i think the best example of this is Bill Cassidy bitching about how the right is trying to kill the Hep B vaccine when he is a literal Senator
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i think the best example of this is Bill Cassidy bitching about how the right is trying to kill the Hep B vaccine when he is a literal Senator
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
the thing is that by getting out in front of this instead of waiting for it to happen Pritzker might actually short circuit the whole thing. Texas is already issuing denials.
The Khan has friends everywhere.
the public outcry is breaking through and making republican senators to speak out. keep pushing!
Someone should ask Makary and bhattacharya if we’ve reached “herd immunity” yet. Because their big plan was to let COVID rip so everyone got it and then it would go away.
i have been begging for people to just play clips of lies to people who deny the lies for years and it is deeply satisfying to see it actually happen
I miss when Yglesias actually cared about policy and improving people’s lives. Even if I disagreed with a lot of his ideas, at least he was operating from a place of good faith. Way better than whatever cynical bullshit this is.
Impeach/remove, demand resignation, or GTFO.
Voters punish displays of weakness more than anything else, and Starmer is the weakest political leader I’ve ever seen.
If you’re a leader of Congress, you should be able to denounce blatant abuses of emergency powers - and usurpation of Congress’ powers - by the President.
Jeffries with a double helping of weak sauce.
starmer is doing all the anti-immigrant and anti-trans "popularism" stuff the centrists are demanding US dems do and this is the predictable result:
“Apologizing.”
Yeah, he’s not really apologizing; he’s twisting the knife on SCOTUS’ overuse of the shadow docket.
I guess I’d say the approach that leaves you with the support of 11% of the population probably isn’t the least terrible one.
I do think Vance would be less effective with the anti-democratic stuff, but that’s because he has zero charisma and is incredibly unpopular. It’s not that he thinks it’s wrong.
Michelle Obama was not head of HHS and I think “eat a vegetable and play outside” is a very different platform than “vaccines cause autism.”
lot of this comes down to how utterly dysfunctional Congress is as a whole
honestly insane how reporters have kept going "well but crime down so isn't this a good thing" about the take over of DC, dawg the reason why crime has collapsed is the same reason why restaurants are in freefall, because no one is outside because of all the goddamn goons
So there’s a thing I’ve noticed repeatedly from people who are still on X, The Everything App - they’re constantly making weird accusations about Bluesky that don’t make any sense if you’re on here, and I think it’s a sign they’re deeply insecure about posting to X, The Everything App.
At this point he should go to MLS. I’m sure he’d be in demand if he were open to it.
Mostly agree. Though I do think electeds who flee Bluesky for X the moment they’re criticized on here (like Brian Schatz) deserve the scorn that resulted from that choice.
Geek moment: is the Surprise always docked in SD or is this a temporary thing?
I had something in late May that supposedly wasn’t Covid or flu but I wound up sicker than I’d been in years. Wound up completely out of commission for over 2 weeks and had to cancel a family vacation because of it.
From the U.S., Kier Starmer really does come across as a perfect example of you cannot successfully try to ape reactionary conservative politics in the long term. Labour got a single win and Starmer proceeded to drive the party into its worst polling in generations by courting the right.
You cannot tell me that being on X is not bad for you when it turns Senators who had the clearest view on the 2024 election to COVID school closer guys. And again imagine people in 1948 saying that Britons spent too much time in bomb shelters during the Blitz.
The big benefit of Trump to the movement is his combination of shamelessness and showmanship. No one else has that, and all that have tried to fake it have failed miserably.
Yeah, my partner and I were just talking about just how nice a bottle of wine we’d be getting for the occasion, and we’re not holding back.
If you’re wondering who the fascists are in America, they’re the people who answered “yes” to this question.
Using alt text is just basic decency. I don’t know why some people can’t be bothered with it.
I’ve been rolling my eyes at the “Trump dying” stuff but then they do stuff like post “proof of life” golf rounds from a week ago.
If this country ever returns to sanity, a whole bunch of people should be disbarred, at a minimum
Was about to say, him going to United would be a welcome surprise!
every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards
I think he had some nice passes in the box when a goal wasn’t on. Wasn’t a great game for him but it wasn’t a stinker either.
The only account I really miss on there is Clive, but the amount of nonsense on that site is not worth sifting through to get to the good stuff.
Arteta probably should’ve brought the subs on 10 mins earlier but that’s not a firing offense. Otherwise the game plan was good.
If Saliba is a twisted ankle, he’ll be back in a few weeks. Here’s hoping.
We took 4 points of 6 from City a couple years ago and they still won the league. Hold serve at the Emirates and it’s job done.
*crowning but they shouldn’t be crowing either
I’d have brought them on at 60’ but otherwise agree.
If that’s what Liverpool need for a win at home against an Arsenal with no Saka, Havertz, or Saliba and 20mins of Ødegaard, I wouldn’t be crowing them just yet. Loss was unfortunate, but not too worried about it.
If I have a complaint today, it’s this - making the subs about 10’ too late.
Waiting until 70’ to bring on Eze and Ødegaard was a mistake. From how Eze looked he probably could’ve started.
Don’t really agree with this. Arsenal were a late with their subs but they weren’t under a lot of pressure before the goal. A world class free kick decided it.
Eze and Ødegaard should’ve been brought on 10 minutes earlier. Eze looked dangerous every time he had the ball.
