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The Dems really, really, *really* need to make Miller the face of the administration, the way Musk was until recently. He’s hugely unlikeable and has the potential to create major drag if he is out front and center.

NEW: The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces have sustained over one million casualties since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, over half of which occurred since January 2024. isw.pub/UkrWar061225

Yes, this is totally racist. I really hope that Mamdani starts doing what I do when people keep mispronouncing my name, which is to come up with the most ridiculous mispronunciation of their name and use it loudly and repeatedly.

Donald Trump told us that there would be no wars if he was President. Not even six months in and Israel just struck Tehran.

Gaza is offline — again. The last fiber line connecting Gaza to the world has been cut, likely due to military strikes. No internet, no phones, no way to call for help. This isn't a glitch — it's part of the siege. My family is inside. I don’t even know if they’re alive. I feel powerless.

"darth i heard u peed in the squad car after getting arrested to put the car out of commission" "...yes exactly"

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Nooo I'm not the elite I'm a downtrodden victim of life," I argue internally, as I order my burrito taxi with underclass manservant instructed to never talk or look at me, who gets fired if I don't mark them perfect at putting my burrito within 2ft of the door who I watch to leave before I get it.

If the Stephen Miller freakshow is too much even for Ron Johnson (!) it’s probably worth confronting Republicans with the ugly truth: they aren’t being bullied into supporting “the MAGA agenda.” They’re being bullied into helping a sadistic degenerate get his fix. www.offmessage.net/p/the-greedy...

🚨 Channel 12 reports: The Israeli army has announced the beginning of a military operation against Iran. Unconfirmed reports suggest an attempt to assassinate Iran’s Chief of Staff in the Tehran airstrikes. As people of Gaza, we long for peace — not more war. Please, hear us.

“Meta does not indicate to users what their privacy settings are as they post, or where they are even posting to. So, if you log into Meta AI with Instagram, and your Instagram account is public, then so too are your searches about how to meet ‘big booty women.’”

While my family suffers under siege—struggling for food,safety, and survival—my friend is offering their art to support us.Just $20 helps my loved ones in Gaza and gets you a piece of their work.This is solidarity in action. Even small kindness echoes loud in a war zone. chuffed.org/project/1282...

Explosive moment during tonight's NYC mayoral debate: Cuomo: "He’s never dealt with the city council, he’s never dealt with the Congress..." Mamdani: "I’ve never had to resign in disgrace...I have never hounded the thirteen women who credibly accused me of sexual harassment."

M - O - O - N, that spells kakistocracy

PODCAST ALERT! Chris Severson-Baker of the @pembina.org on West of Centre, discussing the disaster that is Alberta's renewable energy sector.

Dan Driscoll [answering cell phone]: Hello? Voice: Hi it’s the moon Driscoll: I told you to stop calling Voice: I going to hit your eye like a big pizza pie Driscoll: I HAVE ALERTED THE FBI TO THIS HARASSMENT Voice: I have a man in me Driscoll: THIS IS DISRESPECT TO THE MILITARY

Gov. Mike Kehoe has activated the Missouri National Guard, declaring a state of emergency due to civil unrest, even as no evidence existed of riots or other widespread violence in the state.

Yeah and pissing fights between the factions are particularly useless at this juncture since the goal should be to unite to stop a fucking dictatorship.

ICE wanted the San Francisco Standard to blur the faces of agents who were taking immigrants into custody. The Standard told them "no." "...we believe that censoring images from this news event would set a harmful precedent for the media’s right to report and the public’s right to know."

The squishiest centrist, the nuttiest tankie, the normiest of normies — it doesn’t matter. Republicans lump us all together and look forward to hurting us.

The Trump administration is so incompetent that the National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles aren't getting paid due to delays in issuing official activation orders. 🤡 www.military.com/daily-news/2...

we're down to the wire & Vox Media management really wants the right to use AI on our sites. meanwhile, Meta AI says our union hashtag is about a true crime podcast i've never heard of lmao. this is the shit they are defending their right to use instead of human workers on our sites #VoxOnTheClock

a Republican House member from SC, Rep. RJ May, is facing 10 counts of CSAM using the screen name "joebidennnn69" im dead

“and you’re surprised??” yeah matter of fact, this one threw me, little bit

it's like what the image says. they think they're kings — they think they rule us — and they want us to obey youtu.be/ULdUsHB-7VE

Pointing out that huge amounts of academic work reinforces others is not required to be a critique. It's a valid unbiased observation. Hewing and amplification and lack of proper samples is a scourge. It knows where to hide and you have to audit your data sources. Quite a lot is just not that strong

“Alberta's measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher, Calgary did not have an NHL team, O Canada was not yet the official national anthem and gasoline would set you back 24 cents a litre.”

wait wat

It is just unbelievable to me that they are claiming the Secret Service couldn't immediately identify a US Senator *whose office is down the hall from the room where this press conference was taking place*

Seems worth noting that Noem's story is that "no one knew who" Padilla was. Hmmm. You're in CA with US marines in LA. CA.... I think two senators? You don't know what one of the state's two senators looks like?

notice the b-b-b-but biden response to "looks like trump is in decline"

have you noticed that the requests for aid have all but stopped? are you satisfied now, that they were real people??

really showing your own bright red ass to the world if you’re sneering about how protests on weekends don’t count because they signal insufficient commitment

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

This is the lede. There is a woman on camera in charge of a lot of people with guns. She says they are going to liberate a domestic population center from democratically elected officials and violate too many laws to count in the process. I have zero time for anything else.

Is this conspiracy to commit murder happening before our eyes? I cannot believe in 2025 a sheriff is saying they are going to kill people rather than take into custody.

Another bit of Noem news that slid under some radars is her asking Hegseth last week to deploy surveillance drones over LA and have federal troops conduct arrests. Even if the news did get around, there was little emphasis in the press on just how unlawful it was.

This is Kristi Noem admitting that Homeland Security is currently occupying Los Angeles, not to protect citizens, but for purely *political* reasons. Yes, she really is that stupid.

Senator David Padilla should not have attempted to politicize DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference announcing that the federal government would liberate Los Angeles from socialism. Tomorrow in the New York Times

here’s some info on the upcoming Boston No Kings/Pride event:

you must accept the fact that the vast majority of people who are against Trump in this country will look at you like you have two heads if you start pontificating on the leftist versus liberal distinction at them