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One of the major reasons the Bush Administration and neocons were able to lead US into the disastrous War on Terror and lie to the public was due to journalists and commentators who parroted the propaganda and beat the war drums.

submitted 2 days ago • 134 comments

Tomorrow I’m going to watch Jon Stewart and then Stephen Colbert talk about America starting a war in the middle east because time is a flat circle

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

Bill Clinton’s just chilling in his living room, watching ICE kidnappings on tv, when the sex pest election trouble alarm goes off in his kitchen. “Not cuomo,” he says to himself. “Not another member of the brotherhood”

submitted 3 days ago • 124 comments

This framing is beneath contempt. The Christian right and MAGA launched an unprecedented assault on the civil rights of a tiny minority and successfully weaponized the pseudoliberal establishment - led by the NYT - to provide it with a medical controversy pretext that doesn’t actually exist.

submitted 6 days ago • 86 comments

The takeaway from the Tucker Carlson Ted Cruz interview is that the American public has been so badly cheated for so long by the people pretending to be the political media that when anyone asks a basic follow up that an 8th grade schoolpaper reporter would it feels like cutting edge journalism

submitted 7 days ago • 183 comments

The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.

submitted 9 days ago • 211 comments

tomorrow's Fathers Day and a reminder to dads out there that no kid who had a happy childhood ever needed a military parade later in life

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again

submitted 11 days ago • 232 comments

thinkin of this tweet for no particular reason

submitted 15 days ago • 66 comments

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

submitted 14 days ago • 1460 comments

this is literally the same thing southern segregationists said about the civil rights movement.

submitted 16 days ago • 346 comments

guys will be like "these people are ruining america" and it'll be a picture of the coolest guys ever

submitted 16 days ago • 243 comments

People love to look down on like baristas because they have a “real job” in like, advertising. Dog If one barista disappeared it would mess up 100 people’s mornings. If all of advertising disappeared the entire world would immediately feel blissful, calming relief

submitted 21 days ago • 10 comments

I’m the guy who invents new bathroom faucet designs for every hotel. You might know me from Knob That Goes The Other Way and Joystick That’s Hard To Turn Off. Lately I’ve been lacking inspiration, even thinking about hanging it up. I’ve had a good run, but — wait, never mind: Ball You Turn Diagonal

submitted 33 days ago • 262 comments

More than 700K Americans died from COVID after he wrote this. We still have not achieved herd immunity.

submitted 34 days ago • 70 comments

[Karoline Leavitt saying the Librarian of Congress was fired for having books in the library] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen refreshes feed [The mayor of Newark is being held at an unspecified facility] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen

submitted 47 days ago • 167 comments

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

submitted 57 days ago • 1327 comments

these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism

submitted 63 days ago • 804 comments

It’s trans women are women and fuck JK Rowling in this household. She needs to wingardium leviofuckoff

submitted 70 days ago • 26 comments

Remove the Trump administration to the Hague, my God

submitted 70 days ago • 4 comments

They have and are literally doing things in every box. This isn't just journalistic failure by the NYT, it is disinformation.

submitted 77 days ago • 65 comments

John Whitmire is Houston’s stepdad

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

Feeling like a big dumbass working on my taxes right now. Who am I sending this money to

submitted 82 days ago • 452 comments

The New York Times is in denial about its own role in 2024.

submitted 88 days ago • 610 comments

study finds titanic passengers sure seem stressed rn

submitted 97 days ago • 4 comments

Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.

submitted 98 days ago • 97 comments

F. Scott Fitzgerald said there were no second acts in American lives, but if you told him Ja Rule went from being famous for rapping to being famous for marooning a bunch of rich people at a fake music festival, he’d say “what does every single word of that mean”

submitted 98 days ago • 4 comments

right. literally yday, AP reported Columbia is investigating students for "activities ranging from sharing social media posts in support of Palestinian people to joining 'unauthorized' protests" and the feds still announced funding cuts today so where did that bring you? apnews.com/article/colu...

submitted 109 days ago • 8 comments

Anyway, now that a Texan like Al Green has your attention, I need you “Abandon the South” Liberals in particular to eat shit.

submitted 110 days ago • 138 comments

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“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.” Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.

submitted 130 days ago • 166 comments

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

submitted 133 days ago • 302 comments

Maybe 17 beers and 13,000 calories worth of spinach and artichoke dip will help me feel better about the world

submitted 136 days ago • 229 comments

A federal judge paused the bullshit deadline given to 2 million+ federal employees. (They were told to decide by the end of the day whether to resign or stay in their jobs in order.) The workers’ labor unions challenged the legality and are vigorously fighting back www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

submitted 139 days ago • 20 comments

NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen states say they will file lawsuit challenging DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data.

submitted 139 days ago • 108 comments

Crockett: “I’m tired of the white tears. If you’re competent you’re not concerned. When you compare me to Greene/Boebert there’s no comparison… The only ppl crying are mediocre white boys beaten out by people that had to work much harder.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFp8K0M...

submitted 141 days ago • 956 comments

enough is enough. democratic leadership in congress needs to act now and text me saying they need five to ten dollars

submitted 144 days ago • 97 comments

Dems can: -oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn -deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings -vote no on all cloture -force quorum calls at every chance It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.

submitted 148 days ago • 253 comments

the ENTIRE fuck www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

submitted 148 days ago • 14 comments

Kid Rock makes music for people who know exactly how much Sudafed you can buy with a stolen catalytic converter

submitted 150 days ago • 246 comments