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submitted 11 days ago • 472 comments

Thomas Paine, Common Sense in 1776: “For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

submitted 14 days ago • 1063 comments

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

submitted 19 days ago • 1150 comments

I can't believe the legs of all Arsenal's forwards fell off the year City went to shit 😭

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

Sleepy dog.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Board member of META asks a very good question.

submitted 22 days ago • 848 comments

Your periodic reminder that no tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself.

submitted 23 days ago • 24 comments

The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS

submitted 28 days ago • 1323 comments

i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

submitted 27 days ago • 1754 comments

Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now: Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten... How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t... Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...

submitted 29 days ago • 83 comments

This asshole could have ended it all by voting to convict and remove. He can fuck off with this late stage bullshit.

submitted 29 days ago • 1430 comments

[explaining to my dogs] you’ll get your walks but you gotta understand we are doing slow walks because people like me (political scientists with a decent read on history and a leftist perspective) are mostly drinking today

submitted 30 days ago • 10 comments

As China continues to give money and projects to countries to gain influence, we are shutting down our agencies that do that. China is eating our lunch and Trump is the reason. Sorry folks, if you don’t see it you don’t understand how the world works. Period

submitted 29 days ago • 542 comments

Humbled

submitted 30 days ago • 19 comments

The Arsenal with a good reminder that sometimes you can face the bully and punch them in the fucking dick.

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

You know when you've been humbled 😆

submitted 30 days ago • 8 comments

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submitted 30 days ago • 35 comments

The Trump Tariffs are ILLEGAL. He does NOT have the unilateral authority to amend trade agreements with Canada and Mexico. He needs Congressional approval -- and he does NOT have it. The tariffs should be challenged in court -- and overruled by Congress. NOW.

submitted 30 days ago • 273 comments

I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad. There’s not.

submitted 30 days ago • 731 comments

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

submitted 30 days ago • 1704 comments

If you’re a Democratic lawmaker wondering why so many of us are frustrated with your messaging and wondering what it is we want, check out Justin Trudeau’s response to Trump’s tariffs and please take notes.

submitted 30 days ago • 74 comments

I feel bad for Canada but the whole world is going to suffer under the Trump administration. I don't just mean this in terms of tariffs and prices but in every single way. Musk-Trump is going to lay waste to every single global norm. There will be no peace, no justice, no human rights.

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks: "We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

submitted 30 days ago • 708 comments

For the umpteenth time - history matters. Read Heather. “January 25, 2025, marks eighty years since the end of the Battle of the Bulge.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-24...

submitted 38 days ago • 53 comments

That red card has left such a sour taste in my mouth. I really try to avoid referee conspiracy talk, but that's just another decision - in a season of shitty decisions - that get given against Arsenal and nobody else. It's not violent conduct, he's not denying a goalscoring opportunity. I'm done.

submitted 38 days ago • 41 comments

lol I love to be gaslit by the "referee has no choice" bullshit guarantee we will see "studs above the ankle" dozens of times this weekend and no more red cards. I think the question commentators/pundits should ask is "why is Michael Oliver involved in so many controversial Arsenal decisions?"

submitted 38 days ago • 12 comments

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submitted 41 days ago • 13 comments

Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism. So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1

submitted 43 days ago • 142 comments

Good morning to everyone, but especially to Myles Lewis Skelly.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

I drew North London

submitted 47 days ago • 15 comments

Just once I’d like to see the weather guy warm and comfortable in the studio during a violent rainstorm turning it over to the sports guy getting fucked up in a hockey fight

submitted 73 days ago • 8 comments

Oh dear. There is a Cybertruck parked in front of speed dating. Wonder if the owner will be obvious.

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment