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Call me Charlie. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me online, I thought I would surf about a little and see the less loony part of the world.
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I have NO words

Brian Wilson was also the king of quotes

This is the most straightforward thing they've said so far. They're using the military to "liberate" Los Angeles from its mayor and governor.

When Cliven Bundy and his family occupied federal property and engaged in an armed standoff with federal agents during the Obama administration, Fox News was apoplectic about the outrageous actions of *the government*

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"I'm tired of being told to pick up my trash" is an amazing thing to hear coming out of the mouth of anybody who is past kindergarten.

"likely to draw an uproar from pro-vaccine groups" like the opponents are a tiny special interest group and not "literally all doctors and 95% of parents"

A former senator from Ohio, whose people were essential to victory in the Civil War. An absolute disgrace.

House and Senate leaders should demand resignations from both Major General Pat Work, the 82nd Airborne Division commander, and Colonel Chad Mixon, the Fort Bragg garrison commander. This was possibly the most partisan speech ever delivered by a commander-in-chief to U.S. troops.

Trump, talking at Fort Bragg right now about Los Angeles, is doing something I'm not sure I've ever seen a president do: he's actively maligning people in Los Angeles — an American city — in front of U.S. troops. And the troops are applauding. As an Army brat myself, this strikes me as very new.

The contrast and absurdity is so brazen. They're literally raiding Home Depots to find whatever guys are there to get work as day laborers. People eager for work. And the ICE agents has zero idea who they are or any criminal background.

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

“It was 1982 and not only did I arrive on Broadway but so did AIDS. This was no time to hide.” Groundbreaking gay playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein accepting his award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. #TonyAwards

While everything about this sucks, I've been waiting my whole life for some Third Amendment action, and this might be my chance.

one reason the "do nothing and let Trumpism disqualify itself" is such a bad strategy for Dems: this shit isn't "watch them as they do something unpopular with Medicaid," this is a gradual ratcheting up of Constitutional offenses and when Dems hang back Trump knows he can proceed to the next level

Hochschild has done excellent reporting in recent years, but there's no common ground to be had with someone who says things like "our freedoms are not being threatened and Pritzker should be arrested for saying otherwise." Just beat them, and let them try "understanding" my side for a change.

A reason im not moved by the “don’t give the trump administration the pretext they’re looking for” is that we would not dare say that about any anti-authoritarian protest movement in literally any other country

LAPD when they think no one’s looking

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.

This implicitly puts the responsibility for "stepping back" on the protestors, which amounts to giving in to a dictatorship. Not acceptable. And who cares about maintaining "civic bonds" with degenerates anyway?

NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.

they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.

There’s no reason that any Democrat should not be running on a platform of abolishing ICE. It should be one of the first question to asked of any candidate, running for a federal office representative, senator, or president.

People trying to protect their neighbors are not the problem. The fact that some of you are thinking that way reflects a level of psychological capture & submission to fascism that you should interrogate. If they want an "excuse" to do something, they'll create one. The good guys aren't the problem.

Not good enough

These are one sentence apart. Words, what do they mean. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/o...

Pete Hesgeth — who wants to rename the Navy ship that honors Medgar Evers, a WWII veteran who landed on Omaha Beach — is using that same beach for a photo op in which he promises we will “never forget” the veterans there. What an unbelievable asshole.

"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...

When having a Karen in the community is good! #impeachtrump

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Everyone likes a good wholesome round of Boer on the Floor.

And to think, Canada could have been a part of this well-run real grown-up country for the low-low price of $61-billion for a missile defence system that won't work

Boooooo

It's extremely telling that Donald Trump's immediate reaction to a German person describing D-Day was to assume that they must be unhappy about D-Day.

Elon getting in trouble because he can't stop posting, been there tbh

God forbid Bezos pay professionals.

i know no one cares about hypocrisy or shamelessness or anything anymore but these people really used to tell us they were scared of an armed govt being turned against americans, they made an entire career out of it

I think I spent a record amount of time working on today's Wordle, mostly because I was under the assumption that it was still using only actual words.

remembered drake is working on a new album and this was the image that popped into my head