While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.

Dems caving feels like it might be the straw that caves the camels back. Feckless, addicted to losing, never met a moment they couldn’t meet, bastards.

crawling through the radio shack of my mind looking for a missing boombox power cord

When you’re left handed you drink your hearts upside down.

(also Emma Thompson is the GOAT)

the greatest city in the US. so many reasons why.

Jacky Chalard - Super man, Super Cool [France, Electro] (1975) https://redd.it/21x2b0 https://youtu.be/3jRirC6KadI

Morning.

6/25/2008: Ace Frehley joins the band on stage for Black Diamond and absolutely shreds a solo at Madison Square Garden. 🎸 🎥: Kevin Shuss

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

Cincinnati

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again. www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

Travis Chapman

If we write off all news media, we’re playing into Trump’s hands. Some outlets are doing well while others stink. In this installment of my free Stop the Presses newsletter, I give letter grades to major media outlets. See if you agree.

"There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities." - Ursula K. Le Guin

There are hard questions we need to ask ourselves right now. But no matter what this administration is planning, we know who we are—we love democracy & plan to fight (peacefully) for it. In a moment where knowledge is power, here is what you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Zoom interview: “Is there any animal you don’t like?” me: “I’ve known some self-absorbed turtles and a couple defensive rainbow boas…but I still liked them” him: “Can animals be jerks?” me: “Hummingbirds are jerks” him: “Want me to write that down?” me: “Please don’t”

Everything they’ve said and done in the past week is by design

I love @meredithshiner.com she’s so smart

The perfect Kamala vibe check for those who may need a little truth serum for motivation.

In order for the United States to become a party to the International Criminal Court and have our officials be subject to trial at The Hague, the US Senate would need to ratify the Rome statute by a two-thirds vote. Let’s start running on that.

BREAKING: The mitochondria have released a statement they are ending their long running symbiotic relationship with humans, citing "increasingly poor use of the energy we provide".

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

"All throughout Twilight Override, there is a feeling of grasping and tumbling and reassessment. It’s a stemwinding and treacherous trip. At times it can feel like he’s trying to break our heads." Over at Pitchfork, I wrote about the tremendous new LP from Jeff Tweedy. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’

stupid story, making me cry what a just absolute fucking sweetheart of a man

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

this poem is astonishing and I am so grateful to Eileen for bringing it to our attention last year & again this year.

Happy birthday to Bruce Springsteen, the daring depictor of the shadow world of tenement work and the still more corrupt onset of the new oligarchies. Here's a piece I wrote over at the Ringer about the airline strikes of 1981 and the 40th anniversary of 'Nebraska'. www.theringer.com/2022/12/14/m...

Goebbles or Miller?

Holy shit www.youtube.com/watch?v=emiB...

Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Welp, the First Amendment was nice while it lasted

It is the job of the Democratic party to sell and defend the policies that most Democratic voters want, not to present a candidate slate that is palatable to moderate Republicans who might switch if they hate their own candidate enough.

Since January OMB Director Russ Vought has hidden over $410 billion in appropriated funds in order to push his own agenda. trib.al/8b60Vlr

We're struggling to do anything but watch this video of the newly discovered bumpy snailfish today.

I think they should make thic tac where you get one really big mint.

Best thread 🍫🍫🍫

Do you have questions about the near-future and COVID vaccination access? (I do.) Fortunately for us, my colleague @meghanbartels.bsky.social has answers. I'm so grateful for the information she pulled together in this article. www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-...

‪After watching and reading comments about the horrific Minnesota shooting, it appears most Americans people missed our stories about the secret roots to the madness. I pray this repost helps. www.propublica.org/article/gunm...

Thanks @ianbassin.bsky.social "To “fight the long defeat” is not to surrender to futility but to locate dignity and meaning in the struggle itself — and to recognize that what feels like defeat in one moment may seed the victories of another." What @sifill.bsky.social refers to as a time to plant

This is a hell of a letter. “The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines…will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer….Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated…”

And there will be a clear demarcation between those who complied or assisted the authoritarians and those who did not.

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Late to this, but still have lots of thoughts so let’s go: one like = one point on the political economy of disability and chronic illness. Consider this my belated ADA anniversary offering :)

The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.