the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

condolences and congratulations to my friends whose karma is imbricated with baseball teams

Max Blumenthal claims that Marjorie Taylor Greene has been "much more principled" on imperialism compared to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. He also claims that MTG has "given up everything" for her stand.

Biancamaria Fontana: Constant’s “liberalism” was “not a political grouping or movement, but a vague identification with enlightened & progressive public opinion” me: so you’re saying liberalism hasn’t changed

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This J6 insurrectionist was sentenced to life in prison for child molestation. He tried to keep his victims quiet by promising them a share of the millions he was going to get from Trump. Maybe he knew something we didn't.

Chamfort, uncomfortably anticipating social media

in my state, the AG is technically part of the judicial branch which seems weird, until you see how subjecting DOJ to the executive enables a crime spree like no other

Birth rate discourse is like “It turns out if you give women more choices, they’re less likely to make ones that make their lives harder.” Which is really helpful in figuring out how we can improve society somewhat. But instead people are like wow giving women more choices was a mistake

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

why does this stranger attack me

The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.

Whether it’s Ken Paxton committing multiple felonies or James Talarico ordering a vegetarian taco, both Texas Senate candidates have troubled pasts.

Helen Mirren in her Fulham flat in 1975

May 17, 2026 Randazzo gave birth on the courtroom bench in full view of law enforcement, prosecutors and court staff. The coalition alleges that some of those present 'laughed and joked' throughout the delivery.

Also fuck Mike Johnson for saying politicians can't survive off $175k salaries but they expect citizens to live off $40k or $7.25 an hour. Fuck all the way off

just open contempt for the united states as a pluralist and secular democracy. and a reminder that the function of the fiction that the united states was founded as a fundamentalist christian nation is to establish a hierarchy of human worth with white christians at the top

As I document in this preview, the speakers at Rededicate 250 preach that women should submit to men. So not surprised about this swag. youtu.be/PcLuveydWc4

US Constitution Art 1 Sec 8: Congress shall… have Power to keep quiet about War Operations Powers Act (1973): The president may initiate military operations when he feels like it, and if he does not receive Congressional authorization after 60 days is obligated to change the name of the operation

this bit from Nietzsche should be relatable to my fellow victims of social media.

'She turned her focus sharply to identifying and exposing the presence of bias in psychology. Her core thesis was that it was flawed because most research was based on men’s experiences and treated male behaviour as the “normal” standard, leading to distorted and damaging views of women' ...

The Russian government is charging and convicting LGBTQ people of "extremism" solely for advocating for their right to exist in Russia. This is a preview of what the right wants to do here in the US. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/under-new-...

Herbet Hoover kept 75% of his voters during the great depression and it was enough for him to lose in one of the larger landslides we've had. Pieces like this miss the forest for the trees and fundamentally don't understand what a coalition cracking looks like.

With Nolan's The Odyssey around the corner, I figured it's a good time to reread it. Emily Wilson's translations of this and The Iliad are fantastic, lyrical reads. Having a woman's POV breathes new life into Homer. #booksky

I guess Kevin Sorbo, that dumb angry peanut, forgot about the time Helen of Troy was also played by a woman of color. Back in the 90s on XENA (by the late Galyn Görg). Oh and they hinted she & Xena had a "history" before the War #Xena #Television #TheOdyssey #90s #Nostalgia #GreekMythology

COSTCO: here, try this ME: oh yummy COSTCO: so you like it? ME: yes, it's delicious COSTCO: well, we don’t sell it anymore and you'll never see it again.

“Justine surrounded by her philosophers is like an invalid surrounded by medicines — empty capsules, bottles and syringes.”

as a resident of the areas occupied by the neo-Confederacy, I find Phoebe’s pop-ups inspiring. we’re here! we vote! fuck the Electoral College!

“… but it’s harder if you’re stupid” is more concise but less apt

Stendhal namedrop www.facebook.com/reel/1321594...

“ghetto rep” my goodness, if John Roberts hadn’t assured me racism was at an end, I might be concerned

This is the bazillionth reason why no one should flippantly talk about getting rid of the southern states. We should never turn our backs on the powerful organizing happening there. We should not cast away the activists working to make change — and who in doing so risk way more than we do up north.

woof, indeed.

dear #Netflix dear #HBOmax Zelazny’s Amber series is money stacked on the table. will you sweep it up?

Joe: I am a 73 year-old retired mechanic in Forsberg, Nebraska. My 3 biggest problems are Iran's uranium enrichment capability, the casting of Helen in Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," and the ability of Tennesseeans to check out "Roots" from a library 1000 media outlets: can we please talk at length

when Napoleon met Goethe lol N’s dislike of Tacitus; cf Julien in the Besançon seminary (don’t skip footnote))

DHS called a federal judge an "activist" for releasing a man wanted for murder, but the judge never knew about the warrant because ICE told the prosecutor not to tell her. @rparloff.bsky.social details the full timeline, which ended with the judge referring a prosecutor for an ethics inquiry.

Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree. … sounds about white. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Rep. Tim Burchett told Fox News that he doesn't "drink out of a straw" because "that's what the women in my house do"

On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.

"Spanish footballer Lamine Yamal waved the Palestinian flag. An Israeli minister accused him of “inciting hatred”. The Spanish prime minister defended him. Imagine that happening here!" (Owen Jones, UK journalist)

I’m younger than that now

oh ffs

Girl Scout, Sløtface, & Pip Blom are 3 strong northern European bands I follow avidly