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Every once and a while you see something and think "that picture will be in a history book." Today was a social media post of a Republican giving the double thumbs up in front of prisoners in a concentration camp. Historical level of shitiness

He called it

Imagine being a Big Ass Law Firm swaggering around congratulating yourself for doing a deal with Trump, while stupidly believing that he will hold up his end of the deal

Interesting to go through the social media of the arsonist targeting Josh Shapiro. People want a convenient way to categorize him and there is just no easy way to. He was very much a "both sides suck" guy. But he does have one thing in common with those who engage in these acts: deep misogyny.

"We have instances now in western countries where people are being arrested [...] the cop comes knocking on their door, you're going to go to jail for 60 days for posting something online. You know, this is crazy stuff that's happening all over." Marco Rubio on April 16, 2025, if you can believe it

Pretty much when we decided terrorists didn't have human rights I think we set the future in motion where enemies of administrations would be labeled terrorists. When we defended Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

Reminder that Bobby is the unnatural color of a 5-day-old rotisserie chicken because to try to look tanned he injects illegal substances he buys on the illicit market because they’ve never been approved for use in humans (because they were unsafe in animals) … but he thinks injecting vaccines is bad

In times of crisis, you have to prepare for the worst, and have a strong plan. I know this — I’ve spent my life managing crises. #DebatDesChefs

I'm bisque firing today and I cant wait to decorate and show you what I'm working on next! In the meantime here is a cute little fox that is available for adoption.

NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —

Leading long COVID researcher fears it could become a national epidemic. Dr. David Putrino: “Your risk of going on to develop long COVID increases slightly with each infection, even if you recover just fine from the last infection” #LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

One of the 2 DOGE staffers who flew to LA to try to release water at a water pumping station for a photo Op during the wildfires is now a senior adviser to the NOAA Administrator where DOGE has been slashing staff, contracts, programs, and leases

I cannot wait to see this guy in the dock at The Hague. Signed, an autistic dude who has gone on plenty of dates (and is now married!) and pays my taxes.

When Tim Burchett was on "Have I Got News For You," I asked him what kind of amenities the concentration camps were going to have. I think they edited it out. They shouldn't have.

the most appalling part of this political era is the physical harm they are inflicting on innocent people but secondary to that i find the constant smug lectures from this country's biggest collection of hypocrites, scammers, perverts, pedophiles, and overall bozos very distasteful

have to wonder where he gets the idea that the us gov't will say "my bad" issue a new passport and venmo you an apology

I’m sorry… what?

Canada is what fascism meets and loses.

Happening now in Warner Robins, GA: federal workers, veterans, and community members are sounding the alarm on cuts to the jobs and services working families depend on. These layoffs are hurting real people.

That's a long list of reciepts youtu.be/CQmkyZ7Hvq4?...

You know you're in trouble when the lawyer rolls up and says "it's too early for this." He's ready to spar and you're his target 😂 youtube.com/shorts/unqdK...

Having been subjected to genital inspections, no, it's not possible to respectfully inspect someone's genitals.

NOTE: There are more people *in this frame of television* than there are transgender athletes in the State of Maine *All* of this is theater for stupid people

Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.

MARCO RUBIO I HAVE SOME ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS TO REPORT!!!

If they’re arguing that Harvard hasn’t done enough “in the public interest” to deserve tax exempt status, wait until they get a look at evangelical megachurches!

Anyone who says biology dictates there are only 2 sexes did not study biology.

Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online. The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.

NEW VIDEO: Federal Judge James Boasberg has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for showing “a willful disregard” toward his March 15 orders requiring it return hundreds of migrants it sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Paige and I explain.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Sharing from X: "ICE is filing declarations in multiple cases admitting they don't have power to terminate student status, so students whose student records (SEVIS) are terminated remain in valid status. This means colleges disenrolling students (a majority) are punishing them for no reason."

Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so. They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.

The Pentagon has put a THIRD advisor to Pete Hegseth on leave as part of a leak probe. Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy SecDef Stephen Feinberg, was escorted out of the building on Wednesday.-Politico

thought i was writing a story about an app that pays crypto bounties for reporting undocumented immigrants. but i was actually writing a story about something worse: a crypto pump-and-dump disguised as an app that pays crypto bounties for reporting immigrants www.theverge.com/tech/650015/...

The White House dragging the senator, calling him a “disgrace” and referring to him and his “bedwetting friends” (??) is a strange and grotesque response to a truly horrifying situation that the senator is trying to resolve.

Don't let this sort of thing become normalized. No criminal record. Married with a child. Complying with immigration bureaucracy. Agents wait outside his home. Smash his window while he calls his lawyer. Take him to an undisclosed location. This is Soviet secret police stuff. youtu.be/Bnlj-wSI4Bg

Trump and the Republican Party had no problem picking up the phone and asking Romania to return their dear friend and child rapist, Andrew Tate, but want us to believe they can’t do anything about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I'd never seen an adult Io moth somehow, until this newly emerged boy made a beeline for me because I was the closest opportunity for Ups. So I continued the rest of my hour+ walk with him slowly spreading his wings, before depositing him on a tree. 💛