today I have had four burgers, hung out with friends by a pool, and watched one of the best soccer games I’ve ever seen this is the country I love

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@davidjroth.bsky.social : “The conception and execution of Freedom 250 reflects this soul-deep dedication to crass literalism as well. It is "a symbolic embodiment of the presently dominant vision of our nation as Shit Disneyland,"

Philly and the heat

The strongest reason to think Alito's not retiring is if he was, Trump would know, and if Trump knew, everyone would know and the nominee selection knife fight already underway would be about as secret as tomorrow's fireworks.

The reason America as a whole is going to walk on by its 250th birthday with nary a thought about it is that it is profoundly embarrassed, ashamed, and angry at what we've allowed to happen to our country

I am pretty plugged in to politics and there are still about 10 things a day that bad orange man does that would be a presidency-ending scandal in any other admin in my lifetime that even I don’t hear about.

The real soccer discourse is everyone arguing about a refs call

Oh, was the scoring team "offsides"? Based on a strict TV replay? In the 12th minute of the 18-minute "extra time" period that you guesstimated would last "10 minutes"? Because stopping clocks in a competition is so difficult? Tell me more tales of your Calvinball League

For the record, someone elected President is a public servant. He’s not there to steal from the public or stuff his own pockets. Donald J. Trump needs to be held accountable for abusing the office and taking our money.

How do you fight a movement that see Trump launch his own meme coin and then the people that get fleeced blame…Democrats?

“ Whether we wish to be generous and say that some of these assertions are good faith misunderstandings or bad faith obfuscations, it should be clear that there is no sophistication to the deployment of the phrase, “we are a republic, not a democracy.’ It is sophistry at best… vapid sloganeering.”

@marisakabas.bsky.social gives us more evidence that it is Trump who is on a quest to get the most participation trophies in human history

Gorsuch in Bostock used Aimee Stephens pronouns and had no issue doing so. It's not enough to strip trans people of their rights, they also have to add the indignity of not even being seen as enough of a person to use pronouns like any other party.

I wrote about the CFB slate for this Nov 7. No one is ready for this.

Not hollowing out the federal government for Your own personal financial gain isn’t a tradition, it’s in the constitution!

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day to those who celebrate.

And trust me, the naturalized citizens are feeling less secure than the birthright citizens

I see a lot of “so-and-so is a birthright citizen” because their parents weren’t citizens when they were born on American soil. But the truth is, we’re all birthright citizens, unless we have been naturalized.

I just assumed the article was about her White House salary 🤷🏻‍♂️

—banning collaborations between athletes, leagues, and betting apps & their inherent conflicts of interest —redirecting more gambling to state-owned monopolies (like lotteries) —limiting the ability for casinos and sportsbooks to kick out "sharks" who can beat the house

As someone who has been struggling with this for months, if not years, without the ability to take any time off due to the crumbling economy and empty social safety net he helped create, I am torn between “glad you got the help you need” and “fuck off.”

All of these cases are basically litmus tests for any Dem nominee. Are immigrants Americans? Do trans Americans deserve human rights? Are corporations superhumans who get to spend endlessly on elections to put whoever they want into power? These are simple questions with simple answers.

Not even…

A second valid criticism has presented itself in our fireworks thread. We are being called out for using an example from 'The Rock' (1996) for public health purposes instead of a much more applicable example from Armageddon (1998) where Jason Isaacs really does make the most of a minor role.

For…reasons…I am contractually obligated to post this now. #KnicksInFive

Again, if there's a Democratic majority in the House in 2027, I think it's imperative that they start impeaching Supreme Court justices.

The most important thing about any SCOTUS sail trimming is that it doesn’t matter. That’s the wife beater saying he promises he won’t do it again if the wife just won’t call the cops.

We need more left politicians who don’t cower with fear about being criticized by republicans

You’ve jammed your last pearl

Instead of following those engagement bait alt gov accounts, follow and support @climate.us instead.

Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

Reading a libertarian forum and these geniuses have come up the brilliant idea of "crowdfunding large infrastructure projects" - they're really running with it

SpaceX literally inserted itself into all our investment plans by basically breaking all the indexes regular rules via collusion and pressure

In post truth America the law is when you don’t follow the law

"Miss Rachel is a Zionist for saying that she cares for the lives of 'settler' babies too" Yes please do that, anti-Zohran crowd, make sure that everyone knows that his critics from the left literally believe that babies aren't innocent

Caring for the less fortunate includes ALL the less fortunate around the world, not just in the US. Tax the global rich and build equitable systems everywhere.

Let the reaping begin…

Peace out Jimmy

It’s the same job.

"We declared a War On Cancer in the 1970s and we have not made significant progress on treating cancer despite ever-increasing funding. It's a welfare program for academic labs" Bro what the FUCK are you talking about. The survival statistics do not bear this out even at first glance

Oh no Ghana!

Connect me with a working rocket that went to space and came back

After the 2008 crash, Alan Greenspan admitted he had “found a flaw” in the market ideology he helped impose. He died today at 100. In 2013, Chris Lehmann wrote about Greenspan’s attempt to explain away systemic corruption as human nature.

You understand the context of a roast and the whcad right?

Trump is 80 years old and showing signs of both physical and mental decline. So how about we cover his age the same way we covered Biden's? With teams of reporters assigned to it, long front page stories, and ubiquitous debate? My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-decl...

Extremely strong and good response

Literally draining a swamp