That’s a new law, not just a bill anymore. And it’s a new threat people need to be aware of.
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That’s a new law, not just a bill anymore. And it’s a new threat people need to be aware of.
I felt the same way when I read this. I kinda thought I somehow made it up … but it was too vivid. I wonder if they reach that in dental school: “As a last resort …”
Well, that is awful. I’ve been relatively lucky but had a very similar incident to yours with a wisdom tooth. I was on gas but had not quite enough. I woke up to a loud crack and him cussing with his knee between my legs. He had just broken the tooth. He turned up the gas and that was it.
Ouch.
Telling the source what happened does not mean they condidered revealing the source.
This is completely nuts. Especially since the person you would put in charge of such a system, Brendan Carr, is already trying to censor & extort broadcast outlets. And Trump is already arguing that people who make fun of him on the air “aren’t allowed to do that.”
I have no need to feel superior to you. You’ve undermined yourself by simply becoming a tiresome pest w/ nothing interesting to say. Just chest beating.
Nope. Youre just too easy.
No, you can always tell when this man has decided to act rudely and dismissively of anyone who has grown obsessively self-involved and tiresome and can’t take a fucking hint.
Look you’re not going to bait me into a ridiculous, irrelevant argument at midnight no matter how ridiculous & off base you get. We’re done now, sweet cheeks.
Exactly. They are relentless and we badly underestimated just how relentless and resilient they are … on so many fronts.
You’re joking, right? The world is burning & you want to litigate shit that didn’t even happen? Engage in as much mental masturbation as you like but for god’s sake leave us out of it. (I’ll give you credit tho. You’re the most unserious person I’ve run into here in a loooong time. Quite a feat.)
There’s been a thru line of this stuff since the Palmer raids and anti-union crackdowns thru Lindbergh, McCarthy, Buchanan etc. Knowing that didn’t stem the tide this time. Not enough Ds voted, in part cuz of silly asses like you who helped depress the vote. Take your weak ass mutterings elsewhere.
And that was such an effective tactic it kept him from being re-elected, right. Sheesh. What a bunch of navel gazing, self-indulgent horseshit.
And just what is it you think you have done? Shake your finger and cuss a lot? Act like an ass? What a waste of time you are.
Christ, don’t give them ideas.
I have so many questions. Once they hunt us down & find us what us do they plan to charge us with? Or do they just put us on a speedboat in the Caribbean and blow us up?
Funny. You’d think the attorney general would know that.
Endorsing the winner of the primary seems commonsensical. Am I missing something?
Not to mention calling the opposition party “a domestic extremist organization.”
Very proud of the fact he’s my senator and was my rep. For a decade and half before that. “Thank you, Chris” signs popped up in our neighborhood after he made that trip to El Salvador to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The most sycophantic moment of that news conference has gone noticed: after he finished speaking & others had spoken, Patel returned to the mic for the sole purpose of giving credit to Bondi, his boss. He’s clearly in trouble & knows brown-nosing is the only path to redemption in Trump world.
High school kids in Texas cheering when JFK got shot. I had a principle in high school say “two down, one to go” after RFK was killed. The n-word was slung around repeatedly by celebrating rascists when King was murdered. Things may be more amplified & visible but the ugliness was always there.
Can we skip critiques of people legitimately grieving someone they loved? Let’s focus on people trying to use this moment to foment violent backlash. Someone else on the same show tearfully called for “a revolt” & referred to all of us as evil—dangerous & widespread sentiments on the radical right.
You’re a hundred percent correct and god knows there are too many assholes who get gleeful about terrible things. But let’s also keep in mind the possibility (probably the likelihood) that professional trolls, including state actors, are trying to ratchet up tensions and amplify that horrifying joy.
That’s actually not close to what I said. But I understand you have some serious comprehension issues.
Who’s bring obvious now? Jesus, you can’t make yourself shut up.m, can you? Ever hear the phrase, stop digging?
Certainly don’t see any thoughtful or insightful ideas coming from you, who completely misread and overreacted to a clear observation & concern. That kind of crap will get people needlessly hurt.
I’m not advocating, you moron. I’m pointing out a fact. Fighting this crap is going to take well-thought out & creative strategies that will encourage mass action, much like the civil rights movements of the ‘60s. Reactive, sporadic violence is unlikely to be effective.
This puts the lie to the immigration raid in GA last week. And it will jeopardize other foreign investment in manufacturing here. In other words, Trump’s performative immigration nonsense is throttling his own goals—and our economy. He’s killing jobs six ways to Sunday. @davidmwessel.bsky.social
Which is exactly the response they want to provoke. They want an excuse to unleash violence on dissenting citizens. They want to escalate and declare martial law.
Extremely important. Utterly disgusting that when Hegseth defended changing the name to department of war that there was not universal condemnation of his phrase “maximum lethality, not tepid legality.” He’s flatly dismissing “legality” as a nicety instead of a guiding principle of democracy.
With whom they are on a first name basis. 😖
@crampell.bsky.social FYI someone is imitating your account. Reported and blocked but keep an eye out.
PRINCE GEORGE – A British Columbia man has been arrested for allegedly driving a pink toy Barbie truck down a city street while impaired.
Ditto. Lucked out with a new starting word.
Well, you clearly have that wrong. Duffy is making the nation’s roads safe for all of us by cracking down on the dangerous driving distraction of chalk rainbow crosswalks. He and Trump have their priorities. 😐
Absolutely. They’re trying ton arrange Trump’s “Let’s go, Brandon” momentum advance. Screw him and screw USTA.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social Uhhhhh ….
Just brush the squirrel on the floor.
Is “I’m intrigued” Californian for “I’m completely out of my mind nuts”?
Boring beats being a buffoon.
He or somebody on his staff is taking the wrong lessons from Newsome and his all-cap trolling of Trump.
Yup. There’s a straight line from the pro-fascist American Firsters to McCarthy and the Birchers to the Pat Buchanan wing of the GOP to the Tea Party to now. They are as persistent & destructive as termites.
Oh yeah? A high school principal try to suspend me for protesting the Vietnam War and told me I was ignorant & naive because I didn’t understand the scope of the communist threat. He then explained that communists were shipping drugs into the country to destroy the US from within.
Calling it what it is, a tax on working families, is an interesting tactic. Clever Democrats could have a field day w/ this nonsense. Are there any out there?
At least he has actual expertise in that particular brand of corruption.
I’m afraid the right answer might be taking over the fed.
He’s awarding himself the Nobel Peace Prize and is celebrating by hanging that hideous banner of his mug shot from all four sides of the Washington Monument.
Ok, that made me laugh out loud.
Thought the word was epi-tome for yeeaaarrrsss.
A mile in heels does not sound like a sober move. 😂
Stop speaking for anyone but yourself. That’s authoritarian trump tactic.
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No one is putting him on a pedestal, you freaking dope. Just defenfing him from uneducated dopes who don’t understand how politics and coalitions actually work.
Again, you are displaying ignorance of enormous depth. They gave Dems control of the chamber and allowed them to pass tons of legislation under Biden. (Manchin was the only D who could win in WVa. His retirement helped cost us control.)
He hasn’t been a republican for six years and has been among the most effective anti-Trump voices out there. Trying to undermine him is hurting the anti-Trump cause and aiding the enemy.
You keep showing your idiocy. As bad as Manchin and Sinema were their voting records were better than every other Republican in the Senate.
You distorted (lied) about the facts involving Joe. That’s gross and likely an effort to divide. Sounds like a Russian troll to me.
The ultimate “if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with bullshit.” Pathetic tech blather in a silly attempt to demonstrate tech hipness.
Fools! It’s g-u-v-‘m-i-n-t.
I dropped the not. I’m sorry. Said exactly the opposite of what I meant. 😐
But it was sold as raw milk, right? By definition you can guarantee raw milk is safe.
I believe it. These morons feel unsafe when kids on motorbikes show off.
The King George III award for Military Thuggery for stationing soldiers in restless cities.
You did get you’re attention, dear. Now it’s time for a juicebox and a nap. Try not to wet the bed this time.
Agreed. Except were not being cynical if what we’re seeing is true. We’re bitter. Very bitter. For good reason,
So … essentially toddlers.
Of course. They are quite lawless. But that doesn’t mean you don’t call it out, challenge it in court and at least force SCOTUS to side with lawlessness again. And perhaps they’ll land on the right side for a change.
What an astonishingly stupid take.
On top of that … Paul Krugman just said on MSNBC that the monthly reports are required by law.
Has he been seen? Are we sure he’s not in prison in Sudan or Libya?
Anything that startles or annoys people like this is a crime.
He’ll send it to his library.
Perfect. Tho the album title has to have the word “sultry” in it.
Ditto … but what kinda music do we think it is?
I wouldn’t say AOC has no voice.
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I shudder to think what that would be.
Wish he would do one with Ice-T. Am sure he’d beat the crap out of him.
She’s more of an NFT or crypto scam lady. Maybe an Abdominator.
It’s cute you think we’re back in the 2000s & are debating issues. We’re fighting a fascist regime intent on subverting the Constitution, ignoring the rule of law & disenfranchising voters. He’s supporting Democrats like Mamdani for the same reason: a big tent & unified party. Other Ds are not.
And who the hell appointed you? The people we need in the tent the least are self-important judgmental jerks who want to keep shooting the Democratic Party in the foot. What we do need is a party where a Walsh and a Mamdani can work shoulder to shoulder against anti Constitution fascists.
Should’ve just fired the statistics app.
David Mamet. Genius playwright (Glengarry Glen Ross still astonishes me). Teeth-gritting politics.
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It’s all painted styrofoam, right?
If you want to be just a little daring tie a flank steak to your ankle and let Sarge chase you. I think you can beat him.
Why no one should take Moore and his charts seriously.
There was a time that publishers filled that need and would be embarrassed if errors were found.
Pretty sure he’s using the same logic that prompted him to say Republicans are “entitled” to the five House seats in Texas since he won the state in 2024.
EVIDENCE is such a quaint notion these days. 😢
Well, if we didn’t have a Vichy Supreme Court….,
Very curious what “results and information” from the 2024 election he thinks are somehow relevant to the census.
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As many as it takes?
So many ssssses I just googled the name and it popped up. Highly amusing “testimonials”. Very curious to see what happens with the cash when they don’t buy the human-sized doll.
Not saying it’s not a scam but the site definitely exists.
You’re whole schtick is grade school insults, so it’s a good thing you don’t think you’re clever.
How weird and sad that you think repeating the same silly thing is clever. Right out of the rubber/glue school of debate. Bye now.