In what possible world does massive strikes on the capital city count as self defense against drug trafickers?

I would wager that the actual reason why no prior sitting president has apparently ever taken the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test, is that no prior president or VP since the test's creation in 1996 has ever engaged in behavior that is as suggestive of cognitive impairment as Trump has.

If, being incredibly charitable, you didn’t intend to make a CSAM robot, not immediately turning off the CSAM robot when you find out you accidentally made a CSAM robot should still get you put in the magnetic boots prison from Face/Off

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Meanwhile in the U.S., Trump: 📍 Deployed the military over nonviolent immigration protests, against local government objections and legal challenges. 📍 Posted an AI video of him dropping literal 💩 on MILLIONS of Americans who showed up peacefully for No Kings Day.

This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.

The words “Locked and loaded” coming from the mouth of an unstable, manic man with access to weapons would trigger an immediate 72-hour psychiatric hold if his family brought him to an emergency room worried about the possibility of violence.

DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm U.S. Citizenship It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act. reason.com/2025/12/31/d...

2 things: 1) Joel is right here in that AI is a "restorative" nostalgia (from Svetlana Boym) machine, in that it produces a past that never existed & tries to drag it into the present 2) the crusade imagery is violent white supremacy (see next post)

There have been no good reasons for staying on Twitter for years now, but at this point you will have to follow up any of your remaining excuses with “…and I don’t care about the child pornography.”

The same guy who says the U.S. military will defend protesters in Iran posted a video 2 months ago in which a cartoon Trump used a warplane to drop shit on American protesters.

if you still use Twitter please understand that you are enabling and supporting this. It’s only going to get worse, so you may as well leave now and start rebuilding your “following” anywhere else.

We haven't seen an Indiana squad turn back an Alabama offense this decisively since Antietam

According to the new rules, if you and a few friends go to a defense contractor’s testing facility and you say “where are the missiles” and they don’t let you in then all federal funds for defense contractors will be frozen

Democrats’ national theme: “Corruption is unlawful, it’s personally disgusting, it takes money out of your pocket, and we’re treating every incident of it like an attack on the public interest” Probably a powerful message?

“Forever War” is when a Democrat is at war, remember. “Muscular foreign policy approach” is when a Republican launches a covert action campaign against a NATO ally and starts an air war without Congressional approval. Useful cypher, these ideas. “Forever War” hypemen mostly still on Twitter, too.

Not much to like about 2025, but it is the year I started rowing. After 43 years of running, I was... bored. Bought an erg Aug 24. Hit 250k meters on NYE (155 miles). Bought a boat Sep 27th and logged another 89 miles in it by NYE. It's been a physical and mental health outlet amongst the shit.

This snippet perfectly illustrates why we need to completely reform the Supreme Court Because it was a SCOTUS packed with MAGA judges-chosen by Trump himself-that shamefully deprived America of its rightful justice by granting him immunity and destroying any chance Jack Smith had to prosecute him

The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.

The $348 billion on bottom left bar is the subsidy workers and firms receive from employer provided health insurance. It is mostly from tax breaks that go to firms & workers. It amounts to abt $2,000/ person covered by an employers plan. Why doesn’t the GOP have same outrage over this subsidy? 1/2

Putin’s demanded that Ukraine withdraw from easternDonetsk, Zelensky vowed that his people would “never leave”the Donbas,and warned that Putin’s troops would use it as a springboard for a future invasion.It is a major source of coal for Ukraine and"fortress belt"defending Ukraine.STOP PUTIN/TRUMP!

As 2026 rolls on towards us in just a few hours. Let's carry on in action what the wonderful Rep. John Lewis said. 🎉❤️🌊🫂✨🕊️ #HappyNewYear2026 #StayLoud

NEW: Epstein survivors are getting impatient with Congress for not enforcing the Epstein Transparency Act, and say they will start naming names in 2026. 💪

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Today a local conservative and ICE agent who cried bloody murder when asked to wear a mask during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic clarified he’s actually totally fine with wearing masks as long as it’s to ruin lives, not save them: tinyurl.com/3pabcukx

KEEP TELLING BULLIES "FUCK YOU, MAKE ME"

Eli Weinstein promised to reform — but after his release he took on an alias and started another Ponzi scheme.

JUST IN: House Judiciary Committee Releases Jack Smith’s 255-Page Deposition Transcript

unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.

Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate seat, blocking GOP from reclaiming a supermajority thehill.com/homenews/cam...

Who agrees? ✋

idk i'm not a lawyer but i feel like shutting down an entire state's childcare payment federal dollars because a 23yo posted a tiktok feels like a certain lack of seriousness or due process

A SWAT team threw 30+ grenades into an innocent man’s business while chasing a suspect. L.A. left him with a $60,000 bill. His livelihood was destroyed. A federal court says he’s entitled to $0. Whatever your politics, that’s a travesty. reason.com/2025/12/29/i...

And while you're at it maybe don't support the same people who will see her as a sex object before she gets to middle school

He donated $1.8 million to Trump and hired Pam Bondi’s brother as his pardon attorney. Defrauded hundreds of millions from people. Walked away free. Not Somali. -Ron Filipkowski

He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.

Dems need to get on this right away. These places have been subject to regular inspection. Tell Walz to stop apologizing. Don’t let this narrative spin out of control. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...

The last line of this post refutes the first. Of the 78 people charged in the Feeding Our Future fraud probe, 70 were indicted by February 2024, the last full year of the Biden presidency. web.archive.org/web/20241120...

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JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi deletes a post touting a chart as proof of the Trump administration's success in reducing drug overdoses—after being informed the data actually reflected the *Biden* administration’s record.

uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"

Not Somali.

They also elected a president convicted on 34 counts of business fraud. They don't care about fraud.

I mean, let's talk about the obvious.

Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.

Costconomics vs Walmartnomics in a nutshell. Here’s why having a Costco in a community boosts the entire community, including nearby businesses, while Walmart destroys whole towns and leaves people leaning on social safety nets. And yes, it’s about as simple as you think. …

The way MLK's last few years are glossed over enrages me to no end. The labor activism, the Poor People's Campaign, the anti-war activism, the Economic Bill of Rights. All virtually ignored in most history classes

BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.

This will be the most important offseason in years for the Chiefs. They need to start valuing talent over fit, and their GM needs to be given a longer leash. The "if I were Brett Veach" series is here, starting with a tough but necessary conversation. mnchiefsfan.substack.com/p/if-i-were-...

We continue to use rational models to assess what’s going on. The lowest approval rating in decades is irrelevant. That he still has approx 30% approval is the data point that matters. The fascists are entrenched, exposed, have everything to lose, & will not go quietly. Hard days comin’.