NSFW but I need to thank every person who replied to this for making me cackle out loud Y'all are big damn heroes

The president has taken a financial stake in the sale of a major media empire to his political pals. readsludge.com/2025/11/17/t...

The moment someone refers to the broad and nuanced conclusions of the medical and psychological fields regarding gender and sexuality as "gender ideology" they publicly define their own ignorance

DON'T CALL IT A RECESSION. CALL IT "QUIET TIME."

Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.

Repeat after me: *the purpose of a system is what it does* If you wanted a justice system whose purpose was to ensure public safety you would need to make a different system that *does that* The current carceral system's purpose is racialized oppression. That's what it does.

This underscores a major failing of empathy and understanding in the evangelical worldview (as well as a rejection of science!) that leads to abusive parenting and a warped view of children as a whole.

A note for Megyn Kelly: the moment your defense of a person's actions relies on the distinction between the words "paedophile" and "ephebophile" you've already lost. You've conceded that the man you're defending rapes children, and you're just arguing about the age of those children.

Things that bug me as an editor who works on finance papers, #276: The use of "underlying" as a noun.

WHAT

omfg it's real archive.ph/hvTdW

NYT Sunday edition: Our big takeaway from the Epstein emails? How much this town's nightlife has changed over the years. Something something journal of record.

‘Until we invalidate it’ - from the state department’s FAQs on passports for trans and non-binary Americans. I’m pretty sure a right that can be taken away whenever the government wants and with no apparent justification is not a right.

We need to increase our hatred for the people who work at the New York Times

I mean it takes the place of you actually thinking so... Yeah

I love this GALEX ultraviolet view of Andromeda. I wrote about it a few years back: slate.com/technology/2...

You're Echo I need you with the Bunnymen

More an observation on how “The President might be a paedophile” is now fully normalised discussion. It’s getting worse for him.

Buddy you are never gonna find a better source for purer, uncut copium

"He promised not fiscal discipline but social welfare for the right kind of American. For migrants and minorities, he offered deportation and incarceration." Good that @aselrod.bsky.social gets this exactly right, very few do:

We talk about this a lot, but one thing that does appear different in this current moment is that there are a lot of Trump and Trump adjacent voters who -did- expect things to get better for them. That getting rid of DEI and immigrants would give them jobs, houses, and girls, etc.

Not a good sign that for several decades, if you went to a journalist with a story about Epstein odds were very good that journalist and Epstein were emailing each other all the time "What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it" The email: I,,am sex criminol

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret

UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:

“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein

Musk: joyce carol oates? she a very meana lady! Musk: she usa too many semicolons! Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter Oates: a normal dad would be very proud Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY

the president raped children and his entire political party continues to actively cover it up even if we can't throw him in jail for it he should resign in disgrace and so should all of them

I mean they are literally refusing to do their jobs at all rather than face these files, what else are we supposed to conclude? nobody has ever acted guiltier than these people

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

Sheesh zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...

SEATTLE CURE YOUR VOTES PLEASE

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run. We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader. If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

all the senators who voted no: uhhh listen. we live... to fight another day. for our fighting. and i think voters will recognize who was fighting for their fighting. tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING

🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators. If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.

Hey @shaheen.senate.gov and @hassan.senate.gov THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING

they reopened the government for a promise to do this over again in a month

Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.

Don't let this get lost in the current health care debate: Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The overnight process failed and we will need to apply the self loathing manually today.

I hate her so fucking much. She's sold us up the creek for nothing.

hahahaha go fuck yourself

I've checked, @hassan.senate.gov, and CareFirst doesn't allow me to pay my health insurance premium with "shame"

Senate Republicans and Democrats RN

The point of a political party is what it does

Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.

it is entirely on-brand for democrats to ask us to suffer and then throw our effort in the garbage to give a win to the GOP