The Dem ad speaking to federal personnel is also a reminder to those who do carry out illegal orders that there is another party who will have power soon.

the idea that the bomber isn't fighting *for* Black lives mattering, women's rights, and LGBT rights is a sign of how deeply we have receded ideologically since World War II, when we did in fact wage a war for liberalism

VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it

To everyone interpreting this thread as a "Trump's threats don't matter" shrug, even though I wrote "quite bad" and "very serious," let me try another way: Take it seriously, but don't start acting as if Trump will kill members of Congress tomorrow, that cedes more power to him than he actually has.

Why would a president issuing legal orders have a big objection to Members of Congress saying that US military personnel must honor their oath to the Constitution, and should consult a lawyer if they think they've been given an illegal order? Why indeed.

Updated US Lexicon: Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition

Ukrainian media report that a World Food Programme (UN) warehouse in Dnipro burned down after a Russian drone attack.

I wonder if Jake Tapper finds this as concerning as Joe Biden remaining old.

And again, any assessment of how far Trump can impose his foreign policy priorities on America's allies and enemies needs to start from the point of assessing the current condition of his power position at home in US domestic politics

you can always judge a country by the quality of its trash. my next door neighbor put out a flat screen tv with a sign that says “works!” and it’s been untouched for three days. I can only imagine the kind of gang warfare it would have caused in early 90s russia

this is going to be incredible content

I am hearing that on his deathbed Donald Trump is receiving the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. He has accepted Muhammad al-Mahdi as the Twelfth and final Imam. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet!

antivaxx bullshit pisses me off more than anything else on earth just because of the pure stupidity. it is the definition of a luxury belief. we invented miracles that halt the spread of the deadliest diseases known to man but that has made us so comfortable that some morons turn against them

Yeah just like… no trading at all. No trading for public officials. I don’t even see why this is controversial at any level.

Don’t buy any “in a stunning about face” framing. He didn’t want to do this and he got backed into a corner. That’s the obvious truth.

What? This again?

"Oh, that near deafening sucking sound you hear? That is your peasants being suddenly exposed to the migration attraction of a 60,000 person city with 10,000 empty workplaces. Don't worry, it and they will be gone soon."

A Butlerian Jihad is upon us, and it won't be against the technology itself, but against those who are trying to use it to destroy everyone's freedom and livelihood.

The only unassimilable minority is the one that hasn't been to the United States yet.

Never forget that with MAGA everything is projection. They project their own motives, goals and methods on their opponents. So when MAGA are screaming about Dems doing election fraud - it's an admission MAGA are doing election fraud.

I don't know about you but when I hear "hoax" it's an automatic admission of guilt. COVID was a Democrat Hoax™ until it was too big to ignore, then suddenly "China did this to us on purpose".

I love how Powell calmly hands Trump his own ass every time they interact in front of the cameras. “You just added in a third building.” Clearly it gets to him, lol. Stay strong Jerry maybe you can get Bessent clipped.

it's always the guys you most suspect

You don't have to be a child rapist to support Putin, but very often that's the case.

Any time someone compares a new proven Trump crime/wrongdoing to his established collaboration with Russia, that's a clear signal they plan on gaslighting you. It's like when Trump says "TDS" or "hoax" - it's a pure admission of guilt, and a signal they will deny it with no regard for facts.

I mean Matt's personal "Russia Gate" was the time he wrote in explicit detail about raping teenagers in Russia so it's actually pretty spot on for him

Christmas decorations and music before December 15th?

"There’s a big difference between an announcement and a contract"?

One thing that never stops to amaze me is how MAGA see Trump's resting reptile face and think "Yes, he's obviously a very nice person who deeply cares about the little guy!" He literally has "soulless psycho" written all over his face.

And Ukraine has the opposite incentive: Ukrainians needs to postpone any fake "peace negotiations" (which will be another round of pressure on them to capitulate) and wait till the Trump regime becomes too unstable and dysfunctional to pressure Ukraine, Europe and NATO in a meaningful way anymore.

That's it really. That's all they ask of Putin - to stop the big attacks at least for a couple of weeks so Trump can claim he has stopped one more war, and his regime can rush to normalize relations with Putin. Then in a few months Putin can restart the war, and Trump will blame Ukraine, again.

This is Putin's idea of "negotiating for peace" - escalating the murder of children.

My Ukrainian colleagues asking each other if they have electricity at home. For the rest of Europe it's just Thursday.

i only cook to make sure my smoke alarm works

Kallas: We’ve to understand that in this war,there is one aggressor&one victim.We haven't heard of any concessions on the Russian side.If Russia really wanted peace,it could have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire already some time ago,whereas we see again,over this night,bombings of civilians

looking forward to the joint declaration from the catholic-tengrist interfaith summit

I love our water tower on a foggy night

“Even business leaders once portrayed as liberal visionaries were swept up in the rising tide of American fascism, becoming some of its most enthusiastic public admirers. Their conversions served as powerful and useful propaganda tools for the regime.”

woke scolds on bluesky don't want you to deep fry a frozen turkey like patriot

This dissent reads like a real-life version of the It's Always Sunny conspiracy meme:

this is so fucking frustrating. OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE

Like you know what’s gonna happen now that near unanimous majorities of both houses voted for this if the administration just says they can’t release almost any of it? They’re gonna drag Bondi in front of committees for endless public hearings.

The dude just cannot resist reading his stage directions out loud.

Just watched the first couple of minutes of "Bad Boys for Life" and it was terrible. Lifeless! And what happened to Martin Lawrence's voice?

Grokipedia will be Musk's "Mein Kampf"

My "This Time It's Different" t-shirt is already answering questions raised by my "This Time It's Different" t-shirt

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