Trump’s utter disregard, from the get go, for the rule of law made this moment inevitable. Here’s what we need to be doing about it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Everyone loves inclusion until it becomes inconvenient—then suddenly it’s negotiable.

The whole TACO thing is one of the most puerile and idiotic things the dens have done and that’s a very high bar to clear

Closest thing our big beautiful president has experienced to consequences for his constant stupidity and arrogance has been caused not by some institutional check but by his own stupidity and arrogance. Even then the consequences are just him looking bad, which isn't very satisfying given the harm

Repost if you had ONE NIGHT STANDS that lasted longer than the Iranian ceasefire

I think for those who still think Repubs have a red line & will stop the madness, yesterday was your answer. They will do nothing to shut that mfer down.

Grateful there wasn’t further escalation, but this ceasefire is anything but a win. So much chaos and pain for an ill-conceived war. A massive strategic failure.

The fact that republicans are getting away with everything and we don’t have much power to stop them is why we kept saying 2024 was an incredibly important election.

i will never stop being enamored with the overwhelming majesty of space

also! if you ever see a friend in a commercial, tell them! not only will they love hearing "Hey! I saw your commercial!", but also you are helping ensure they get paid correctly!

Man, FUCK yes. What a simple and obvious and utterly perfect bit of municipal policy. It is remarkable how many good things are still happening. Please keep noticing that a lot of people want a better world and have ideas great and small to achieve it.

Security is obviously necessary, but look at the contrast between a politician who can walk down the streets where his constituents live and mostly experience goodwill, and a federal administration where many Cabinet officials live on military bases and fly on private jets,

Olivia Rodrigo to host and perform on ‘SNL’ on May 2nd.

what ought we conclude from this other than there are Dems that are ok w/ the status quo? ..& where does that take us? ..it feels like bet-hedging ..as if they feel like he has enough mojo to stay in power, (an indefinitely long '3rd term'? an ongoing MAGA lineage?) & they want a seat on the train

Iranian-Born Entrepreneur Takes to Fox & Friends to Warn Trump Regime Can’t Be Trusted to Uphold Ceasefire

The Trump administration is negotiating a deal that ties funding for HIV treatment for over a million people in Zambia to access to critical minerals, linking survival to geopolitical leverage. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/us-weighs-...

Bibi needs to be dealt with.

"I think there's a small but real chance he's eventually remembered as a Bernie Madoff- or Sam Bankman-Fried-level scammer."

A Long Island architect has pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings.

Wearing Birkenstocks when you have flat feet is an experience.

Iran now controls a Strait that was fully open before Trump started this. American lives are lost, more than 300 injured, sanctions lifted, gas almost $5, damage to US bases... Now, Trump is getting us into a joint venture that puts Iran in an even better position than before.

FLOOD THOSE VOICE MAILS ON CAPITAL HILL UNTIL HE IS REMOVED! (202) 224-3121. Call your Senators and Representatives demanding they Impeach Trump! I have called mine!

17 Bases & other targets were hit. This regime continues to coverup our loses, and plan for more war

The most predictable thing ever happened. Don't say trans people didn't warn y'all. Another proud leopards eating faces party member.

Iran would gladly enrich him privately for improving its standing globally. What does he get out of the deal? Remember, he announced he's a "businessman first" in this endeavor. He wanted to profit from oil, not "liberate" the Iranian people..

At some point this country is going to have to deal with the fact that while Israel may have the right to exist, its leadership is problematic. Netanyahu is a fucking thug & that is why people have an issue with him. The same way people want Americans to stand up to Trump the same goes for Israel.

Iran posted this. What a humiliation for Trump.

BREAKING: The ProPublica union is on strike today. The unionized staff at the non-profit outlet has walked out after two years of stalled negotiations. The workers core demands are AI protections, just cause employment provisions, layoff safeguards, and pay increases.

Soooooooo… Iran gets a younger and more hardline Ayatollah… The people are not “liberated…” And they get to charge a toll for ships and oil tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz… And Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Karoline Leavitt, Dan Caine, and MAGA are calling this a win for the U.S.? 🤣

FDR was a Republican, apparently

I’d like to humbly suggest these people shouldn’t be at the center of your political strategy.

F Netanyahu. Iran could end up with the Nobel Peace Prize at this rate.

Ok but isn’t bombing an ambulance a war crime regardless of whether there is a ceasefire or not?

This whole USA-Israel-Iran situation is about to get 'Threes Company' complicated. And no one will care. (UAE is Larry)

How on Earth are you yelling at Democrats right now? It's really not complicated to figure out who has all the power and who's in charge. GO YELL AT REPUBLICANS. You're not helping anything. None of you. Fuck you.

I read a post by a woman who was once in an Uber with a male coworker. When a Grindr notification popped up on his phone the woman driving said, "I recognize that sound. My husband plays that game all the time."

🤷🏼

I’m coming back as her in my next life.

There is no way that we should be talking about the possibility that our President might use nuclear weapons on another country tonight. The fact the chance isn’t zero is beyond belief. We shouldn’t even have to be worrying about this. The fact we all are is insane. Vote all Republicans out.

A few of the worst...

"No, I am not relieved. I am angry. I am enraged. The thoughts going through my head at this very moment cannot be uttered. This is not sustainable. We should not have to live in perpetual fear like this."

Agreed.

RESULT: The right took over the Francis Howell school board, a large MO district in the St. Louis suburbs, earlier this decade; followed book bans & restrictive policies on LGBTQ students. Tonight, the slate endorsed by the teacher's slate swept, and the last remaining conservative was ousted.

As a reminder "The Count of Monte Cristo" was written by a Black man, Alexandre Dumas, the same one who did "The Three Musketeers." Just saying.