Check out the chyron -- they are shilling their merch store during a funeral. The sheer vulgarity of these petty-hucksters-gone-big is wild to me. Government by fashy used car salesmen, I swear to God. It will never ever not be fundamentally strange to me that their own base find this appealing.

The F-35 is also “globalism the plane” in terms of production and logistics. As a technological artifact, it simply cannot be cleanly divorced from gay things like allies and Europe.

this place has a lot of flaws but i have zero tolerance at this point from people that won’t leave X complaining about it

Just the happiest little cheese!

I think he's gotten through the grieving process

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

Whisper it softly - as it really doesn't fit the narrative - but the AfD has markedly underperformed in a series of recent mayoral elections in Germany's eastern states. Often where the rival candidate was a dynamic local figure commanding broad "popular front" support.

unusually big armhole

if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game

Now that the Europeans have agreed to massively raise their defence budgets - which the US wanted (mainly?) so that they would spend the money on US kit - the US has turned around and said ‘we’re no longer selling to you.’ 🤷‍♀️

I'm not a huge fan of this administration tbh

The oath of allegiance sworn to the King of Aragon in the early modern period is amazing. "We who are as good as you swear to you who are no better than we, to accept you as our king and sovereign lord, provided you observe all our liberties and laws; but if not, not."

“It is unfair [building illegal settlements in WB] because the [occupied] West Bank has nothing to do with Hamas…This becomes a political project and his [Netanyahu's] aim is not to dismantle Hamas but to deny Palestinians the right to live in peace.” - Macron in an interview with Israeli Ch. 12.

One thing that's absolutely f---ing unbearable on this site is that if you dare to point out that Trump is not actually successfully oppressing all of us on every conceivable front, that not *all* is irretrievably lost, a parade of doomers materializes to denounce you. It's counterproductive. Stop.

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

"You've let me down, you've let the squadron down... and worst of of all you've let yourself down."

I bet the gods couldn’t even punish me for my hubris if they tried

Nobody will remember: - your salary - how “busy you were” - how many hours you worked People will remember: -An 'oxymoron' is an oxymoron. oxys (sharp, keen) + mōros (foolish) = oxymoron

A lot of people criticizing Nuzzi here, but I want to ask you: if a piece of Canadian bacon came to life and tried to seduce you, are you really so confident in your ability to resist?

MAHA vs the U.S. corn lobby is going to be a real Let Them Fight situation

The thing about "the Civil Rights act was a mistake" and "Defund the Police" is that they both lead to personalist dystopias with mob rule. But a substantial portion of Republicans want that end outcome, whereas almost no Dems do.

"Charlie Kork, where is Charlie? Please stand up" *aide whispers in his ear* "Oh really?"

I will never stop posting about how the afghanistan withdrawal dates and troop limits were determined by one of trumps bodyguards during trump 1 and the guy didnt know how to draft it so he sent an aid to to grab some papers from the oval file cabinet so he could get The Vibe right.

he hated everyone talking about kirk and not him

Once your company is branded as fash enabler, that stink doesn't wash off easily

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

Oh wow anti-trust, wealth taxation...you are telling me these can be tools to promote democratic stability and there were a whole boatload of centrist economists who couldn't think beyond deadweight loss and consumer welfare?

Can Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr, or other federal actors, for violating his First Amendment rights by coercing ABC to suspend his show, and maybe eventually to fire him? To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy. /1

Countdown to swim team in 3 - 2 - 1

i would like my government supervisors to know that i now think slim fit is good, dress sneakers are great, and "fun socks" are cool

Saving a couple hundred bucks a year with all the subscriptions I’m canceling, so that’s nice.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Degenerate really is the best word for it

The winning Democratic campaign will say, "This is about right and wrong. Right is neighbors taking care of each other. Right is respect, so long as no one gets hurt. Right is food on the table, dignified work. If you want to do right, join me. If you want to hurt your neighbor, we have a problem."

announcing my new think tank, the "people hate inflation, that's like 90% of why harris lost" institute

Some phrases are so well-known, you don't need to say the whole thing to be understood. E.g., you can say "birds of a feather" without saying "flock together." -“When life hands you lemons…” -“Great minds…” -“When in Rome…” Such partial phrases are called 'anapodotons.'

I love the ongoing bit where grok says something reasonable and elon immediately jumps in and says: "so sorry, this shouldn't be happening, will fix that asap 😤"

"Cutting the VAT rate on restaurant meals, for example, was not one of the most pressing priorities coming out of the Munich Security Conference." Well put, Deutsche Bank. (On the disappointment with Germany's infrastructure fund helping to finance giveaways.)

The only actual transgender person in this story seems to have helped turn the shooter in to the police.

shows a good understanding of the role he is seeking!

The follow-up post is the best part.