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I am going to marinate in this tawdry deliciousness for as long as I possibly can. I’ve earned it. We’ve all earned it.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Bad news for Trump’s Golden Dome: He can’t build it without Canada The president would need to rely on Ottawa to track Chinese and Russian missiles that could come at the U.S. from over the horizon. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

submitted 1 day ago • 76 comments

It’s really cool watching tapper pretend to be a journalist knowing how much personal animosity he has for the left.

submitted 3 days ago • 202 comments

We should have known how bad this was going to get when they started mocking universally benign ideas like “hope” and “change.”

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.

submitted 6 days ago • 550 comments

They wanted to pass this evil budget to take away healthcare from millions earlier today. It’s still stuck in the rules committee cause House Dems introduced over 500 amendments and we are lined up to debate on them. Delaying is important. Keep up the pressure on these Congressional Republicans.

submitted 7 days ago • 434 comments

By far NOT my favorite subject, but big points to this guy for 1. standing still and 2. iridescence. 📸 📷 🐞 🐜

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Very sad news. Congressman Connolly was a true fighter for the district where I grew up in Fairfax County and fought especially hard for the federal workers being harmed by DOGE. RIP.

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it. I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.

submitted 8 days ago • 1237 comments

Portrait of the small black caterpillar who befriended me today.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

This is far-right propaganda masquerading as journalism. Biden is an 82-year-old retiree who has no formal role in the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the current president's brain continues to glitch over the word "groceries."

submitted 12 days ago • 156 comments

An incredibly savvy take on how Dems should think about where the “winnable” voters are.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Not that this needs to be said, but bribery out in the open is still bribery.

submitted 17 days ago • 946 comments

“FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is sending signals that FDA will likely not authorize a COVID-19 booster vaccine this year for children, and perhaps not for the general population as a whole, saying he “cannot, in good faith” recommend booster vaccination for children.”

submitted 18 days ago • 107 comments

Don’t listen to people who say marriage is hard work. If you have to work that hard at it, you’re doing something wrong.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

1) USPS did not lose $3.3b. It provided a service that cost $3.3b. *The Pentagon* loses you money, however, every time it accidentally yeets a fighter jet off the deck of a carrier

submitted 18 days ago • 117 comments

My first 100 days of independence: How joining the independent media revolution changed my life. open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

submitted 18 days ago • 162 comments

#RECALL: deuter recalls Kid Comfort, Kid Comfort Pro & Kid Comfort Active Child Carriers due to fall hazard. The hinges on the foldable rear kickstand support leg can crack or break. Get replacement. CONTACT: 877-384-9252 or www.deuter.com/us-en/servic... More: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments