Nothing feels as good as getting pandered to as a Philadelphian

Trump started a pointless and illegal war with Iran, he lost it almost immediately, he crushed America's economy and America's partners while making Iran and our rivals much stronger. He did it for no reason he can articulate. In any decent nation, he'd be forced to resign immediately.

claymore ass type shit

Tapping the sign

i've yet to see evidence that this man is anything other than the fucking coolest to ever do it

i think after midnight hammer it was pretty obvious that trump was hooked on "raiding" as a foreign policy. he's always been terrified of getting entangled the way gwb did, but he's also a stupid bully. so "raids" seem very attractive--

septa still hasn’t been funded btw

dynamite it the day he’s gone

“I was punk once” Brother so were we all, Father Time spares no one

We call that a good start

this goes for so much of the right wing ecosystem. the same guys who scream “DEI hire” would sink to the ocean if they weren’t kept afloat by their far right sugar daddies

Dude deserved to get Reacher'd

American journalists in 2036

how about he lean into some support for SEPTA instead

No. This is unacceptable.

As a litigator I am a big fan of this, have the toaster write your NDA

I want to be clear that a load bearing pillar of fighting fascism is exactly this

I am very close to jumping on the “ban all pardons” bandwagon

my Don't Post outer layer is holding strong (wait a second...)

well this is incredibly fucked up

Should have worn the full Canadian tuxedo in the gym to protect his shoulder.

A boat full of junk catching on fire in the middle of the Delaware River is an extremely Philadelphia thing to happen

Historian of French Revolution here to say that in periods like this, squeamish compromisers do as much to drive radicalization as do ideologues. If you keep making excuses for the unfit king, eventually folks come for you and him.

Crank is perhaps Western culture's most pure and libidinal exploration of its central conflict: Man vs. Plausibility

I’m a grown man who works for the president of the United States who is afraid to not wear the shoes he bought me that do not fit

The idea that all of this death and destruction is going to apply only to other people in perpetuity, and will never, ever blow back on Americans, is carrying a lot of weight that it can't support forever

garbage in garbage out

let grogu cuss

one for @icpetrie.bsky.social & @inquiline.myatproto.social (& any other brotherly lovers on here)

And they should go much harder, to keep this administration on its heels. Right now, public support is heavily against the invasion, but the White House and their media outlets are going to be pushing the propaganda hard and a lot of their base will rally around Trump again soon.

dumbest country ever

jfc

okay now i need to binge For All Mankind

let me know when you get to 'sally ride pulls a gun and leads a mutiny on the space shuttle'

duct tape spacesuit. nixon sends blonde to moon. north korean mars program. russian man eats a big mac.

there is literally no end to the insane little things that happen in this show. republican lesbian president. astronaut incinerated in exhaust plume. stoner astronaut wife, but he's a husband. gunfight on the moon. fully enacted equal rights amendment. ted kennedy skips chappaquidick

So much wrong here: 1. There was some new hiring, so this number is off by about 100K 2. Unlike most businesses, personnel spending is a tiny fraction (5-6%) of federal outlays 3. Spending has actually increased 4. Many have noticed worse services! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...

“Bills introduced in recent weeks in the legislatures of at least four Democratic-led states would impose long-term consequences on new ICE employees by rendering them ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education, and, in their most expansive form, the entire state civil service.”

Every agent who participated in this should spend the rest of their life in prison.

just spitballing but some of it might have something to do with 15 years of sociopathic behavior culminating in the enthusiastic embrace of violent fascism

the rules are clear: Ryan Coogler gets to keep shooting until he misses

I wrote for @thephilacitizen.bsky.social about how uncompetitive the Philly committee person elections really are. Don’t be afraid to just go for it!