I wrote a post on a now defunct blog like 15 years ago arguing that, for most people, Osama bin Laden occupied the same place in their brains as Voldemort, and nothing I've seen from social media since then has convinced me I was wrong.

I keep thinking about the toxic, pervasive mythology of "rugged individualism" as a driving force in American culture, and how the collective efforts in the Twin Cities right now are proof that the only way through hard times is together, as a community.

So weird that we would want to run someone who would win

according to this map, the only business in charlottesville currently making millions off ICE contracts is govsmart, a company whose CEO also owns the local franchise of gracie jiu jitsu. interesting!

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has only existed since 2003. There’s nothing extreme about the idea of disbanding the rogue agency.

The thing that jumps out at me the most is just how completely off the rails and in a different world Republicans are compared to literally everyone else

I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)

"Would you rather have affordable healthcare and public schools, or be shot to death, paid for by funds that you yourself earned?" Hmm let me think

These blundering idiots are very bad and will do a lot of damage and hurt a lot of people before it's all said and done. But always remember that they are, in the end, still the dumbest people you'll ever meet.

I'm only just seeing that this was a James O'Keefe sting. Lol. Just further data to support my belief that, when Trump snuffs it, the right wing civil war is gonna be all encompassing and absolutely hilarious. www.rawstory.com/secret-servi...

A lot of good stuff in this thread, to which I would add: Trump is hugely, hugely unpopular right now. Do you think he's going to be dramatically more popular in the fall?

Absolutely correct. There are more than 50 seperate Metro areas in the United States with populations greater than 1 million people. The two largest of these are like 2,500 miles away from each other. That's roughly the distance from Paris to Tehran... The US is HUGE

A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

Oh come on

If I were the next President I'd schedule a full on televized ceremony on the day after my inauguration firing every single ICE agent hired by this administration. Put all their names in a program and hand it out to the media.

Ask yourself: why is this the ONLY strike video Hegseth isn’t proudly tweeting out?

Bro shut the fuck up

Every handshake for Trump is a battle of wills where he and the other handshaker lock eyes and try to crush each others hands like 13 year olds

You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...

No reason for anyone to pay attention or care at the moment, but I've decided to finally push through and finish my novel this coming year... #writing #letsdothis

Man D.A.R.E. just toasted so many brains in the 80's and 90's

This is a REALLY important point. It's not a long leap from ending birthright citizenship to making the claim that any black American descended from slaves is actually not a citizen at all. Same goes for any class of people they don't like.

Boycott National Parks on Trump's birthday

I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Hey look, a feel good story

Just to be clear, people literally carrying on the legacy of the KKK are determining policy in the US right now and other countries should act accordingly

Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff. There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.

Having just listened to @edzitron.com talk about how companies are bleeding $ to do the computations needed for even comparatively simple "AI" stuff, I wonder how the economics of all this could even work How would it be cheaper to create a feature length "AI" performance than to just pay an actor?

I present my review of "Unfettered," John Fetterman's memoir. In between petty grievances about doing his job, Fetterman asserts that he's feeling good. Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.

Get 'em

Also, yes they did!!! These people are obsessed with a culture they know nothing about

As someone who recently spent 5 months looking for a job, this seems low to me

TIL Ruby Bridges is only 71 years old. man alive Jim Crow was just yesterday

I propose that ALL Americans take this money and then put it all together in one program and then use that to negotiate directly with providers without needing the insurance companies. Can't think of a name for it but I'm sure someone will come up with one

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

This is why I think the "Nazi" framework is misused We don't need to look to the Nazis to find an example of the nasty fascist racism that the modern GOP exemplifies. We have one right here in the US! The more savvy members of the KKK didn't change their minds about racism, they just rebranded

Yeah we don't need to do this

I can't wait to see all the hype videos when they perp walk Bovino into a Federal Courthouse in an orange jumpsuit

“I was 14… I was 16… this was me when I met Epstein… there are thousands of us… time to let the secrets out of the shadows” Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.

Hey anyone know where I can get health insurance for $75?

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?

Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...

I'm of the opinion that a part of the Democrat presidential platform in 2028 should be to remove Roberts from the Court Oh you say it's unconstitutional? That's ok, Roberts doesn't care about that anyway

The fact that every politician in the state of Pennsylvania isn't calling for Fetterman's immediate resignation based on the fact that he's clearly unfit for office is obnoxious

the Democratic Party should have 2 major goals for the next time it holds power: (1) completely rebuild the destroyed federal government capacity, and (2) crush the GOP, which enabled so much corruption and immiseration. destroy their funding, jail their leaders, make it so a new party has to emerge

If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.

Also it's objectively a massive crime ring!

at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd. he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him. situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.