Stephen Colbert, Jeff Daniels, Jack White, Eminem, Bigfoot, hammers, and fire.

Israel committed piracy and captured 40 boats in international waters and illegally arrested 300 persons of multiple European nationalities, obstensibly because they were bringing basic food and medical supplies to Gaza. It’s top news in almost every other country than the U.S. Hmmmm

In news that will surprise absolutely nobody, Trump is actively trading on the market in complete violation of all rules for elected officials. 3,600 trades in Q1 2026, valued at $750M - more than the collective value of all trades of 535 members of Congress for a year. This is insane.

Every authoritarian eventually reaches the same conclusion: "Perhaps the problem is not my policies but the existence of comedians."

Isn’t it true that any decently effective CEO makes decisions based on available data? Sounds like a position ripe for replacement by AI.

CNBC reporting on how Nvidia plans on “putting data centers in space.” “We need to do the engineering and scale it up over the next 10 years.” *looks around for the tech in my house that is 10 years old, finds 0 items* *considers what we were talking about in tech 10 years ago* Hmmmm…

These days, if the president wants to get back at a political enemy, he just sics the DOJ on them without any pretense. Where’s the style? Where’s the panache? Having billionaires buy up all the newspapers is dastardly, sure, but it lacks class. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cor...

“In the end, only one will remain and will leave the island with one million dollars in cash as their reward.” — Jeff Probst, host of Survivor “The fund has been capped at the patriotically symbolic sum of $1.776B. If they received the same amount, the payouts would be $1.125 million each.” -NYT

Too right. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/eas...

The fucking MSM is burying this interchange. I had to get the quotes from Jezebel: “I want to go on to the Epstein investigation,” Merkley said. “Is it closed or open?“ “When you say, ‘the Epstein investigation,’ what are you referring to, Senator?” Blanche replied.

TAMALE — Trump Always Makes America Look Embarrassing TORTA — Trump Only Rarely Thinks Ahead FAJITA — Forget About Jurisprudence If Trump’s Around FIESTA — Finalizing Iran Entente Seems Totally Aspirational shadesofgreaves.substack.com/cp/198125514

Listened to this new NPR series interviewing MAGA. When Trump supporters are questioned on the street they regurgitate Trump's talking points to a T. It's like a hive mind of multimillions sharing the median IQ of one adult. Can we fastforward to Jonestown already? I'm so fucking tired.

The most important resource available for understanding the depths of corruption, illegality, and depravity of this administration. www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/lest...

“O’Connor’s order is an extreme abuse of power that verges on impeachable misconduct. He has absolutely no authority to prevent any party from seeking relief in another court, let alone the home courts with natural jurisdiction over this dispute.” slate.com/news-and-pol...

If Trump was in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, he would have totally chosen the wrong cup.

The only thing that Trump can do that would shock me at this point would be to act ethically and effectively. That’s it.

It really does increasingly feel like I'm living in a conquered nation, being aggressively colonized by an unholy alliance of post-human tech billionaires, mobbed-up commercial real estate developers, and televangelists. The overall atmosphere is more Neuromancer Jonestown than Corporate America.

“In terms of echoing the state of our country today, what could be more apt than an administration that repeatedly undermines the rule of law, literally bulldozing a storied national landmark?” slate.com/news-and-pol...

Somehow this perfectly encapsulates what I think about Hegseth’s whole deal: “Full-fat dairy is a big part of the warrior ethos.” 😂 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/us-...

lol At Long Last, I Have Maxximized My Looks www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/at-...

One of my favorites...... Pretty timely 😀

“We’re going to have a complete victory. We’ve already in theory had a complete victory from the military standpoint,” Trump said. THEORETICAL MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Buried the lede that Putin plans to shut down the Russian internet. What would the USA look like if this were possible? Would we even know or would we just receive notices that there are “local interruptions?” We’d all be waiting…for the midterm results. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/08/r...

At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.

