Hey, remember up until literally yesterday when 9/11 was one of the holiest holidays in the country, where it was demanded that respect our first responders, including the very cops who terrorize, abuse, and kidnap people while wearing masks? Funny how now the day is about Charlie fuckin' Kirk LOL.

Whenever I see people on here like "I read 15 books this month", and I notice they have stuff like a job, writing articles or blog posts, etc., I always wonder if they actually read the book. How?! I'm not a slow reader, but how do these people find that time? Do they not sleep?

On the one hand I genuinely appreciate the informed commentary here from people with decades of relevant experience explaining the law, courts, etc. On the other hand... those rules *clearly* do. not. apply. anymore. All that matters is whether people in power will DO something to stop all this.

One of Joe Biden's biggest mistakes, aside from running again and not supporting Palestinians, was not releasing the Epstein files. Yeah, the press would have pilloried him. But it was obvious that Trump would at best bury them and at worst weaponize them. Just a generational failure.

I check clearsky once in a while, and I LOL'd this morning seeing that JD Vance, traitor extraordinaire, is by FAR the most blocked person on here.

In addition to prosecuting every single member of this traitorous administration, the next Dem administration should prosecute every person bribing Trump via his scam coin, business ventures, etc.

Evidently Trump wants to abolish the debt ceiling, and Warren has written an op-ed in support. I think Dems should absolutely work with Repubs to abolish the debt ceiling if possible, and then paint every Repub as mortgaging the country's future and unable to control their urge to spend etc (1/2)

So Netanyahu is starting a shooting war in the mid east now? Is that right? Can't see how any of all this can get out of hand, things seem fine, with such fine leadership of all major relevant powers. Goodie.

I am absolutely not at all surprised to see a Trump jersey at the Stanley Cup playoff game. When Tkachuk scores his first goal, Trump fan high fives Keith Katchuk, who if he was at all a decent person, would have thrown him off the fucking balcony. Florida, man... smh.

I think it's been at most obliquely mentioned, but the civil resistance we're seeing to Trump really puts the lie to right-wingers' 2A theory that we need guns to protect us from tyranny. Turns out that the ones with the most guns are fully on board with tyranny! (1/3)

We all watched in horror a few years ago when masked Russian thugs did exactly the same thing our own dipshit cops are doing in LA. But last time every Repub elected rushed in front of a tv and rambled on about how this kind of thing could never happen in the USA, the freest country in the world.

Not usually a fan of the genre, but this once I'd really like to read some brief interviews with those right wingers proudly displaying their guns yelling about how those guns are necessary to fight tyranny. Well, tyranny is here. I mean, I know they're likely celebrating, but still interested.

Every blue state should pass bounty laws to identify and prosecute/sue ICE agents who are kidnapping and assaulting people. They're not showing badges or identifying themselves, so they're obviously violating state law. Encourage people to turn the bastards in, allow civil suits, etc.

Got to wonder how many Nat'l Guards folks and active military signed up to be deployed to peaceful American cities. Lots of those folks have extremely serious decisions to make, and I think we should all be vocal about supporting them making the right ones, and the personal repercussions of not.

Seeing so many people posting about the NBA finals when the NHL finals, which are infinitely more exciting, are right there makes me question being on this site. Follow the better sport, people!

My litmus test for whether a person should be influential in Dem messaging or politics in general is whether they were involved in any of the 2 times they were unable to beat Donald Trump. If you were involved in 2016 and 2024 Dem politics, you should be retired and sidelined permanently.

Every time a Trump admin cabinet official declares in front of Congress that they're not going to spend money that Congress has appropriated, I want Dems to press charges against that person specifically for theft and impoundment. Make a big deal out of it every. single. time.

If you know of an ICE agent in your family or friends, it is your patriotic duty to let them know they are a traitor and deserve no place in society. Make them decide whether they want to be modern slave catchers / nazis, or decent humans. They can't be both. It's their job or their humanity. (1/3)

Seeing lots of vids of cops assisting ICE in kidnapping innocent folks. They're all cosplaying soldiers, dressed in military gear, while facing literally no risk. They're just Eric Cartman walking around yelling "respect my authoritah!"

Hey, does anyone else remember the shitstorm from both right and left after Biden pardoned his son, who had spent the previous 4 years being targeted by Repubs, and whom Repubs promised would continue to be a target, and while Trump promised retribution against his opponents? Remember that? (1/2)

I look forward to the days when we're through this, and Miller, Musk, Noem, et al are hiding in their Peruvian villas, and police knock on their doors to drag them back to the US to face trial for their treason. It won't fix anything, but it will be at least one small, tiny measure of justice.

It is insane that this administration has stated outright that they are not bound by courts or precedent, and only SCOTUS opining on extremely specific circumstance *may* constrain it in any way. Just upending our whole order, and we are supposed to take these people (including SCOTUS) seriously.

While it's good that Netflix picked up Sesame Street, it's also fucked up that a partially publicly funded program now requires a subscription. I'm guessing most people who donated also didn't expect this to land at a subscription service. This country is losing SO much, smh.

One thing we should demand Dems do if/when they retake power (let's just be optimistic for one moment) is to hold public hearings focused on identifying every member of ICE. Publicize their names, addresses, and every bad act that can be verified (1/4)

We know Trump will pardon lots of people in his administration (let's assume for the moment that he actually leaves office. Gotta be optimistic!) So, there's probably not much chance that anyone will face charges and prison for their treason. However, there may still be civil suits (1/x)

Loving The Atlantics headline about Trump supporters starting to realize there were lied to and feeling bad about that. Couldn't happen to more deserving people! They're welcome to repent and stop supporting that unAmerican traitor (and every R elected). Until then... fuck 'em.

