The 'TACO' thing caught on because it was another excuse for elected officials not to do anything. If Trump always 'chickens out' they don't have to actually do anything to stop him. Same reason they call everything a 'distraction.' If its a 'distraction' they don't have to do anything about it.

Come on then, and remove him.

Not specifying which civilization has big Monkey's Paw energy

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

“The mushroom cloud over Iran isn’t lowering gas prices” - something I could see Dems actually saying

its wild to look at my feed of what congressional dems are talking about vs whats in the news at any given moment. its like they intentionally ignore most of what is going on.

After we defeat MAGA whoever is left should be tried for crimes against humanity. There’s no room for handwringing or decorum or whatever shit people want to hide behind. Anyone asking for a vote or asking ti be trusted with power needs to commit to this often and loudly.

All Democrats in Congress need to talking about Nuremberg 2.0 often and openly.

Golden retriever runs 15 feet after owner mimes throwing tennis ball

The messages embedded in right~wing propaganda are so effective that even Democratic senators spread them

I don't really think your opinion on Harry Potter has any intrinsic moral valence, but c'mon, you should really not be giving Rowling money or attention if you care at all about trans rights, y'know? She's not an author with bad opinions, she's a full-time political activist who used to write books.

Perhaps the decades of pandering by politicians of both parties and most major news orgs to white, rural, & "small town" America (the most xenophobic & reactionary populace we have) as the "Real America" was not such a great idea. Enacting policy off the wants of that base has screwed us all.

a reluctance to condemn Israel over the last 20 years by the left and center left for fear of being seen as anti-semitic has led to space being open for full throated anti-semites on the right to do it, but our response to that shouldn't be "embrace anti-semitism and right wing weirdo anti-semites"

Huh. Glad to see NYT finally admitting to this.

the media is now telling people to work from home to save on gasoline, immediately after their years-long crusade to tell us why returning to office is best for everyone. this isn't a gotcha, it's an example of how contradicting demands allow the ruling class to blame us no matter what we do

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

i believe in occam's razor. the simplest, most obvious response is that the game is being thrown on purpose. the other explanations are too tortured and absurd.

if you watch about 2 hours of fox news you know all the attacks that are incoming. democrats are throwing the game.

people on here will seriously tell you the democrats have been outspoken and i wonder what universe they live in, because it isn't ours

One of the fascinating things about the Trump II administration is that they're corrupt in ways that I never even could have conceived of in November 2024. It was beyond the limits of my imagination that DOD officials would time foreign bombing campaigns based off of their bets in betting markets.

I am hereby declaring that the Strait of Hormuz will REMAIN CLOSED, despite the pathetic wailing of my opponent, Dumb Donald, the WORST President in the history of our country, who is being laughed at all over the world. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

This is the future if we don't outlaw this.

Jews are targeted in shuls & online. Brown & Black people are abducted and sent to concentration camps. Muslims are openly targeted by politicians. Activists & journalists are targeted by the FBI. Trans & queer people are being outlawed. We are in this together. This is why solidarity matters.

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

NO MORE FUCKING TURNING THE PAGE.

These people are joined and enabled by a whole class of folks who just want to make money and rise the social ladder who are also now spending half their day talking to a lying computer who says they are gods among men. What could go wrong?

I see our very smart president is discovering why everyone for the last ten years has said 'for the love of God do NOT start another war in the Middle East you stupid fucker'

One of the lessons of the Iran war is that it was a huge mistake not to even try to put any of the Iraq war architects in prison. We shouldn’t make it again.

Couldn't agree more.

September of what year

When Republicans are in the majority, they are able to further the Republican agenda. When Republicans are in the minority, they are somehow still able to further the Republican agenda. I don't think it's too much to ask Democratic leadership why that is.

Shock and Uh.

Am I an adult yet?

America Needs to Prepare for Elon Musk Like He's a State-Sponsored Cyber Attack My look at what we must do to prepare, knowing that Musk is going to supercharge the social-engineering fuckery that helped Trump win 2024, and there's no one who is going to stop him. Except us.

“direct your anger at trump not the democrats” buddy you are severely underestimating the amount of anger i have available to me

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

More like Operation Epic Fail lol gottem

The final defense against Godzilla.

I can’t imagine why they didn’t give him the Nobel Prize.

The President of Peace.

Your energy bills cost more because of AI Your PC parts cost more because of AI Your job pays less because of AI You're less informed, less skilled, and poorer because of AI And NONE of it will ever benefit you worth an actual dime.

Mamdani getting a kidnapped kid released from ICE in less than a day kinda lays bare the full depravity of the Democrats' "we can't just DO things" mentality for the last year.

In a year Trump has converted cabinet positions into little dukedoms, where you don’t do any real work but are rewarded with luxury jets and exotic vacations and VIP accommodations at major events, partying with the stars.

nixon trashes the white house, carter turns the page reagan/bush trash the white house, clinton turns the page bush ii trashes the white house, obama turns the page trump trashes the white house, biden turns the page over and fucking over

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment. If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

If you want to stand up against fascism, then you have to defend trans rights. It’s nonnegotiable. We all lose otherwise.