this is like the literal opposite of true. the most fruitful eras of the modern democratic party coincided with periods where the walls separating political radicals from the mainstream were way less solid

there is some chance that belgium is better at soccer than us

The US should just field 11 monster trucks next time

look guys there are a lot of rumors swirling about mitch mcconnell right now so just a reminder about how important it is to make sure you're only sharing information that is properly sourced verified and credible or at least really fucking funny

I forgot how stupid this man was.

We’ve entered the period of the evening when I can’t tell whether the “it’s all over now” vagueposts are about Platner, the USMNT or McConnell.

The Declaration of Independence is No Kings

It’s outrageous that a government whose Constitution forbids the “establishment of religion” has been hijacked by Christofascists.

First they came for the journalists, researchers and scholars. We don’t know what happened after that. Among DOGE's earliest actions were cuts to research funding.

I love America because it is a place where a young couple paid a penny to cross the US-Mexico border, worked in sugar factories and the fields of California. And then, thanks to hard work, Pell Grants and community college, their great grandson could work covering politics at the White House.

the provinces decline to offer tribute, the armies return in defeat, the temple of the arts has closed its doors, and the name of the Emperor is scoured from the palaces by his own magistrates. now the sun and storms turn against him. the Mandate is lost.

Let him cook.

The first American-born Pope marked his home country's 250th birthday by urging it to continue its traditions of religious freedom and "welcoming, protecting and assisting immigrants."

Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.

Donald Trump has Trump International offices in communist China.

American Ceaușescu

Dueling headlines in the WSJ.

Today we celebrate the PDFing of "Declaration FINAL v3 USE THIS ONE - SIGNED.docx" (Jefferson's draft was heavily edited by the Committee, then again by Congress, and he was big mad about it.)

A grim reminder this 4th of July: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on Earth, making it a leader in mass incarceration. Far too many people are locked up in the “land of the free.”

Happy Independence Day to all who celebrate.

What a twat.

fabulous advice in this thread and the replies

Multiple tech CEOs have said it outright, the goal is replacing employees with AI agents. If you're talented or lucky enough, you survive as a supervisor of those agents. So what does career planning look like then? Plan your exit or get very good at managing a fleet of Claude and OpenClaw agents?

If I was this stupid I’d probably try to keep it a secret

Just insane levels of corruption, threats, and intimidation going on right now.

This is the Big Dick Toilet Guy. He is now UN ambassador.

I think you deserve malware if ur still using twitter tbh

Ex Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb: “We are seeing the greatest onslaught of corruption in the history of mankind.”

The writers found the William Henry Harrison story and said, "What if we try a little twist for 2026?"

The account tracking Donald Trump's stock trades has been suspended by Twitter. Funny how Elon Musk is a "free speech" absolutist until the speech is inconvenient for the politicians he supports.

Find points of pressure and apply it. Results!!!

This is the beginning of a Michael Crichton novel.

Harmeet over here with a nailgun sealing the coffin wherein lies States' Rights.

So one part of the executive branch is spending a fortune on an outdoor fireworks show where they expect to draw 150.000 people, and another part of the executive branch is saying you should not go to the show and even stay indoors because it could kill you.

My medium-spicy take is that the very worst social media sites are the ones populated most by what we would call Normies (threads, linkedin, tiktok). Part of my evidence is how much worse this place got in Nov. '24, enough that "joined in Nov. 2024" is understood shorthand for "this person sucks"

"[T]he current garbage state of our feeds is meant to hook as many people as possible with ragebait and slop, and it is absolutely bifurcating society into those who can look away from their screen and enjoy the company of others and those who can’t." The vibe shift is real.

OMFG @judybott.bsky.social

His brain is clearly pudding, but this made me curious and the statutes authorizing the Medal of Honor do indeed limit them to people who were serving in the military at the time of the conduct meriting the award.

I had assumed it was held together with duct tape, or maybe Elmer's Glue.

We live in a swirling vortex where facts zoom past at the speed of lies and are never seen or heard from again.

Absolutely counting on @theonion.com to poison all AI models.

feels like a huge loss for the journalism industry that nobody has dropped acid at the great american state fair and blogged about it yet

Frame this and put it somewhere you see every morning.

Fyre Festival was run like a precision drill team compared to Freedom 250.

“Pay me what you owe me. Don’t act like you forgot.”

I really do think now is a time to read history. It is a powerful reminder that the past of the U.S., specifically, is full of extremely dark moments when it seemed all was lost. (It wasn't.)

Harold Meyerson writes that instead of picking apart democratic socialists, maybe the Democratic Party can understand that the economic policies they're selling to the public are rather popular. prospect.org/2026/06/29/b...

E. Jean Carroll right now singing “Bitch better have my money.”

Just before market open, very nice

not being sarcastic, deadass serious: i have been to nerd conventions in tennessee in the dead of winter that were more heavily attended than this