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I’m not saying that Republicans are actively sabotaging the United States of America, I’m just saying that if they WERE doing that, they would not be doing anything differently. Of course, SpaceX just happened to score an $82M contract to launch a weather satellite - in 2027. How ‘bout that.

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Ignoring that most “billionaires” aren’t billionaires (they only have their wealth through “perceived value,” which is barely more coherent than just saying they’re a billionaire because “vibes”), the existence of billionaires is both a policy failure AND a moral failure. So he’s right.

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“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is

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I reckon two things coalesced here: 1.) Trump threatening to run a primary challenger against Tillis for his "No" vote. This is... not that big of a threat, but still. 2.) Independent pollsters have started describing the GOP outlook for the midterms with phrases like "Armageddon," so...

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It’s been a very long time since I spent practically the whole day reading. Feels good, y’all.

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Me: ::desperate for some positive news:: Nippon Professional Baseball: "Yokohama DeNA Baystars remove Trevor Bauer from roster." Me: "Thank you, Japan."

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If you're in Minneapolis, I would recommend having Max on in the background. He (and others, like Ryan Hall, Y'all) is generally quicker to report updates than even the National Weather Service.

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I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget

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Groups and activists have been pushing for this for at least a week -- this was not a given. I hate that we had to fight for it but regardless, this is a WIN and big shout out to everyone who has been calling and pushing and organizing around this

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Republicans want you sick and poor.

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I love Los Angeles but there has always been a segment of Angelenos who will shoot down any idea that could benefit the city in the long-term, simply because it would prove either expensive or a mild short-term inconvenience. This is why the public transit will never actually improve.

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Mel Brooks produced The Elephant Man: this was his response to Paramount’s demand for changes "We are involved in a business venture. We screened the film for you, to bring you up to date as to the status of that venture. Do not misconstrue this as our soliciting the input of raging primitives."

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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.

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Yes, Doug, if “primary ineffective Democrats” is your idea of “a total rebuild of the Democratic Party.” This is THE time to do it. Am I okay? No. Nobody is. People haven’t been okay for a while now. That’s kinda the point. Am I high? Boy I wish…

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I’m still processing how the Supreme Court basically said that the executive branch is above the law and can treat the Constitution as more of a series of vague suggestions.

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This racist-ass regime is gonna be dropping the hard-R before the midterms, mark my words.

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Maybe it's because I've read a dozen articles just like it over the past decade-and-a-half and none of them have come to pass and I'm cynical about the outsider's perspective, but the latest "the video game industry is dying" article from Slate did nothing for me.

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See, the problem with living on the west coast is that when you wake up, you are ahead being inundated with awful news. The Supreme Court is a partisan political body that has abdicated its responsibility to upholding the law or the constitution.

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So I've seen the title of this piece being shared around and was curious to see what it was actually about. It's ultimately a surface-level exploration of the question, but it does offer some insight into why it is that men - heterosexual men, specifically - have turned away from reading fiction.

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All the more reason to mask up in public, and MOST ESPECIALLY at protests.

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The laugh I laughed when I scrolled... and scrolled... and scrolled... and scrolled... and scrolled...

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Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!

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Super excited about releasing my cozy game MakeRoom on August 7th! I've put a lot of work in and It'll launch with over 1,000 objects, an object creator and Steam Workshop support ✨

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Me, who was a department head by the time he was 33...

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So there was a (very) briefly-lived Star Trek card battle game called "Star Trek: Adversaries" that had some rough edges but the fundamentals were pretty damn strong. Game barely lasted a year, which is a damn shame.

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Seems like as good a time as any to take a few minutes to gather portfolio materials and update your resume. Just in case.

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Amazing news from India! 🇮🇳 www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/26/i...

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Christ.

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I'm not going to speculate about the (rumored) impending Xbox layoffs other than to say that if I were at an Xbox studio this week... well, good luck getting me to be remotely productive.

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Any excuse to repost an all-time Bluesky banger

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Good. “Fans” have become entirely too comfortable with hurling downright evil shit at players and it’s good to see the league stand up for its players. Now if we could find the fan who told Red Sox player Jarren Duran that they wished his suicide attempt had worked and ban then for life as well…

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I’m not necessarily agreeing that this would fix the core problem but it IS wild just how many prominent figures we’ve seen “red pill” themselves in real-time because they simple cannot bring themselves to log off of social media.

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Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.

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Lord, I’ve seen what you’ve done for others…

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This fan needs to be banned for life. This is, like, the fourth instance of a fan being an unconscionable jackass to players this year, and each one of them needs to be barred from any and every MLB ballpark for the rest of their days. Heckling is fair, but this crosses so many damn lines…

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"'Big Balls' No Longer Works for US Government" is, in a way, an evergreen headline.

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