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That Vance is a direct line to Thiel and Andreessen is truly important. Trump wants their money. Thiel wants to sell billions in Palantir contracts to power Trump’s mass surveillance/ethnic cleansing infrastructure. Pence was the Christian Nationalists’ guy. Vance is reactionary capital’s.

Are you a fan of all of those guys who are directly responsible for making the internet an unusable dogshit hellhole? Well boy do I have a VP for you.

It’s important to celebrate the good things: The very chatty Lyft driver taking us to the airport hasn’t brought up politics yet

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Here’s the thing about the Vance pick: it’s probably unhelpful in electoral terms. But, in terms of governance, it’s further evidence that they’re Going For It. Trump 1 was hobbled in his authoritarian attempt by the admin and GOP. Trump 2 will be aided by both. They’re gonna go for it.

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New in PN: Multiple things are true about Trump's shooting We must unequivocally condemn Trump's shooting while acknowledging the truths that he's a grave threat to democracy and nobody has done more to stoke the climate of political violence than him.

Multiple things are true about Trump's shootingwww.publicnotice.co Political violence is wrong. And Trump is the candidate of political violence.

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AOC is right.

In an effort to reclaim the glory days of social media where we simply reported what we ate, here is a donut I enjoyed

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And this is how fascism wins. It convinces moderates to stop using the correct language to name what our enemy is and make no mistake. Trump and the Republicans are a fascist anti-democratic enemy to every real American who believes in the Constitution and rule of law. Do not stay silent.

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Just a reminder that People mag has a great Project 25 write up that you can share with your less politically aware friends and fam people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

"Time to get off the internet," he said, picking up his phone-shaped scrap of velvet and watching his hand pointlessly autoscroll down its smooth, comforting surface

My annual birthday hopes for Mr Harrison Ford

New oldie-time insult just dropped, you cocktail-inspired salamis

I don’t like it when bookshelves do the “we saw you across the bar and liked your vibe” meme

Screenings coming up for our short horror film, THE NIGHTMARE ADORABLE. You can see the nightmare this weekend in the UK. (Oh, how I wish I could attend that festival!) Plus more screenings coming up in the next few months in Houston, Missoula, and online! Details here: www.josephscrimshaw.com

After a long day of work, just one more thing to do--sit down at the computer and google "is anyone mad at me?"

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My Slate essay on why leftists should vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate this November, despite everything:

The Leftist Case for Voting—Yes, Even for Bidenslate.com We need to think about this election differently. Just look at France.

Me: Life is very stressful right now. A little burst of whimsy would be good. I’ll open one of these Star Wars Oreos. Oh, Jabba The Hutt’s tortured soul has been forever trapped in a cookie, his eyes pleading for release. Fun.

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Imagine looking at one million acres of land and pristine fresh water, with no motor vehicles, no development, one of only 13 dark sky sanctuaries in the world and saying…this should be a mine.

Very unfun fact: Project 2025 specifically names Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area and wants to remove its protected status and open it up to mining. This is the future Donald John Trump wants.

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Heya! For my birthday, here's a link to all of the links for you to check out all of the stuff I do (and support me doing more stuff, if you dig that stuff). I promise even more stuff to come in the year ahead... ONWARD! linktr.ee/kenplume

Very relatable clown. Trying to stay festive and upbeat, but the eyes, the tired eyes

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced impeachment articles against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

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“Trump's Project 2025 wants to take money out of your wallet and give it to your boss” is like verbatim what we should be putting on billboards for undecided voters in swing states

lmao FUCK THIS. Trump's Project 2025 wants to take money out of your wallet and give it to your boss

Kenobi took his robe off and joined me to watch some Jedi and Witches make choices on tonight’s The Acolyte

New post on my weekly blogletter, FINISH YOUR MONSTERS. This week's entry is all about learning from a cathartic blockbuster and writing a short film script to get ready for a big trip. In related news, here's a sketch of a shark reading about trolls. All here: buttondown.email/FinishYourMo...

One of my favorite relaxing pastimes is deleting angry social media posts before I hit send

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The last time Nazis came to power in France, women didn't have the right to vote. Now they do. Voting, and making sure everyone can, is what defeats fascism.

That ecstatic feeling when voters defy right-wing media noise and turn out in unprecedented numbers to tell the fascists to crawl back into the sewers they crawled out of. Republique Square in Paris yesterday, photo by Olympia de Maismont.

I'm not a one issue voter, but if I were I think that one issue would probably be "doing stuff to stop the planet from burning us all to death"

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I think the @nytimes.com is just too old to be covering politics now. Its ability to handle the rigor and complexity of modern campaigns is obviously not there anymore. Put it out to pasture so younger newspapers can do the job.