All a preemptive pardon is is documentation of intent to commit a crime, and should be treated as such.

The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.

Propaganda. We thought that it was gauche and problematic to have government propaganda about public accomplishments and so people forgot about them. People consistently like the military more than ‘the government’ and you know what a large part of that is? They have an advertising budget.

This is basically the core misery at the heart of the current RW movement. A complete lack of human feelings or emotions, just raw unfiltered sociopathic behavior the entire way down.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

Vine is back?!

Alright, Intellectual Zambonis, have at it.

I remember in 2016 when talk of Mar a Lago as “the winter White House” was ramping up, and just how fully he Didn’t Get it in that equation. Of course now I see that his interest is in the WH as the Mid-Atlantic Mar a Lago: something classic with history, refashioned into something gaudy and tacky.

I’ve long thought Trump is good at picking fights that benefit him politically but the fact he’s fighting right now to starve Americans is making me reassess

The easiest political layup for Democrats in recent memory. That’s even compared to a lot of other easy layups.

So, they rushed to SCOTUS to get relief from having to do the thing they're already doing but don't want to do, and by the way that thing is feeding people. Like, are they expecting the court to vacate the TRO and greenlight them clawing back money?

Politics came for healthcare and the only way to fight back is by getting political. So proud to be one of many doctors running for office this cycle and so grateful for @314action.bsky.social and their support. 🇺🇸

In the early 2000s, a group of writers wanted to write a parody of an oppressive, corporate fascist society, and this was the premise they chose because of the absurdity.

Great numbers in California for Prop 50. Dems are turning OUT and people are fired up. Let’s go LA & OC, YES on 50.

So much of modern right wing behavior feels like pure, unmotivated contrarianism. Just “do the opposite of what people who annoy me say”.

"Trump’s 21st century eugenics — from ending diversity programs in colleges or the workplace to the obsession with finding the pill or shot or whatever that has made some kids 'not normal' — is the unifying force of his dictatorship."

Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare. I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛 #NoHunger

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

The thing these guys don’t realize is that most people, including men, already do talk in private pretty much the same way they do in private, and they’re the exceptions.

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

I’m not trading the replies because I follow rules but I have a hunch

I don't know, I'm in two different group chats that have been going on for several years and somehow we have all managed not to say racist things or use slurs or stan Hitler even once.

For all they grouse about being allowed to post the Ten Commandments in schools, I wonder how they would feel about schools posting the Bill of Rights?

"sir a second Nazi groupchat infodump has hit Politico"

Looking for some grounding after the Charlie Kirk assassination, I picked up DeLillo’s “Underworld,” but didn’t find quite the book I had set out to look for, but something better. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/writers-an...

The WH demolition is such a slap in the face that I feel like Washingtonians are going to have to drag their giant copy of the Constitution and zillions of American flags back to the streets NEXT weekend. Can’t you give people a week off

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

You know, he’s destroyed so much already before the building, but this is still really hard to look at.

She’s going to flame out SO fast and it’s going to be hilarious.

Listen up, Pennsylvanians, we have a very important judicial retention election this year. Make sure your voice counts! Check your registration status. Register to vote if you’re not yet registered. And make sure you turn out and get your friends to turn out! 🗳️

Nuance and complexity are a fundamentally more ethical way to view the world than broad, “bold” stances because it accounts for more individual humanity and more care in communicating in a way that does not harm.

I think its genuinely a virtue to accept that you could be wrong about anything and kill the part of yourself that needs to always be seen as correct and smarter than others on any given topic

Exactly this. The “prosecute political opponents” issue has become a one-sided damage issue for Dems. Trump does it unapologetically, all the while covering for all manner of actual crime in his party. So Dems become timid to prosecute actual crime while the GOP gains cover. Just prosecute crime!

[Exit King.]

bro did you just challenge portland to express oppositional defiance in competitively creative ways bro

Today is a great day to block leftwing accelerationists! (Or people who pose as them.)

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

And thus, the libs were thoroughly owned.

Where we stand, in long arc of history: -Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people. -Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites. I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

The thing that keeps hitting me about this story is how it’s a twofold story about lacking empathy. On one, it’s people simply not caring about others, hating them. On the second, they’re so un-empathetic that they can’t even imagine that other people DO care, and believe all caring is performance.

If you have never been to a protest before, and you’re nervous about going to no Kings, but you wanna go, comment below with your concerns. And if you’ve protested, read the comments, and if you find one that you can alleviate their concern, reply. Hopefully this will get more people to attend!

Two more members of a Young Republican group chat strewn with racist epithets and hateful jokes stepped down from their jobs Tuesday after we published an exclusive report on the Telegram exchanges.

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Even against the very low baseline of the national GOP, the Oregon GOP distinguishes itself by being uniquely angry, violent, and stupid. So, so stupid.

where does this $20B come from?

I definitely think Sinclair and Nexstar made this return an even bigger deal by trying to limit access. They make Trump look even weaker — and their decision more brazenly political.