just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

it’s not one vast elite conspiracy, it’s dozens of them, ranging from bog standard tax evasion all the way up to rampant sexual abuse, it’s legitimately fucking staggering

What the fuck though

if I'm an ATC who took one measly sick day since it was fucking October and my kid had a cold I am *incandescent* over this.

Also, threatening people, especially highly-trained people who have been doing a profoundly difficult and stressful job that determines the safety of MILLIONS of people each day *without pay for 6 weeks*, seems like a weird way to encourage people to show up at work

seeing some takes like, "it was clear the gop wasn't going to budge on subsidies, so they had no choice” and i simply don’t understand why someone would go out of their way to announce publicly that they are a mewling coward. a gutless milksop. to admit that they’re loser who loves to lose.

The message for Democrats is, "Republicans held food for kids hostage so they could make sure your healthcare costs skyrocket."

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

They've literally negotiated themselves into a new clusterfuck because they wanted to teabag the capitulating Senate Dems. Republicans can't help themselves. They are authentically terrible at politics now.

@schumer.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov I've already called to express this and @aoc.bsky.social understands that the People do not want any of you to back down on the hope that Republicans will keep their word later. We know they won't. You know they won't. Let's act like it.

I took a break from watching the Seahawks pummel the Cardinals to call @cantwell.senate.gov (and @murray.senate.gov) & respectfully but firmly ask them to NOT vote yes on any bill that does not extend ACA credits. If you're in WA you should too. You can use the @5calls.org app!

Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

this is a perfect 30 rock joke

[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit

Alright you do, in fact, gotta hand it to Schumer

The backup source of authority (the States) and the ultimate source of authority (the People) are swinging into action as the federal government collapses under the weight of MAGA.

The contingency was the States and the People. And what’s more, it’s working.

guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀

Not only is this a great idea, it's also objectively funny

Schrodinger's Democratic Majority

Whew, the People are pissed lmao (This was a great read!)

God they are such dicks

Whatever else this is, this is not a populace accepting tyranny quietly.

no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician

Instead of breaking up, the workers galvanized. Tens of thousands of workers from different ethnic background marched through Lawrence, holding flags and singing in the streets. Their determination eventually won out and the moment is remembered as the "Bread and Roses Strike."

In 1912, a group of Polish and Franco-Belgian women weavers abruptly marched out of one of the mills in response to the mill owner trying to cut wages. This brave move of defiance inspired other workers in the area who were sick of being exploited and soon the strike spread to some 20,000 workers.

Tensions ran high in the summer of 1921 when union-sympathizers Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers were gunned down on the courthouse steps by company-hired gunman as part of a company-sponsored terror campaign. In response, 10,000 coal miners marched in Charleston, West Virginia.

What’s wrong with just pivoting to Jordan Wood, a gay dad running on healthcare and childcare affordability and getting corruption out of politics? www.wmtw.com/article/demo...

There's something remarkable about how many different ways Trump is establishing that his second term is a total, blatant discontinuity in legitimate government in the US. We will get our Republic back, but this has been pure legitimacy vacuum from Day 1, and it'll get worse before it gets better.

Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing? Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.

The polls and numbers show THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM - but that doesn't feel real and visceral to our institutions, which imagine a silent MAGA majority hiding under their bed. You know what feels real? Ten million people in the streets, saying "Look around, THERE ARE MORE OF US"

We have the numbers! They don't! Show up tomorrow at your local protest 🇺🇸

🚨 YEATS: TURNING AND TURNING OF THE WIDENING GYRE EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH THE FALCON NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE FALCONER, CENTRE NOT EXPECTED TO HOLD

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

I always knew an effective protest movement would need to be nonviolent but given a lifetime I wouldn’t have guessed ours would be led by inflatable frogs. People remain endlessly beautiful.

your tactic of protesting in an inflatable frog suit which gets normal people on your side is far inferior to my tactic of posting about laser blinding helicopter pilots which is both wildly illegal and, were it to succeed, would put basically *everyone* against me

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time. VANCE: No, George, I sai-- STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

So basically IRL Apocalypse Now

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

ICE has gone from targeting supposed criminals to picking on disabled children.

ok "the stephen miller door" is a solid bit

“YOU hit HER.” CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

we have lib flag guys now

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

DHS has effectively reinterpreted (also illegally) “reasonable suspicion” as racial profiling, so now here it is making a statement that it uses racial profiling to arrest and cuff people, even Americans abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

It's like having a vapor-brained junior assistant who'll do literally anything you ask, and fast, with a full-teeth smile, total confidence, and complete indifference to the validity of their output. Is their work sometimes great? Sure! Is it also sometimes shiny polished garbage? You bet!