$130 million for 1.3 million active duty military "They're soldiers, Michael. What could their paychecks be, $100 each?"

Makes sense. 🙄

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, roll up on his cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24

i think it is ok to be scared. you want to try not to spread panic but remember that bravery is not about not feeling fear, it's about not letting it be in charge

Armed Police: apparently irrelevant to security, okay to unionize. Patent Examiners: front line national security, unions abolished.

Update: it got funny again

Understatement of the fucking year right here.

let me throw some fuel on the fire that is the discourse about boys getting laid!!! current-day manopshere content is not good at getting boys laid and that's an effect of the incentives at play. you cannot build an audience of resentful little virgins if you succeed at helping them to have sex

Replit agent deletes prod DB, lies about it x.com/jasonlk/stat...

Trump’s megabill will strip 14 million Americans of access to healthcare care. Here’s why our top story today is something a neo-Nazi sent us about a college application from 15 years ago.

Louder for the people in the back: "It has been a public health failure that the public does not realize how much organ damage #COVID infection can cause to things that aren’t your lungs (or throat or nose or taste buds)." The image below is based on data collected from 80,071 kids and teens:

It makes sense that those on the right would even more vehemently denounce Trump to distance themselves. It's like if you're a totally bald white guy and you find yourself next to a nazi skinhead, you'd better loudly let people know you're not with that dude.

Rodney learns who the trash is

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

Dear manager, This week I: 1. Never gave you up 2. Never let you down 3. Never ran around and deserted you 4. Never made you cry 5. Never said goodbye Never told a lie and hurt you, Sara

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

This is a rather telling statement. Nearly a third of women in Louisiana are Black. www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...

I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

This is evil. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

Not only did Trump not release more water that would be useful to firefighters in LA, the water he did release was actually reserved for central valley farmers (who mostly voted for Trump) and will now go to waste instead of their farms.

I have no words…

Credit where credit is due … I guess

So we are not buying lesser evil popcorn ever again

One simple trick that globalist economist don’t want you to know about

fee.org/articles/let... #MLK #MLKDay

"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."

I can’t think of someone whose take on “masculine energy” I want less than Zuck.

It’s never a good sign when I have an opportunity to post this exceptional public health graphic.

New reports on the beating of a transgender man by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy have revealed an extensive cover-up effort.

Those Azerbaijani pilots got struck by a missile and then flew across the Caspian sea with no GPS, then pulled off a crash landing that was controlled enough that about half the people onboard lived.

To clarify: There have been a series of these anti-ESG shareholder proposals, and they generally ask the company to reconsider DEI etc on the grounds that DEI programs present legal and reputational risks to the company, and therefore harm shareholders. Costco's (accurate) response was:

Costco: We recognise the shareholders have made a proposal. But given that it's a stupid-ass proposal, we've voted to reject it.

'Don't forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.' - Sherman Edwards, from the musical "1776"

The Gaetz thing should be a gigantic scandal for Trump and Musk but we (and by we I mean the media and normie dumbies) all have to pretend like we're 5 years old and that the contents of the report were a surprise to the worst people on the planet. The reality is Musk/Trump wanted Gaetz anyway.

just cruising into the holiday season, nothing bad could possibly happen today oh come on

Because, you know, outside of the humanity of helping others — Diseases TOTALLY stay in a single country or region, so there is clearly NO national benefit to helping other countries’ health response 😳 [sarcasm]

We don’t talk enough about how straight up creepy Elon is to women. Like, if you saw him in a bar you’d reflexively put your hand over your drink.

Amazing 🧵

Three graphs that explain America’s health care system. 1. More than 1 in 5 insured Americans have medical debts

$1700 dollars away from funding, but this is an all-or-nothing kickstarter with a deadline of today. This looks fantastic, so if you have some budget, spend on this one. Hey, @gailsimone.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @hntdove.bsky.social if it interests, could you help signal boost?

Westlaw AI:

Science Santa #science

Look i will 100% follow back anyone who riffs this hard