And yet the DNC and legacy media will be like âegad this certainly tests norms but golly crime is badâ
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And yet the DNC and legacy media will be like âegad this certainly tests norms but golly crime is badâ
Politeness towards people who have somewhat different political opinions than you is good and important, actually
âwell this is certainly a bold departure from political norms!â as they are marched to the gulag
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
This guy gets it. This is the way.
The single most important aim in American politics right now should be convincing the broad public that Trump isâabsolutely literally, without hype or hyperboleâseeking to be a dictator. Thatâs never going to happen with Dem electeds constantly acting like even they donât really believe it.
You petty ghouls making fun of Trumpâs health arenât fit to change his freshly soaked-and-soiled diapers every time a door slams near him.
Here is another example: lots of data suggesting that right wing terrorism is a bigger threat in recent years. But Musk stepped in to ensure that anyone who uses Grok is told the opposite. X is a misinformation cesspool *by design.*
(guy who's about to invent fermentation) nah i bet it's still good
Heâs clearly being shielded from significant public exposure while he recuperates from something, degenerates from something, or both.
That dude is struggling to hold him up
Fredericks looks like heâs laboring to hold Trump up
A walking corpse
What a gang of mindless amateurs in Washington accomplished in Beijing:
Weâre only a few years removed from creatjng a vaccine to protect against a deadly airborne virus in a matter of months. Now, we have a scion fail son running the CDC into the ground not because it failed, but because its success conflicts with RFK Jrâs eugenicist ideology.
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Me when my wife sees the browser history
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The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
Stevens saw the sickness spread through the GOP up close. He gets it, unlike Dems.
Joe Biden is out buying ice cream while everyone is asking whether Trump is dead.
i dunno, i'm kinda into furious, drunk-driving bananas
Liberals: âWe could try to DO some things to reduce gun violence; âthoughts and prayersâ isnât enough.â Republicans: âOutrage! Disgrace! Theyâre attacking prayer.â Thereâs no need to be polite or defensive in response to this. Invoking faith as an excuse to shun responsibility deserves no respect.
So youâre blocked a lot? Get over it! A bunch of noisy randos
Block and ignore. Thatâs it. The randos are going to shitpost. Just deal with it.
THIS BEAR JUST WANTS TO SERVE U ICE CREAM DO NOT STOP IT FROM FULFILLING ITS DREAM CASE CLOSE
This is 100% correct.
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I loved the movie OPPENHEIMER about the race to build that world-changing negotiation.
Who exactly is speaking like this? Apart from a couple of randos on Bluesky I mean? The answer is nobody, so stop amplifying right-wing bullshit
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying âcultural appropriation,â guys like nichols will complain that âdemocratsâ use alienating language.
âJimenez Rosa, a legal permanent resident and mother of four U.S. citizens, was detained over what her lawyer believes was a decades-old, personal-use marijuana charge, which is no longer a crime in Massachusetts today⌠âI was just like, âGirls, we might never see your mother again in this countryââ
Another story thatâs a nightmare. I mean that literallyâICE seems to construct bizarro realities that follow the âlogicâ of a bad dream. Nothing makes sense.
An 18-minute mile is known as a âwalkâ
I want a presidential candidate who promises to construct Union memorials and statues all over the country. And yeah, North and South. Blanket Virginia with statues of Thomas, who actually chose the right side. Hell, put one of Sherman in the middle of Peachtree Park.
Thereâs nothing in the rule book that says a dog canât be James Bond.
the legacy media that survive will be those that understand the era in which we now exist
Sam Altman: I see humans achieving omnipotence using dark matter by⌠2030 maybe? Thatâs if OpenAI is given a quadrillion dollars Theo Von: Yeah Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. Thatâs if OpenAI doesnât get the money Von: Right
It is mind blowing to hear Democratic politicians talking about the president sending the military into American cities as a âdistraction.â Actually you are all now one degree away from being violently removed from power. The fact that this may not happen does not erase the fact that it may happen.
If Bill Kristol gets it in ways that Schumer and Jefferies do not, that says volumes about party "leadership"
I agree with Kristol and want to add a meta-observation: a reason that there's been surprising convergence between Kristol and parts of the left is that both hate Trump and are also not enamored of the institutional Democratic Party
If the Democratic Party had a pulse, they could make this case without breaking a sweat
Fox News falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
[writing the constitution] Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president" Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Experimental philosophy
While I have plenty of beef with other stuff Newsom has done, this is exactly what we need right now
People are dunking on him (Air Bud meme), but Kreis is correct. I agree we must not imagine legalism will magically stop tyrants, but we must also name it when power is being exercised unlawfully. Law won't stop tyrants by itself. But we can, when we call out tyranny for being evil and unlawful.
i wish ai could hurry up and replace my doctors, what's taking so long
đľI threw the sandwich But I did not throw the bag of chipsđľ
Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. Sheâs not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people itâs hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.
Republicans fight tooth and nail every time, as they are entitled to do, but when democrats do it thatâs crossing a line. I voted for Romney! But presidential campaigns are full-contact sports, and Obamaâs people got that. I didnât whine about it.
AI is amazing at that kind of thing. Itâs not surprising: AIs are programmed to mimic human speech and they have the entire library of every kind of literature available to them, so of course they can come up with a great Shakespearean sonnet about a dildo as written by Ludacris.
That crisis of masculinity? Right here.
Iâd prefer Tim Ryan run again, but Sherrod is a good candidate for red Ohio.
Flag: Democrat Sherrod Brown has decided to run in 2026 for U.S. Senate in Ohio, according to local labor leaders Brown told of his thinking. Brown's decision gives Ohio Democrats perhaps their best hope of unseating incumbent Jon Husted. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/08...
I donât think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before. But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise. He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.
Anthropology
One of his best.
This makes me so mad...
We have a cancer within-close to the federal judiciary that's growing. It's growing daily. It's compounding. It grows geometrically now, because it compounds itself
Very disappointed by the quote from this guy saying this is bullshit. If you love trump this much it should be your honor to be deported by him. It's your self-actualization. You have donned the robes of martyrdom and lifted your face to the leopard smiling
These Americans served with honor for more than a decade. Put their lives on the line. Trump fired them, just for being who they are-and now is denying retirement benefits our nation promised them for their service. Treating troops this way is dishonorable, unfair, & harmful to national security.
"We're all throwing dildos at women athletes to promote our memecoin" really puts a fine point on not just how sexist, mean and stupid so much of right now is, but also the grim degree to which we're just inundated with Stuff a 15-Year-Old Dipshit Would Think is Cool. A confederacy of Beavises.
VANCE: As an ice breaker, let's all name our favorite amendment to the Constitution. Pam? BONDI: Uh ... the First, I guess? BLANCHE: Can't represent the Big Guy without the Fifth! PATEL: #2 on the list, but #1 in my heart. All about the guns, son! VANCE: So ... no fans of the 25th huh
Anti-immigrant sentiment has been remarkably consistent throughout US history: stop the dark people with their weird religion from corrupting your culture, taking your job, joining the Democrats, and polluting our race.
This guy is living proof that we donât live in a merit-based system
Thank you Geoff Duncan for becoming a Democrat. I became a Democrat two months ago. Itâs good to be on the side of democracy, the rule of law, and basic human decency. Welcome my friend. Letâs help make Dems a big tent. Great to have you on board.
Washington Post: âIs fascism bad? The answer may surprise youâ Teen Vogue: âHere are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrierâ
it is 2025 who the fuck would believe consuming raw milk is sa⌠oh right
imagine being a 19 year old man and having both the president and the wealthiest man in the world claim you fought off a dozen men and then like two hours later it becoming public knowledge you got your shit wrecked by a fuckinâ 15 year old
THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT BROWNIE THIS EDIBLE IS BULLSHIT - oNe hOUr laTer-
"Progressive Turnout Project" and "Stop Republicans," pummeled me with unsolicited texts, and it seems my instinct "this is a scam" was right on the money. All of these orgs and the people associated with them need to be run out of the party on a rail.
Hero
You understand that your source is full of shit, right? Right?
Not only should we do this, itâs our moral obligation to do this, to protect Texas Democrats. If the GOP backs off, then so can we. But not before.
They tear apart everything that is good. They will tear it all down unless we tear them down.
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." --Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
Looking forward to the replies for people who donât read the article
Bring missiles
What are you talking about? Get off the internet. Go outside.
There is no loyalty. No matter how much time you spend on your knees, Trump will eventually shiv you.
All of Lindsey Graham's obedience to Trump did not prevent this. Gotta love it. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Lots of Americans pray and the vast majority of them are decent and intelligent people. Roy Cooper is one of them, and we need more like him. So kindly knock off your stupid condescension, you puritans.
A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for whatâs right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away.
The most disheartening thing about Americaâs descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.
The degree of dysfunction within the Office of the Secretary of Defense is stunning but unsurprising. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
Pathetic www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
Gaza is starving, and Israel is responsible. www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
getting word that fox news has unearthed a photo of trump without epstein
Is it? Reagan really believed this. And good for him that he did.
Happy Birthday to the Greatest City in the World!
Imagine Joel Osteen doing that. What Ozzy did makes him physically sick
what the fuck is this shit
When you throw a dead fly in the trash youâre laying it to rest amongst a great fortune like a pharaoh
WaPo: We've killed our independence and objectivity, please like our owner NYT: Trump Making Amazing Deals, White House Says; Mamdani Late 4 Times in 6th Grade CBS: We'll censor things you dislike, here's millions of dollars, please let our parent do a merger WSJ: BREAKING: TRUMP-EPSTEIN LETTER!
Part of the reason so many of these fools hate Stephen Colbert is that he lives his life as the faithful and humble Christian they constantly claim themselves to be but are too selfish and fearful to actually be.
In another brilliant move, Trump just admitted he called Rupert Murdoch and tried to convince him to kill the story about the bawdy letter he wrote to Epstein
But guys, Jake Tapper thinks that Joe Biden is old