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if the mainstream media, who are effectively acting as Andrew Cuomo's campaign at this point, think Mamdami can actually win expect to see some absolutely unhinged stories come out in the next couple weeks to try to stop him.

got fired from red lobster for naming the lobsters in the tank and asking people if they are sure they wanna order genevieve

Pour one out for Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb, the opener at my first-ever concert (DM, World Violation, Atlanta, 1990). I know industrial isn't a lot of people's cup of tea, but I preferred this to the Beach Boys. Sorry, not sorry.

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.

This comment from TikTok pretty much sums up Newsom

Honestly credit to Andor for calling that generating your own Reischstag fire by ramping up tensions then sending in untrained soldiers to be Our Brave Lads to be filmed being put upon by the evil insurrections was the play.

was looking up pics of diego luna, as one does, and had somehow missed this

We don't really have a free or functioning press if they are required to pretend not to know conclusively that Stephen Miller is an avowed white supremacist

My favourite one like this is Don Henley getting Brian to autograph a copy of Pet Sounds. Brian signed it "thanks for all the great music" then thought for a second, crossed out "great", and wrote "good"

I seen Flavor Flav trending on the other place and was like I hope he’s ok 😳😒 BUT YOUR BOY IS STILL HERE,!! This is the second time I found out that I died. 🤣🤣🤣

Philly’s most famous restaurateur is weathering allegations of union busting in some of his Washington, D.C., establishments, prompting top Democratic lawmakers to boycott some of his highest-profile properties there. (1/4)

If DNC leadership wants to know why they're so unpopular among their own voters, it's because they keep doing crap like this. Totally weak and spineless actions by these 75 people. They should be ashamed

As expected, RFK Jr. was lying during his confirmation hearing and now is ratfucking the vaccination system in the US. The vast majority of the public does not want this and yet again it’s clear that the Republican administration does not serve the electorate.

“Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight,” the source said, adding that there was an urgent need to find more portable bathrooms and dumpsters for garbage.

is that so

saying this about los angelenos waving the mexican flag against ice and cops is a good reminder that when kevin kruse brags about studying politics for 20+ years he’s like an 18-year old eighth grader bragging how long he’s studied algebra

Day 30: Now that he's bona fide on rabies and dtap, Sully's getting the hang of walks. Biggest issue so far is he seems to assume he's Bono and every other human and dog wants to stop whatever they're doing to say hello to him.

this is just a masterclass in why you shouldn’t believe news outlets reporting on police violence. just literally ignoring the most clear video evidence you could ask for. the only thing missing is the guy yelling “shooting specifically that woman now.”

all this bluesky needs centrists discourse is basically assuming people subscribe to newspapers for the opinion section and not like sports and crosswords and stuff.

Yes, my sister. (FWIW, I wanted to be Han Solo. Didn't pan out.)

my son waking me up for some Bluey

I think the biggest mistake people make when writing a novel is not having the novel be about trying to kill a huge fuckin' whale.

A governor told me protestors keep lighting his waymos on fire so I asked how many waymos he has and he said he just goes to the app and gets a new waymo afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding waymos to protestors and then the Statue of Liberty started crying.

Everyone contributes to the movement in the ways they see fit. Some get teargassed and shot with rubber bullets by rampaging cops, others offer notes online re: how the people getting gassed/shot might seem less deserving of getting gassed/shot to the general public. It's a coalition.

Four LAPD officers on horseback surround a man laying on the ground, trample him, and beat him with their polycarbonate "saber" batons.

T.J. McConnell plays basketball like Robby Benson when he tried taking speed in ONE ON ONE.

she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”

Paul Verhoeven could not have masterminded a better shot

Of course the fucking HBPD is there, bunch of fucking outside agitators

This is very specifically illegal, not in like an interpretive way, it is literally written in black and white in the statute that reps must be let in to perform oversight

This is definitely illegal. The federalization of the national guard was illegal. The only statute they've bothered to cite simply does not allow this stuff without going through the governor.

WSJ Edit Page tonight: “It’s fanciful to think that raiding restaurants to snatch busboys, or Home Depot to grab stock clerks, won’t inspire a backlash. All the more so when ICE acts in heavy-handed fashion” www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

Also point this out to anyone you can. These were not planned protests. These were normies getting the supplies for their weekend projects or at a restaurant and saw their servers getting hauled off and were like this is some bullshit.

James is a reporter for the LA Times who is on the ground

Why would I want to hear the opinion of anyone dumb enough to share a Jane Galt oped in 2025?

No you're not having a stroke but yes Israel did just arrest Ser Davos Seaworth

If you're a billionaire and you're considering posting your opinions about how poorly you've been treated on Bluesky, try this instead: give all of your money to orphans and medical research and then walk into the forest, never to be seen or heard from again. You'll be surprised how well it works

No idea why Philadelphia sports fans had to catch strays from @governor.ca.gov, but we'll remember this in the 2028 primary.