I do think a missing dynamic in the 2024 discourse is the extent to which a lot of American voters heard the warnings that Donald Trump was a fascist and thought, "Well, I don't know what that means, except that it's different. Different could be better."

Presididn't Pedophile literally told y'all he would grab women by the pussy and today the DOJ released files confirming Presididn't Pedophile grab girls by the pussy I'm kinda confused why America isn't dragging his ass out of the White House

i think this is exactly right. fascism is the Death Drive as ideology. it's why the catastrophic end of the Nazi Party does not deter people from worshipping Nazis. that the Nazis destroyed Germany along with the rest of Europe is part of the appeal.

It's crazy how the president is a pedophile and everyone knows it

Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...

The central political divide today in the U.S. is not between two sides offering slightly varying iterations of the same underlying political bargain but between a tradition affirming the historic liberal-constitutional order and one that enthusiastically strips rights from ideological opponents.

Honestly hard to believe they they pulled the same shit with the Epstein Files that Bill Barr did with the Mueller Report and it totally worked on the media again.

"new tone" was a totally imaginary story that the media invented to try to staunch the bleeding Trump was suffering this weekend and help move past what turned out to be a completely disastrous story for the administration

“Democrats suck they’re letting Repubs do whatever they want!” [Democrats get some leverage, make demands] “It doesn’t matter, there’s no way to enforce anything” Then why TF do you care what Democrats do or don’t do since you believe nothing they do will matter? Why not just STFU?

I suspect a lot of rank-and-file Republicans have been told that "there is a plan" for the midterms. It is starting to dawn on these idiots that the plan always was "do all the awesome Nazi stuff that everyone says is shameful but which people secretly love just as we do."

This seems like glorified check kiting

Bold to name a food by what happens after you eat it.

Me when mutuals are fighting:

ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

i love wab

When the term “post-truth” got coined a lot of people rolled their eyes because caring about all the lies, big and small was le cringe. But at this point it’s delusional to believe we haven’t suffered almost total epistemic collapse

My favorite part about these police violence news cycles is when they start explaining to us how to safely interact with law enforcement, and without realising it they start explaining how to safely handle an encounter with a wild animal. Don’t look it directly in the eye. No sudden movements.

The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage. "Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."

the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime

Trump's goon squads say they're doing 'targeted operations' to mask the fact that they're *not* targeting criminals. (They only get criminals by picking them up from state prisons.) And Homon gives the shell game away. The "crime" is they're targeting is immigration.

Aside from the rampant corruption of this Venezuelan oil scheme, it's genuinely hilarious to watch Rubio blunder his way through his kakamamie explanation for how the scheme works. A high school sophomore presenting in front of his history class about a chapter of the book he didn't read.

From the comments I learned that the agents are facing away from the camera like that because that's what IDF soldiers do. The point is that the general public can't identify them, but they will recognize themselves. "Look mom, I arrested this normal person upset about the goon squad I work for!"

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Leftists need to really consider the fact that they were less antifascist than the fucking Cheneys were. Dick and Liz: “this is too important for normal politics, we will oppose fascism without conditions” Leftists: “here’s our list of demands, if you meet them all we MIGHT not help fascists win”

IMO, the thing that makes a bad President isn't that they're incompetent, mean or cruel. It's whether they invested their political power into making the institutions of the United States stronger.

CBO estimates troop deployments to US cities in June-December 2025 cost half a billion dollars.

How are people still falling for this "pronouns are the cause of all your problems" scam?

More Homan Than Homan As Trump's army of white zombies robs Minnesotans of life and liberty, he's sending Hellbilly Deluxe Greg Bovino packing and bringing in the B-Team led by Tom Homan. He wouldn't be my choice, but hey, it's better than Astro Creep Elon. by Maureen Dowd

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olive oil is a legitimate interest

IMO, this is a misread. The ICE agents in Italy are investigating crimes like money laundering, human trafficking, that sort of thing. So there's good odds that they've been idle since Trump took over. Working at the Olympics will at least give them something to do.

White people who are baffled when they confront the opinions of actual people of color because we're all on the internet together need to really sit with how they may be a huge loser that no real life person of color felt like being honest with.

Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti. It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...

I exist in a superposition of believing: 1) polls are understating GOP support (because of past disappointment) 2) polls are overstating GOP support (because of observed reality) I really want to believe #2. People were promised a pony and they got armed troops executing civilians in our streets.

It's Holocaust Remembrance Day. But if you live in one of the ICE occupied areas of America, you can just look outside. 😮‍💨

Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately. Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House. We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

why didn’t the council of elrond simply cut off funding to mordor?

Open and shut 18 USC 242 (throw in 241 to be spicy) violation, which has the standard 5 year statute of limitations Crank up a Jan 6 level prosecution of DHS starting on 20 Jan 29

Breaking NBC: Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings. The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.

Turns out you can't run a worthy news organization if you are constantly breaking, insisting on breaking, the basic journalistic rule of "don't print lies in the newspaper"

The increasingly prevalent "my righteous anger immunizes me from having to engage with any meaningful material reality as long as my rage is directed at Democrats" form of argumentation from big accounts is a form of crybullying, in this essay

One of the things that I wish people would understand is that while this is unprecedented, it shows just a massive systemic issue with out immigration system that literally every administration decides to punt to the next one because its "politically toxic." Maybe this cruelty puts a stop to it.

If your starting point is “they’re never going to obey the law anyway so why try?” you’re never actually going to be happy with any of the solutions that a opposition party in the legislature is going to be able to offer

I think a lot about Parmy Olson's observation that AI companies actively push everyone to talk about existential risk, because it distracts from more prosaic current day concerns like copyright theft, conditions for data workers, energy & water use, and their financial situation

these are significant asks that would make a big difference

I've had a promotional VHS for the test animation that became Batman: The Animated Series for a long time, I bought it on eBay in like...1999? The version they put as a bonus on the DVD said they lost the audio but uh, here it is. You're welcome Bruce Timm.

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I absolutely hate that Bovino ruined it for short guys.