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This is terrible—there should be sound effects.

This is who we are now?!

I love that Pope Francis waited to leave this Earth until he got a final opportunity to let JD Vance know what a vile POS he is.

FMK: JD Vance edition.

I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do

#GVerse #Food4Thought 😉

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.

Trump is talking about shuttering publications and networks he disagrees with. He's talking about deporting and imprisoning Americans who dissent. This is unprecedented and undemocratic. Wake up America.

How about we start treating people like people? Is that too much to ask?

I used to select Dem primary candidates based on policy. Now I will aggressively try to destroy any Dem who says "we need to look forward not backward" and fervently support anyone who says "I will see these motherfuckers prosecuted and jailed if it's the last thing I do."

Republicans in Congress can end this any time

If the agent of an embittered KGB officer somehow won the US presidency and entered into the office bent on destroying the USA in its national influence, network of alliances, and the American people’s quality of life, what would he be doing differently?

Confirmed cases of measles in the US. 2020: 13 2021: 49 2022: 121 2023: 59 2024: 285 Total cases: 527 (5-years) 2025: (first 90 days) 628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.

60 Minutes“could not find criminal records” for 75% of the 238 men the Trump admin sent to a Salvadoran prison. Of the 22% that had records, the “vast majority are for non-violent offenses.” Trump admin still insists they’re “terrorists.” www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...

i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record

The admin officials talking about using tariffs to return manufacturing to the US a.) do not know anything about trade, b.) do not understand how tariffs work, c.) do not understand how global supply chains work, d.) do not understand what a modest percentage of overall output, trade or jobs...

My husband and I run a game store and after all the tariff announcements, he decided to write out kind of a "behind the scenes" of how we spend and spill it out for people who don't understand. He's had so many reactions and shares I wanted to bring it here, too.

This doesn't even get into how Democratic presidents always preside over economic growth, and every time a Republican becomes president economic calamity ensues.

So the basic proposal, if I’m following correctly, is to wrench the whole American consumer economy back to Gilded Age protectionism by means of Executive fiat, right now, tonight, while Congress tries to relieve the tax burden on some rich people but everyone else goes on paying income taxes too.

Trump is deporting people with legal status and no criminal convictions to foreign hellhole’s without due process. His idiot team is sharing classified attack plans on insecure channels and accidentally including a reporter. He’s pushing us toward a recession. He’s threatening to invade allies.

My. Gawd. Dude is oranger than an Oompa Loompa.

In case there’s still anyone left who thinks that the “anti-DEI” crusade is anything but simple racism:

We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

Only white pandas from here on out.

I just re-read the full Declaration of Independence. It's the most illuminating and depressing thing I've read in a while. Highly recommend folks give it a read. Many — if not most — of the complaints levied against King George are indistinguishable from those brought against President Trump today.

Actually, quite flattering.

So let’s be very clear about this - DOGE isn’t saving America money. It is now among the costliest domestic programs in our history; and certainly the most significant wealth destroying.

The world is in chaos. Veterans are being left without healthcare. Judges are being threatened and harassed. Kids with special needs are about to be left out in the cold. People are about to starve because food banks' deliveries are being eliminated. Donald Trump is golfing.

I wrote this in July 2016 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

The *only* reason to do this is because you’re an asshole.

Note the gleeful acknowledgement that the point of sending people there is to be tortured

I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests. But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵

Real Americans love Canada.

When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.