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Happy Labrador Day, I hope your day was filled with Canadians and dogs (listens to earpiece) Sorry, LABOR Day, I hope you passed a small human out of your body in a relatively non-punishing way (listens to earpiece again)
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
HAPPY LABOR DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT IS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY WITH A SICK WARPED RADICAL MIND, KILLING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH CRAZY TARIFFS, TAKING HEALTH CARE FROM CHILDREN, PARDONING J6 THUGS, SENDING THE "PRIVATE ARMY" TO ARREST GRANDMA, WRECKING OUR BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT,
Oh, the irony if #DonaldTrump dies before Joe Biden. What will corporate media do with itself?
This is the kind of thing you post at 6:54 if you might be dead.
WHITE HOUSE AIDE: we need a distraction from the president being dead OTHER WHITE HOUSE AIDE: let’s kill Rudy
Creative writing prompt: Make a simple press statement about a car accident sound suspicious on at least three different levels.
One of these is going to be his last post ever, isn't that fun to think about?
Goodnight, loon Goodnight, all those waiting for The News to come soon Goodnight, "proof" of life Goodnight, garbage wife Goodnight, weird hand bruises Goodnight, red hat losers Goodnight, nobody Goodnight, cow And goodnight to the internet whispering "let it be now"
August 31, 2025
night night grandpa!
I'm still waiting for the relentless onslaught of media demands for a press conference and calls to resign.
He starts randomly jabbering on about getting into heaven. Mysterious bruising on his hand. He disappears from the public eye for days. Even a child would suspect something was up. Everyone but Congress and mainstream media.
ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
Trump/RFK are decapitating our public health system, a pillar of American greatness. So Dem Govs should scour every corner of the law for creative new ways to defend their people from this madness. Dems should polarize this debate to the max. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Seeing wind turbines dot the entire landscape below on a recent flight in the upper Midwest gave me a feeling that in spite of everything we’re going to be all right.
Goodness, if the President has a serious health problem I certainly hope he follows the expert medical advice of his Secretary of Health and Human Services
How now? Where’s the King?
With mirth in funeral
Let it happen on the golf course 🙏
the funniest possible day for it to happen is 9/11
Fucking hell, Joe Biden had to go biking and hang out at the beach, all in front of cameras, in order to prove to the vultures in the media that he was still physically capable of doing the job. Trump disappears for days and it's only on BlueSky and elsewhere that anyone's asking if he's alive.
August 29, 2025
The Gilded Rage
I daydream about being woken in the dead of night by the sound of shouts, cheers, and car horns.
We want to apologize if it feels like we’ve been venting a lot lately. It’s just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens.
Very happy to read about these young, principled, and interesting librarians working in various places in Philadelphia 📚 www.phillymag.com/news/2025/08...
Perhaps he accidentally brutally stabbed himself in the stomach while shaving, or accidentally brutally cut his head off while combing his hair
Perhaps he accidentally brutally stabbed himself in the stomach while shaving, or accidentally brutally cut his head off while combing his hair
“maybe it will happen today” - early 21st century american proverb
i do not post on weekends or holidays and can not think of any event that would change my mi...
Live your life such that everyone doesn’t spend ten solid years planning the rager they’re going to throw when you die.
What if we established a tax-exempt Church of Democracy and sued the government for infringing on our religious freedoms when it does authoritarian stuff?
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RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC
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I think Joni Ernst is going to take her “well we’re all going to die” messaging into her next career as CDC spokesperson.
Donald Trump is the leading SOCIALIST of our time! Happy Labor Day, America — all hail, Chairman Trump!
August 29, 2025
Breaking: According to Minneapolis police, two children — ages 8 and 10 — have been killed in the church shooting. 14 children and three adults injured. Minneapolis mayor Frey: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."
It’s the first week of school for many—a time that should be filled with joy, not grief. Those children in Minnesota were at Mass when their lives were stolen. My heart goes out to all impacted by this act of violence. Gun violence has no place in our schools, our churches, or our communities.
Praying for of all those affected by today’s horrific shooting in Minnesota, injuring and killing innocent young people who were simply starting their school year. We are all too accustomed to awful news like this, but must never accept such suffering and loss as normal.
Minnesota is heartbroken. From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together. Hug your kids close.
Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
A video about the Nineteenth Amendment.
That’s a whole movie in a frame
I swear Dylan’s face is looking more and more like Sam AItman
love to live in 2025
Dan Froomkin of Press Watch: “The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state.” [presswatchers.org]
August 25, 2025
The story so far…
DNC: Arcades in need of a Project?
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
The near daily Zoom calls between blue state attorneys general: Fascinating and encouraging.
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism.
They call your Social Security & Medicare 'Entitlements' so you don't call them something silly like 'Earned Benefits.'
Adjacent to this: no billionaires stepping in to, say, save CPB or mRNA research with basically pocket change. Are they waiting to see how things shake out? The makeup on the hand only lasts so long…
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
They may be scared of what’s next
You know what's crazy? There have been no op-eds or editorial statements in major newspapers this year calling on Trump to resign. None calling for his impeachment. None asking if he's medically fit to be in office. Not one in any major newspaper all year.
I can't shake the feeling that we are at a very unpleasant turning point where a lot of the Trump administration members are starting to get their bearings and realize just what an impossible position they have put themselves in. There isn't a clear next phase of this. And he will die before them.
The LitHub comments section continues to fascinate…
“The president of the United States is openly admitting that his party cannot win a free and fair election.”
John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America. “The Supreme Court was never intended to function like this. Never before has it entertained such challenges from the President, and never before has it decided them so flippantly.” [theguardian.com]
“Republicans have taken away the liberty, and now the voice, of a Black woman elected by voters to represent them in the government. This is a crisis far bigger than Texas.”
can’t believe the host of the Kennedy Center Honors is wasting his valuable time like this
“You do not need the strongest powers of observation to see that crime is a pretext — and not the main reason — for the military occupation of Washington by federal agents and soldiers from the National Guard.” [nytimes.com]
Refusing to Choose Is a Choice. “You can say ‘all are welcome,’ but if wolves and sheep are both welcome then you’re only going to get wolves.” [kottke.org]
I'm not right wing but some of this "woke" stuff is a little over the top [6 months later] Slavery was fine. Your city is under martial law
Washington DC’s 700,000+ residents deserve federal representation. DC statehood now.
Imagine not being able to see that Stephen Miller is the bad guy in the story
Today, Texas House Democratic Leader Rep. Gene Wu will introduce an amendment to Republicans' congressional gerrymandering bill that would block the redistricting scheme until the complete release of the Epstein files.
An idea:
August 19, 2025
Again: this is not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
Our constitutions are not the same. We have been very proud of always holding elections, no matter what else was going on. I am so tired of Trump shitting on the United States of America.
Ms, Now This is a Wendy’s
August 17, 2025
legit laughing my ass off
Fox News falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
"It strikes me as further evidence of the sloppiness and the incompetence of the administration," said Michaels. "You just don't leave things in printers. It's that simple." Trump-Putin documents left on hotel printer www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
I just put this whole post in my VEINS
If you are upset about DC‘s crime rate while voting for a felon, you are a special kind of stupid.
“Competitive authoritarianism [can be seen as] a prevalent form of government throughout American history — one which we have only tentatively started to move away from in recent decades.” Interesting historical context. [publicnotice.co]
I must continue to insist that this is not a strong regime. It does not have the kind of pan-societal support needed to enforce Gleichshaltung. It has significant elite buy-in and a small popular coalition, but it is brittle and feeble and will collapse if pressed hard enough.
As the tweet says, this isn’t a cash strapped regional school that needs to focus on career oriented majors to attract dollars and students. It’s one of the premier universities in the country.
Some madman recently filled the streets with weapons of war! Tanks! Actual tanks! Forget brandishing a gun in a public place—he insisted on tanks!
Slightly diminish a band: Mostly Dead Kennedys
How do you “replace” a service that you extricated from the government’s involvement? Good luck with influencing free markets and personal liberties, bitches.
How do you “replace” a service that you extricated from the government’s involvement? Good luck with influencing free markets and personal liberties, bitches.
August 12, 2025
"I wish I could tell you that even if the Supreme Court decides to hear the challenge, it will fail and Obergefell will be upheld, but I really, truly, honestly don’t know. My gut feeling is that Obergefell is in trouble. I hope my gut is wrong."