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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years

Media: it's really bad how young men don't read anymore Also media: Lol look at these dickheads READING in PUBLIC

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

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.

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

This bill doesn’t address the core issue that millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford ACA insurance coverage next year. I’m willing to work with anyone to create a path forward but this isn’t it.

Senator Jon Ossoff, who is vulnerable in his re-election bid next year, just voted no on ending the filibuster to reopen the government.

You CANNOT spend FSA money on health care premiums, and if you’re self-employed or unemployed you don’t even have a fucking FSA.

Also literally anyone who's ever had a fucking FSA knows that they're an absolute nightmare of red tape and receipts and bullshit, what the fuck are we fucking doing

As shown by @latenightafa.bsky.social , Walmart is selling a t-shirt promoting Nazi propaganda. You can report it on the site.

"I didn't want to say immediately it was me," fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux said. "With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last." n.pr/3WOLsWT

Immersion (Piss Christ) - Andres Serrano, 1987

They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale. Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

The Democratic caucus trying to stop Chuck Schumer from agreeing to a CR with a nationwide abortion ban attached

this one isn't even funny or clever i just kind of like boromir he tried

New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

They just need to restore the Obamacare tax credits and reopen the house seating Adelita. This should be easy!

establishment journalism's abject failure to express that this man has absolutely no idea how anything works should never be forgiven or forgotten

i do want to point out that this does challenge the ironclad conventional wisdom that no one gives a shit about democracy

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

Please define “liberal Feminism” But also “conservative feminism” is a an oxymoron because it’s couched in biological essentialism and determinism.

I can’t read this piece because I’m stupid enough as it is, I can’t risk being made any stupider.

"Did Women Ruin Everything and Also Why Won't They Have Sex With Me"

turning a big dial taht says "Sexism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

I love how if you watch this on mute, it seems like a guy after the Super Bowl saying "JUST GIVE THE BALL TO MARSHAWN, DON'T GO FOR A SLANT PASS." Which in a sense, he is.

Lmao I cannot believe I figured out what I was thinking of

Pioneering new and exciting ways to use the word “unrecognizable”

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

Can't wait for ADL to take a break from hounding Mayor Mamdani to preemptively absolve her of all her past and future statements.

Is part of the dance asymmetrical face droop?

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

Have to say...loved sitting behind two tech bros on the plane to Malta today... "I have increased my testosterone 640 by cutting beer and using cryosleep and only working out for strength on my special $500k machine for 12 minutes a week and no cardio. My testosterone is high." And on it went.

if you see anyone expressing shock that a candidate who exudes warmth and authenticity and wants to improve the quality of life for working class people won over a rapist whose entire campaign was "that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.

dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods

Is this because he has dementia and forgets where it is