“In my private conversations, these good people have assured me that Cloud City will maintain its sovereignty. Han will not be turned over to a bounty hunter, Leia and Chewbacca will be free to come and go as they please.”

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In office hours I had a freshman writing a five-page paper, a junior doing independent research, a senior working on her thesis, and a grad student discussing dissertation plans. The same basic ideas about structure and argument kept coming up regardless of the size and scope of their projects.

Dude deserved to get Reacher'd

Again, Democrats should run on investigating, prosecuting and convicting all this stuff. None of this "look forward to heal the nation" no "avoid the appearance of a partisan revenge spree". People are breaking laws and the next government needs to send a message that will be remembered.

Some very disturbing questions from the Republican-appointed justices in today's Supreme Court arguments—definitely several votes to strike down laws in 30 states which count mail ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day, as long as they're cast by Election Day. Not what I was hoping to hear.

I think it is really important for us to understand just how big of a defeat the We Are All Charlie Kirk thing was, because I don't feel like there has been much writing about the larger meaning of it

Constant mood: I don't want *more* competent fascists. But I reserve the right to feel insulted by how allergic to competence they are.

So, the easiest way to achieve the main goal of the war would have been not to start the war

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How can this go on for another 3 years?

Your reminder that John Cena holds the record for granting the most wishes for the Make-a-Wish Foundation by a considerable margin.

She was driving her suitcase straight toward me. My life passed before my eyes.

I don't normally subscribe to the "German has a word for it" thing because all languages can invent and borrow new words! That said, I can't stop thinking about "hobbyless" as an insult since I saw it a few days ago, so here you go It promotes a growth mindset!! www.tumblr.com/abbiistabbii...

Health insurance from a spouse/partner's job is a constant refrain here. Medicaid for All is a comics issue.

Absolutely this. They need to rein in the executive and reorganize the judiciary as well.

Enjoy the World Cup, visitors from around the world. I hope you don’t end up in El Salvador.

The right will try to repeat their lies that the Mueller Report "exonerated Trump" or "proved Russiagate was a hoax," but it did no such thing. It was a damning account of Trump's corruption by a foreign power, whose impact was limited by a cowardly Congress and complicit press.

I'm not a political consultant but i feel like dems could probably get a lot of leverage out of pushing for green technologies that would wean the us off being dependent on oil in this particular moment

Maybe this is judgmental (actually, it's definitely judgmental), but if people are calling you the "father of modern cheerleading"? And you are not gay? That is the most SUS **** IN THE WORLD! I'm sitting right in on practice because I am not leaving my daughter alone with you, bruh.

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Someday...

It is quite telling that since the horrific story of Cesar Chavez re: sexual abuse broke earlier this week and calls to change the names of schools and other public spaces named in his honor, not one conservative voice has stepped forward to object that this would be tantamount to erasing history.

@nome.bsky.social You should at least consider your next campaign involving an interdimensional Waffle House bsky.app/profile/drsk...

Art by Tom Fowler #MatterEaterLad

Peter Thiel—who played a key role in JD Vance's conversion to Catholicism—just cannot stop talking about the Antichrist. He just took his Antichrist circus to Rome, where an advisor to the Pope exposed the true meaning of Thiel’s bizarre religious delusions. www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiels...

reshare for alt text, republicans and rich people who want to privatize mail have been lying about the USPS and trying to push this narrative longer than I've been alive, and imposing massive financial burdens on it to make it "insolvent"

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The NBC News story about Corey Lewandowski is very important. The GEO Group-related claims are astounding, and later reporting in the story suggests that those allegations were not some one-time thing. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Gothardism creates child predation and especially exploitation of girls. It was founded by a predator and persists because it thrives on predation. ew.com/19-kids-and-...

WHOA. Lewandowski is accused of demanding fees from a private prison company to steer them ICE contracts, at a time when he was widely known to be running DHS on Kristi Noem's behalf, then punishing them when they didn't pay up. Congress should conduct a full and bipartisan investigation into this.

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️

Democratic consultants: To replicate Mamdani’s success with the young people we must appeal to their short attention spans with memes and TikTok Mamdani (actual quote): In the fifth century in what we now know as Ireland, a British warlord named Coroticus had laid waste to the countryside

Once again: The common denominators between Trump and the Republican Congress destroying the economy during Trump's first term and Trump and the Republican Congress destroying the economy during Trump's second term are Trump and the Republican Congress.

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

HASSAN: If a masked ICE agent kills an American citizen, should local law enforcement be allowed to investigate and hold that agent accountable? MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Unfortunately, local law enforcement isn't supposed to be investigating federal HASSAN: Your answer would make ICE unaccountable

This is the conservative pitch to most Americans: Sure, you might be suffering as a result of our policies, but other people -- people who are different from you, people you don't like -- they're suffering a lot more than you, so it all works out.

Court: "Are you here for moral support? Because you're not going to speak." Off to a great start!

NEW: Two senior MOD whistleblowers with inside knowledge of Palantir's systems have come forward to @thenerve.news to say government ministers are ignorant of the grave national security risks the technology poses. Hugely important by @charlienotold.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

Yeah what concerns me is price volatility is pretty normal for fertilizers, especially N. And yet US farmers seem 100% unprepared for it. We've got a lot of farmers that keep complaining fertilizer costs too much, & still don't have a good manure or cover crop plan. That bears discussion!

Beautiful statement from Ayman Odeh, Palestinian MK and head of Hadash-Taal. For those who do not read Hebrew, I will translate:

I served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training for three years before the office was disestablished last year. I owned the policy on professional military education for all five services. I have listened to Secretary Hegseth's announcement. I have thoughts. 🧵

I don’t know dude. If James Baldwin was able to write all his work while his friends were being assassinated by the FBI, and while he was living in terror as a gay Black man … then maybe you can write without using A.I.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Shouldn't be rare to see this said by a US senator