Times That Try Our Souls
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basically the state of things (2025)
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Jun 6
Backrooms reads as an appeal to reality, I wrote an essay about it.
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Jun 2
reminiscing on simplescotus and how from ‘22-‘25 the account encapsulated my disillusionment with the american system. now i’ve lost any motivation to make SCOTUS funny.
each time you can think of the most evil decision possible and its usually the outcome save like 1/15 cases.
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happy pride ❤️😘
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Everyone should know more about the 1776 Pennsylvania Constitution
Jun 1
Just posted the first chapter of my thesis, "Satanic Sense," on my Substack.
"Man of Rights" discusses two cartoons mocking Paine, the radically democratic Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, and Paine's lesser-known dispute with the U.S.'s first war profiteers.
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Jun 1
happy pride,
i believe queerness goes beyond sexual orientation and gender identity as it has and should represent a radical opposition to the existing orders of society. queer liberation is tied to the liberation of all people. it is a political identity born out of repression.
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May 25
After the Revolution, Thomas Paine was cast aside in the early U.S.
My thesis uses political cartoons from the era to track the origins of his vilification, comparing his biography to his caricature.
The introduction is live now, subscribe for upcoming chapters.
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May 20
Just posted on my Substack:
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May 8
Even as Democrats turned Virginia from a red state to a blue state, they never bothered to change the Supreme Court because that would be seen as a radical challenge to norms and institutions. And today that hesitancy came back to bite them, that's the lesson here
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May 7
Jim Crow in the South never died, just rebranded
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May 8
FLASH: Virginia Supreme Court, 4-3, overturns redistricting referendum that could have netted Democrats 5 additional House seats. Doc:
vacourts.gov/static/opinions…
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The US will never adhere to the principle of one person one vote in its present form.
Even a fairly-drawn House is fucked by an absurdly disproportionate Senate.
As Americans see the rigging for unpopular, wealthy ideals since the founding, they need to demand radical changes.
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Every day a Constitutional Convention becomes more of a necessity. This gerrymandering race between two parties is a ridiculous exercise of our broken system.
Congress should be 1) unicameral 2) elected w/ a proportional system 3) uncapped so its size grows w/ the population.
Breaking news: The Supreme Court of Virginia has struck down new congressional map that Virginia voters passed last month.
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A mixed-member proportional system (like Germany and New Zealand) would negate the effectivity of gerrymandering and allow for a multi-party system.
In just one election, NZ went from 2 party control to 5 proportionally represented parties in its federal chamber.
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radicals in a revolution? no way!
Apr 29
Thomas Paine was famously far more radical than the vast majority of the Founders.
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U.S. democracy is a failure as SCOTUS proves again. Textualists read the Constitution correctly, it is intentionally an anti-democratic text.
The 250yo “Revolution” and the Constitutional Convention was led by men owning land and slaves. Working-people need to lead another.
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Truth!
Apr 13
I'm going to hijack this millionth Hasan tweet to raise a larger, more important point: it is fairly clear that the US version of liberal democracy is not working. The Senate, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, the 2-party system, all broke. So what do we do with that?
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essentially we need to begin again
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