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It is absolutely critical that Michigan go blue this Nov
Santiago MayerAt the risk of ruining my mentions, I want to remind my centrist friends that “vote blue no matter who” also applies when Dems nominate a leftist. We need to be single focused on winning back the Senate. We cannot do that without Michigan.
I’m mostly economically agnostic BUT I do think corporate taxes are just passed through to consumers so you may as well tax consumers. On the other hand the people opposing corporate taxes don’t want to replace them with more progressive more efficient taxes.
Robert ReichThe effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
The first episode of the Seinfeld reboot is Kramer attempting to flip bananas upstate
Mallory MooreI guess new Yorkers ought to get down the government supermarket and get their money's worth on that discount banana then
These puppets were incredibly expensive and that, plus the fact that SI has not aged well, has done immeasurable damage to the field of puppet based political lampoonery
BrowseTheStacksSpitting Image A puppet of American actor and director Orson Welles reading comic book 'Secret Wars II', in the British satirical puppet show 'Spitting Image', circa 1986. Photography by Richard Blanshar
These guys just really want to stare at kids genitals
Gillian BranstetterAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
“Well you see the fact that we haven’t found any significant voter fraud is just proof the Dems have been hiding it really well”
Joel S.“There’s zero direct evidence linking Israel to Moroccan migration to Spain, but it feels true because it’s the sort of thing they would do.” At some point this is indistinguishable from how Republicans talk about “voter fraud” and “stolen elections.”
Semi related, but I’ve always wondered what the point is of having my kitchen made of materials (stone, etc) that will outlive me by centuries if I’m just going to get bored and renovate every 20-30 years?
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.
The funniest part about the whole awful Charlie Kirk thing is that those of us who knew what he was, knew he was a modern shock jock and provocateur. People who didn’t know now think he was a principled activist. Bizarre.
Sky Marchinisister tells me that the kids these days don't say "low key" they say "lowkirk" or "lowkirkuinely" and I don’t know how to handle this information
2 in 3 MAGA voters say they’ll support GOP candidate accused of sexual assault. 1 in 3 lied and said they won’t.
2 in 3 MAGA voters say they’d support GOP candidate accused of sexual assault: PollMore than half of MAGA voters say they would support a Republican candidate accused of sexual assault, according to a new poll. In a recent Politico poll, 66 percent of MAGA voters who cast their b…thehill.comLikewise it’s 👏 not 👏 that 👏 hard 👏 for Israel to return to Americans good books. They just need to deal with their domestic terrorism problem and elect some sane leaders, and accept that perpetual belligerence is not a sustainable strategy.
Matt KentThe worst part is, it was 👏 not 👏 that 👏 hard 👏 to retain broad American support. They could’ve kept most of their territory and settlements, all the Israeli Right Wing had to do was transition to a Palestinian rump state that was independent and sustainable enough to meet the bare minimum
The worst part is, it was 👏 not 👏 that 👏 hard 👏 to retain broad American support. They could’ve kept most of their territory and settlements, all the Israeli Right Wing had to do was transition to a Palestinian rump state that was independent and sustainable enough to meet the bare minimum
Joe Stiebwww.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Good piece on what an utter failure this man is.
It shouldn’t be weird to talk about how German big business backed Hitler from the beginning, or how apocalyptically inhumanely awful the rise of communism was, or the awfulness of British and French (and American) colonialism was…
Matt KentI’ve posted about this before but there’s this convention where WWII isn’t a real conflict but instead a mythical origin story… so if the villains aren’t all defeated forever at the end people feel uncomfy. Even if that isn’t how it happened.
“Implementing rape culture in the military” is going to be the legacy of Kegbreath
Ann M. LiptonSexual assault prevention should focus "on helping troops avoid risky behavior...If he strode naked through the forest, coated in honey, he should not be surprised if he were attacked by a bear...If he wore gold chains and a fancy watch on a visit to Harlem, he risked getting robbed."
Let’s save mars the trouble and fire him towards the sun instead
Jawn Haaland🌎Nazi goobers are going to Nazi. Can we skip to the part where he heads towards Mars on a ketamine rocket?!