Again, I confess that I don’t understand why these people don’t want the fame, glory, & wealth they would accompany simultaneously doing their jobs & saving the Republic. Probably one of the millions of reasons why I’ll never hold elected office. But it vexes me.

Yes, we’re looking at you, cowards. No one will ever remember your names anyway 50 years from now. Why not live forever as Profiles In Courage? Harvard will give you cushy fellowships. Publishers will make you rich. And it all has the advantage of fulfilling the damn oaths you swore to do your jobs.

Your regular reminder that ~90% of the lawless authoritarianism could end today, simply by these Senators & about 7 other people in Congress caucusing with the Democrats & giving them governing majorities in both chambers until the crimes & fascism stop.

not only does. new york have a mayor and governor. on good terms. they’re tag-teaming some of the best liberal policies ever seen strangest timeline

Now this is shitposting!

To be clear, the federal government can't *stop* local and state authorities from conducting their own investigation. They can just make it a lot more difficult by denying access to evidence, witnesses, etc.

Meanwhile, over in the Senate it looks like 5 Republicans have joined Democrats to advance Tim Kaine’s resolution to limit Trump’s war powers in Venezuela. If passed, this would mean that Trump would need to get Congressional authorization for any military action. BIG pushback against Trump here.

what if: a tank stuffed with aggressive tiny ladies but it's also shaped like a giant horse statue?

This seems like it's going to pass. A small thing, and late, but getting Republican votes for this is more evidence we're at an inflection point.

Connecticut Congressman John Larson is calling on Kristi Noem to resign and says he’s introducing a bill to block ICE from operating without state coordination. “There is blood on the hands of this Administration [and] the ICE agents involved in the execution of an American citizen.”

Tanks are cramped inside, so aggressive tiny ladies are ideal tank crews.

Nobody should believe a damn word that comes out of the FBI investigation. Normal "black person shot" rules apply here.

I now firmly believe Trump’s handlers are constantly showing him AI slop content - created to support those handlers own individual, often-clashing agendas. GenAI companies have created Grima Wormtongue as a service.

Various actors now post vast amounts of politically targeted GenAI slop on Twitter/X. Trump’s advisors consume this slop, believe much of it, and turn around and generate AI slop of their own. Trump’s advisors feed this hyper-distilled slop to Trump himself. Thus the batshit cycle perpetuates.

Customs check, please hand over any poultry products or small rodents for inspection.

DHS terrorizing people this morning means they 100% plan on pushing through it. It’s an all or nothing fight, this is them pressing the issue on whether or not they can walk into a city and brutalize Americans (libs and minorities) as they please.

new edwardian drag name just dropped

i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

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I will continue to post the floof. He’s always constructive.

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In the technical sense, not the right-wing appropriation just meaning "sex and drugs we don't like"

my husband is buying me a rage piñata

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They want to make people afraid, but I think they're only going to make them angry.

Melt, and no more be seen

Sven the Arctic fox is showing off a trained stand behavior with keeper Katie, and it’s more than just impressive. Standing upright calmly allows his care team to safely check his fluffy abdomen and helps build toward other important behaviors, such as nail trims and ultrasounds.

Boston Common shows up for Renee Good.

There are more of us than them.

Everything is fucked, the news is traumatic and by now repetitive. Take some time to contemplate the bondage sphere decorating concourse B in Albany International Airport.

This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.

They can't kill us all.

Kinda sucks how one day you’ll post stuff like “does the Grinch use the toilet?” and then the next it has to be “I reject those who worship death”

can also confirm that searching for the word "tortie" on here will absolutely give you a mental health break, any time you ever need one.

On only hours notice, hundreds of New Yorkers are gathering in Foley Square to protest the murder of Renee Nicole Good

One thing I didn't fully appreciate until I sat on a jury and reviewed body cam footage for myself, is how cops yell contradictory instructions at people like "Don't move" "Put your hands up" "Get the fuck out of here" "Keep your hands where I can see them" etc. all screamed at your face with guns

Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying. They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.

If roving death squads aren't over the line for some people, they have no line.

What pisses me off the most is the right (and especially the 2A nuts) spent decades crying about the threat of government jack booted thugs cracking down on citizens and now that it is LITERALLY HAPPENING those are the very people cheering on these masked thugs.

This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf. America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.

To be clear: they murdered a woman and blocked EMS from attempting to save her.

Courage is standing in defense of a stranger without hesitation, without weapons, against violent thugs willing brutalize and murder at the slightest provocation. ICE thugs need to dress and arm themselves for war to be brave enough to confront an unarmed English teacher.

Also my kid’s school. There was some kind of after action going on in the library across the street when I stopped in, students giving statements to adults. Not sure if they were reporters or school staff.

Solidarity with the people of Minnesota as they face occupation by the terrorist organization ICE

NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning. “SAY HER NAME!” “RENEE GOOD!”

When historians are picking through the rubble of the American empire, they'll use quotes like these to demonstrate how much politics was just a TV show for a significant portion of the populace