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Charlie Pierce, writing for Esquire, is an absolute treasure: “The Vice President of the United States, J. Divan Vance, …seems to be a dumb person’s idea of a smart person, if the dumb person is playing Dungeons & Dragons while watching Gladiator on mushrooms.”

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ICYMI: Here’s what’s really important. Not two billionaire babies bickering.

submitted 10 hours ago • 65 comments

This is Lola. She is one of the most skilled soccer dribblers we've ever seen, so it makes sense that she's already capturing footage for her documentary. 14/10

submitted 21 hours ago • 388 comments

SNOWY IS MISSING IN REGO PARK: last seen at 64th Rd & Booth St, he's 30 pounds and chipped: 991001004308064. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT SNOWY!

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I cannot stop wheezing

submitted 23 hours ago • 2274 comments

I think men might be too emotional to lead effectively 🧐 #AlienvsPredator

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When your massive ego gets you to announce something a more careful person would have kept quiet.

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O Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch.

submitted 1 day ago • 45 comments

Stop giving the NYT your money. Stop talking to their reporters. Fuck this evil organization.

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Joni Ernst's "we all are going to die" comments weren't just bits of isolated weirdness. What MAGA is ushering in is what capitalism wants: a culture where untimely death and unnecessary suffering are normalized as just part of the American experience. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/well-we-al...

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Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."

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President Trump has granted clemency to 16 corrupt politicians—so far. It’s all part of a sweeping effort to decriminalize political corruption. Here's what you should know... 🧵

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#FACTS

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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.

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The fundamental flaw of broken authoritarian narcissists (the core of the right-wing coalition) is that they view empathy as a finite resource, such that, if you extend it to one group, you can't extend it to another. They see all of life through a lens of scarcity, competition, & selfishness.

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The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...

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This is 🏆 “The problem with speaking up for each other is that everyone is left without a voice.” What I heard here: the struggles of the oppressed are only taken seriously or heard through the voices of their oppressors.

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