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Thinking about the tut-tutting Democratic politicians who spent their two years in power warning that Supreme Court expansion was too radical an idea to even think about taking seriously. You absolute fucking rubes. You gigantic, credulous losers. I hope you are ashamed of yourselves today.

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

There's always a tweet

Good morning from Montclair, on what'll be a 95-degree day.

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Happy Juneteenth!

Of course he drives a dodge charger

New Jersey Transit: a rant in one photo

PSA: The Burger King at the Connie Chung Service Area in New Jersey is OUT OF HAMBURGERS. It is not clear how they ran out of their signature sandwich, nor when they will be able to restock. They are still offering fries, onion rings, and chicken sandwiches.

Respectfully, if you're a white person with a lot of privileges I think posting publicly that you are scared to attend a rally is some real bullshit. It has to be said.

Working as designed

Overruling Newsom, National Guard troops arrive in LA on Trump's orders

Maybe she'll oppose the bill this time

hell yes

Up is down. The ghost of George Orwell is undoubtedly demanding royalties from the afterlife. "After the state forced a Long Island school district to abandon its 'Chief' mascot, federal education officials said the policy discriminated against Native Americans." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...

Elon is getting pushy when called out on his incompetence www.thedailybeast.com/bannon-spill...

This is my PhD thesis I did not ask for this I did not consent to this I did not approve of this I was not compensated for this I would not have advised this I do not like this And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.

Everyone in the administration is bad at their job

Musk is bad at his job www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Trump is bad at his job abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

JD Vance is bad at his job www.yahoo.com/news/somebod...

Hegseth continues to be bad at his job www.yahoo.com/news/maddow-...

Marco Rubio is bad at his job www.yahoo.com/news/marco-r...

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is bad at her job abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

Pam Bondi is bad at her job www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

Our Interior Secretary is bad at his job www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

RFK Jr. is bad at his job www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-...

The head of the FDA is bad at his job www.statnews.com/2025/04/29/f...

The head of the Department of Veterans Affairs is bad at his job www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

The head of Homeland Security is bad at her job www.thewrap.com/kristi-noem-...

Our Transportation Secretary is bad at his job www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Our Commerce Secretary is bad at his job www.aol.com/news/howard-...

Our Education Secretary is bad at her job www.yahoo.com/news/fact-ch...

Our Treasury Secretary is bad at his job www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Just did a bunch of news searches for every Cabinet-level member of the administration and almost all of them have a page full of stories highlighting their recent blunders. Cruelty too, but so many of them are clearly just so bad at their actual jobs.

Not even baseline political competence from political appointees

Governed by fools

This is terrifying

Remember all those adults who told us when we were young that we'd become conservative as we aged? Lol what the hell were they thinking.

Good morning from Lake Hopatcong