When the mentally ill don't have access to firearms, mental health crises don't have to end in tragedy; they can be downright wholesome.

The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

Russiagate apology forms now

Why does ICE officers always, and usually falsely, claim they are being threatened or attacked? Because this legally justifies the use of lethal force and firearms.

Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.

One side is driven by hate, fear, and outrage, and the other side wants better healthcare. Thus, there will be an imbalance in how each reacts to such events.

Republicans said this was a “Hate America” rally but it looks like the participants were just not very good at hating America.

Reminder: The NYTs is not a "liberal" paper, but a multibillion-dollar operation that condescendingly services a largely liberal audience while caricaturing them.

Watching Trump get credit for the Gaza ceasefire and keep thinking of this Don Rickles joke: "Frank Sinatra once saved my life. A bunch of his goons were working me over and he said, "That's enough."

Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA. "We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends." newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

In the briefest period of time, Jeff Bezos has remade the once venerable Washington Post in the image of Rupert Murodch's New York Post. It's filled with risible reporting and bonkers right-wing commentary. If you haven't terminated your subscription, the time is now.

Important to keep remembering and repeating that Kimmel didn't mock Charlie Kirk or celebrate his death in the monologue. He mocked the president's lack of feeling and criticized the regime.

•ABC: fires Kimmel for mocking Trump •CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump •ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller •MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions” •FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people

Today we will likely see the bots that operate by the tens of thousands on Twitter and which are largely run by foreign intelligence services (Russian, North Korea, Chinese and Iranian, in particular) working hard to stir up a frenzy of hate. Their goal is inciting civil war in the US.

When the president of Portugal says openly that Trump was recruited by Soviet intelligence in the eighties and continues to operate as a Russian asset, US media decided that this was not a reportable news story. What does this tell us?

Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now? They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.

There’s significantly more articles about democrats being bad at winning elections than there are about an election where a billionaire spent hundred of millions, bought Twitter, and took over voter registration to get Trump elected, making himself a trillionaire. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There are a lot of things in Texas named after relatives of mine (eg, Austin), but the prison where Gislaine Maxwell is being kept has to be the strangest.

Now would be a terrible time to start telling MAGA you heard the real Trump was going to release the Epstein file, but he got replaced by a deep state plant who is playing the role of Donald Trump and cannot be trusted. I mean, what else can explain it?

Don't try to convince MAGA with empathy. They see the world in Dirty Harry terms ie the cruelty suggests a single-minded purpose and suggests a prioritization of the effort they support. Point out how the thing that's happening is so that no one has to give them the thing they actually want.

Want to confuse MAGA on immigration? Give Trump’s deportation policy woke credit for stopping the US from exploiting poor people who are forced to work for poverty wages just so we can pay less for food, gas, and housing. That morally speaking, goods and services should be more expensive.

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

Has Trump revoked Elon's citizenship for having lied on his Visa application? Nope? Then it's theater.

Fake public fights are a much bigger thing in the right-wing world than people realize. Trump being in the Epstein files is not news. Wake me if Trump actually cancels Elon's contracts. Until then, this is just two guys exploding the deficit together while robbing the poor and dismantling America.

Wow, Trump is really desperate to distract from his big beautiful political disaster. apple.news/AG-HwKkAlTOi...

That idea that Trump's actions are okay because, heck, we're all going to die someday anyway, is the inevitable conclusion of MAGA brain.

Dear media, please stop saying deportations. Trump defies a court order and DISAPPEARS people in the middle of the night to South Sudan. This is criminal, lawless, authoritarian behavior… The judge has ordered the regime to find and stop the plane

Trump calling the police because some singers were mean to him a year ago is peak MAGA.

Turns out a tax on unrealized gains was the cheap option.

We're experiencing the biggest right-wing "Screw the world. America can go it alone" moment since the Iraq war. This should go just as well.

This is fine. Everything's fine.

Pretty sure sending someone to a foreign prison because you don’t like their political opinions is peak “cancel culture”.

This is a good test for the Dems. Can they keep alive an egregious Trump administration misdeed? Let’s see.

Just saw the movie Black Bag. It's a really fun and solid spy movie. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold meets The Thin Man. Definitely worth checking out.

Loathsome.

Trump started his political career by falsely accusing a president of being an African foreigner; it was inevitable that he would his career by actually making the an African foreigner president.

Billionaire owner of Washington Post seizes control of opinion page. Will focus nearly exclusively to promote rightwing libertarianism. "Viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others." Democracy Docket will expand its pro-democracy opinion section. www.democracydocket.com

It'd be nice if MAGA understood that Trump will not be around forever, and if they make the head of the federal government a king, there is no going back. apnews.com/article/trum...

I know we're way past, "well, that's concerning," but, well, that is concerning. www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-w...

Can we stop talking about climate change as protecting the planet? The planet used to be a ball of fire, and it didn't care. Fighting climate change is about protecting humans' ability to live on the planet.

I have wondered if the New York Times has been acting as handmaidens of fascism because the paper's leaders find it appealing, but now I'm wondering how many people with prominent positions there are just genuinely stupid.

Elon's gesture was a Not See salute. It's just like a nazi salute, but MAGA isn't allowed to believe their lying eyes.

What can you say? We had a pretty good run.

The desperation of the right wind to blame these fires on anything other than Global Warming is pretty telling.

Out of town and worrying about my house possibly burning down and losing everything I ever owned. The thing that is most unnerving is thanks to Elon and Zuckerberg, it's incredibly hard for me to find good information through clickbait disinformation.

“This time, I’m a civilian. And this time, the user experience of getting information about a disaster unfolding around me was dogshit.”

My message to Zuck

Meta is turning its back on content moderation, almost like they forgot why they had to rebrand as “meta”.

1978 - Ford Pinto - 38 fires with 27 fatalities reaction -- Ford recalled 1.5 million Pintos Today - Tesla - 232 confirmed fires with 83 fatalities reaction -- 🤷‍♂️