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It's Not TDS
It's nostalgia, remembering a time when you didn't want to throw things
49 mins ago • dbd
Shameless, All the Way Down
I would not believe Donald Trump if he told me he was lying.
Feb 8 • dbd
Finishing Nixon's Unfinished Business
Nixon was an amateur; his "friends" weren't wealthy enough.
Feb 7 • dbd
Shakespeare on ICE
Words are our most powerful weapons
Feb 6 • dbd

December 2025

The Vanishing Speaker
Kevin McCarthy was nobody; Mike Johnson is even less.
Dec 11, 2025 • dbd

September 2025

Weak Infrastructure
The future is here, but the self-proclaimed "free market" enthusiasts want to keep us all in the past.
Sep 10, 2025 • dbd

August 2025

Sanewashing
Everybody does it. Even the publications that decry it.
Aug 22, 2025 • dbd
Schrödinger's Headline
Two things can be true at the same time. Can't they?
Aug 12, 2025 • dbd

July 2025

The Academic Cave
Fight Meekly, Harvard
Jul 30, 2025 • dbd
1:25
Bad Expectations
Government inefficiency is not a bug, and performative penny-pinching is not a virtue.
Jul 5, 2025 • dbd

June 2025

Stop Saying “Enemies”
Political opponents are not enemies. They're just Americans with other ideas.
Jun 13, 2025 • dbd
The Summer of Our Discontent
The importance of words, and of actions.
Jun 11, 2025 • dbd
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