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As an institution, the New York Times editorial board exists to sniff the bicycle seat of power

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I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.

submitted 1 hour ago • 44 comments

Eric Trump: "Eventually all the phones can be built in the USA." (so Trump phones are not actually being built in the USA lol ... )

submitted 26 minutes ago • 123 comments

Ah yes, the education progress of rahm emmanuel, who shut down more schools than any other mayor in american history

submitted 1 hour ago • 1 comment

This is continued journalistic malpractice from the @startribune.com normalizing a violent white male suspect. He owned a private security company called Praetorian Guard, traveled overseas to preach against abortion and LGBTQ+ people, and attended a bible college that preaches "violent prayer."

submitted 38 minutes ago • 1 comment

Yes. Similarly, Elizabeth Warren staffers in 2021 getting a few jobs that would have normally went to ex-Obama/Clinton aides and Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates getting more acclaim than their white counterparts for a few years caused elite panics and endless "wokeness" pieces.

submitted 50 minutes ago • 2 comments

Glad to see Evan back at it.

submitted 32 minutes ago • 0 comments

“One of the companies, Instant Pot Brands, noted that ‘a portion of the profits from’ its forthcoming collection ‘will be donated to the Trump Presidential Library.’”

submitted 1 hour ago • 33 comments

Interesting op ed in the Times today

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NEW: CPD officers shot 12 people, killing 6, during the first 5 months of 2025, the same number of people officers shot and killed in all of 2024, according to a @wttw.bsky.social analysis. Officer Krystal Rivera was the 7th seventh person to be shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in 2025.

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I have to sell my 5 shares of Hershey, a Bar Mitzvah gift from my grandparents 25+ years ago, because my fiance works for the FDA, and not on the Food side. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 1 hour ago • 3 comments

Minnesota Star Tribune debunks each of the lies and conspiracies posted on social media from Mike Lee, Elon Musk, and all the other usual suspects who do this EVERY time. www.startribune.com/fact-check-d...

submitted 1 hour ago • 105 comments

Where in America is the new Trump Mobile device being built?

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Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: Every claim made by Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) to ridicule the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office turns out to be false.

submitted 2 hours ago • 83 comments

Hey, I wonder where in the USA these cheap smartphones are being made?

submitted 1 hour ago • 100 comments

James Gunn, man. I haven't seen a frame of the new Superman movie beyond what's in the trailers, but how can you not want to root for this dude. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

submitted 1 hour ago • 5 comments

This guy point for point debunked all the shit the GOP is saying and went into detail about the shooters politics. Glad to see the CBS Logo which means the media is reporting on it. Let's see who ducks and dodges these uncomfortable facts for their Republican bosses And this might be relevant

submitted 8 hours ago • 6 comments

President of UMN: It's hard budget times President of UMN: So we're going to cut instructional support down to 19% of total budget (down from 30% in 2001) President of UMN: And I need 500K to hire a Vice President for Strategic Initiatives* President of UMN: You know, austerity *yes this is real

submitted 2 hours ago • 21 comments

A U.S. senator who was once a vocal Trump critic has devolved into a MAGA internet troll pushing insane fringe nonsense. Seems like it’s worth looking into?

submitted 2 hours ago • 48 comments

The bodies weren't even cold before MAGA spun up a conspiracy theory, deflecting blame for the Minnesota shooting and saying no, it was actually Democrats who did it. To themselves. It makes no logical sense. But it does encourage more MAGA violence. www.salon.com/2025/06/16/c...

submitted 5 hours ago • 19 comments

Democratic senators need to stop pretending that GOP senators are their “good friends across the aisle” and realize many of them are just lying sociopaths who are actively fanning the flames of violence against them.

submitted 19 hours ago • 136 comments

Bizarrely, it appears that Trump’s nominee to lead the FAA has been lying about holding a commercial pilot license www.politico.com/news/2025/06... #aviation

submitted 22 hours ago • 377 comments

Nathan Fielder is officially more qualified to run the FAA than this guy

submitted 4 hours ago • 11 comments

In the linked essay, I mention Nancy Mace's standard TERF question, asked most recently to Tim Walz: "What is a woman?" My answer is simple. A woman is not a what. A woman is a who. I want to expand a bit from the essay on what I think this matters. www.the-reframe.com/shows-of-wea...

submitted 5 hours ago • 14 comments

This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.

submitted 18 hours ago • 3760 comments

You almost have to appreciate just how beautifully this illustrates the gerontocratic nature of American politics: the Ancient Umbrella is imbued with more experience simply because it existed longer.

submitted 6 hours ago • 139 comments

There is only one umbrella you should rank for mayor

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

It's pretty telling that the second part of the "Mamdani is a danger to Jewish new yorkers" pitch is always "so vote for sexual harasser shitbag Italian Catholic Andrew Cuomo" and not "so vote for Jewish Progressive Brad Lander"

submitted 13 hours ago • 86 comments

Bezos likes Trump and wants to help him and also owns the Washington Post. It's not some cosmic mystery!

submitted 13 hours ago • 6 comments

The democratic Senate caucus should demand a censure

submitted 21 hours ago • 73 comments

Sorry but I think I want to talk about your lame parade and the huge “No Kings” turn-out for a couple more days.

submitted 13 hours ago • 45 comments

Voting rights historian here to remind everyone that whether documented or not, immigrants cannot vote in state or federal elections (& the rate of those who do so illegally is exceedingly small & usually based on confusion).

submitted 13 hours ago • 3 comments

So ask yourself, did you see anything about this in the initial coverage of Brian Wilson’s death? And if not, why not? Its not coincidence. uk.news.yahoo.com/brian-wilson...

submitted 14 hours ago • 14 comments

A senator celebrating the murder of political opponents should be expelled. Not debated. Not excused. Expelled.

submitted 15 hours ago • 554 comments

In serious countries that are actual democracies, strong mainstream parties force members who do stuff like this to resign, & far right authoritarian parties that do this are shunned from government. Here in 🇺🇸, one of our two parties has collapsed into far right authoritarianism. So neither happens.

submitted 16 hours ago • 121 comments

Imagine having vibes so rancid that you throw yourself a birthday party that no one shows up to but inspires like ten thousand fuck that guys birthday party parties

submitted 15 hours ago • 5 comments