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If we were better than this, we wouldn't be in this fucking mess right now. We wouldn't have elected that shitforbrains pisspuffin after he did it once and told us he was gonna do it again, only harder this time. We broke it. Now we gotta pay for it.

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

Do you understand how badly you have to fuck up to make Quebec sing the anthem with this much pride

submitted 9 days ago • 51 comments

Men of profoundly underdeveloped spirits, minds, and perspectives are running the country.

submitted 10 days ago • 154 comments

democrats 2024: when we fight, we win democrats 2025: no, not that fight. no, not that one either. can we just not fight that fight? ooo seems like a fight we won't win, pass.

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...

submitted 12 days ago • 259 comments

I want to point out that amidst the firehose of violated norms and challenges to the rule of law, federal courts are holding firm for the rule of law. No rule of law, no democracy. I’m grateful to those judges and their adherence to justice that rises above partisanship.

submitted 13 days ago • 15 comments

In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

submitted 16 days ago • 353 comments

This thread is a reminder of why history always speaks to the present.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.

submitted 21 days ago • 490 comments

I am so goddamn mad. A friend who’s been FISHING BODIES OUT OF THE POTOMAC appears to be in the Trump purges today.

submitted 23 days ago • 209 comments

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

submitted 25 days ago • 1273 comments

These preemptive actions are exactly what a country that chooses Trump as a leader should expect.

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The best thing you'll read today.

submitted 38 days ago • 10 comments

Criswell: Firefighter for 12 years, Desert Storm veteran, head of NYC emergency management, confirmed to lead FEMA unanimously Clyde: gun shop owner who sued IRS, rode that fight to Congress in 2020 in a blood-red Georgia district One of them has a career based on identity politics, all right.

submitted 41 days ago • 92 comments

They fleece us because we allow it.

submitted 46 days ago • 16 comments

I don't own a flag or a flagpole. Should I be lucky enough to outlive Trump I will correct that and proudly fly a flag full staff for the 30 days.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

I think journalists, policymakers and good govt types are struggling to understand DOGE because their mental model is that it is a government reform commission, operating like previous ones. Maybe. But it might be better to start thinking about it as a hostile takeover of the govt by oligarchs.

submitted 50 days ago • 412 comments

At this particular moment in time, it's a blessing to be reminded of the existence of truly good-hearted public-minded American leaders. Rest in peace, Jimmy Carter.

submitted 56 days ago • 10 comments

How the fuck is someone posting about shutting down the US government and having secret meetings with foreign and domestic enemies of the US keeping his huge government contracts to run our satellites and space program. Seems—what is the word?—bad.

submitted 67 days ago • 69 comments

There is no explicit Constitutional right to free speech or to a trial by jury, so it's hard to see why liberals think Donald Trump can't just jail his critics the way the Founders clearly intended. by Jonathan Turley

submitted 69 days ago • 15 comments

No. RFK Jr has dedicated the past two decades of his life to making it more likely that children will die of preventable illnesses. The only "good stuff" he believes is that Americans should eat better and exercise more, something every institution of public health already promotes constantly.

submitted 72 days ago • 79 comments

Glad this popped up it was much needed.

submitted 78 days ago • 35 comments

huge news for the reality tv industry: the NLRB just ruled that Love Is Blind cast members are employees—not contractors—which means they have a right to unionize, and can be afforded other protections www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/a...

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments

Republicans are about to take power going after many of the exact same groups the Nazis started with and in the same ways and with the same rationales, while increasingly Democrats are innovating in the field not of opposition but acquiescence. Feels pretty not good I must say.

submitted 73 days ago • 19 comments

In the spirit of I am aware of all internet traditions

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

This whole thread. One of the drums I consistently bang on is the idea that the majority of “civility” requirements is code for “the way we hurt you is polite and therefore allowed and you may not complain; the way you hurt us is rude and boorish and therefore you do not matter.”

submitted 79 days ago • 93 comments

We write our obituaries in our lives, not in our deaths. Some people make their lives into something that causes millions to mourn, and the end of their lives cause people some relief from that mourning.

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

Now this is a country where the people cherish their democracy and refuse to let it slide into autocracy.

submitted 82 days ago • 4 comments

Secretary of Defense Andrew Tate has betrayed the legacy of Pete Hegseth. by David Brooks (2027)

submitted 85 days ago • 14 comments

It was just pointed out to me that a recent update to the Bluesky client now allows you to block bots, trolls and chuds directly from their obnoxious comments via the right click menu, so I checked and sure enough, there it is (highlighted in the picture). Truly this is an age of wonders.

submitted 88 days ago • 90 comments

here's a blocklist for the huggingface AI scraper crowd, including Daniel here. Share if you like. bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 89 days ago • 3 comments

It's Recall Thursday. Check our profile for recalls or subscribe for recall emails: www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Sub...

submitted 94 days ago • 8 comments

The view of Trump in the Gulf has changed in notable ways since his first term, and there are now tentative hopes that Saudi Arabia's influence will serve to limit US policy, particularly regarding conflict with Iran and Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories. www.ft.com/content/8f89...

submitted 95 days ago • 2 comments

In this coming age of fascism, it's going to be just as important to discover safe people as it is to discover unsafe people. Three simple principles I think may work. 1) When someone hurts you, tell them. See how they react. They'll tell you who they are. www.the-reframe.com/rules-of-eng...

submitted 97 days ago • 11 comments

I’ve said it before on here, but bears repeating: McConnell confirmed Aileen Cannon during the lame duck session in December 2020

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the problem with saying we need a “Joe Rogan for the left” is that Rogan was not a creation of conservatives. he was a regular guy who became conservative because he’s very stupid.

submitted 107 days ago • 216 comments