Bill Cassidy claimed he received assurances that the “CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism,” when justifying his vote to confirm RFK Jr lol

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

“Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

It's hard out there for a lickspittle.

Would genuinely love to see all of the commitments Trump nominees made that turned out to be lies. It would be vastly longer than Republican Senators who have denounced them for those lies.

a largely true story that right-wing propaganda and sundry irritable "leftists" convinced a critical mass of people was fake? do tell

Heartbreaking: the person you campaigned and championed to get elected does exactly what he said he would do

one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.

Is there going to be an app we can use when we have a gunshot wound and need to determine which emergency room is cheaper tonight?

The Federalists!

I wrote up an Olivia Nuzzi explainer. If I never have to write about this nightmare of a person ever again, I’ll be grateful. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

"Look, things happen. And what happens at Camp Crystal Lake should stay at Camp Crystal Lake. We can’t hold everyone accountable for every little thing they’ve ever done."

Whether it's Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Epstein's emails or some Democrat delegate from the Virgin Islands no one has ever heard of sending a few texts to Epstein once, both sides have their hands very dirty.

The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:

I filed my claim.

Teal Laser Trooper! Kidding. I can’t wear Teal.

If I were sick, I would simply choose to be healthy. Bing bang boom bsky.app/profile/atru...

THEY LET ME WRITE THE SPIDER-MAN HOLIDAY SPECIAL! In stores today! Featuring knockout art by @lucianovecchio.bsky.social, @robotjq.bsky.social, Paco Medina & @stockmannate.bsky.social; color by Matt Milla; and letters by Joe Sabino. ALSO FEATURING EVERY* CHARACTER IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! *almost

BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.

NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court. Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution

Fox News credulously reports that "the Saudis now say their investment pledge in the US will be increased to $1 trillion." THE ENTIRE GDP OF SAUDI ARABIA IS $1.1 TRILLION, so this is total nonsense.

HUGE development IN hearing for Comey selective prosecution motion, It turns out that the grand jury NEVER saw the operative indictment. Whole separate basis for dismissal. Standby for more.

No Rapist Left Behind

The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza. The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.

Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files. His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop. @nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying

Who could have predicted this other than every medical drama on TV over the last 20 years. Jesus Christ, there was even an episode of ER about this!

If I was on Air Force One, and I heard Trump address a female reporter as “piggy,” I’d have gotten in his face and demanded he apologize to her. Why did no one say anything to Trump? I’m pissed off about this. Have a watch.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

While Americans are struggling to put food on the table, Trump is lining the White House in gold.

If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper? by Larry Summers

Other than his wife, is there any one that "Christian Man" Mark Sanford didn't sleep with?

Many elites are concerned that Trump's net disapproval rating is now at 13. But, don't worry, they'll lose interest when it hits 18.

Bill Ackman's go-to pickup line: "Jeffrey says you're a nice girl."

Pete Hegseth’s church is part of Wilson’s sect, and Hegseth has praised Wilson.

Is Thomas Chatterton Williams going to have to slap a bitch!

I always thought "never again" meant this must never happen to any group of people again. Of course, I now realize it means "we must become strong enough so that nobody can do it to us again and we can do it if we feel like it."

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

lol “things happen” … like how mobsters talk about stuff. look he got dead. there was nuthin we could do about it jimmy. He’s gone.

Q: Do you acknowledge that by voting for this discharge petition today, that's a reversal for you? You could've put this on the floor months ago MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a reversal

Holidays are coming up, a perfect time to remind your MAGA family members that Epstein is only part of the story, Trump has been importing foreign sex traffickers and giving them special protection. Then ask, "so did Trump bring the Tate brothers here as a replacement for Epstein's services?"

After the Bucks County sheriff election, one immigrant rights organizer told me: “I know ICE will still be here, but at least in our community we get some sense of peace. People haven’t wanted to go church, to concerts, to public events, because everybody is thinking they’re going to be taken.”

if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove

Dear SNL - just have Sarah Sherman read this. It will be a great sketch.

It's insane that now a single journalist he degrades like this possesses enough self-worth to tell him to shut the fuck up. Not one. Such fucking useless worms.

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

Just so we're clear. The way Wonder Woman talks about Sideways in Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #4 is exactly how every Marvel hero feels about Spider-Man.