The US has transformed from a (sorta) functioning democracy into a poster regime, a rogue troll state, fueled by internet clout. And the abduction of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is likely just the beginning. www.garbageday.email/p/the-rise-o...

There's significant evidence from state legislative term limits that they do, in fact, empower both lobbyists and state executive branches. "Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.

The reason you feel so overwhelmed and hopeless is exactly this; part of you realizes that absolutely everything needs to be torn down to the studs and rebuilt from scratch. Which is, you know, daunting. But here we are.

I for one need facts about Trump’s fake hand.

We haven't seen an Indiana squad turn back an Alabama offense this decisively since Antietam

"we're here to inspect your daycare center"

Voters ought to know better. Ok. They don’t. What do we do now? Keep insisting voters attain a level of civic literacy they’ve never had OR do we orient ourselves around marketing the party and cause to voters so they vote out fascism? Cause that’s where I am.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

I’m blaming you Dave @davebirkett.bsky.social

Obvious in retrospect but it continues to marvel how congestion pricing is going down as one of the most wildly successful policy initiatives in modern political history and the handful of people stubbornly trying to insist otherwise are just pathologically incapable of admitting it

You think he gets ribbed by his mates for being a MALE secretary? Is there a stigma for that amongst his mates?

And then they embraced the Cheney’s

I had my parents phone card memorized so I could just call them and whoever else whenever I wanted. I used to call my girlfriend from a pay phone in Bozeman MT to MD most nights. My parents were very understanding, and that gal became my wife and gave them 3 grand kids. So it was an investment 🤠

We flirted with war criminals on behalf of democracy and failed. Thanks Kamala

This is called a Midwest Good-Bye.

I shared an “Abuela” pushing back against riot police, my children (21+) were like obs it’s ai because the police were letting themselves be hit by the Abuela. And I was like oh yeah…duh.

I named my fists Pancho and Lefty because all the Federales say they could have them any day.

Let’s hope they have fly jackets like Dr Carol Marcus does

"Candidates: if you have time to shake hands, you have time to stack cans."

"This could take down Democrats, too." I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office. Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.

In THIS economy??

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Might be cheaper to fly to Germany (or Europe in general) for a Lions game than to go to Ford Field.

Celebrate today. Tomorrow is back to the fray.

He’s a cook, with a secret.

i know the msm sucks. ive spent almost my entire professional career on that - from 2004 to present! but it doesnt excuse democratic party incompetence. just because tapper and haberman suck it doesnt excuse the rot at the core of the party.

I want to say I was a fan of the Maine oyster farmer. Sad to see that he’s clearly been disqualified.

Detroit Tuddy

I believe some of our indigenous friends would recognize this as “counting coup”. Embarrassing your enemy on the battlefield.

The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky. To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.” It shows up as “removed by author.”

This is the right message.

Many have been saying this

This about the only way and/or reason to go on Fox, what does @owillis.bsky.social say? Can you go on Fox and cut a promo? I think you can.

Yesterday, white nationalist paramilitary forces attacked another Chicago neighborhood with chemical weapons. Families and at least one infant were gassed. This morning, they are kidnapping more immigrants both here and in other metros (D.C., L.A. still being terrorized).

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

There are lots of great reasons not to celebrate Christopher Columbus. Many moons ago in @thenation.com I wrote about one of the big ones: that the founding legend around Columbus was fabricated out of whole cloth in the 1790s to suit the needs of American politics of the moment.

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Terrion Arnold feared the worst when he first hurt his shoulder, then he got some good news from a second opinion. Now the Lions CB is vowing ‘to come back as fast as possible' and help the team’s injury-riddled secondary www.freep.com/story/sports...

Eat’m Up

I live in a small town, I love visiting and working in the cities in the Great Lakes Republic. Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, I salute your diversity with a familiarity of the culture and people that I love.

Eat’m up Tigers

The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.

before and after hegseth's directive

If you’re in the Clarkston area tonight, I’ll be talking Lions at the Clarkston library, 6:30-7:30 pm. Stop in, bring your questions. Register here www.cidlibrary.org/event-calend... More appearances upcoming Thursday: Warren library 6:30-7:30 pm Oct. 6: Clinton Township library, 7-8 pm

The highest male standard

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

Military service is about courage and sacrifice. That’s what my father, a Marine, and my mother, a Navy veteran, taught me. But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)

Kimmel won, kind of makes me think the pushback works, just like it did in 2016

One of the things the right loves to do is insist that the left is fringe, that their ideas and world view dominate and that we are just weirdos who are the underbelly of America. Thats why it’s good to celebrate the wins like the Kimmel thing (ditto the push back to Musk/DOGE). We surround them.