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Technical diplomat. Offended by credulity. The Unreasonable Man.
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Donald Trump is deporting legal US residents to a foreign gulag, and he has stated publicly that he is moving on to citizens next. This is a Constitutional crisis. Will a single Republican stand up for our Constitution?

submitted 19 hours ago • 614 comments

talked to someone at one of the top italian tailoring firms. they plan on moving manufacturing to the US. said that generations of italian tailoring skill and culture can probably be transported to boise, idaho. expect flawless transition by monday.

submitted 4 days ago • 381 comments

I have lived in US under leadership so 'realpolitik'-minded that it became amoral. (From LBJ-Nixon on Vietnam, to Mitch McConnell.) Under leaders who made disastrous misjudgments. (Crowned by Bush-Cheney Iraq War.) Under leaders whose values I thought wrong. But never before by nuts and clowns.

submitted 5 days ago • 39 comments

okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line

submitted 5 days ago • 437 comments

“The rich are protected by the law but they’re not bound by it. The poor are bound by the law but they’re not protected by it.” — Scott Galloway

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The GOP COVID Committee report is wild. The virus is a Chinese bioweapon designed by Fauci ... and it was so mild that the US should have taken zero precautions ... and Democratic governors didn't take enough precautions ... and we should have let everyone get it. oversight.house.gov/release/fina...

submitted 12 days ago • 256 comments

This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again

submitted 14 days ago • 277 comments

wow Elons grandpa was a complete nutcase who moved to South Africa to help build apartheid www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

submitted 16 days ago • 149 comments

old aphorism 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 which is not to say the crime wasn't impressively stupid too

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Consensus worst “LOST” ep

submitted 17 days ago • 118 comments

A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time: Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves. Q: Why are you running away? Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels. Q: But you’re foxes! Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.

submitted 18 days ago • 112 comments

Pete Hegseth Blows Into Breathalyzer To Unlock Phone

submitted 19 days ago • 734 comments

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 is my favorite song about the Salem Witch Trials.

submitted 24 days ago • 17 comments

Roses are red Violets are blue

submitted 25 days ago • 2587 comments

I didn’t expect much from this panel, but not even a mention of the real and implied threats to Canada? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen? We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

submitted 34 days ago • 151 comments