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Thread of pictures, cats have been added! What do you have?

The amount of likes and boosts to this is heartening, but boy howdy are some of you just determined to be defeatist. Against one of the weakest, most unpopular, dumbest regimes in our 250 years? Get up and push back.

Hey folks - I have a newsletter out with a writing update and an essay about Charleston, Ryan Coogler's SINNERS, and loving America while not being in love with America. You can check it out here: bit.ly/47YotPU

ABC should say they'll pull their NFL games from Nexstar and Sinclair stations until they put Kimmel back on...see how much their audience really wants to get into the culture wars. Offer to put them all on Hulu and run their ads there.

Lot of doomerism this morning. I have an eclectic mix of photos to offer. Ocean, dolphins, minutes old calf with its mom, flowers. What do you want to see?

Never is a long time.

They raked leaves and picked up trash, but sure.

Trump 2025: belly-flop into the slop.

It's all embarrassing, but sometimes he manages to rise above the slop and really drive home what a deranged doofus he is. Never seen someone so glad to show their bare, misshapen ass to the world while misinterpreting the disgust for awe.

Obviously they only polled Bluesky weirdos and not real american twitter democrats lile Nate Silver

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

Never clicked but so fast.. early Christmas present.

"it's too much liquid" going into the baby, instantly up there with the injecting bleach moment.

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Y'all realize that if RFK thought he could actually force this change they wouldn't be doing this press conference, right? They'd just do it. This regime is incredibly weak and every time they demand people believe them over their lying eyes they get weaker.

RELEASE THE HOMAN FILES!

dudes rock

Trump: I cast magic missile on a Venezuelan drug boat. They're dead now. Bye bye. Miller: There are no Venezuelans in this game. We are trying to destroy the elves. Vance: I thought we were killing orcs. Aren't we the good guys? Miller: the orcs are the good guys

This would be a genius cold open for SNL.

There are at least four factors on deciding where to triangulate. 1. Is it popular. 2. Is it a good policy. 3. Does it signal moderation. 4. Will it alienate the base? Abortion breaks 1,2,4. Guns break 2,4. Tariffs break 1,2,3,4. The "oh no" realization I just had is that no taxes on tips beats

"In the long run, these deluded CEOs may realize this isn’t realpolitik. It’s a suicide pact." www.wired.com/story/silico...

MSNBC’s report didn’t cite the case by name, but it sure looks like Biden DOJ officials thought SCOTUS’s ruling in McDonnell would prevent them from prosecuting Homen unless he committed an “official act” after taking/related to the alleged bribe.

This would be a genius cold open for SNL.

That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which against the cold, Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.

I'm going to break this for sure, bc this administration does dark shit on the hour. BUT I am trying to highlight the silver linings, the opportunities these idiots provide (also on the hour) and historical examples of how quickly "the inevitable" falls apart. So many examples..

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

Well, obviously Jimmy Kimmel was wrong to suggest that MAGA World was making a spectacle out of Charlie Kirk's death.

Yes. But it's not a majority or even a plurality. Think of the No Kings protest size in comparison. Unfortunately these people are unhinged and full of righteousness whereas the rest of us have our typical questions and doubts, as one does when living in reality.

We're really reliving early 20th century. Have to think surviving Union soldiers in the 1910/20s watching statues of Lee, renaming of bases to Confederate generals were thinking the same thing.

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

yeah people who work professionally in politics can’t say this for a variety of reasons, but I’m just some guy so I can: by now the data shows that Trump has a lot of marginal low-turnout voter support, persuading them to *not vote* is basically as good as getting them to switch.

Not to be contrary but I think that's the same America or at least the same Disney. They were eager to jump in the direction they thought power was going 2019-23 in order to make profit and now in 2025 they think power is going the other way, they jump the other way. There was never a spine there.

Definitely someone we should build a statue for 😡

We're really reliving early 20th century. Have to think surviving Union soldiers in the 1910/20s watching statues of Lee, renaming of bases to Confederate generals were thinking the same thing.

Light in a dark time.

The reason I said that building a “majority” this way would doom you to two years of abortion-centered motions to recommit is that when we last built a majority that way, we were doomed to two years of abortion-centered motions to recommit.

In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal. Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.

Dudes rock

I want both "we got your back' and "woe to you who collaborates with the regime"

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

As far as I can tell the Trump Administration’s stance is that he took $50,000 in cash for totally innocent reasons and that thinking otherwise is deep state nonsense. No, it’s not plausible.

Week one of the Democratic administration should include a 1:1 with Zuckerberg where it's made clear he's going to be investigated and charged with accessory to genocide (Myanmar), corruption of minors and related charges, as well as supporting potential extremist/treason groups.

Journalists, by and large, have not been covering themselves in glory for a decade. The ones who have are now on new media or have gone away. What you have left is...not great.

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

this exists it is called thinking

Restoring the constitution needs to deal with the ongoing violations of the 8th Amendment

The Eagles. I'm OK with it.