To: The Pope From: The President and Vice-President “You have no idea who Jesus was or what Jesus meant or what He did for a living. You are of very low intelligence and maybe get a new job, as we heard yours pays very poorly (if at all?).” JD Vance, DJT www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...

lol theonion.com/man-forced-t...

People aged 50-90 saw the best version of America. It had its flaws, but it was ascendant.

GOP/MAGA: "We will block any attempts to effect change peacefully." JFK: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

Every single republican state has *legislated* gerrymandering with zero voter approval. *Telling* the voters is okay. *Asking* the voters for their approval, and getting it, is not okay. That's where we are now.

imgur.com/gallery/just... In case you were thinking they're subtle.

Iran will probably be to the US what Suez was to Britain. Empire is all fun and games until you go and overplay your hand.

Campaign staffers profit from betting on their own candidates: share.google/uTq8hChqs3XC... “you have all this information that isn't publicly available yet, it's almost foolish not to bet on it before it's made public," the staffer said. That's literally the definition of insider trading

What Republicans believe on almost any issue is a fantasy or a small sliver of reality exaggerated to the point it becomes a lie. What pisses me off the most is that we all will suffer for their delusions. I will never forgive the idiots, the rich and the racists who brought us to this disaster.

“In a self-sustaining cycle of rot that bodes nothing positive for American democracy, certain sects of the MAGA movement reward their bards for every step they take down the rabbit hole of bigotry and truth denial.” slate.com/news-and-pol...

Mexico is dismantling a fragmented healthcare maze to build a single, unified public system. Launched this month, the Universal Health Service (UHS) marks a historic shift: medical care is no longer a perk tied to your job. It is now a constitutional right. www.zmescience.com/science/news...

I really wish Democrats could have gotten their "Donald Trump's illegal war killed low-cost air travel" messaging out before the "Elizabeth Warren killed Spirit Airlines" Republican attack. WTF is the DNC even doing?

Which is the backwards country now, United States?

In December 2025, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary told FDA officials to delay review of data concerning the safety of mifepristone “until after the midterm elections.” Politics, not science, is driving the timeline. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... Hard for kids to believe but this was a temperate rainforest that people were reticent to move to (due to rainy skies) within the life of a millennial. Now the forest fires and their smoke has traded one gloom for another.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

Alito’s argument is that it’s not racist for Republicans to break up predominantly Black districts; they only want to do it because Black voters mostly vote Democrat, and this Supreme Court has no qualms with partisan gerrymander. Yes, black people vote democratic for no reason whatsoever. /s

Alito’s majority opinion is cowardice: not admitting that they are gutting what this same court once called the “crown jewel of civil rights legislation” and replacing it with white grievance lawfare. The court has lost all credibility, and deservedly so. slate.com/news-and-pol...

“It’s not clear what authority or mechanism the governor and the attorney general are using to call off the elections.” I’ll help: it’s white supremacy. Democracy in action, folks. /s lailluminator.com/2026/04/30/l...

Let's review the key reasons Donald Trump was supposedly elected for a second term: 1. The economy/cost of living for "ordinary Americans" 2. Immigration 3. No new wars Republicans will look at you with a straight face today and tell you that he's done a great job on all of these things.

We get soaring gas, housing and grocery prices, Trump gets a ballroom. We get our favorite late night comedians censored, Trump gets a ballroom. We get our cities invaded by paramilitary ICE hordes, Trump gets a ballroom.

Solutions: Once the Democrat is in the WH, open the ballroom up for a Thanksgiving dinner for the less fortunate of DC. Then a Christmas toy give-away. Then a voter registration and polling location.

“King? I thought we were an autonomous collective.” “Come see the violence inherent in the system.” Monty Python were truly ahead of their time.

Of all the self-dealing and graft, few bother me more than this one. The President suing the IRS for $10B in taxpayer money, for doing something every other president has done voluntarily: releasing his tax returns. Tax returns that showed how he and other billionaires avoid paying taxes.