One of the most common replies in any discussion of universal basic income is "but how do we pay for it?" and not once do those same people ever question the costs incurred by not doing UBI. We spend $1.5 trillion every year on the costs of child poverty alone. Poverty ain't free, folks. WE ALL PAY.

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I just found the new peace plan in the original Russian! It was leaked by a couple of Russian operatives named "Boris" and "Natasha." "Отдайте Украину лосям и Белке."

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

If this is happening, it's the biggest surprise since ... finding out that water is wet. My immediate reaction to these masked armed thugs is that they're criminals, whether they work for ICE or not.

Here's what I don't understand about "centrists" clutching their pearls over the probable election of Zohran Mamdani. The NYC mayor has executive power, but legislation has to go through the City Council. The mayor isn't a dictator. And Mamdani isn't a Trump.

I can't believe this guy is in the news again; he's been lying his way upward for decades. The only good thing I can say about him is that when he was investigated over the 2001 anthrax attacks, he was cleared. Not surprised he became a Trumpist. Liars gravitate towards liars.

A whole bunch of Americans died in a field in PA trying to stop Osama Bin Laden’s cronies from destroying the WH. That asshole just destroyed the WH for him. The terrorists must be so pleased. TACO accomplished what Al Qaeda could not, while all the mouth breathing “patriots” let him do it.

1. If the GOP guts Medicare and Medicaid, senior citizens and low-income families will indeed suffer. I've seen a lot of speculation that this is a way to weed out the elderly and the poor, and I find that believable. (I'm of Medicare age myself and have skin in the game.) But ...

#USDemocracy Trump finally admitted he was behind the J6 Insurrection. He admitted to sending in 245 Undercover FBI agents.

I mean, WTF is next? A stripper pole in the Oval Office? Three-card monte in the Rose Garden? Someone selling fake Rolexes from the White House gift shop?

Okay, this did make me smile a bit!

So which damn Trump cabinet member is going to get the most people killed? The incompetent drunk at the head of the Defense Department? The sadistic puppy-shooter at Homeland Security? The measles-loving Middle Ages-style plague fan at HHS?

Smaller group in Indianapolis today because of the holiday and the heat, but still impressive.

Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."

I live around men with huge arsenals they collected to fight tyranny. Turns out “tyranny” is being asked wear a mask or kids having access to books or women having access to healthcare or gay folks getting married…

Suggestion for GOP politicians: When your incompetence and greed results in massive losses of lives and livelihoods, stop blaming it on "God's will." It's not a deity's fault. It's on you.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

In light of the news that the US economy has *lost* jobs under Donald Trump, it bears a reminder that the US economy *never* lost jobs in *any* month under Joe Biden. What an incompetent loser Donald is.

What is Alligator Alcatraz? Keep reading below.

Just to summarize what a cesspool TwiXter has become: There are people taunting Tyrese Haliburton for tearing his Achilles tendon in the last game of the NBA finals. Something about TwiXter just brings out the assholes.

If Trump wasn't a weak-ass bitch who thinks someone else's military service makes him tough, he'd be working with allies to put out the fucked-up dumpster fire raging between Israel and Iran. That's what strong leaders do. Stupid weak leaders like Trump just get people killed for no good reason.

Photos of the Indianapolis "No Kings" demonstration. Unfortunately, no aerial shots; the crowd covered the State House lawn and marchers encircled the block of the building. www.wishtv.com/photo-galler...

I've finally deleted the TwiXter app from my iOS devices. I'm not completely quitting it for now; just making it less convenient for myself to wade into that cesspool.

The more I learn about Pope Leo XIV, the more I understand why the MAGAverse has their collective undies in a knot. Besides coming from a Catholic social justice tradition, he's of biracial ancestry and holds citizenship in a Latin American country. All of the above will trigger MAGA snowflakes.

The most definitive synonym for "fake news" is "Trump said."

Trump is singlehandedly revitalizing the global center-left

Good morning and happy Monday to everyone. This is your periodic reminder that we hate Donald Trump like you hate Barack Obama. However, we hate Trump because he’s a racist—you hate Obama because you’re a racist.

We bug people just can't catch a break sometimes. 🦟

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them. #DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it. #Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them. Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it. #FuckTrump #Resist

Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.

It’s amazing how terrified people are of this.

ICE is now the worst terrorist group in the United States. They're kidnapping people and trafficking them to for-profit foreign prisons.

Trump is totally and permanently deranged. #25thAmendmentNow newrepublic.com/post/193725/...

A little curious about how Fox News defends this

“.. He has been insulated from the consequences of his own actions his entire life and appears to care very little about the economic sinkhole he just created. He shared a video of himself golfing over the weekend ..” - @timobrien.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Love this

Trade deficit. I have bought food from say, Chilis. They have never bought food from me. There is a trade deficit with Chilis. I’m still doing fine. The trade deficit argument SOUNDS compelling, but it’s a straw man with no relevancy

Serious turnout at the Indiana State House! #HandsOff

I agree with her #USDemocracy

I think the term "Canadian red carpet" should enter our language. "We can't stand him, so we rolled out the Canadian red carpet for him." "Yeah, my mom's cousin is a jerk, so she gets the Canadian red carpet when she visits." www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

There should be far more focus on the state of Musk's businesses, particularly his increasingly precarious auto business. He's gone into the business of taking over the government for a (financial) reason.

The GOP is the largest and most powerful anti-democratic movement in the world.

Right Mar🐫?