology and lore but The Pitt is just like No. You will watch this hot doctor competency porn…

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Published: January 6, 2026 23:12

I think it's helpful to note the talking points he wanted to sound commanding and collegiate on X sounds whiny and pedantic when actually coming out of his mouth [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 6, 2026 22:08

"Inconvenience is the price we must pay for community" I tell myself through gritted teeth as my neighbor's baby starts crying again

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Published: January 6, 2026 19:22

The context here btw is he's mocking a transgender woman [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 6, 2026 18:32

Newsom 2028: We must become more wrong

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Published: January 6, 2026 12:52

It's also the fifth anniversary of the day I got my favorite work request ever: "Gillian, can you get started on some messaging re:the coup?"

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Published: January 6, 2026 12:48

Happy fifth anniversary to the day (true story) I decided to go on a lunchtime run around Capitol Hill only to have a very panicked police officer blocking Constitution Avenue suddenly redirect me

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Published: January 6, 2026 00:36

Rewatching The Pitt ahead of the new season and underrated moment is when Nurse Dana breaks up a fight in the waiting room shouting "What the hell are you people doing? This ain't Philly!"

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Published: January 5, 2026 20:40

A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21. …

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Published: January 5, 2026 19:24

Incredibly disappointing how frequently I see trans women chased off the internet for literally nothing and makes me wonder why in god's name I'm voluntarily putting myself at risk

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Published: January 5, 2026 19:19

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Published: January 5, 2026 15:51

A good question (among many) reporters might want to start asking is how Trump plans to invade Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Greenland, and Colombia while keeping military service voluntary

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Published: January 5, 2026 13:38

Well I don't like that one bit [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 5, 2026 12:56

Hot take but if you have a statement from the largest newspaper in the country pushing bias and bigotry I would publish it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 5, 2026 12:26

Trump: We're running Venezuela Rubio: We're not running Venezuela Miller: Maybe I'll run Venezuela https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/04/us-venezuela-plan-trump-rubio-miller/

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Published: January 5, 2026 02:16

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

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Published: January 4, 2026 19:43

Frosted Flakes are already glazed! That's what frosted means! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 4, 2026 16:32

They understand those "bubbles" as the choir that will carry their message for them. They aren't mistaking it for public opinion; they want to use it to shape public opinion [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 4, 2026 12:53

I'm sick for the third time in two months. Am I dying?

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Published: January 3, 2026 20:16

You let the devil in, he brought his pirate friends, they brought a hunger for blood and flesh and bone and skin [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 3, 2026 19:20

“'You would have no command and control over the military and no police force,' he said. 'You’d have looting and chaos.' Any U.S. military deployment meant to stabilize the country would probably require tens of thousands of troops, he said."…

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Published: January 3, 2026 12:55

Standing in the parking lot of a daycare screaming at the staff on behalf of a president that was actively dragging your country into war

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Published: January 3, 2026 12:27

Don't get lost in process. Don't give credence to their invented justifications. Americans don't want this war; Venezuelans don't want this war. Only Trump and his billionaire friends want this war. The only thing this is meant to secure is a corporate…

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Published: January 2, 2026 20:44

Doesn't strike me as the behavior of a company that thinks its about to create robot jesus [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 2, 2026 14:17

Reading Vivian Gornick's The Romance of American Communism and the opening line is "Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class" [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 1, 2026 18:55

Mandy Patinkin and the PS22 school choir singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," notably written by blacklisted socialist writer Yip Harpburg

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Published: January 1, 2026 18:20

Something to think on today for progressive/leftist causes: The legacy media is never going to like you, so what do you need to do to make them irrelevant?

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Published: January 1, 2026 17:40

You can tell no woman was near this story because $630 is not even close to the upper end for designer boots [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 1, 2026 15:39

"Mamdani will place his hand on two Qurans during the subway ceremony: his grandfather’s Quran and a pocket-sized version that dates back to the late 18th or early 19th century. It is part of the collection at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center…

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Published: January 1, 2026 14:32

We don't talk enough about this fit

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Published: January 1, 2026 04:29

Jealous

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Published: December 31, 2025 23:03

Catching up on the MN fraud story (the actual one not the Youtuber one) and it seems families were pretending to be child care providers in order to be compensated for the cost of the child care they already provide to one another so idk seems like there's…

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Published: December 31, 2025 18:21

Springsteen ass headline

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Published: December 31, 2025 16:50

I know it's gauche to talk this way still in your 30s but while I was expecting the pop stars and actresses to become younger than me I was not expecting the mayors

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Published: December 31, 2025 16:00

Every New Year's I think of this poem from Marge Piercy: "How much have I dared in opposition? How much have I put on the line for freedom? For mine and others? As these freedoms are pared, sliced and diced, where have I spoken out?"

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Published: December 31, 2025 14:45

The clear point to me for this was the Wisconsin court races last spring. They lost, Musk was shelved, political gravity took hold [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: December 30, 2025 22:48

Already responded to thesis herw but even just from a strategic POV if you lower the standard for acclaim to "opposes the overthrow of democracy" you actually help move the conversation towards people who want to overthrow democracy [contains quote post…

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Published: December 30, 2025 22:21

These are usually small businesses, 4-5 staff at a time being paid $11/hour for stressful, skilled labor. The witch-hunts that targeted them in the 80s were genuinely destructive to the landscape for providers generally [contains quote post or other…

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Published: December 30, 2025 14:23

Peak [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: December 30, 2025 12:50

Zohran Derangement Syndrome (racism) [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: December 30, 2025 12:25

I think a lot of people would be perfectly happy with illiberal policies (like the ones MTG continues to support for trans people, immigrants, women, free speech, you name it) as long as they can keep the uniparty, Morning Joe framework of politics they've…

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Published: December 29, 2025 22:56

Never take the day off when there are gay penguins to save [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: December 29, 2025 22:52

I was backstage at an event in a small, crowded room watching the actual program of the event on a television feed. I backed up towards the corner to make room for other people watching the TV and heard the smallest "excuse me" and turned around to see I'd…

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Published: December 29, 2025 18:27

It's illustrative of the role transphobia plays on the right: no matter how fractured they get over Epstein, Israel, tariffs or anything else transphobia is still the glue that binds them [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: December 29, 2025 15:38

Seems bad!

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Published: December 29, 2025 15:09

"stuff happens" [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: December 29, 2025 02:10

Rewatching OBAA and forgot the first screener question to join the elite white supremacist cabal was whether you'd ever been to therapy