“Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

Going to see Army of Darkness with friends right after watching both the Evil Dead movies, getting to the theater and discovering that everyone else in that showing (maybe 40 people) had done exactly the same thing.

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

We come from the land of ice and snow where we say gray duck and doncha know 🎶🎸

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

one of the things i truly believe is that a significant portion of this country is in the grip of a death cult

80s techno thriller but with a modern Republican Party. “Sir, through a highly technical series of events involving Basque separatists, one of our own nuclear weapons has been detonated in Atlanta Georgia! Millions are dead and the damage is catastrophic! The country needs leadership!” 1/2

Telling the most unhinged, resentful and above all, heavily armed portion of the US population to go F themselves is certainly a bold strategy. Let’s see how it plays out for him.

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...

Arguably the second worst mistake made by the government was including the caveat “unless convicted of a crime” in the 13th amendment. The biggest mistake was of course not hanging every single southern leader, slave owner and sympathizer for treason.

And a reporter should have immediately asked “and how does Elon feel about that?”

Poor character written by an author who has experienced poverty: My problem is that I'm $300 short on the rent and now my car is making a noise Poor character written by a rich author: My problem is that I feel so inferior beside these beautiful, sophisticated rich people

Democrats should spend the next 4 years sponsoring bills that would help people afford to have and raise children, and name every single one like it’s a GOP birth rate obsessed fever dream. Make the GOP vote against the “Preserving American Families” act because it would provide low cost childcare.

If the government shuts down Saturday, the richest man in the world will be largely to blame. You may not get access to services you depend on just before the holidays because an unelected billionaire shadow president wanted it that way. If this isn’t oligarchy, I don’t know what is.

for years now my personal motto has been "fuck 'em, kill 'em and eat 'em" but according to the principal of this school where i gave a career day speech some people consider this "inappropriate"

Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you - have never published anything - have no readers - didn't write anything this month - didn't write anything this year - can't articulate words anymore - can only float and mournfully wail - were murdered ten years ago on this very spot

I need to see Dana Bash, Kaitlin Collins, or Jake Tapper interview an "Undecided Voter in Rural Pennsylvania" regarding this Biden Pardon situation before I can make up my mind about it. Also, does anyone know if Bristol Palin has weighed in yet?

This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

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