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Let me start by saying I don’t condone violence or what happened, but for the MAGA out there saying how disgusting it is that people are making Luigi some hero, I have three words for you…Kyle Fucking Rittenhouse. So sit this one out.

Back in my day, we didn’t call them ‘echo chambers’. We called them ‘not hanging out with assholes.’

Trump and Matt Gaetz are proof that totally different types of rapists can still work together. And the Senate doesn't get to consent.

"Recess Appointment" is how Matt Gaetz meets his dates during lunch period.

If any of you democrats on the ethics committee wanna leak the Gaetz report to me, I’ll keep you anonymous.

When for profit colleges needed help to steal GI Bill money from veterans they turned to Pete Hegseth. That’s who he is. www.propublica.org/article/pete...

This is so incredibly fantastic

I fear the U.S. government may actually collapse. When you look at who he’s picking, what they plan to do, who they plan to fire, how under-resourced and understaffed and perpetually anxious the remaining employees will be, how much institutional memory is being washed away, the utter lawlessness...

A brief take on the shitshow of Trump's first national security picks. open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Attorney General Rapey McForehead. I don't think so.

“‘An American president has corrupted democracy itself and the rule of law in America. …And he got away with it on Nov. 5, 2024.’ “Luttig called the outcome ‘terrible for the country.’ “‘But sometimes people have to learn the hard way. … And that’s what’s happening.’” thehill.com/homenews/498...

This post wins Bluesky for the day.

Stay strong my muchachos

The decline of the Birdhellsite is notable over the last few days. Good Lord.

Hello Less Hateful World

Picking a lightweight Fox News host for SECDEF is an unserious choice by an unserious man. I worked for a SECDEF. They confront mind-bogglingly complex and multivariate problems that good hair and prompter-reading don't cover.

Sometimes I just wish I was fishing