The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

SNAP funds will be paid in full, proving that the USDA was always capable of paying the full November benefit. Remember that the Trump admin chose to let people go hungry. They chose not to fund SNAP until a court forced their hand. They chose cruelty and pain.

LA/OC we gotta step up our game

man I dunno this is just off the top of my head, probably missed some things

I don't really love to throw industry shade because it's rarely black and white, but I am going to remind people that a game starring arguably the most iconic black superhero was cancelled *in advance* of this sale and all of the GDC talks from staff working on it were shot down at the EA level

the onion should do the funniest thing ever and start up a subsidiary that does real news

i owe so many video game designers an apology

On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

If the clocks roll back due to daylight savings ending during game seven of the world series that unlocks an infinite inning overflow glitch

BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown. Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.

This is the "silence political opposition" phase of things by the way

Trump’s DOJ unsealed an indictment against six protesters—including Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, for allegedly impeding an ICE officer outside of a detention facility. The move is a stunning continuation of Trump’s weaponization of judicial and police power to crush dissent.

I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.

I'm not even gonna dignify that Uptoown video with a repost, but whenever y'all are over the idea that you can replace humans in an creative endeavor, please DM me

A blaring red warning signal for the rule of law; a President declaring “we’re just gonna kill people” without a trial or even a shred of due process.

Just when I feel like I am starting to accept and have pace with the idea that I may be out of work for a while, the fucking slab leak returns.

All the things folks pretended were happening in 2022-23 under Joe Biden are actually happening now under Donald Trump

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year. In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

Look, there's a lot you can say about EA right now that isn't kind, but I have to give huge kudos to the team that did the building destruction in BF6 because it is -bananas- good for something so procedural.

funding partner backed out (this will always be too soon, I am sorry)

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

can we please start preemptively referring to the AI bubble popping as the singularity?

“.. His conclusion is very stark: not just that an economy already at stall speed will fall into recession as both the data-center and wealth effects plateau, but that they’ll reverse, just as in the dot-com bubble did ..” @marketwatch.com www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...

If you ever needed proof that ignoring the sea lion commentary is fine, actually

@pedrothedagger.bsky.social you see they added King of Shadows to Idle Champions?

The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

um

The bees have discovered Brutalism

I need to be very explicit: there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI's $1 Trillion in commitments, and that's across the top 10 private equity firms, all US venture capital, and both Goldman and JPMorgan's direct lending funds. This is very bad. www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

My insincere condolences to the lawyers at the NFL, NHL, and NCAA who are currently being tasked with figuring out how to terminate their agreements with EA before 20 billion dollars in debt financing simply causes there to Not Be A Madden Game in 2032 or whatever

Good to see Sinclair is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back. Also: "Sinclair indicated in a statement that ABC did not accept any of its proposals" It's almost as if Trump/Carr/MAGA were bluffing about the culture being on their side on this, and the truth was the opposite. newrepublic.com/article/2008...

The imperial boomerang goes "thwack." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-all...

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

“In my opinion, every company that has caved to their demands has contributed to the harassment and climate of fear the rest of us are enduring, and game companies that have done so, in particular, have painted a target on the back of every single person in this industry” 👏

yeah I can't imagine which group of people will be badly hurt by removal of pain medication during pregnancy hmm hmm hmm who could it be

This entire article was a really good read for this Monday morning www.thenation.com/article/acti...

"Fifty-three percent of Democratic voters said they preferred politicians described as similar to Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani, while 33 percent favored those similar to Schumer, Jeffries and Pelosi. Fourteen percent didn’t choose."

a domestic terrorist grips a woman by the throat in a choke hold. Another domestic terrorist comes up and pulls his hand away to stop the choking - even this fascist knows it is a step too far - and the hero in the photo tearfully holds up a peace sign with stoic grace

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

If civilization survives long enough to view 20th century history as actual history, 1980 will be viewed as the tipping point at which the United States enters the decline of its empire phase

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

get yourself a congressional candidate who can kill charybdis *and* prioritize direct action

for no reason, thinking about that time that Disney knee-jerk fired James Gunn and how well that worked out for them