Dem messaging proposal: Elect us to the majority and we will spend our lives extracting retribution from this whole administration. We will hunt every member of DOGE and press every charge imaginable. We will prosecute every cabinet member involved in ICE kidnappings and insider trading.

It seems bad that every aspect of our life is now being litigated before SCOTUS. 5 unelected jurists, several of whom have repeatedly demonstrated for decades their disdain for our country and principles, deciding things they have no business deciding.

I'd like one journalist to ask Trump "if America not manufacturing everything here is a national security threat, what do you say about every CEO who has offshored manufacturing over the last 40 years? Are they responsible?"

Someone observed here that we will never see low prices again because once companies realize we will pay prices inflated by Trump's tariffs, there's no reason for them to bring prices down again. To fight this, I believe we'll need Dems to pass laws requiring companies to break down cost of goods.

Absolutely crazy to see law professors and lawyers on here like "sure, Trump just arrested a sitting judge, but let's wait to see what the indictment says before jumping to conclusions. Sometimes judges *should* be arrested". You do NOT need to give Trump the benefit of the doubt.

Once Dems retake power, they should conduct massive, public hearings identifying every DOGE employee and what their roles where. Let the public know their names and work histories, so we all know the people who've stolen our data and trashed our government services for a generation at least.

I now see lots of YouTube ads for Grammarly that are just saying "hey school kids, got to read for school? Just copy/paste it into Grammarly and press summarize! Then when you need to write a paper, click the button and it writes it! It'll even cite for you!" And what are we doing here?

@scalzi.com , I am currently rereading The Human Division (I LOVE this series) and one line popped out at me, like "The USA is still a global leader on Earth" and I laughed out loud because of the current state of things.

Alito et al ruling that "sure, you've got some rights after being trafficked to a foreign concentration camp, you can only use this particular and burdensome method" that inflicts maximum pain on people who've been deprived any semblance of due process should damn their names forever. (1/3)

Seems like AG Bondi's license to practice law should be suspended since she's supervising mass violations of civil liberties. Funny how the worst people can do the worst things and yet they're given literally almost every benefit of the doubt, socially and legally. Even when they act outrageously.

Welcome to the "openly manipulating the market" presidency. He now knows that he can plant a rumor that he's pausing tariffs, or anything, make his bets, then 2 hours later say "no, of course I'm not!" We need impeachment immediately, but every Repub is a traitor, so... here we are.

Seems like if the government admits they sent an innocent man to a torture prison in El Salvador, then declines to return him immediately, then they have admitted to a whole host of crimes including kidnapping and human trafficking. There should probably be some repercussions for that kind of thing.

Hey, it's great that some Dems are rightly mocking Trump's tariffs. But they've *known* these tariffs were coming, why did they not have bills prepared to go stripping the president of the power to impose tariffs? Just completely feckless and weak.

Kinda crazy after 2 months of Trump just signing EOs saying like "destroy the database of historic weather information" or whatever, you realize Biden evidently could have just done the same for student debt and drug convictions. Don't litigate, just tell your flunkies "go destroy the data."

A few years from now, leaders of almost every institution in America will be reckoning with the fact that they personally chose to bend the knee to Donald Fuckin' Trump. The most powerful and privileged people in the world are showing complete cowardice and chose treason over patriotism or humanity.

So Google also wants to make training AI fair use. Let's do that, but with the caveat that any company that uses AI to train also agrees that their codebase and internal docs can likewise be used for anyone to train. I mean... it's for progress after all, right? It's not just self-interest, is it?

www.queerty.com/wisconsin-ma... This is the only type of story I want to hear. I couldn't care less about Trump voters sad that they're losing their business or whatever. I only want to hear about people who truly change for the better, admit they were wrong, and stop supporting terrible things.

www.windowscentral.com/software-app... Probably not great that we're going to deploy all this AI-generated code when we know AI is unreliable at best. But there's nothing like execs experiencing FOMO so we're gonna be stuck with this garbage.

A handful of Republican electeds could defect and work with Dems to impeach Trump. They would be seen as literally world-historic heroes, feted around the world as having reigned in a mad king. The only repercussion they would suffer is *maybe* being primaried. Seems like a small price to pay.

Honest question: since Trump/Musk/Vance have completely abandoned Ukraine to Russian aggression, what is stopping Ukraine from escalating attacks in Russia? What do they have to lose since their greatest enemies are now an aligned Russia and the US?

Saw how Trump and Vance berated Zelensky in the Oval Office and I've never been as disgusted with a politician in my life. 2 of the most vile, pathetic, traitorous pieces of shit in history. I hope Vance's beliefs are correct and there is an afterlife. He deserves hell as much as anyone.

Thinking of that Principles First conference in DC where Proud Boys harassed J6 cops. Got to wonder how many current cops are stuck between "how DARE anyone disrespect a cop?!" and "I am a J6 traitor myself so I can't speak up"?

Seeing clips of republican voters berating their R electeds makes me think that maybe this will give Dems the permission they need to do politics. They don't need to worry or be painted as out of touch since they can just say "even the other side", which is like their favorite thing. Dare to dream.

Honestly kind of happy the US lost to Canada. Saw way too many maga hats in the stands, and I just did not want them and Trump to have the satisfaction in the current climate. Normally I'd love to us win, but now? Canada winning was best and I'm happy for that.