The U.S. just murdered 11 people in a boat in the Caribbean? Wow.
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The U.S. just murdered 11 people in a boat in the Caribbean? Wow.
When organizing a sex festival, parking is always, always a challenge.
But Belichick is a mad genius. 😐
NBC nightly news tonight appears to be a repeat.
Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
People want to be by the water. Some cities make that safer and easier.
What is @cnn.com doing having this maniac on?
Pssssssst… 🤨
Oh Canada, be better than us. Please.
Aah. Yes. I knew the first part but not the second. Thank you.
I missed it. Did someone chalk a sidewalk with repro freedom-speak or maybe an excerpt from, oh I don’t know, a book? 😐
Forget that awful headline trying to soften the blow. This is a catastrophe for Indy. Indianapolis ranks in top 10 Midwest cities for Gen Z graduates. Where else should Gen Z grads live? www.indystar.com/story/news/2...
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Just when I thought the last dumbest fucking thing ever couldn’t be topped…
Utter madness.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
Well, I guess the cruelty was fun for MAGA while it lasted. 😐
Aah…the fall semester is upon us. The weekly… open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
Again, the amount of time the WNBA takes to review a call is absurd.
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This sounds like a tipping point coming.
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
genuinely difficult for me to get into the headspace of someone so insanely narcissistic that their response to criticism and dislike is to say "everyone who disagrees with me isn't an actual human being."
If they want to be mad, be mad about their lousy sausage gravy.
Illegal is her specialty. 😐
That any human is buying this act is insane.
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I really like her.
Yea, this is bonkers.
The ADL has needed new leadership for a long time.
They have lost their fucking minds.
Wait till Floridians start getting cavities like Augustus Gloop and Violet Beauregarde…they will definitely blame Wonka…😐
This meeting will be way tougher for Trump than whatever that was with Putin on Friday.
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My advice to the new boss: Ditch the ketchup/mustard packets at the stadium immediately. Is it 1997? I missed part of the game prepping my cheeseburger basket today. 😐 Colts' Carlie Irsay-Gordon on QBs Anthony Richardson, Daniel Jones: 'The very expensive question' www.indystar.com/story/sports...
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He lost Fox on this? 😐
This is the perfect review.👇👇👇
This exercise had nothing to do with the war. #Putin
A good humanities professor could have helped him make his absurd perspective more persuasive. I’m just sayin…
Great for tourism. 😐
He really should work on trying out the best possible former, disgraced, sexual harassing governor persona and then quietly disappear from politics. Just a thought.
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Larry Kudlow is drunk.
Trust the data, while we still have it. The weekly… open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
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It’s been a shitty day, but we just had a hummingbird work every petunia in our backyard in downtown Indy. So, I’m declaring victory.
The gavel the speaker of the Texas House uses looks like a carnival sledge hammer. And he swings it like one. He’s gonna hurt himself with that.
First, it’s not “your” house. Second, claiming that bunch gathered without discussing Epstein is either a lie or you’re all moronic.
Ouch.
That’s exactly what it is.
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ELON MUSK'S LEGACY will be one of America's most prolific killers of humans in the United States of America. DOGE DID IT...
The refs in the WNBA are cartoonishly bad.
I can’t wait to look back on this stretch of BS and being unable to find anyone who will admit they supported it.
In the airport this afternoon a 50ish year old man was wearing a MAGA red hat, backwards that said “TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING”. Did I 1. Politely say to him, “I think we can all agree he was wrong about Putin;” or, 2. Scream with no context, “Jeffrey Epstein!” or, 3. Both?
Declaration of crazy: “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
Laura Loomer impersonating someone with message discipline and foresight…
What a bullshit headline from my local paper. They know the answer to the question is yes. Why pander to people who want to believe the opposite? Do ICE detainees have a right to due process? Micah Beckwith's immigration comments go viral www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
This is nuts.
He’s unfit to serve. Do ICE detainees have a right to due process? Micah Beckwith's immigration comments go viral www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
Pay $1B to protect $500M? That’s as Trumpian as it gets. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Uh, more than 1 million troops?
Every day I’m inspired by the bravery of these courageous ICE agents.
Is it gold? Actual gold? Or is it pretend gold like most of his other fantasies?
17 different Colts were targeted at least once tonight. 😳
Grift 101
This.👇
**”…call in the FBI when it unlawfully intervenes…” (My students would revolt if I left that uncorrected.)
Oversight Dems should be prepping to call in the FBI when unlawfully intervene in the Texas Democrats walkout.
Pritzker—100% for facts and tone. 👍👍👍
PSA: The FBI’s job is to enforce violations of federal CRIMINAL law, and to protect national security. The FBI can assist local law enforcement when requested on CRIMINAL matters. It can help locate and arrest people who have fled the state to avoid felony (CRIMINAL) prosecution.
This is clearly a tipping point. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.
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How humiliating.
Texas democrats are being the heroes that we need. History will Keep standing strong.
Does dad know the kids re gathering?
As a Hoosier, it’s nice to see his dumb shit getting noticed nationally. 😐
As a Hoosier, it’s nice to see his dumb shit is getting noticed nationally. 😐
I’m amazed at how angry the MAGA crowd gets when people don’t just lay down and take their shit.
Penske won't sue... but he should...
They should sue. www.ibj.com/articles/spe...
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The stupid little nicknames are the most important things to them. If I were Penske, I’d sue.
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I don’t think the moon belongs to us. Does it?
Did Duck Dodgers claim the moon in the name of America? Or was that Mars/Earth? 🙄🙄
“Jurisdiction” is just some woke ideology now. This ends ugly. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
I want polling in Texas.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
There isn’t a legit golf course on the planet that Trump can shoot 69 on. And there is no fucking way he is a legit 2 handicap. This is the biggest lie of all of his lies. Not the most important lie, just the most obvious set of lies.
This is just stupid.
It’s not this jobs report, but the ones that are (were) coming he and his minions truly fear.
It’s going viral.