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A U.S. citizen on their way to work abducted by ICE then locked in a basement, with federal government employees refusing to consider indisputable proof of citizenship. Congress endorses it. SCOTUS keeps thwarting judges from even slowing it. What more is there to say? We live under fascism now.

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

People in the Democratic Party will really be like "you believe in running candidates who aren't sex pests? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, having wide cross-party appeal to deliver meaningful policy change" and then not have wide cross-party appeal or deliver meaningful policy change

the thing about emil bove is he also looks like a sniveling toady

Be the inflatable crocodile horde you want to see in the world. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

One of the SpaceX fan cams caught a crane collapse at Starbase in Texas. This kind of thing only happens from a completely unacceptable safety culture failure and I'd be shocked if there wasn't a death here

Listen to Emily: young people can decide this election. Polls are open until 9pm. zohranfornyc.com/vote

Ice cream truck funerals apparently produce the most horror movie ass sound you can hear in real life

Trump's innovation on conservatism wasn't just making it more explicit, it was detaching it from reality completely. Guy who thinks courts are fake at the department of justice. Guy who thinks germs are fake at the department of health. Total triumph of the cranks

I mean, if steel and aluminum tariffs on US allies like Canada are being imposed on the basis of a “national security” law/emergency — I guess, why not? What’s sauce for the goose, etc.

America's national science agency officially homeless

Huge news today: Big Balls Out. Also, Big Balls Out.

Zaller never misses.

Republicans are murdering unborn babies nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...

Remember when Trump stole a bunch of stuff that was supposed to go to the archives, then he was somehow allowed to escape all punishment, despite never actually disputing that he took the documents?

we should have a song that we sing when we're ashamed of our country

here's a funny thing: the dmv in nyc is an insanely seamless experience if you are not a moron. and gristede's sucks.

I literally warned against exactly this in my dissertation and i am very tired of eugenicist fascist authoritarians using all the things we've warned about as a fucking shopping list

RFK Jr. is flogging wearable diet/exercise monitors that cost “80 bucks a month”. This is a good demonstration of his complete lack of understanding about public health and people with differing resources from those that he enjoys. Feed them. Pay them a livable wage. Don’t track their behavior.

Kinda weird how quickly this slipped off the national news agenda, no?

"Think of the MAGA majority’s shoddy arguments as a flex, a reminder that five (or six) justices are above accountability. That’s the real legacy of the Roberts Court: a steady erosion of rights dressed up as freedom, with little care as to whether their positions are coherent." — @snipy.bsky.social

they already made this movie and it was dumb, no thx

Lawyer: Mr. Combs, it says here tha- Diddy: We got some fine ladies on the jury today. What's up ladies

The rest of the world really needs to start blocking MAGA tourists

This country used to know how to deal with the fucking Kennedys

Behold, a marvel! A living piece of excrement! This turd somehow moves & speaks!

Cambridge police arrested an old man who uses a cane for entering his own house and when Obama said the officer acted stupidly the Washington press corps responded as though he he personally walked into their kitchens, pissed on their chicken, and left a Black power fist shaped turd on their porch

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every cuomo endorsement sounds like an angry best man speech where the guy is like "everyone knows andy is a piece of shit who wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire, but i'll always be by his side"

How can anyone look at or listen to RFK and think he should be in charge of wellness? The man is delusional & defiantly so; the contempt he manifests for the truth is nauseating

again: he wants a Nobel Peace Prize more than anything, it’s something Obama has and he doesn’t as far as he’s concerned, the foreign policy of every other country on earth should be focused on getting him one

The most powerful figure in Congress is insisting that a measure passed by Congress in an effort to reassert Congress's rightful role in the constitutional order is actually unconstitutional and his Congress should have *less* authority and influence. The saddest set of eunuchs in world history.

Did you know "Gil" is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Aegidius, which means "kid" or "young goat" in Greek? It me. Also, don't rank Cuomo.

Every story quoting Trump would be improved dramatically if it included “given his track record he is probably lying.”

New piece by me! I wrote about how freaky measles is, which many people don't know about. It depletes immune cells, and makes people vulnerable to many other infectious diseases. This raises the risk of complications for years after an infection.

Let’s talk endometriosis, a devastating condition that’s under diagnosed, under treated & poorly recognized Having bad periods? You’ll hear the following: You should get pregnant Period pain is “normal” It’s not that bad Get married & have babies and THEN we may operate 🧵

imagine if this worked. IMAGINE IF THIS WORKED. imagine if the Epstein Caucus is defeated in an absolute tidal wave of voters who want their electeds to CARE and DO THINGS. imagine primarying all the nation’s Schumers and Pelosis with people who understand they work for us and take that seriously

mf tried to declare ceasefire Michael Scott style

On June 24, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger - carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally Ride - coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. 🚀👩‍🚀🔭🦛

Bears raid honey store. bbc.com/news/article...

(michael bluth voice) i don't know what i expected

you know what is REALLY dangerous? BOOKS are dangerous! Especially if you read them after bedtime! lights had better stay out!! *leaves flashlight next to bed*

david hogg off the top rope on the other site