




Ta-Nehisi Quotes
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@steady_drumbeat
Would rather be obvious and right than esoteric and stupid. Liberal with Chinese characteristics.







Where does this rhetorical register come from? A very specific type of zinger





Another reminder that most of the real problems in America aren't caused by some shadowy figures with ingenious plans. They're actually caused by regular voters that get whipped up into a hysteria about things like new housing, nuclear power plants, & now data centers


@PoliticSuave Blowback is a bitch. And I witnessed 9/11.






The way we treat uncontacted tribes is a crime against humanity. We should be contacting *every* uncontacted tribe and give them modern medicine. Any argument against is just a noble savage fantasy from rich academics.





Apartheid became part of the name of the country, as in, “apartheid South Africa.” Apartheid Israel should be the same. The word Israel should never be mentioned without the word Apartheid.

“We wouldn't be in this war in Iran had Tucker not promoted Trump for president, had Candace not promoted Trump for president...” @mehdirhasan and @Byoussef debate whether conservative media hosts like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson can be trusted.


Batya Ungar-Sargon: "The first Jew to step foot on American soil, the first thing he did was sue an official for insulting him—and he won."






Rep. Tim Burchett drops a bombshehll on insider trading by stating: "Washington isn't just a swamp, it's a sewer of corruption enriching from taxpayers' money and it needs to stop. Everybody wants to knock Pelosi; she's not even in the top 10."



Free newsletter: We need to talk about the inherent weirdness of the AI bubble, and how strange it is that an industry that loses billions of dollars to create few productivity benefits is described as a disruptive tech rather than an industry of WeWorks. wheresyoured.at/ai-is-really-w…



Yes - does it matter to you? Even if you believe the IDF's estimates of how many Hezbollah fighters they've killed, that would mean about a third of the dead are civilians -- and that includes at least 130 children and 100 women, and 57 medics. Israel just killed a Christian, anti-Hezbollah Lebanese politician and his wife So no, I don't want the Israeli government to just keep murdering civilians with my tax dollars, and I don't find "But Hezbollah!!" to be a particularly persuasive response by the pro-Israel Twitter crowd.