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Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities
RFK Jr was not chosen to preside over US public health and science because he had any qualifications. He had a famous family name and Trump needed his endorsement and supporters. We saw it happen live in this call. That’s why we are here.
The same people who villainize Dr. Anthony Fauci, an actual doctor with a speciality in immunology and research in virology, are praising RFK Jr who has never seen the inside of a lab.
Here is a good thing to have in you wallet. Yes, Washington State is in here.
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
But that's not convenient to the narrative... Whitewashing it will be!
“Thank god for IVF so I could get pregnant” “Actually god made you infertile, science made you pregnant. So it’s thank science actually”
Putin did more than eat Trump’s lunch in Alaska. He ate Trump for lunch and swallowed him whole. The losers? Ukraine, the EU, NATO, and the United States of America.
We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
If “people are the problem”, but the guns aren’t, then why do Republicans want to keep giving the problem, guns?
Welcome to the many, many people who have found this campaign in the last week. My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. 2,900 volunteers. $1 million raised. In just over a week. Join us.
Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
That's isn't reality. The US would be FAR better if EVERY eligible voter participated in the process. Voter suppression, voter disenfranchisement, and SuperPAC money contributing to these are problems. We can't take the vote away from dumb people. We need to help the dumb people see the light.
Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who chose to break into an unauthorized area during an insurrection against the repeated warnings of law enforcement. She ignored those warnings and got killed through no one's fault but her own. She was a traitor. She doesn't deserve full military honors.
Let’s be blunt: the president who cut pediatric cancer research isn’t going to do anything to prevent kids from being shot in school either. Our children deserve so much better than Donald Trump.
She gets nothing because she gave us nothing. Susan Collins can fuck right off with her concerns.
I sure do. We have a terribly outdated constitution that most people misquote and don't understand... along with an under-average intelligence. Even incremental change is difficult, but not impossible. We proved it in the 90s, but...well... under-average intelligence kicked in.
That will NEVER work in the US. We could, however, make SO MUCH progress with a few simple controls. When the conversation turns to outlawing guns, the crazies dig their heels.
Starbucks CEO pay: $96 MILLION Starbucks worker pay: $15,000 Coca-Cola CEO pay: $28 MILLION Coca-Cola worker pay: $14,000 CEOs used to make like 20x the average worker. In 2024, the average CEO earned 632x more. The system is rigged.
This is bad. I blame W for the beginning of the science wars. Trump's henchmen have taken it to a whole different level. Science doesn't care. Science is real. Fuck RFKjr
NEVER FORGET: The GOP Congress lack of interest in the breach of actual science at the CDC has made it CLEAR: they don’t care if we live or die.
You gotta be a real evil motherfucker to work for ICE. Just an irredeemable piece of shit dork-ass loser.
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
He’s the Vice President of the United States. He could actually *do* something about this instead of just play pretend games.
This *should* be a giant mirror for all those who celebrated its existence. Should be.
Good point.
You're assuming that everyone can give a cogent and fully present answer to every question... I'm simply suggesting that we don't all have that bandwidth and presuming we do is compounding whatever problem the OP was suggesting.
Not at all. It's when one has expectations for an interaction based ONLY on their own state of mind... that we have forgotten how to be humans. We focus on our own issues... rightfully. But we shouldn't point fingers while others are doing the same.
That works for some people/situations/moments... We still need to understand that, as much as we'd like to use everyone as a crutch, they/we don't all have the immediate bandwidth. Sometimes that is expressed as, "I'm sorry, I can't right now." Other times it's, "It's fine." Don't judge.
Great album, great engineering... Devo was (is) right!
Nice contrast to Susan Collins...who, according to my wife (and I wholeheartedly agree), is a traitor.
John Roberts will not go down in history as a good guy.
Hey, @mattyglesias.bsky.social, have you literally just not left your apartment? They’re in every single metro station, all over the mall, and doing checkpoints on 14th and U. DHS is all over Hispanic neighborhoods and harassing uber drivers. You genuinely cannot not see this. Go outside.
Some days I'm able to be there for ALL of my friends. Some days, "it's fine" is the best anyone is going to get. Maybe ask the same questions on a different day rather than be disappointed. Everyone can't help you all the time. Sometimes, it's because they need help.
If I get COVID this year, I'm going to be the biggest baby ever. My insurance company will spend so much $$$$ on my care, they'll be at the front of the line advocating for a 2026 vaccination for ALL who want it.
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
People who claim fascism is a leftist ideology do so because it hurts their feelings to admit that fascism is rightwing and that they agree with much of it.
There is only one political party responsible for gun violence in America. The political party that has done nothing to solve it. The political party that has blocked any efforts to solve it. The Republican Party.
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
As Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
The best thing about beer is that there are a million different ones; and, therefore, one for every taste... Hopped cider might not be for everyone, but there are MANY other ciders for that. Cider diversity should strive to match beer diversity.
Welp. We'll never see that trophy again.
I'm 57 and the quote, "The days are long, but the years are short." is really hitting home lately.
A legend in his own mind...his own deteriorating mind.
Fuck John Roberts. Fuck him all the way to hell and back. FUCK!!!
Cash bail creates a two-tiered system of justice where the wealthy can buy their way out of jail. Cashless bail lets judges detain people based on flight risk and community threat, rather than financial means, and does not raise crime rates. Don't fall for Trump's lies.
Funny how the big bruise has been on his hand for months but no mark was on his ear days after the PA thingy.
This is not okay.
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
It’s becoming clearer: the real fight against Trump isn’t going to come from party leadership in DC; it’s going to come from blue state governors.
Joni Ernst voted to strip healthcare from 100,000 Iowans and brushed off Medicaid cuts saying, “we all are going to die.” That’s not leadership—it’s failure. Iowans deserve better.
We all know the goal was always to “own the libs.” And in chasing that, too many have given up their own freedoms just to claim a hollow “win.” What they don’t see is that the monster they fed never stops, it eventually comes for us all. And now their silence is deafening.
Republicans had a choice: expose child s*x traffickers or protect Trump. They chose Trump. They chose traffickers. They are the party of child s*x trafficking.
It’s clear that the main goal of the Maxwell interview was to get her to say that she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong. Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that? The interview is more incriminating, not less.
Don't get me started on the "ironic t shirts" from the early millennials. They were t shirts, but the irony is that they weren't ironic.
I'm pretty sure your frustration has been shared before... HST went down the allegory highway, but most didn't get it. He also indulged in satire and parody... they got *some* of that. Keep on keeping on. Someone will get it and appreciate it.
I'm 57 years old and have ALWAYS said that voting, within the system we have, is a lesser of two evils exercise. He's not perfect, but the orange guy is levels of hell worse... THAT is my current lodestar.
W. The. Actual. F.
The CEO has made it abundantly clear that he wants to play politics and Bed, Bath and Beyond does not want the business of Democrats anywhere in the country by doing so. If they even had it to begin with. Good luck with the MAGA rebrand.
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
Oh look, Rubio’s State Department is lying again. It must be a day that ends in a y.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's bid to redraw California's congressional seats to create more Democrat-friendly districts has a 22-point advantage in support among the state's voters. Hell YES! California: Vote to gerrymander the SHIT out of the state. Do it for democracy. www.axios.com/2025/08/20/n...
Washington DC’s 700,000+ residents deserve federal representation. DC statehood now.
Vaccines don’t prevent infection. Vaccines are meant to produce immunological memory and antibody production, so that when you get infected, your immune system can rapidly respond to eliminate the pathogen and prevent serious complications, including death. Vaccines don’t cause autism!
Trump's brain is scrambled eggs.
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
I stopped watching the NFL after I watched the Frontline special on head injuries...it pointed out that the NFL is the modern slave trade.
So the problem is that we have reached that point where we know everyone could be housed, fed, and be provided with adequate healthcare, but we choose… Fuck that, let kids starve so some rich assholes can have yachts and beach front property. That kinda destroys hope. Why should we survive?
Bingo 🎯
Jo, I love everything you've done and do... But, I'm 57 yo and that's what I look like walking pretty much anywhere. I'm 5'9" and 165# and have neurogical issues. When you make fun of him, you disenfranchise people like me.
Please don't start now. This isn't some seismic shift... it's simply digging in and defending everything Scientology. Extreme ideology doesn't excuse extreme ideology.
Ten years behind the times. He's a good politician, but not what we need right now.
The inability to take a firm stand has been the bane of the blue party... The water isn't fucking tepid... it's boiling. Pick a lane and/or get out of the way.
Good luck with that. My wife will never forget... trust me. You're fudged, orange pedo.
Bicycle friendly Portland Oregon. We have people riding on busy streets and crowded sidewalks... we have dedicated bike boulevards literally a block away. It's a fifteen second exercise to ride a block over to be safe. Help me help you.
The party of small government is now the party of big brother.
You can’t assert the former without the latter also being true.
Nope. You need an Italian deli in North Jersey. They wrap that shit tight in heavy deli paper.
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: REQUIRES 10-PERSON TACTICAL TEAM TO AREEST IN FULL RAID GEAR (even tho subject wanted to turn himself in) Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: “Go home. We love you.”
That's not accurate... When one is in true cardiac arrest, they are, by definition, dying. Rescue attempts push back death, and AEDs restore spontaneous cardiac operation. Learn CPR to keep people alive short term... know where the AED is for long term. In any event, call 911!!!
Some brave patriot needs to leak the unredacted Epstein files immediately.
Hoagie assault guy, if convicted, will be punished more strongly than J6 folks who beat police officers with poles and other objects and are now walking free (and probably joining CBP)
There were 34 church leaders & christian school employees who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes in the month of July.
Looks like an OSHA violation...no fall protection. 🤣
People working in or visiting museums in DC: Please use your phones to record politically/racially/sexuality/gender sensitive exhibits before the Trump administration desecrates them with its white supremacist heteronormative propaganda. Because we will need to fix them when he’s gone to Hell.
I can’t overstate how dangerous this is. ‘White House reviewing Smithsonian exhibits to make sure they align with Trump’s vision’ Translation: Donald Trump and his administration are continuing their assault on Black history, and on any history that doesn’t center and glorify the white man…
She's also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with potential work release one week after meeting with the Deputy Attorney General.
"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
Dem Congresswomen Demand ICE Agents Clearly Identify Themselves Amid Wave of Imposter Assaults "Your current practices leave women vulnerable to life-altering violence," the lawmakers said. "It's past time to act." Brett Wilkins Aug 11, 2025 www.commondreams.org/news/house-d...
A stronger case for why D.C. should become a state has never been made. Trump’s seizure of power today is based on false pretext and is meant to distract from Epstein. But it has real consequences. The people of D.C. should not be ruled by a tyrant. This is intimidation without representation.
I was a DJ in the 80s. Your friend was not. DJs learned the tunes and prided themselves for being the fade out, as opposed to needing a fade out. Great DJs kept the music going with beat matching... only "fading out" when it was time to sell more drinks.
This is Banana Republic avoidance.