"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are

The Times has been a huge factor in Trump’s success. I’m sure reporters like Haberman are sitting on a treasure trove of Trump dirt that they won’t release until he’s dead.

Here it is, from @clairewillett.bsky.social

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

"This could take down Democrats, too." I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office. Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.

QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal." JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"

pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes

It just wasn't a big, newsworthy deal like, for instance, the college applications of a mayoral candidate to a school he didn't get into or attend.

Jesus Christ. We should have heard about this shit back in 2015. Fuck every reporter who kept this quiet. And fuck the New York Times for focusing on Hillary Clinton's bullshit risotto emails instead of this when it was *right there*

the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”

As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?" She did not respond.

I dunno. We all know Trump’s in the Epstein files, but if this past decade has taught us anything is that this piece of shit isn’t going to jail no matter how many crimes he’s committed (and convicted of).

🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes. Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.

Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels. The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.

this is literally never not accurate

She’s right: not just Elon, but Trump and the tech oligarchs don’t seem to enjoy the arts; their obsession with “A.I.” “generative art” shows their lack of taste. Steve Jobs, at least, was obsessed with Bob Dylan and the Beatles, and Obama has his annual lists of music, books, and movies.

Predator: Badlands makes the Yautja sorta Klingon-y, but it’s still a fun ride and Elle Fanning must’ve relished being both bubbly and ruthless in her roles.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

At least centrist Dems can’t take seeing awesome monster movies in the theater away from me.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not. If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read. Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work. He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country

Schumer: “The Democrats’ victories in the elections on Tuesday gave the voters hope for the first time in a long time. Tonight, I will crush that hope.”

The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.

All of this is confirming my belief that Republicans never learn from a loss and Democrats never learn from a win

“0% woke shit” a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time

Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation. To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

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Remember all the “Sleepy Joe Biden” talk?

The author of the paper.

As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.

This is such a brilliant joke.

I’m curious about The Whole Bloody Affair’s new anime sequence. It looks like we see O-Ren continue getting revenge for her parents’ murder.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

It’s fucking ridiculous that this even went to trial. A military cosplayer who kidnaps people off the street crying over a sandwich thrown at him.

lol

As someone who lives in LA, I sadly couldn’t vote for Mamdani yesterday, but I did vote for Prop 50 and Andy Richter, which is just as good.

Folks, saying ABOLISH ICE isn't hard. Quite easy. The water is warm here. Jump in. Mainstream it. People will follow.

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count