BUILD 👏 THE 👏 WALL 👏 (around the reflecting pool)

Have you considered that if those kids were so hungry, they could use their own family's slave labor profits to pretend to be a trillionaire inventor as well? Fake news.

Saying a billionaire can't be bought is like saying a lion won't eat you because they just ate your friend recently

I think Zohran Mamdani just standing there smiling is now Jonathan Greenblatt's sleep paralysis demon

Constitutional crisis? Nah, a crisis would imply a struggle, this is a constitutional collapse

Word on the street is, Carville is quitting the Democratic Party to pursue his former passion -- building penny-farthing bicycles

The smartest people to have ever lived still know very little about almost everything. You could meet the theoretical smartest person in history and teach them all about your hobby, or passion, or job, etc. No one knows most things about most things; embrace not knowing. Discovery is beautiful.

Every day we wake up slightly deeper in a pit, then we spend all day trying to convince our own people to just STOP fucking digging. Getting out of this mess is going to be exhausting, if even possible.

This is an example of the goalposts moving in real-time; he is admitting that the current regime is so blatantly unlawful that Watergate wouldn't even make a splash (heh) in today's news cycle. As much as it hurts to say, I agree with him here. Nixon didn't get better -- they have just gotten worse.

So they ran in a Democratic party primary, and Democrat voters chose them as the candidates to run on the Democratic party's ticket, but they aren't "real Democrats"? Wow, and they wonder why they are losing touch with people. The Dem establishment is allergic to winning elections.

Minor One Piece spoilers, mixed with an irresponsible amount of speculation ahead..

Access to pretty much all of humanity's accumulated knowledge has led millions into the jaws of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Many would be better off internalizing "I don't know" about most subjects than thinking they have the answers after a thirty second internet search. Your phone is not an expert.

Joe Krogan

Maybe the dumbest bit that still seems to have purchase in American politics is “that really rich guy can’t be bought!” I assure you, his wealth is *proof* that he can be bought, despite a weird elite class of Americans who want you to believe they won their fortunes in single combat or something

qtp with a character that permanently altered your brain chemistry

Hi. On today’s episode, @maryhoulie.bsky.social joins the News Friends to talk about Trump’s indifference to Americans’ financial situations, his reflecting pool, and his lawsuit against the IRS. They also dig into the very annoying Los Angeles mayor race. Link: youtu.be/5pRKODeGUGw

Coworking space owner: “So it’s your company but you let the employees tell you what to spend money on?” Me: “I’m really into this non-hierarchical framework for running companies. Have you heard of anarchism?”

Don Jr should be in charge of counter terrorism; I'm pretty sure every flat surface is terrified of him

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - LBJ

What are they worried about? Losing an election? A guaranteed way to lose power is to do nothing.

Once fascism takes hold (it has), then fascism is the status quo. We have a two party system in which both parties benefit from maintaining this status quo. Democrats aren't your friends, they are just slightly more polite adversaries. They aren't going to help us, because this is what they want.

Yup. Ignore it and do it.

Have you tried dipping it in the pool and then back out again

Gutting the VRA with this regime in power because it's "no longer needed" is like putting away your umbrella during a downpour because you aren't getting wet

So the USPS is not secure enough to safely mail ballots, but IS secure enough to mail guns? If you're trying to lower political violence, giving people easier access to weapons while making access to their constitutional rights harder seems to directly contradict that goal.

“You will never find justice in a world where criminals make the rules.” — Bob Marley

They steal from you, and then get mad when you don't politely ask for your things back. Take it back. Don't ask, or apologize. It's yours, and they never had permission to take it in the first place. We have to fight. There is no one coming to save us.

The torrent of emotions I am experiencing are all doing their best to cancel each other out, as my toxic masculinity prevents me from properly processing any of them individually. I am equally angry, saddened, and supremely disappointed in my country today.

Less looksmaxxing, more booksmaxxing. Is this anything?

It's a setup to steal the 2028 election www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Tucker Carlson sounds like he laughs in italics

Sure, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey looks epic... But this will always and forever be the definitive adaptation. #Scriptsky

Apparently the One Piece was the ownership rights for Info Wars all along

Wizard's initial response to the Unionisation efforts of it's Magic digital team is bad. Please don't mess this up. Solidarity for the workers, and find a petition below to show your support.

BREAKING: Global Sumud Flotilla reports that last night Israeli naval forces intercepted, boarded, and disabled and destroyed various boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla in a violent raid in international waters. 1/2

Calm Like a Bomb // Coachella, 19 years ago today

It's being used as such a frequent distraction that we should call it the Stallroom

If he invites Kavanaugh, then it's a bawlroom

ball(room) is life

He heard there was a comedy dinner where guests had chances to "take shots at the president" and simply misunderstood

Let me guess, it's "too soon" to discuss gun control, but they can say "this is why we need a ballroom" before the gun is even cool

My area just voted to not renew their contract with Flock; the statement says the cameras will be removed sometime in early summer. I'll believe it when I see it, but it's no doubt a result of the many locals who showed up to express their skepticism or disapproval. Good job, folks. Small wins.

Hi. In today's episode of Some More News, we're looking at Polymarket, Kalshi, and other prediction markets – how they work, how easily they are gamed, and the (very obvious) dangers of having society bet on everything. Link: youtu.be/0_ItmnR9r_g

What do you call an anti-vax content creator? An influenza

I've held off on being vocal about it, but my last major goal as a guy who plays Wizard Poker with my friends is to get a Play Button. Apologies for the next 5 to 10 months of me saying "Subscribe to The Spike Feeders." Whenever feasible.

Hi. On today's episode, we look at what Donald Trump can legally do to try to gunk up the midterm elections, and what other non-legal stuff he'll try to do anyway. Link: youtu.be/REytNnPH6Fo

JD missed a golden opportunity to say that they "couched discussions"

Just Don't Vance