they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, most remembered for playing Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ passed away Sunday. But his legacy spans much more than one character. I wrote about how I’ll remember him best. www.theringer.com/2025/07/21/t...

What To Know About The Epstein Files theonion.com/what-to...

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.

i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Polling this week the worst of Trump 2.0. Job approval: 43%-52% (-9) Econ/YouGov 43%-54% (-11) Civiqs 42%-55% (-13) Navigator 40%-53% (-13) YouGov 38%-54% (-16) Quinnipiac 39%-60% (-21) AP-NORC Budget bill wildly unpopular. He's now deeply underwater on immigration and deportations too 👇

Trump’s absolute incompetence is on full display.

This is a pretty important point!

Someone should make a movie where a 1994 Geo Metro becomes a serial killer and use this hype video as the trailer.

At 1:34 AM Trump called for DOJ to investigate Kamala Harris, Beyoncé, Springsteen, Oprah and others for crimes, he then made another deranged post about it at 9:11 AM, and the lead story of the day on MSNBC and CNN continues to be Joe Biden in 2023.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison

Ran my 1997 salary as an executive assistant for Nickelodeon’s VP of Animation through an inflation calculator today and realized I’m making LESS now as a lead videogame writer with 50+ shipped games & $7B in earnings. But now I have a wife & 3 kids. Where’d that money go? Billionaire pockets. #FTW

USPS workers sound alarm over Trump efforts to dismantle service: ‘The hounds are at the door.’ The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatization. #MomSky #Voices4Victory www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I am actually less concerned about these citizens getting letters, than what it reveals about how truly sloppy their system must be, and what it may mean for an immigrant, who may *also* be receiving such a notice by mistake in a system where they don't even have right to a lawyer.

America: where having an autism awareness tattoo means you're an MS-13 gang member, but having a swastika tattoo just means you're a German history buff

Donald Trump has cancelled the $35 a month Insulin cap. Prices are expected to almost instantly go back to $1500 a month. Insulin costs $2 to make.

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

The IRS unit that audits ultrawealthy earners has lost 38% of its employees this year. This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year. See what DOGE is really about?

RIP to one of the greats

Highway Patrol Officer Asks Pete Hegseth To Carry Out Drone Strikes In Straight Line

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

AARP Wondering If Anyone Will Notice Kathy Bates On Cover For 9th Issue In Row theonion.com/aarp-wo...

Department Of Interior Bans Unlikely Animal Friendships theonion.com/departm...

Kendrick Lamar Hit With Drive-By Summons Outside L.A. Nightclub theonion.com/kendric...

We’re close to losing Sesame Street, a show that was started to provide free educational media to marginalized kids in our country. That’s not an accident in my opinion and it’s just one more example of how Capitalism robs our society of the sweet and good things we build to care for one another.

College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election. A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen. This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.

Google said its quantum computer needed less than five minutes to perform a mathematical calculation that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers could not complete in 10 septillion years, a length of time that exceeds the age of the known universe. nyti.ms/3DaZFH5

““Your body isn’t an ornament designed for other people’s pleasure. It belongs to you alone. You’re magnificent just as you are. Whether you lose weight or gain more, you’ll still be magnificent. Have a cake if you want one.”” — Lisa Kleypas