passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

You should still impeach her, because via impeachment you can bar her from being a federal officer

Screaming

i really don't think Hegseth realized the diplomatic consequences of that strike

the rejection of international binding rules and an impersonal international order built on the fundamental equality of peoples and nations was (and is) a cornerstone of fascism

This is actually a more humane response than we’ve gotten from either the United States (“we’re investigating”) or Israel (“they bombed themselves”).

The kind of headline that used to be career or even administration ending.

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist. He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

The breathtaking stupidity of saying "we destroyed their nuclear capabilities" a few months ago only to pivot to "they were two days from having THE BOMB" is absolutely stunning. They are the Miles Davis of stupid, forever capable of stripping stupid down to its roots and reinventing it.

It is wild to me that DOGE/Musk could dismantle so much of the government in just a few months from a combination of anti-regulatory personal greed and fascism-tinged stupidity and no one will ever face any consequence for it.

Crockett concedes: “This morning I called James and congratulated him on becoming the Senate nominee. Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person.” (Statement via NBC’s Priscilla Thompson)

Hey, that's not fair. There are also people with inside information manipulating the betting pools to take the addicts' money.

This is a good piece, but I am struck by how he explains that Trump's brazenness has taken every 'congress must authorize' and turned it into 'congress needs a super-majority to stop.' And I think the solution, to be frank, is in 2029 to put administration officials on trial for their illegality.

Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

We updated our record of people immigration agents have killed or caused to die since Trump took office in January 2025. As of today, agents have killed at least 28 people in the field and 48 people in custody.

what the fuck is going on

No spoilers, but the final scene of #Shrinking s3e6 has me feeling anxious

Completely depraved

I know that the people who need to read this aren’t here, but here goes: Rules of engagement aren’t for the enemy. They’re for you. They’re for your soldiers when they’re captured or wounded. They’re for your civilians when they’re in range of the enemy. They’re for your allies, to reassure.

Absolutely ridiculous that Republicans (minus Paul, plus Fetterman) all lined up to defend Trump's ability to do an end-run around Congress and just start a war unilaterally. Cowards.

"[The Congress shall have Power ...] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water" Apparently nowadays we only have two branches of government.

Both of my grandfathers served in WW2 before other careers really started. One became a lawyer, did stints at the IRS and FBI, then ran an insurance agency. The other became a butcher with a sideline of being a firefighter, before eventually owning his own deli/catering operation

If Stoutland were still the O-line coach, the Eagles bringing Becton back on a cheap one year deal would be plenty intriguing. He had a very good 2024 for the Birds, and the Eagles need depth at both guard and tackle

Wondering if the fancy bedroom on the tricked-out 737 Noem bought for DHS for "deportation flights" has a cuckold chair

Asked by Congress whether Corey Lewandowski has “a role in approving contracts” at DHS, Sec. Kristi Noem said: “No.” Internal DHS records reviewed by @propublica.org show Lewandowski personally approved a multimillion-dollar equipment contract last summer. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Trending topics on Bluesky, apparently. Amused by how "Horror Writing" could include writing about any of the other four topics 😎

What exactly is “shameful” about Congress taking its constitutional duties seriously?

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000 miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

i genuinely can’t believe they didn’t plan for this, but that’s sure what it’s starting to look like. i have to believe every iran war plan since the 1970s had detailed contingencies for the strait of hormuz, but for some reason, we just aren’t executing them?

'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad. "The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

So in other words, Trump is just Netanyahu’s bitch

guessing we’re tapping the strategic petroleum reserve again even though it’s down ~50% from pre-Russian invasion levels and oil is $70 a barrel. guys it’s supposed to be for emergencies not whenever you get scared your foreign policy is unpopular

A woman’s ex boyfriend, who is a cop, threatens to shoot her Women are at the highest risk for being killed when they try to leave a relationship. She calls 911 for help & the Police Chief WARNS the boyfriend instead. Boyfriend opened fire on her car We aren’t angry enough.

Ah yes, the great theories of international relations. 1. Realism. 2. Liberalism. 3. We have never before reached the FO state of FAFO and are thus supremely confident we can keep the FA up indefinitely with no consequences whatsoever. Plus, shit exploding is great content. Let's fucking goooooo!

The man had his lifelong dream come true and said "no wait not like this!"

I’m sorry, our president is so fucking stupid that he didn’t realize Iran might escalate with attacks against its Arab neighbors??

you know, this is why you should not elect people who have never once learned anything about anything

Raytheon Executive: I know you’re skeptical about buying American again. But hear me out. The MIM-104 Patriot is the only surface to air missile system with a proven track record of success against the US Air Force. Danish Defense Minister: Continue.

There have been plenty of muddled and at times outright false justifications offered by presidents for past American wars, but it's something different to have no coherent rationale at all, no comprehensible stated goal, and no meaningful attempt to rally public opinion.

It makes me genuinely angry how these fuckers try to manipulate the public. They pulled it just two months ago, too, with Venezuela. "Oh, so you support Maduro?!?!" No, fuck off. I support us staying the fuck out of dumbshit wars.

These neocon shitheads: 1) got us into the Iraq War 2) got 4500 soldiers killed and burned trillions for very little 3) now want us to just trust them on Iran Put them in a B-52 and drop them on Tehran.

An illegal, unnecessary, and expanding regional war—due to the whims of one man.

The Pod Save America crew are every bit as brain addled as the Young Turks crew.

Right now I am leaning towards the concept that our own President is more of a danger to this country than any other country is.

Everyone knows a civilized nation just pushes its victims out of a high window or poisons them with radiation. Come on, people, this is Dictatorship 101

Shia when there's a big gay:

OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons. openai.com/index/our-ag...

It's a threepeat! Congratulations to the quiz bowl team from Chipola College for their win at the 2026 Community College Championship Tournament. Fun fact: this is Chipola's second threepeat; they also won the 2011, 2012, and 2013 CCCTs. #naqt #quizbowl #ccct #communitycollege