This weekend, the Faith & Freedom Coalition platformed a parade of Cabinet & Congress members & false prophets who have pulpited the lie that to be a good Christian is to be a good MAGA foot soldier. We were there, circling their "Road to Majority" conference, publicly naming these false prophets.

It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀

Coming from the most corrupt Administration in American history, this is an honor I'll treasure forever.

Paranoia, shifting aliens, & total isolation. It's anniversary week for John Carpenter's THE THING. To celebrate one of the greatest sci-fi/horror films ever made (exceeding the source), here's a piece that speaks to why it's a favorite:https://hollywoodprogressive.com/film/john-carpenters-the-thing

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.

The SCOTUS ruling in Mullion v. Al Otro Lado will cost lives. #SCOTUS

The government seems to be walking back a plan to collect better race and ethnicity stats that has been targeted by Russ Vought's conservative think tank as "woke... neo-Marxist ideologies.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/census-...

Notice how it’s always “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it says, “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself.” -Leviticus 19:33-34

Bluesky launched in February 2023 as an invite-only platform. As of June 2026, we have 45 million users. For reference, that's almost the population of Argentina. Thank you for being here with us 💙 Here’s to the next 45 million accounts.

Ken Paxton says he often doesn’t want to be in Texas and prefers spending time in California, where he grew up, instead: “I like places in California, even though I don’t like to admit that I go to California, but it’s beautiful.”

They filed a 412 page proposed rule to control $1 trillion in federal grants. They gave the public 45 days to comment. They’re counting on you not reading it. Everything you need to know, and what to do before July 13. shannonfleck.substack.com/p/rewriting-...

At least 12 states break down SNAP program participation by age, and of the 1,670,011 people who are no longer receiving benefits in those states, 776,134, or 46%, were children. Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/4eB1PPb

Good, fuck him, and also, he's still "worth" roughly $900 billion too much by my estimate, which, to be clear, would still make him richer than God www.bbc.com/news/article...

Is today the day

I haven't been this impressed with a candidate in a l-o-n-g time. If @jamestalarico.bsky.social is the future of the Democratic Party, we are in VERY good shape.

Someone is pretending to be me to scam others and it’s so upsetting thebloggess.com/2026/06/23/i...

Yep, and I have warned people about it on Whatever. Under no circumstances am I going to be offering "marketing services" to anyone, especially unsolicited. whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/20/r...

"Fuck You, Pay Me" is a phrase most associated with Harlan Ellison, although many other writers have echoed the sentiment including me. I did write an essay a number of years ago in which "Fuck You, Pay Me" is prominent, and here it is for future reference: whatever.scalzi.com/2012/12/09/a...

Bonus Quote of the Day politicalwire.com/2026/06/19/b... “If you give Donald Trump an IQ test with the other 45, 46, presidents that the United States has had, I guarantee he’d be either near the bottom or at the bottom. He has convinced the world that he is not a smart person.”

Happy Father's Day 🖤

Could not agree more! Not only did Hillary beat the Orange Atrocity by 2.8 MILLION votes, but Al Gore got 543,895 MORE votes than Bush! The Electoral College allows candidates who received less votes to win the presidency. ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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So, hey: If you casually conflate "The Israeli Government" and "The Jews" in my comments, you're gonna catch a block. I'm not going to indulge your either intentional or unexamined general antisemitism by using Netanyahu, et al as cover. If you can't or won't parse the difference, keep walking.

What are the odds of TWO master orators married to one another? Listening to them speak was uplifting, inspirational and exhilarating. A reminder of another, better time when leaders spoke to our better angels & offered hope & optimism rather than divisive vulgarisms. #ChangeIsComingNovember3rd

Russell Vought, the author of Project 2025 and one of the most openly Christian nationalist figures in this administration, is quietly redesigning the machinery of how the federal government decides who gets money and who does not. shannonfleck.substack.com/p/rewriting-...

Perfection, as always.

“He threw 300 BILLION dollars at them to get them to agree to go back to the way things were before his stupid war.” “Only—get this—they now can make money off of the Strait of Hormuz. And know all they have to do is block traffic and Donald will throw more money at them.” “Art of the f-ing Deal!”

OVERHEARD IN IRAN “You know I'm automatically attracted to the easily manipulated. I just start asking them for ridiculous concessions. It's like a magnet. Just ask. I don't even wait. And when you're an Ayatollah they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ‘em by the scrotum. And squeeeeeeeze.”

After Putin-stooge Donald Trump despicably withheld military help from Ukraine, Ukraine turned around and said, “Oh yeah, well *this* is how you win a war, surrender monkey.” 🇺🇦

Not in any way an endorsement of this bullshit, because, uhhhhh, yeah, fuck no to ALL of this from day one, but: Trump fucks over everyone, my dudes, why did you think you would be different, no amount of kompromat you might have will change this immutable fact www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/w...

To be completely fair, he DOES have: -Kid Rock ✅ 🤩 -Vanilla Ice ✅ 🤩 -Lee Greenwood ✅ 🤩 AND -The Village People ✅ 🤩 😆 😂 🤣 😜

theonion.com/guy-who-suck... Here you go @scalzi.com “Just yesterday, I asked an AI program to write an entire sci-fi novel for me, and … I was super impressed. Soon, humans won’t need to do anything at all! Awesome.”

Break them

"Many of our nation’s top leaders today openly pronounce their Christian faith. But according to a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, 64% of Americans do not want to live in a primarily Christian nation." @rns.org religionnews.com/2026/06/17/n...

Maybe instead of renaming the “Department of Defense” the “Department of War” Pete should have more accurately called it the “Department of Expensive Humiliation”

George Conway hits the 🎯 with this brilliant campaign ad hitting the Malignant-Narcissist-in-Chief directly in his massive, but fragile ego. 🤣 I'm Mar🐫 & I approve of his message! 🇺🇸

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Frenchman Meets with an Actual Surrender Monkey.

When you're the least popular person at a party . . .

The most important article I've read this week (so far). Related: @telliotter.bsky.social and @mollytaft.com are doing some of the best tech journalism out there right now. If you're not following them already, I highly recommend doing so

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” - Malcolm X

"For too long, religion has been used as a weapon against LGBTIQ+ people—especially transgender and nonbinary youth who are being targeted with a cruelty that should break every heart awake to the sacred." Rev. Mike Schuenemeyer for @theadvocatebr.bsky.social. www.advocate.com/opinion/fait...

Thank you President Obama. 🙏 I appreciate your honesty, intelligence, dignity, integrity, humility & humor. 👍 Looking forward to the opening of your Presidential Center this week! 👀 Wishing you & your family all the best & continued success, Mar🐫

"Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy." Exodus 20:8

You first, cretin.

"You've got to be taught before it's too late Before you are six or seven or eight To hate all the people your relatives hate You've got to be carefully taught." —Oscar Hammerstein, "South Pacific"

Several years ago, Elon tweeted about how he came up with the name Tesla, only to be reminded that the company's *real* founders, Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, came up with the name long before Musk got involved with the company. Yes, he is a fraud.