I'm not a political genius, but I'm pretty sure the party that published a 600-page manifesto on how they want to shut down the federal government are the ones who shut down the federal government.

"no more superficial individual expression"

I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.

Just a reminder that the Commander-in-Chief of the Louisiana National Guard, who can call them out all by himself if they were actually needed, is … Governor Landry.

Meiselas: One question I have is why do we even have a funding issue? If Trump brought in $17 trillion, why is there even an issue with funding? If we brought in $17 trillion, shouldn’t Trump just be making it rain on everybody and there’s so much money to go—oh, wait a minute.

I know for a fact that Antifa is not an organization because I don't get emails from them asking for money.

Why is it always like 12 armed ‘tough guys’ against one unarmed average-ass guy? New rules: one agent gets to square up with the ‘bad guy’, no weapons. Loser gets deported.

Letter from the #Portland Front September 17th 2025 Somewhere near the Willamette River My Dearest Margaret, I take pen in hand this evening as the rain drums against the windows of this commandeered coffee shop on Burnside Street. We’ve been holding the line here in Portland for three weeks now…

i told my landlord they're releasing the amelia earhart files and he lowered my rent 50%. i told my grocer and he gave me a free nectarine. i told my doctor and he said i didn't have to pay for the visit. try it. you never know who out there has been waiting for this moment.

The fine people of #Portland should just stay home—for real, shelter in place style. Let the media show videos of troops standing around doing absolutely nothing, just wasting taxpayer dollars. Let’s see how long they can push this stupid ‘war’ narrative with not one single picture or video.

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

Just a reminder that the attorney general of the United States is our lawyer not his

Even low information voters should get that it’s not normal for a President to make billions of dollars as soon as they’re in power.

I miss my 50-year streak of not knowing who the Secretary of Health is or anything about them.

Taking the extra-strength Tylenol so I can get boypregnant with a future euchre partner

If your political party’s entire theme is “MASCULINE MEN DOING MASCULINE THINGS SO STRONG,” I feel like endlessly whining about an escalator stopping for five seconds is the opposite of that

We are bailing out Argentina while Argentina’s farmers sell soybeans to China in the place of American farmers which is putting them out of business, so now we also have to bail out American farmers while Argentinian farmers make bank. Trump’s America First Golden Age.

Oh my, are they saying the president is so physically frail he can’t walk up stairs? Oh my, that is concerning.

MAGA: The left is the party of violent extremism!! Also MAGA: If an escalator stops we will SHOOT PEOPLE!!!!

"He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now." @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

Good luck proving that he wasn’t referring to *political* consequences, given they’re both politicians. I’ve never taken a single law class. Hell, I’ve never even watched ‘law and order’, and I’d easily convince a jury AND a judge there is no physical threat here—on my lunch break from my real job.

Why is it always the ones calling themselves ‘patriots’, that are also calling their fellow Americans ‘terrorists’ just for having different political views and exercising their constitutionally-guaranteed right to say so out loud? What do they think ‘patriot’ means?

According to Tom Homan, for the crime Tom Homan allegedly committed, Tom Homan should have his citizenship stripped away and be renditioned to a foreign prison without receiving due process in the courts. Sorry, Tom Homan, but those are Tom Homan's rules.

“We’re grateful to RFK Jr.—otherwise we might put something unnatural into our bodies, like vaccines.”

Desperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other Cases

Trump signs an executive order that prohibits anyone from hanging their coat on Melampia.

well this postponement will certainly make the report seem more trustworthy!

President Trump, Jan 20: “I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.” ht: @sahilkapur.bsky.social

Silencing smart people so dumb people won’t be offended is like unplugging the smoke alarm so the fire won’t feel bad.

How Arjen Lubach (Dutch late night talk show host) reacts to Kimmel being canceled by Trump

How to behave like an adult: Don’t like the things that a late night show comedian says? Don’t watch their show; watch something else, and move on with your life. 👍

Senate Democrats should introduce a “Melissa Hortman day of remembrance” and see if Republicans object to it.

hey so this is insane

Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest: Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No

Senator @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social asked FBI Director Kash Patel all the right questions

If you only believe in free speech when people are saying things you agree with, then you don’t believe in free speech. Hope that clears things up.

We live in a country where the president can order a comedian to be yanked off TV. What I describe is not a democracy.

Dems could destroy their political opponents by asking gotcha questions like "when is your son's birthday?" and "does your daughter have any hobbies?"

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Trump: “Smart people don’t like me”

The 3 stages of grief: denial, anger, ballroom

When you realize the people you fired to avoid any investigation of your crimes are the same people you need to investigate other crimes…

Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.

So is Trump going to send the National Guard to Utah now following the murder of Charlie Kirk?