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It’s dangerous that anyone can dress up like ice and grab people off the street

FEMA Chief Confused By Wind theonion.com/fema-ch...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed fellow Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as her first choice for New York City mayor.

once again I must tap my own sign

This is why the Dems are useless.

Interview with Harvard's 2025 valedictorian, a Chinese national, while two American men fight over nothing in the background

Ah yes, peak masculinity is getting into an infantile name-calling spat on social media. I need to wash my brain out with bleach now.

They're the same halfwit loser snotbubbles from middle school you avoided at all costs so you wouldn't have to bear witness to their breathtaking stupidity or become an unwilling part of it.

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Americans' love affair with militarism and the archetype of the solidier-hero I think is intrinsic to the problem. When kids or adults commit mass shootings, they're acting out a narrative that's deeply embedded in US culture (also in film, TV): the glorification of violence and the heroic warrior.

Americans' love affair with militarism and the archetype of the solidier-hero I think is intrinsic to the problem. When kids or adults commit mass shootings, they're acting out a narrative that's deeply embedded in US culture (also in film, TV): the glorification of violence and the heroic warrior.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Really poignant piece of street art from artist TopZ out of Seattle!

Executive Order 14147: All natural and legal persons must wear their Under Garments on the outside of their clothes so their visible in public. No exceptions unless exempted by the Office of Goverment Transparency.

If the Klan held the presidency, it would look just like the current regime.

If the Klan ran immigration policy, it’d look exactly like ICE.

#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer