the 250th anniversary of 1776 is less of a celebration, more of a reenactment

Hm

If you get knocked down, you simply must get up again

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

Brandishing weapons like the Taliban

I can't believe J.D. Vance went on TV and said "Ich bin Evil! Ich bin Evil!!! Ich bin der Evil kleine Chocolate Boy!!" with chocolate smeared all over his mouth and lederhosen. But he did. And we all saw it

What do you think he wants?

I’m choosing to believe that next week will be better. In my own life, and in the world in general. I have motivation to make it better and so do others.

1. She’s right 2. She’s running

wow really helpful, thank you new york times

It’s not appropriate for any American city, but the snow in Minneapolis really makes the desert camo tactical gear stand out

Minnesota will not surrender to ICE terrorism. They hate us because we are a free people who love our neighbors and exercise our inalienable rights. But we will win because our American values are more resilient than their basest hatreds.

In spite of it all, the bird is still here.

It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.

Sometimes I’ll just be sitting here

There is a lot of eugenics content on TikTok 🤔

It’s been raining for most of the past 10 days, but the Sierra Nevadas peaked out from behind Sacramento this morning

This is good. It was wild moving to LA and finding out that I had to buy my own appliances for a rental unit that I only lived in for 1.5 years. Long overdue.

Personally, I’m having a good day

One of the wildest moments of the Venezuela press conference was when a reporter asked how soon trump wants Venezuela hold elections, and then he just starts talking about rebuilding oil drilling infrastructure

If I were more artistically inclined, I would make it look like Washington was strangling trump

The 2010 Florida election really was a disaster man

Are peppermint mochas still legal after the holidays?

I haven’t seen any cheering crowds outside the White House

One time, in a completely empty airport terminal early in the morning, Marco Rubio and I exchanged awkward unfriendly and unbroken stares as we passed each other going opposite directions on the moving walkway.

1. Why does Russian regime change against Ukraine fail? Ukraine's leadership was democratically elected and seen as legitimate by most Ukrainians. 2. Why could the US to seize Maduro in Venezuela? Maduro falsified elections and was seen as illegitimate by much of Venezuela.

Comparison to Panama 1989: in that case US courts had indicted Noriega for drug trafficking, and Panama had declared a state of war with the US and had killed a US Marine. No comparison really

If this is true then they must have done a deal with others inside the government. It’s going to get very messy.

So what happens now?

It's late and the country is going to wake up to a war

Oh no. What the fuck

He’s got places to be

This is my workout coach

I’ve been looking at TikTok a lot over the past month, and it’s fascinating. People are generally not OK

You’re all working today, right? You wouldn’t take a day off on the second day of the year, would you?

I told you

Bleak

This year I had a lot of fun in spite of many obstacles, and I’m grateful to everyone who was part of it

It’ll always be funny to me that there are people in California who get mad that water is allowed to flow in the rivers

I’m currently chimichurrimaxing

Making predictions and assessing the previous years predictions is such filler holiday podcast content, and I’m also eating it up

I was looking to spend a gift card on a new backpack, and it seems like my only three choices are: 1. First day of school special with one big pocket 2. Hard-core trekking pack with no external pockets 3. Tactical bag that’s all pockets and attachment points but makes me look like a new ICE recruit

Remember to eat your aquarium gravel

Boxing Day?

Good morning. Merry Christmas. It stormed big time here all night and now it’s very quiet.

I went to my post office twice in the last week and the lines were out the door with only two people working the counter. We should give them more money.

Good friend