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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

submitted 21 hours ago • 418 comments

This is absolutely true; my argument generally is that Democrats should be more aware of which rules are real (e.g. laws) and which ones are mostly in their own heads or just conventions (e.g. blue slips)

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

submitted 20 hours ago • 199 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1064 comments

I thought you might like to know a bit about my new morning routine, which consists of avoiding looking at the news, then 30 minutes later taking a little peek, then spending about an hour in a state of burning rage as I read about the continuing exploits of literally the worst humans in the world

submitted 16 hours ago • 51 comments

BRB teaching this to my girls

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

It's amazing that no one ever thought of this before.

submitted 23 hours ago • 27 comments

Down 29.6% over the past 60 days

submitted 1 day ago • 105 comments

Woody forever

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

This is…something.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

American Pundits: It was an exuberant and controversial gesture of uncertain significance… Actual Fascists: It’s a Nazi salute.

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

“western civilization is saved” i say, while i smash its high cultural artifacts, abandon its ideological mandate, and dismantle its institutional entrenchments

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

We now have a government staffed completely by a 4 Chan message board.

submitted 2 days ago • 77 comments

He says: “We’re not gonna quit, we’re not gonna surrender, fight fight fight” And then he does a Nazi salute

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

so many people involved in this know that what they are doing is evil and are willing to tell others that, if only in confidence

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

susie wiles deserves everything she gets for running a winning campaign

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Vance and others close to him are setting up the intellectual basis for American withdrawal from and hostile rivalry towards the EU based on the claim that a democratic Europe has betrayed an authoritarian vision that Vance presents as the epitome of "Western" civilisation.

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

if you're a GOP rep/sen who's sweating this ive got something called Article I that you're gonna just LOVE!

submitted 2 days ago • 29 comments

Trump was impeached for merely threatening to do what he is currently doing.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14. Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo

submitted 2 days ago • 60 comments

All of this. It's really important to shed normalcy bias, now. It's not comforting to think about, but the world we grew up with is over. bsky.app/profile/caro...

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

everything this administration is doing has utterly convinced me that the democratic nominee in 2028 is going to run on a kind of burnished fire-and-brimstone anti-corruption that we have not seen for generations

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

This is also what she voted for

submitted 2 days ago • 557 comments

i want to live in less interesting times

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Truly fascinating stuff.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

these guys are going to save her career AND save the liberals in canada. just remarkable.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Mapquest FOREVER

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Amazon hell

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

submitted 2 days ago • 394 comments

The dad/mom thing is genuinely the best explanation: mom (dems) burning dinner is a disaster because that's her job. Dad (GOP) burning dinner is funny because he's a loveable scamp. Except that the stakes are like, people's lives and not a plate of pasta

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Regicide is an inherent right of any free people

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

This whole saga has, I think, demonstrated very well my contention that American political journalists believe that they deserve all of the respect and deference that comes with filling a vital societal role, while rejecting the idea that holding such a position also entails duties and obligations.

submitted 2 days ago • 48 comments

You never imagine the descent into despotism being quite this embarrassing, you know? You expect liberal democracy to fall to a Palpatine, not Biff Tannen.

submitted 2 days ago • 333 comments

Lol

submitted 3 days ago • 159 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 998 comments

Correct. He’s not capable of playing multidimensional chess. Or chess. Or checkers. Or tic-tac-toe. As one of his aides put it during Shit Show I, “he’s just eating the pieces” on the board. Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.

submitted 2 days ago • 1268 comments

This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

submitted 3 days ago • 503 comments

"Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated." Honestly, is there a more pathetic, contemptible collection of cowards & simps in the entire world?

Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

This is absolutely true; my argument generally is that Democrats should be more aware of which rules are real (e.g. laws) and which ones are mostly in their own heads or just conventions (e.g. blue slips)

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

I thought you might like to know a bit about my new morning routine, which consists of avoiding looking at the news, then 30 minutes later taking a little peek, then spending about an hour in a state of burning rage as I read about the continuing exploits of literally the worst humans in the world

BRB teaching this to my girls

It's amazing that no one ever thought of this before.

Down 29.6% over the past 60 days

Woody forever

This is…something.

American Pundits: It was an exuberant and controversial gesture of uncertain significance… Actual Fascists: It’s a Nazi salute.

“western civilization is saved” i say, while i smash its high cultural artifacts, abandon its ideological mandate, and dismantle its institutional entrenchments

We now have a government staffed completely by a 4 Chan message board.

He says: “We’re not gonna quit, we’re not gonna surrender, fight fight fight” And then he does a Nazi salute

so many people involved in this know that what they are doing is evil and are willing to tell others that, if only in confidence

susie wiles deserves everything she gets for running a winning campaign

Vance and others close to him are setting up the intellectual basis for American withdrawal from and hostile rivalry towards the EU based on the claim that a democratic Europe has betrayed an authoritarian vision that Vance presents as the epitome of "Western" civilisation.

if you're a GOP rep/sen who's sweating this ive got something called Article I that you're gonna just LOVE!

Trump was impeached for merely threatening to do what he is currently doing.

Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14. Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo

All of this. It's really important to shed normalcy bias, now. It's not comforting to think about, but the world we grew up with is over. bsky.app/profile/caro...

everything this administration is doing has utterly convinced me that the democratic nominee in 2028 is going to run on a kind of burnished fire-and-brimstone anti-corruption that we have not seen for generations

This is also what she voted for

i want to live in less interesting times

Truly fascinating stuff.

these guys are going to save her career AND save the liberals in canada. just remarkable.

Mapquest FOREVER

Amazon hell

Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

The dad/mom thing is genuinely the best explanation: mom (dems) burning dinner is a disaster because that's her job. Dad (GOP) burning dinner is funny because he's a loveable scamp. Except that the stakes are like, people's lives and not a plate of pasta

Regicide is an inherent right of any free people

This whole saga has, I think, demonstrated very well my contention that American political journalists believe that they deserve all of the respect and deference that comes with filling a vital societal role, while rejecting the idea that holding such a position also entails duties and obligations.

You never imagine the descent into despotism being quite this embarrassing, you know? You expect liberal democracy to fall to a Palpatine, not Biff Tannen.

Lol

This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

"Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated." Honestly, is there a more pathetic, contemptible collection of cowards & simps in the entire world?

This fucking guy.

governor hochul, at long last, welcome to the resistance