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For the start of the work week, a great @buffalotomband.bsky.social song about believing in things that others find improbable. Cynicism is easy. Believing — in yourself, in the miraculous — is hard. Here’s to believing... youtu.be/7dk8EfxDhSs?...

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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

submitted 8 days ago • 1153 comments

I may not have read the books, but i have magically reviewed both Tapper and Comey’s new tell-alls- They are both hugely self-involved pricks who didn’t do the right things when it mattered, but now think we should be grateful that they were there at the time. Saved you a read.

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You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.

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It's funny how when you ask them why they think Pope Francis was "too woke" and request specific examples, they always wound up describing Christ's teachings without a hint of self-awareness.

submitted 42 days ago • 124 comments

hey, remember when a fascist campaigned for president by promising to do fascist things and every Republican and the compliant lapdog press were all 'nah he's just kidding.' good thing there were no serious consequences from that

submitted 50 days ago • 31 comments

Am I the only one that mumbles, "Those stupid fucks" underneath my breath several times a day? Didn't think so.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

I remember when people were embarrassed by their ignorance. Now they broadcast it for all the world to see.

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Kurt Vonnegut man

submitted 55 days ago • 260 comments

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

submitted 57 days ago • 312 comments

Right. Who could have guessed that a sociopathic ignorant terminally bankrupt pretend TV businessman wannabe dictator would fuck up everything like Mulvaney’s “horse in a hospital?” The brain trust on Wall Street?

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

Glad to see Kash Patel sitting with Gretzky today, just in case we forgot how horrible everything is now.

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submitted 60 days ago • 228 comments

This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

submitted 60 days ago • 1029 comments

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

submitted 62 days ago • 156 comments

This was….five months ago

submitted 62 days ago • 1656 comments

Every so often, it just comes back to me in full force. The political and economic order that allowed this man to come to power is obviously no longer tenable. The leaders who let it happen obviously have to be replaced. This is an epoch defining failure and we have to turn the page completely.

submitted 62 days ago • 415 comments

The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.

submitted 62 days ago • 1176 comments

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

submitted 63 days ago • 529 comments

watch every second of this and pass it on

submitted 64 days ago • 108 comments

So if I understand this correctly, if you hand someone waiting in line to vote a bottle of water you're attempting to influence the vote and that's illegal. But if you hand someone waiting in line a check for a million dollars that's totally fine.

submitted 64 days ago • 96 comments

Don’t underestimate the appeal of someone who makes the ignorant feel smarter than they are.

submitted 65 days ago • 65 comments

Free speech absolutist, amirite?

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The reason DEI exists is so that competent, qualified people don't get passed over in favor of mediocre incompetent white men who had a well-connected buddy. Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.

submitted 66 days ago • 164 comments

Same.

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"Stick to comedy" they say, as an unelected emerald mine trust fund baby guts the entire infrastructure of the United States and whatnot.

submitted 68 days ago • 145 comments

Truer words were never spoken.

submitted 74 days ago • 1677 comments

I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism. From Around the Horn:

submitted 76 days ago • 768 comments

Replace "Conor McGregor" with "Donald Trump" and "Irish" with "American" and that's exactly how tens of millions of people in the US, including me, feel.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE: This just happened onstage in front of 6,000 Bostonians at the Dropkick Murphys concert. "This is America, no kings here!" @dropkickmurphys.com nails it again!!

submitted 80 days ago • 1111 comments

the Senate have concluded To give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.

submitted 80 days ago • 33 comments

Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.

submitted 80 days ago • 169 comments

Hey @schumer.senate.gov, have fun on that book tour next week. I'm sure it's gonna go off without a hitch!

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@schumer.senate.gov Read the room and grow a spine. I’ve voted Dem my whole adult life but you can forget anymore donations for automatic votes from me. I’ll vote for the ones that actually care about defending our country. If you’re not up to the job, get out of the way.

submitted 82 days ago • 18 comments

Schumer’s decision is an unconscionable surrender that shows he does not have what it takes to meet this moment, and the charade he pulled yesterday makes it even worse. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.

submitted 82 days ago • 1050 comments

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

submitted 82 days ago • 785 comments

When Biden was President, US media be "OMG, the economy is shit, when is this going to turn around, it's a disaster, no one can afford eggs"....the Mango Maniac is elected, stock market drops 4000 points, eggs are $12 a dozen, 80 thousand people fired, "This is the best thing ever"... #Assholes

submitted 82 days ago • 5 comments

Rep John Larson - Connecticut:

submitted 83 days ago • 327 comments

They could have just voted for Harris and given the money to charity and taken the tax deduction 🤷‍♀️

submitted 85 days ago • 546 comments

All of this.

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