They zip tied children.

impossible to describe how heartbreaking this story is. these chatbots are fundamentally inhuman, and will cause incalculable damage until they are stopped by regulations or social recognition of the foundational lies re: their actual capabilities and the very real societal and environmental costs

I appreciated this. #GoHoos www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DSl...

The "Thrilla in Manila" was 50 years ago today. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

"What was most striking was the irony of the man who denounced Joe Biden, in effect, for senility showing some of the same symptoms himself as he lost his thread of thought, reminisced, and daydreamed on the stage." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"Both the man who can order the use of nuclear arms and the man who would likely verify such an order gave disgraceful and unnerving performances in Quantico." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

When Trump threatens to nix funding to NYC if Zohran Mamdani wins, it only helps Zohran. It inflates the Trump threat, positions Zohran as a fighter for NYC against Trump, and pushes Cuomo into the role of Trump stooge. There's a lesson here for Dems. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2011...

"We are an authoritarian country with an autocratic leader who is acting in the ways that the heads of police states act. That's where we are. To suggest it's around the corner is to be as divorced from reality as a president who thinks there's a war going on in Portland." @djrothkopf.bsky.social

Overnight, Trump and Republicans in Congress shut down the federal government. They shut it down because they’re determined to strip healthcare from millions of Americans, to enrich the billionaires they serve, to continue the assault on our rights. We must fight back.

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

If they claim they haven't heard the quote, play it for them and ask for a response. If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response. If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.

This is the whole part about it that's driving me insane. For decades Democrats have paid a political price for not getting rid of the filibuster and now the shoe is on the other foot.

every republican president of my lifetime has completely destroyed the economy

Just gonna keep tapping the sign* *𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.

Republicans control the White House, Senate, and the House. This government shutdown is failed Republican leadership on full display.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

AOC is right. And it's nice to see a prominent Democratic officeholder explain the duality so directly. www.arcdigital.media/p/kimmel-and...

So ... they ... Trump/Republicans ... DEFUNDED the police?

“The intention is not to improve anything. The intention is to just dismantle.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

"ChatGPT and other AI tools are hugely popular and hundreds of billions of dollars has been sunk into AI ventures over the last three years. But few of the new initiatives are profitable, and huge profits will be needed for the immense investments to pay off." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The U.S. ambassador to Congo warned the “abrupt elimination” of PEPFAR-supported programs would lead to a resurgence of HIV in Congo and “could also lead to the development of new, drug-resistant strains of the virus that pose a direct threat to our homeland.” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

When the commander in chief is uninformed about the real world at home and abroad, you get a National Defense Strategy that is "myopic and potentially irrelevant." It sure seems like this short-sighted strategy is dangerous to our national security. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I may have found my defining quote. Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

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He’s joking about how he’s murdering people. Evil.

Awesome isn't it? What he's saying is so bad you don't even notice the chyron. It's all pure hell. He's lying about the need for layoffs but any Dem pretending there's a reason to negotiate should be considered GOP at this point. They're gonna fire those people anyway. They clearly have a list.

The Trump regime, along with Senate Republicans, say they’re only trying to fund the government with a “clean” Continuing Resolution (CR) that keeps everything as is. Bullshit! The CR bakes in all of the terrible policies that were in the regime’s devastating big beautiful bill.

NEW: A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement.

And now the Secretary of State is plotting a war in Venezuela to depose Maduro, per the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.

“The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”

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bro we are so cooked

Hegseth going to worried about protecting his precious bodily fluids next.

"James Comey’s rights and liberties are not the only ones at risk today. So is your own right to participate in free and fair elections in order to render a verdict on Trump’s invasion of those rights and liberties." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Dems absolutely should filibuster any relief unless it is combined with legislation to end the tariffs that caused the problem in the first place.

Trump leaked this story because he wants to you hear it. Let’s be clear :: Trump wants you to blame a shutdown for shit he is planning to do anyhow. If dems cave and fund him, he will STILL wield executive power and slash government programs. He HAS BEEN doing that with the government open.

I have been haunted by this statement all day www.kgw.com/article/news...

Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.” Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins? www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

Most people who write about politics, right or left, have internalized the concept of the Trump supporter as the authentic american Volk and so many of their conclusions proceed from that bsky.app/profile/qjur...

Old Dominion > VT > NC State > UVA > Florida State > Alabama > Georgia

As I was saying

In the past calendar year, Kalen DeBoer is 2-0 against two-time national champ Kirby Smart and 5-5 against the rest of the Power 4 lol

I think what haunts me about “I woke up feeling the cheesiest, Coach” is that it necessarily means the wheels of cheese need sleep

Clear grounds for removing Trump from office. He’s sending America’s military against a domestic terror organization that does not exist fighting a war that is not happening. He’s gone completely and dangerously mad.

So much fun! Good night! #GoHoos

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YOU DON’T JUST WALTZ INTO CHARLOTTESVILLE TO WIN THE JEFFERSON-EPPES TROPHY