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The US government is now nonstop performative idiocracy.

submitted 15 hours ago • 2360 comments

OK, what if, and hear me out, we just cancel everything for 3 days and have a long nap?

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submitted 1 day ago • 1075 comments

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

submitted 2 days ago • 1554 comments

In high school I had a crush on a guy who worked at Wizards of the Coast at the mall and I’d go up there to hang out on his shift, and in the back where they had all the N64 stations I noticed there was a cool game where you could ride a horse while the sun set on a field & I got sucked in forever.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?

submitted 3 days ago • 5051 comments

Actually quite the opposite. Measles can wipe out your immune memory. You will literally be more sick repeatedly after a measles infection.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

I am so sick of this shit. It’s a Sieg Heil. It’s a Nazi salute. Anyone who sees it knows. It’s ridiculous that legal departments presumably won’t let media call it what it is. Bannon made “a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally”? Fuck off.

submitted 2 days ago • 239 comments

BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

submitted 3 days ago • 136 comments

The next Bond movie will be titled "Time to Die Mister Bond, Handcrafted Artisanal Film Movie for Men – Perfecf Christmas Gift and Funny Realistic Spy Gag, Harmless Entertainment Prank for Kids and Adults, Realistic Vanilla Scent 7.9 Ounce Motion Picture (Pack of 1)"

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

Like thirteen years ago my friend's eight-year-old sister said, with a very thick long island accent and in a deadly serious tone, "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to win at Mario Kart", and I think about that intensity and commitment to excellence every day.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

So, as a woman with a hysterectomy whose ovaries are fading, I have, um, questions.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

i want to meet the people who think "he's not keeping his promises on egg prices" are an appropriate counter message to this.

submitted 3 days ago • 44 comments

DEMOCRATS, THIS IS HOW YOU TALK

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

Just now picking up my daughter’s Claudia’s Corgi, Gracie, from her spaying procedure from Friendship Animal Hospital in northwest DC. It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉

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submitted 4 days ago • 1379 comments

i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence

submitted 5 days ago • 675 comments

PINE HIVE WE'RE EATING GOOD

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Sketch

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

In addition to everything else that needs to be dealt with, are the Democrats going to do anything about the planes crashing or are we just gonna ride this additional crisis to the end of the line?

submitted 5 days ago • 328 comments

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

submitted 5 days ago • 838 comments

I wasn't expecting the end of Conclave to make me tear up but wow.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

This WaPo piece has something valuable inside: the names of some of the grownups running DOGE behind the scenes. The Incels are a distraction. These people are real. It'd be helpful for people in the agencies to ID anyone from DOGE for...reasons. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 6 days ago • 404 comments

Matt Damon as Odysseus feels like such a bland choice when Oscar Issac is right there.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

“Families in Venezuela described regular calls with loved ones in detention centers before a sudden silence. They checked ICE’s online registry to see an update that their family member was in Florida, with a link to call the detention center — a pattern for those taken to Guantánamo.“

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

i also do not understand the democratic rhetorical thing of always asking questions. "we need more clarity on the faa firings" feels like weak sauce to me. "trump is gutting the faa so your plane crashes and your family dies" just make the accusation instead of trying to impress debate judges

submitted 6 days ago • 36 comments

Tesla is particularly vulnerable to a boycott and anti-fascists should make every effort to make the brand as toxic as possible www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/02/boyc...

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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

submitted 7 days ago • 382 comments

New from me — “What it comes down to is the removal of choice, especially when it comes to established health care. People should not have to suffer the anguish of being denied life-saving drugs because a couple of guys have decided to apply conspiracy theories instead of established science.”

submitted 7 days ago • 81 comments

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

submitted 7 days ago • 1477 comments

My mother wants to punch Elon Musk in the nose, and I wish I could make that happen for her.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Good evening this is one of two paintings of a Greek goddess drawn from my nudes

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

That’s bird flu laughing….

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

How are we going to ever convince regular Americans to be outraged at Trump lawbreaking if we can’t even convince the leaders of the political party opposing him to be outraged

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

Yeah this is right, I think it’s unreasonable to expect leadership to move at the speed of posting but it’s been a full day and we’ve gotten one statement from Raskin.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

submitted 8 days ago • 1312 comments

The thing I have realized about infertility is that even if you were ambivalent about having kids, the loss of a choice still hurts. Today is a tender day.