I think bluesky would be roughly 300% better if people here were capable of reading “this is an assessment of the empirical reality of a situation” without assuming it comes with an implicit “and therefore I endorse the reality of that situation”

rip to a real one

his time is eternal. www.reddit.com/r/Grimdank/s...

Nobody deserved this, it will never be worth it, and we may not ever see vengeance, justice, or reparations commensurate to the costs incurred in time, blood, money, blood money, and tears; but this doesn't last forever. Trump will not live forever. His regime will not last forever. A day will come

I don't know what's coming because every goddamned week is a decade now per Lenin's Law of Time Dilation, and we still have almost a relative millennium and a half left in Trump's presidency, and that's a lot of fucking history to pack into such a short timeframe. A thick fucking density of EVENTS.

"Yeah, but the Dems won't-" nothing anyone in or out of elected office thinks is possible or impossible or normal or gonna happen or never gonna happen will matter by the year's end, let alone 2028. Nobody standing against the wave will remain on their feet no matter how cagey they think themselves.

what a baller

The Paramount/WB merger is a consequence of government corruption and everybody involved should be prosecuted and the eye-popping fines should be clawed back from shareholders

There’s something darkly funny about Anderson Cooper leaving Paramount to focus on CNN, and ending up back at Paramount anyway

Been saying for a while now that, among many other important things, it is absolutely critical that the next time Dems control Congress and the Presidency they have to go all in on anti-trust.

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

It bothers me how nobody seems to understand that this, trans people getting booted out of the military without their contractually obligated benefits, etc. is ultimately about if the promises of the government are worth a goddamn thing as long as the Republican Party exists.

the whole US hockey team throwing in to be a propaganda tool of trump is wild.

When somebody brings up the possibility that It Could Happen™ on a live stream and broadcast:

Sports are the god damn coolest thing on the fucking planet, man

he has a deal with Sherrill where he sends her signals and she does cloud seeding in her helicopter

Unsurprisingly, it is evenly distributed across the community

NEW: JD Vance flew to Rome to formally invite Pope Leo XIV to join America’s 250th anniversary celebration. The first American pope has declined — days after rejecting President Trump’s “Board of Peace” invitation. On July 4, he’ll be in Lampedusa, standing with migrants.

It’s at $432k now and continuing to go up. People have really come through today and it has warmed my heart immensely.

"Wouldn't you rather give it all at once to something real, than carve off useless pieces until there's nothing left?"

Anyway give me Judgment at Nuremberg Star Wars trying the worst of the Moffs for their crimes, give me The Pacific Star Wars with Rebels liberating Imperial strongholds amidst a grinding attrition with increasing horror, give me Star Wars that thinks goddammit because we now know it CAN be done

what the fuck am i looking at we're in a whole new era

Also, frankly, the United States Government at this moment has easily the largest statutory fiscal deficit it has ever operated with and we were already downscaling dynamic effects of the tax cuts due to the interest effects. This is a genuine financial crisis.

This is such sad news. Wes worked so hard. He always talked so much about his family. Prayers with them.

Choosing to believe AOC is reading my posts like a child believes Santa reads their letters

pretty much The Bar to be spared a primary in the next five years

anticorruption stuff is gonna hit i think by 2028

155% for oligarchs at home, and 155mm for oligarchs abroad!

”This is a world of compensations; and he who would *be* no slave, must consent to *have* no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”

had a very respectful chat about theology tonight

Not really sure how you can see Evelyn Normielib (D, Texas) setting fire to a facility that might have the possibility of becoming an ICE concentration camp and despair about how Dem primary voters are gonna pick Gavin "We are Charlie Kirk" Newsom as the nominee

"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars

America 2026. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/f...

Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day back to back:

a place that wasn't a conservative media punching bag (like LA or Portland) had to make the first high profile stand in order to break through the walls of the information silos. MSP and Minnesota more broadly did it, and we all owe them a debt of gratitude for their courage and sacrifice.

leaving for the break with the words of Jack Layton

“My posts about ‘yellow-bellied appeal to electoralism that hasn’t gone anywhere’ is making people think I’m anti-electoralism, and it’s making me pro anti-electoralism” Idk seems like you were already there and didn’t need an excuse, but what do I know?

HOOOOOO boy. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?" Lyons: "Yes ma'am." McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?" "Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"

this is every voter in fairfax county

These dogs in charge of things need to understand that The Muppet Show and the Post Office are public services, not tawdry businesses.

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

Election nerds only do this when they're in extreme distress

This is true, and the main issue is that the caucus leadership, by being actively antagonistic towards both the left and militant liberals, has seriously undermined the relationship of trust you need to pull off this kind of maneuvering.

okay look, i support whatever she could plausibly say she's going to do here, but it would be really, really funny if It Happened tomorrow

This is what I suspect any "secession" efforts in the US are going to like too by the way; if Democrats win in 2028 you'll see states assert that they're still entitled to Federal support and aid but not obligated to obey any laws they don't like.

I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar. If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.