It took a piece of brilliance to win an otherwise pretty even game. Unstoppable free kick. I just think after what was a solid enough first half, we didn't really push on. Second half performance not as good, and maybe we left it too long to make changes. Not a fatal blow, but a blow all the same
Arsenal acquitted themselves well despite the result. Eze bright when he came on. Can’t help but wonder if starting him would’ve made the difference.
There’s gonna be a decent amount of stoppage time. Plenty of time for an equalizer.
That’s a perfect free kick. Damn.
I have not sat down for this entire match. Nervy.
This was always coming. Gotta get through it.
Ødegaard and Eze coming on. We’re going for it.
So far this is Calafiori’s best defensive game in an Arsenal shirt. He’s been excellent.
Can’t really tell what Saliba’s injury is, but he looked okay walking off. Hoping it’s a few weeks out injury and nothing more.
I’ll take a Martinelli attacking stinker if he helps keep Salah quiet. That said, would love to see Eze at 60’ and go for the win.
Very happy with that half from Arsenal. We’ve owned their midfield and aside from Raya’s miscue, have been the more threatening side. Eze for Martinelli at 60’ and let’s get the 3.
He’s been excellent again at both ends of the pitch.
Madueke has been good. Martinelli just looks lost in attack.
Saliba injury aside, I thought we looked good. Apart from the Raya miscue, we were the more threatening side.
I’ll tolerate an attacking stinker if he helps keep Salah in check.
Arteta’s gamble to go big and functional looking good right now. Midfield is bossing it.
Saliba … oh no
Calafiori looks like the most creative player in the team. We are going all in on Set Piece FC.
Weird lineup. I get the logic - we’re going physical - but it’s going to be hard to create chances outside of set pieces with such a functional team. Hopefully they keep Liverpool at bay until we can power up later.
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“ thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
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.
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was convinced this had to be fake but he really posted this. I was wondering why he would post this then realized it continues his grand tradition of stiffing contractors.
It’s cute how Trump refers to himself as a “Builder” with a capital “B,” like Bob the Builder.
Except that Kamala managed to become popular in 2024, even in defeat. JD Vance’s chances of repeating that don’t look good.
Agreed, but I received four anti-prop 50 flyers in the past week and no “vote yes” flyers. Anecdotal of course but a reminder that the “no” campaign is very well funded and the “yes” campaign can’t just bank on CA’s partisan lean.
Seems like something right up Jake Tapper’s alley
lmao, dude got wrecked traipsing through the playground training for ICE
Trusting experts is not, in fact, a feature of religion or totalitarianism.
Still one of the most underrated campaigns in American military history
Seems like something that should interest Jake Tapper. Too bad he probably doesn’t have time for this one given the more pressing scandal of the guy who’s no longer president being old.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
After all the shit Trump talked about Biden being old, it would be hysterical if Biden outlived him. The memes would be incredible, possibly rivaled only by when Kissinger died.
more seriously if anything is actually wrong with trump, he'll (1) not go golfing and (2) we probably start to get leaks about them really locking shit down in the White House, particularly information
If he didn’t have the most cutting edge medicine in 2020 - which was not yet approved for the public - he probably wouldn’t have survived COVID.
Seems like nothing a little lemon cleanse and swim in raw sewage can’t fix.
Meta AI made naked pictures of underage celebrities. Hard to see this being much worse. All the tech lords are bad, but Zuck always manages to be somehow the stupidest & least original
Merriweather Post Pavilion is a great album but the rest of their stuff is hit or miss for me.
Andrea Berta after signing Eze:
Vicksburg still doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. It was more important than any victory by Lee and was pure genius by Grant.
High school history ignored the war in the west and Grant’s strategic acumen in taking the South apart through coordinated campaigns in different theaters of the war. Meanwhile Lee was valorized for beating some poor Union generals in northern VA yet escaped blame for his disastrous PA offensive
“was Lee or Grant a better general” is a question with an obviously correct answer that a whole lot of people get wrong
NY Times says Cook's "perhaps an unlikely figure to carry [the] weight" of fighting to preserve the Separation of Powers and the nation's economic stability. In fact, she's the likeliest of figures to be placed in that position, having been targeted before - and has a long record of not buckling.
New Quinnipiac poll just dropped. Few highlights for me: - New low for Trump at 37% approval (lol) - 49% strongly disapprove - Only 20% approval with Indies (YIKKEESS) - 50% say economy is "getting worse" Overall, just an awful poll for the GOP. Early voting starts in NJ & VA in just a few weeks.
Trump knew RFK Jr. would be a disastrous pick to lead health care in America, and he nominated him anyway. Trump made this mistake, and now he must fire RFK Jr. immediately.
Kennedy “is trying to fully dismantle the nation’s vaccination apparatus, regardless of what science says or what most people want. And less than a year into his tenure as health secretary, he is succeeding brilliantly.” We are all at deep risk unless we push Congress to actually act. NOW.
O'Neill is a "longevity guy" and is buddies with Bryan Johnson and... "He has also supported the libertarian idea of creating new geographic zones, possibly at sea, in which residents can live by their own rules (including, notably, permissive regulatory regimes for new drugs and therapies). "
A lot of others willing to give up their jobs to let people know RFK, Jr. is on the cusp of doing very bad things:
He probably wants to do this because he knows MAGA doesn’t vote when he’s not on the ballot. I don’t think this will change that, but that’s probably what he’s going for.