Take me for a ride, and strip me of everything including my pride But spirit is something nothing can destroy www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDGo...

At this point, I think he is just trolling us.

I got my new 'AI' controlled washer & dryer today. If it talks to me using HAL's voice, I'm running away from home.

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

“For too long, weak-on-fun Democrats have prevented our country from exercising this beloved tradition of murdering for enjoyment,” said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the mentalist?

There is enormous incentive on the part of the press corps to flatter and charm the dumbest people in this country, to make their ignorance seem wise, their paranoia seem shrewd and their delusions seem savvy. The media loves morons and is willing to put them at the center of everything. Beware.

Please consider anything I post on social media to be rhetorical hyperbole. Thank you.

Hmmm, I wonder if that’s the reason it took her three months to drop my charges? Nah, couldn’t be. Just because people have a D next to their names does not mean they are committed to the same things as you. They will sell you out unless we make them pay a political price for doing so.

Pope Leo today: "Blessed are the peacemakers." "Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth."

The Mamdani administration today announced its own click to cancel rule, to make sure that every subscription transaction in the city is as easy to end as it is to start. The FTC did this in 2023, it was challenged in court & Trump's FTC wouldn't defend it. NYC is doing it themselves.

The madman strategy is more unnerving when practiced by a madman

"It's just not enough, baby. It's just not enough" -- Barry White

Man I love living in the good ol US of A, where the president gets to make openly genocidal threats against another nation and then keep on being president

“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

Trump says he’s justified in attacking Iran’s civilian infrastructure because the Iranian people support being bombed for the sake of regime change he claims has already occurred

the dark side

Shit, sirens.

Trump's birthright citizenship order seeks to literally end the American dream. Will people be able to work hard and make a life for themselves, judged by their own abilities? Or will they inherit a permanent second-class status from their parents? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

People who question the effectiveness of doing something never seem to worry as much about the result of doing nothing.

Since 1776, the US has had no kings. Our veterans took an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign & domestic, protecting our democracy and freedoms. Snap a pic of you attending a #NoKings protest in your VoteVets gear, share it, and tag us! #WeSayNoKings

If you’re not a citizen, if you’re a tourist who for whatever reason is coming to this god forsaken country, cancel your flights. Especially if you aren’t white. Wait until this shit is over. It’s not worth it.

Professors & university staff were targeted & fired for less than this just a few months ago.

This is the quintessence of narcissistic sociopathy. And just plain stupidity. From @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:

From “envy of the world” to stagflation in two years.

Watching the movie "Wargames". Remember when government stupidity was funny?

Chicago wind gauge

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Since it seems like we're on newspaper opinion section discourse again: They are a vestigial limb of a time that's long over. Opinion is *everywhere* now, the water we all swim in. And, frankly, we've become so media illiterate now that opinion's existence does lasting harm to the reporting work.

This is the kind of thing a rich CEO says at the beginning of a science fiction movie to establish for the audience that he is a sociopath and the villain.

Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles

Bullshit till it happens. click.e.usatoday.com?qs=eyJkZWtJZ...

Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte

Fact

My friend Eric Zorn refers to Trump as a "childish, vindictive buffoon." I'm rather fond of my own trope, "liar, bully, fraud and traitor," though see the appeal of his. Which do you prefer? 1. Donald Trump, "childish, vindictive buffoon." or 2. Donald Trump, "liar, bully, fraud and traitor"

Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event

A gentle reminder that many states —including Illinois — allow you to obtain body cam footage through FOIA if you’re the subject of the encounter.

Read This!!

This is, quite frankly, complete bullshit. I’ve received more criticism, harassment, and — at one point — calls for my death in the past six months of criticizing this administration than I did in an entire FBI career of investigations, operations, and arrests. And I never wore a goddamn mask.

This is f-ing outstanding. Bruce pulling zero punches.

So it took the murder of a white man carrying a legally registered gun for personal protection to finally make some Republicans wake the fuck up? The murder of Renee Good wasn't enough I guess because she was a woman and gay. I'll take victories where we can, but none of this shit is ok!!!!!!!!! 🤬

The CBP agent pushes a woman onto the ground and peppers sprays her, the man is trying to protect her from them and help her up, which they respond to by pepper spraying him, tackling him, and then shooting him from behind. It’s one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever seen happen in America

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin Luther King Jr.

"[E]ven if Ross’s deadly force was justified in the moment he fired his weapon, what much of the nation has now seen was not professionalized or situationally appropriate law enforcement. It was a series of incredibly bad choices leading to an unnecessary death," writes @michael-feinberg.bsky.social

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

A thing that you can do right now to support your community is to download and install the SIGNAL messaging app and learn how to use it *before* ICE/CBP attacks your city. signal.org

Trump: "when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election" That's it, that's all of it. Remember this when ICE patrols are sent to monitor voting sites for "illegals" come November.