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who could’ve predicted that confirming a white nationalist, christian extremist, drunk, sexual predator, tv host to lead our country’s armed forces would end in ruin

submitted 19 hours ago • 63 comments

If I ran an airline and you had an 8 hour delay I'd give you free WiFi.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Some days my feed is primarily posts explaining why I should ignore pundits that I’ve never heard of and don’t even know where to find.

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Somebody should tell Schumer "I stayed up late" isn't quite the flex he thinks it is.

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Real talk: some at the #IRS should probably release a statement indicating whether we are or are not expected to file taxes this year.

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🎼 Does life seem nasty, brutish and short? 🎶 open.spotify.com/track/7zhbOC...

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In retrospect, the wiping-your-ass-with-the-Constitution-to-own-the-libs stage was predictable.

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How many US Senators will be employable after DOGE declares them redundant?

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Another beautiful trek across the state on Amtrak.

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only squares and scolds oppose cruelty www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/s...

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I'm a little surprised that he's not making Rubio wear an oversized suit to these things, just to make clear how irrelevat he is.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

So his cabinet can either stand up for the constitution and get punished or violate the constitution and get pardoned? Thanks for the moral hazard, Supreme Court!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

If I read more business self help books, would they help me see the breakdown of our constitutional order as an opportunity rather than a challenge?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

"Some of my best friends are Canadian and/or Mexican."

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

He who thinks himself above the law is beneath contempt.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

When they tell me I can’t teach race or gender I’m going to spend half of each class discussing children’s books.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 7 days ago • 5670 comments

🎼 If the door gets kicked in, here they come now / Think of others, be their cover 🎶 open.spotify.com/track/0prVUH...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Hey Everyone, I just heard back and there’s no Presidents Day this year while we review what went wrong with presidenting. Monday is “Cheese Day”. Please celebrate accordingly.

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

Not noice!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

On pins and needles here, as I wait to for the President to opine on various Issa Rae projects.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I don't know if mass resignations will do more harm than good, but I do think a total work stoppage is a reasonable response to a lot of what we're seeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.

submitted 9 days ago • 316 comments

🎼 And you know that I always wanted to be with you / And you know there is so much that we can do 🎶 open.spotify.com/track/3odnR0...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

8 minutes into my 2-hour ethics training seminar (required annually of all state employees) and it's already clear that what's happening in the White House is WAY OUT OF BOUNDS.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Matt Gaetz is still the only person denied access to a cabinet assembled on a ketamine-fueled dare.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

All Republicans are criminals, but not all criminals are Republicans.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

My new hobby is falling asleep watching Severance and not caring what I missed.

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🎼 Seem like every time you stop and turn around / Something else just hit the ground 🎶 open.spotify.com/track/6u4wNX...

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Wordle 1,333 6/6 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Far away, so close!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

🎼 we don't belong in this hard luck hand we're dealt / So we need foreign times to arrive 🎶 open.spotify.com/track/4mv58j...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

for somebody who wants to cut government spending he sure does want to waste the time of a whole lot of judges and lawyers.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

🎼 Could it be that the girls and boys / Are trying to be heard above your noise? 🎶 open.spotify.com/track/0snyjt...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

We all need to start using the word "coup." They're well past the point where Hitler starts dictates his Enabling Act. I talk to Very Serious People who actually believe courts telling Trump that they he is breaking the law will stop this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

submitted 12 days ago • 30 comments

I’ve statred a “blog” like creedthoughts where I get the satisfaction of posting all of my outrage but nobody has to see it.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

🎼 Cause you've given up your sanity For your pride and your vanity Turn your back on humanity Oh and you don't give a damn 🎶 open.spotify.com/track/2vr8X2...

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this is unlikely to pass legal muster but if you have a GOP congressperson you should call and ask if they support closing hospitals and abandoning cancer research 'cuz what this aims to do arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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🎼 this bitter earth / can it be so cold?🎶 open.spotify.com/track/6a41ey...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

When your university president feels compelled to send out a letter to comfort or inspire but the lawyers advise him not to so he sends out 2 pages that say nothing at all.

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#DNC you can stop with the fundraising emails I'm giving my money to #DemocracyForward since they at least have a plan to stop the bleeding.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

On the bright side (seriously): It's been 1 year since I finished my #cancer treatment and there's no evidence of disease.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Civic pride in #Buffalo

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Can I still wear the shirt I got for Xmas?

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I decided to make it as cold inside as it is outside.

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They lied‽‽ www.wired.com/story/treasu...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

As a metaphor, a private security guard keeping US Senators out of a government office is a little ham-handed.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments