interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

I'd like to thank all the Gerrymandering Confederates who've stopped pretending they're not racist. The next step is to stop pretending you're Christian. BC y'all hate the Gospels as deeply as you hate the VRA.

Yeah, man, it was a hard code to crack, but you finally did it.

A peer reviewed study shows a promising link between flu and shingles vaccines and a reduced risk of dementia. A heroin addict who cut off a raccoon’s penis for “further study” says these vaccines cause autism. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

When the next measles outbreak makes it to your hometown, call it “The Joe Rogan Experience.” (new @ms.now column)

There's long been a type of savvy, conservative-coded con man who's especially adept at siphoning the money of AARP-eligible suburban and rural white Christians into their own, city slicker pockets. But the link between the grift and the right wing politics has rarely been as tight as it is today.

Spotted on University of Georgia’s campus tonight as JD Vance speaks to a mostly empty arena…

YES, WE ARE LIVE ON @SHADE45 TILL 4PM EST !!! (CH. 45 ON @siriusxm)

we cannot live this way.

I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.

the president of the United States is a madman seriously damaging the entire world

Exactly 5 minutes BEFORE Trump announced a 5-day delay in bombing Iranian power plants, someone purchased $1.5 billion worth of S&P futures in a single trade. Someone also sold $192 million in oil futures. Trump and/or his cronies are engaging in market manipulation and insider trading.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Who isn't doing the grift at this point?? It's bad. We will recover, but it is clear that people in government are now completely free to run wild. Which was totally predictable!!!

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

And he turned out so normal!

This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.

Remember: Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself. But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.

At this point, even by the strictest Hobbesian standards, this government has abandoned its duty to serve the public, and is illegitimate.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

Damn the soulless Nazis of Trumpism straight to Hell.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America. At least until tomorrow.

state-sponsored child trafficking

Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries. Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood? FUCK ICE forever and ever.

Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military

AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

Fox Producer: Jesse Watters would like to invite you on his show AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show. FP: That’s not true AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.

I’m an American and I hate all of this evil shit. All of it. Fuck you if you don’t.

ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens

Folks, nobody is going to stop Trump from taking Greenland. He's going to take it, explode NATO, and turn our allies against us. All of it will add up to massive blowback, overreach, and the world increasingly turning against us. Russia and China will continue celebrating.

'South Park' alum Toby Morton responds to unnamed lawyers regarding his registering the Trump-Kennedy Center domain names: "Satire is protected speech... I'll proceed accordingly while you go f^ck yourselves."

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever.” — Madison Biedermann, whose entire, taxpayer-funded job is to serve as a spokesperson for the US Department of Education Via @charlesornstein.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/prop...

Hanging out with German relatives this week and all them have been like, “Oh yeah that’s definitely a Hitler you got there. You wanna fix that now or else you got a REAL problem down the pike.”

The fascists certainly aren't very good at this, are they

I am thankful that these people are so incredibly stupid. If they were this evil, and at the same time efficient - things would be so much worse.

New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...

also now at archive.org/details/60mi...

20 years ago tonight, Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell enjoyed a Lazy Sunday:

He’s gotta go.

Sounds about right.

The rumors are TRUE. A new Valley Heat episode awaits your ears!

Cue cha cha slide 🎶

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.