A competent opposition party would be heading up to take full advantage of the impending GOP civil war... I am convinced that is not happening

They bid thee crop a weed

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone. And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.

PLEASE CLAP

Democrats in office are completely incapable of leading in this moment.

Trump is an evil syphilitic asshole that's sundowning via memes while dragging us into an authoritarian hellscape. The worst part is the serious people that will ignore this

I luckily avoided knowing anything about Mr Beast until I read a story about him convincing his followers to fix the merch displays for his products at Walmart for free. Everything about him is exploitative.

So just to be clear the president fell for an AI video...of himself? At this point I just assume the 25th Amendment is an urban legend that doesn't really exist

Thinking about making a troll post about how College GameDay going from Corso to Mcafee is a metaphor for the declining maturity level of society.

Opinion| Could releasing the Epstein files cause autism?

"if any other administration.if any other administration. If any other ." I repeated over and over again as my eyes rolled back into my head and my mouth began to foam

Dutch late night TV has its take

It's very funny how the second Cold War is snake oil American QVC fascism versus totalitarian state capacity chinese neoliberalism

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty” -Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

Aliens eat Ice Cube's dead wife's Facebook page.

War of the Worlds is the greatest work movie of all time.

Nothing could prepare me for that last part.

Schultz said his priorities were ending wars and lower spending. Trump ran on potentially going to war with Canada and a trade policy that no economist with a brain thought would work. I wish these influencers would just admit they voted entirely based on vibes with 0 concern about policy.

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[plays audiobook of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]

“Simpletons! Yes, yes! I'm a simpleton! Are you a simpleton? We'll build a town and we'll name it Simple Town, because by then all the smart bastards that caused all this, they'll be dead! Simpletons! Let's go! This ought to show 'em! Anybody here not a simpleton? Get the bastard, if there is!”

Me & @joanalker1.bsky.social on @npr.org's "It's Been a Minute" talking about the erroneous stereotypes that drive Medicaid cuts & the fundamental connections between all of us. When we harm those whom government deems "underserving," we ultimately harm everyone. www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...

I would empty my bank account to watch Christopher Walken explain the plot of the first Dune novel.

What economic system has the government controlling the central means of production?

In letters by Bondi, Trump is saying not only that he won't enforce a law that he disagrees with but won't require private companies to obey the law either, even purporting to immunize them from consequence for illegal actions under future presidents.

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”

Oh, look, they lied again. This is my surprised face. www.cato.org/blog/65-peop...

I'm going through UF Law book award winner Preston Damsky's twitter account, and it's worse than what the NYT reported. He thinks that Stephen Miller isn't racist enough. Because he's a Jew, and the "Jew clique ... is bringing America to ruin." x.com/preston_terr... x.com/preston_terr... 1/

Finally, a Holy War I can join

Here's the motion itself. DOJ had tried to stave this off until after the 9th Circuit (a panel with two Trump judges) rules. But by submitting it, CA got in evidence abt the Marines and Noem's promise to liberate CA from its elected leaders. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is the most straightforward thing they've said so far. They're using the military to "liberate" Los Angeles from its mayor and governor.

There is something weird about American society in that we can clearly see the freight train screaming towards us but for some god damn reason we never step off the tracks, like there is some cultural predisposition towards being run over again and again.

Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.

If the Trump admin's allegations of gang activity and terrorism against Abrego Garcia were true, it would have no trouble prosecuting or deporting him legally. So why don't they? One reason might be that none of the evidence offered so far would hold up in court www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Stephen Miller is lying through his teeth. The Supreme Court has emphasized for generations that EVERY person gets due process. Here's none other than Antonin Scalia in 1993: "It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings."

And there you have it.

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

I know lots of right wingers, many of whom believed these "the government is taking over" conspiracy theories over the last few decades. Now you need to look at them and say, yeah, the conspiracy has come true, it is here, and it is you.

we are in this position because too many Americans refuse to believe things can get worse and accordingly view politics entirely as a source of entertainment/memes rather than the very backbone of civilized society

Gift link: Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

Learning new things all the time: In 1957, the Supreme Court said that "of course" a child of parents with "illegal presence" is "an American citizen by birth." It wasn't relevant to the holding so it's dicta, but it shows how the well-accepted nature of birthright citizenship.

Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961? Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional? Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.

I cannot tell you fucking dumb these statements are. The US govt spends a ton on contractors (including NGOs) to do stuff. Anything deemed not inherently governmental *by law* is legally required to be outsourced (see Circular A-76). This is how we have structured out govt forever!

the default mainstream GOP position is: these people aren’t actually a minority, it is all a product of mental illness and indoctrination, to which i always ask: wait is this how you treat mentally ill children

I would like a podcast on the connection between Andor and public administration research (cc @pahlkadot.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social).

so is anybody even going to bother to go through the motions of calling for Trump to divest from his businesses this time around, or did we just give up on that one too?