These are not serious people.

I think the biggest problem now is everyone jumps to the most maximal end of every issue. There’s no room for nuance or middle ground or understanding. Left, right, being fucking stupid and doubling down is the go-to move.

Far right: -Install Trump as king -Deport millions of Black and brown people -Enact white Christian nationalism Far left: -Healthcare, education, food, water, & shelter are human rights -Tax billionaires -Demand separation of religion & state Centrists: Both are bad but the far left is far worse!

Grimly amusing Dem machines think they deserve some sort of entitlement hierarchy. My entire life, everything has been moving backwards, politically, democratically, bureaucratically, judicially. You are all failures. You are presumptively part of the rot that must be removed down to the root.

Whenever I hear someone claiming that USAID was evil from a leftist perspective, I hear someone saying “yes, millions ARE dying because Musk and Trump killed USAID, but at least they’ll die free of American imperialism.” Notably it is never the people saying this who are dying.

this is pretty resounding indictment of the democratic establishment. from endorsing Cuomo to voting to confirm Trump nominees to tons of aid to Israel, people are fed up and I can’t blame them. My question is if this is a high water mark or the beginning of something brand new

If your 80-year-old grandpa was insisting that the reason the backyard pool has algae in it is because terrorists are trying to make him look bad and demanding the police arrest somebody, you'd put him in a senior care facility before the end of the day.

This is the new mantra of the right. Being a racist isn't bad. But calling someone a racist is bad.

Man looks like a lazy-eyed state puff marshmallow man. He really shouldn’t be commenting on people’s appearance.

(cartoon Steve Sack) #politics

Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s plan to build 200,000 new homes, protect tenants, and invest in public housing will make this a more affordable city for New Yorkers. In Congress, I’ll be a strong partner for the resources to bring this vision to life. (1/2)

The last time white people voted for a Democrat, it was LBJ. Since then, they’ve voted republican as a majority. So we can blame various groups, or own up to the fact white people in the US are really racist…at least the majority.

Mamdani is showing that pragmatic governance is possible and that bothers a lot of people in establishment positions.

I read all these and more at my conservative classical college. I ended up an atheist and a social democrat. So…read away!

Why stay + fight? • bc I hate bullies. Trump, Miller, RFK Jr, Oz — they're bullies • bc I have skills and experience that are of particular use in this fight • bc I believe this fight is winnable, and the more of us who are in it, the better our odds

When I went to a southern baptist seminary in the 2000s, Christian nationalists were using the term themselves.

My thoughts on Nolan and the Odyssey: 1) at the point a Bostonian with an American accent becomes the lead, the historical accuracy of the setting is out the window. That’s not good or bad, but nullifies the whole “black Helen of Troy” issue 2) it’s not gonna be historically accurate. Because…

As someone who codes sites for a living, industrial capture of your online business is still FAR more likely. Most of my clients start with, “I tried using AI for this, but…” It’s the ones that have to sell their online soul to a distributor that are getting trapped.

I’ll swear on Braum’s anything. Want quality ice cream? Quality beef? Need to get a burger but also pick up some eggs and milk? Braun’s is humbly superior to so much out there. Fires are shit though.

I don’t think she has a chance at the primary, but if the de facto front runner is saying this, that’s likely the direction the Dems will head. And that’s good.

The number of NATO soldiers who’ve served and died in our wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) makes this statement an insult to our allies. Greater than an insult, it’s a betrayal.

That means for less than $1/yr per Californian, this program can work. That’s a good thing. So…what the fuck is the National Review, er, Washington Post on about?

No, we didn’t. We had them as bosses, in pulpits, as professors, etc. Trump isn’t shocking to us because we’ve seen his iteration before, just not at the national level. That’s what changed. What used to be closeted behavior is now in the open. But it’s always been there.

Historically speaking, the Greeks would have been far more accommodating to someone who looked like they came from Egypt than someone who looked like a barbarian (white).

Part of the reason conservatives always turn to fascism is, at their core, a belief that they’re eternally the victim and just fighting back.

If a movie or TV series did this as a plot for an inept government celebrating America’s 250th, that they’re glossing over the errors and not fixing anything while making it worse, you’d accuse the writers of being lazy. And yet.

The thing about AI writing, when it’s technically correct, is that it has no flaws, no errors, etc. That is, when it doesn’t hallucinate. Writing without flaws or nuances isn’t good writing. AI, even when technically correct, lacks depth, offensiveness, and other things that make good writing.

It’s already happened. The problem is his enablers keep enabling. Anyone who’s been through a church split due to a narcissistic pastor has seen this. The pastor doubles down and always 1/3 to 1/2 of the congregation follows. No matter what.

I don’t get the obsession with single-payer. Is it better than what we have? Yes. Is it the least efficient form of universal healthcare? Also yes. We’re actually primed for a better system that’s more akin to Germany than Canada. And that’s a good thing.

I’m a former conservative evangelical. Went to seminary and everything. I can’t imagine my former evangelical self would have tolerated this - but I know A LOT of people from back then who would (and likely do).

Time to bring back the nonviolent civil rights movement. To those like me who grew up in a desegregated world, it’s no longer a question of what you *would* have done. It is, and always has been, a question of what will you do now?

I don’t get it. People in the UK are looking at the US and going, “yes, we want that.” Why? The UK really is the Florida of Europe.

So….bankruptcies increased by 46% in 2025 for farms, 1 out of 4 farmers in a Kansas at least (according to local reports) can’t afford fertilizer this year. Like…we’re looking at a MASSIVE food crisis within 1-2 years right now. Inflation through the roof. Kind of a big deal.

If your comparison is living standards from 120 years ago vs contemporary peer nations, then you don’t really have a point to make here. The lived US economy today is worse than many peer nations and in some ways worse than it was 10 years ago. That it’s better than 1901…okay?

As long as his “everything on the table” is more than a sternly worded letter or two, then good.

I live in a part of the country where gas is normally cheaper than the national average. It’s $3.99 a gallon where I live. I can imagine it’s higher everywhere else. This isn’t sustainable.

1966-1999: SCOTUS rejects various challenges to VRA 2006: VRA reauthorized with 98-0 senate vote 2008: Obama elected 2013-2026: SCOTUS dismantles VRA

Took a site that had a 77 in accessibility and after rebuilding it, got it to 100. First major client build in a while. agnewhealthlaw.com

Donald Trump is a rapist, a pedophile, and bad for the country.

It’s 2026 and the conservatives are worried about the Pope like it’s 1026.

One of the problems with American society is that we’re NOT a meritocracy. So many people in leadership - both private and public - hold claim to “exiting the birth canal” as their greatest accomplishment.

We now live in a timeline where an American-backed Pope in Rome, GA is not beyond reality.

Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.

I’m “meh” on AI (outside of coding), but this is actually kind of cool and fun.

Neo Ergo with a PP plate, custom Keygeek butterfly switches (with dual action 67g springs) and FOA dye sub keycaps.

Fucking huge

A true socialist would have at least paid homage to Tupac, ammiright?

Trying to entrap Afroman using your words is one of the dumbest things anyone can do. And yet…