Very hard not to conclude that the Dem messaging strategy of focusing on healthcare has been highly successful at shaping public impressions of the shutdown fight so far despite being hated on here to the point that major accounts were actively adopting GOP framing to attack it

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

I bet this place grows significantly again once the 2026 election season takes off.

Certain leftist influencers only care about making sure Democrats lose, but it's pretty clearly also true for a certain type of centrist blogger. Nate Silver is the poster boy, but he's far from the only one. He literally only writes posts bashing Democrats.

How am I just learning about The Good Lord Bird? You're telling me they made a high budget John Brown TV show and I missed it?

I signed the Harper's letter to show I was brave enough to stand up to the left on free speech. But I've decided that I'm not brave enough to stand up to the right about it.

Sure Fascism is bad, but if I RSVP to that protest a political party that's fighting Fascism will send me spam texts so it actually makes sense to do nothing. I'm being prudent if you really think about it.

The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…

Concerning the protest email discourse, if you have ever donated to a Democratic political campaign, your name is already on a list they submit to the government with your personal information, some of which becomes then public. If you're at all politically involved, they already know.

So between this and the charging document it sounds like he was a pretty normal person who snapped. It also seems pretty obvious that the FBI lied about a ton of shit for political reasons.

We love to see it

It seems pretty obvious to me that Kirk's death probably won't matter at all for the 2026 election. The American people didn't care that some loon took a shot at Trump, why would they care about an influencer known for being intentionally grating?

i burned a capcut free trial to make this

2013 some guy told vicious lies about his ex-girlfriend sleeping with reviewers to get good reviews for her free text based videogame about depression. 2025 that same type of dude assassinated a pundit and now the president wants to usher in fascism. These things shouldn't be related yet they are.

The reactions to Charlie Kirk's death on the festering husk of Twitter really disprove the people who keep defending that place. It's a massive right wing propaganda machine. You can literally go see Matt Y and Richard Hanania shouting into the hurricane of misinformation.

my wife: (shouting down to the basement) hey me: (shouting up the stairs) yeah what’s up my wife: (still shouting) did you forget to create one hundred thousand jobs last month ?? me: (no longer shouting) oh shit oh fuck

James O'Keefe is a rat-fucker, but that DoJ story is pure Glonzo. Dems should run with it.

Americans’ rights are being trampled on by Trump and his billionaire buddies.

hoes on my grains

Matt's entire shtick is getting into fights with like 3 weirdos and then complaining about it. Then when normal people point out that his shtick is annoying, he generalizes the 3 weirdos opinions onto everyone who's calling him annoying.

That David Shor screenshot just reads like he's mad people are making jokes. God forbid people have fun on the internet David.

(I know that’s actually not a permanent solution and pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy in the long run, but there was nothing I could do about it now.)

I'm sorry to say that ACAB includes Sonic the Hedgehog.

This is how I feel every time I encounter a zoomer trend. I will not judge, but it requires conscious effort.

Union station, DC

Herdling is so good! The music and the vibe are so perfect beginning to end.

I don't know what these guys in Herdling are, but each one is my precious child aftermath.site/herdling-demo

I'm watching Shin Kamen Rider. They just take the silly Saturday morning cartoon premise 100% seriously and that rocks.

Solo director Ron Howard has recalled the advice George Lucas gave him about making a Star Wars movie — that the franchise's audience is primarily "12-year-old boys." bit.ly/4mirD5u

Discussion about user growth feels out of step with this place. Bluesky is good because it's less like all the other skinner box social media.

yeag no shit theyre too long for that

this is how men listen to de la soul

You’re essentially sitting alone in a room with Ian Miles Cheong, the unbroken silence lays heavy between you, he begins to play the guitar

i resent the right wing for inexplicably turning such anodyne ideas as ‘sydney sweeney is hot’ and ‘cane sugar tastes good in soda’ into ammunition in history’s stupidest culture war

Looking under the couch cushions for revenue while cutting taxes on the rich. Make it make sense!

I finished Avowed. In some ways it feels very like Kotor 2. There are some flaws, but the whole is greater than the parts.

Omg, check out Jerome Powell’s reactions to everything coming out of Trump’s mouth lol Trump is so embarrassing.

DeSantis is heckled at an event today

I'm not sure if anyone has ever been as correct as @regmonkey.bsky.social was about pedo con theory.

Every time I open Twitter to see someone's posts I am overwhelmed by how much of what gets posted there is just Nazi propaganda and tech scams. That website is unusable.

Whooo boy. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...

I might need to replace my car, so I was looking at that $10 auto loan interest deduction more closely and it turns out it's only new cars. Dumb as hell.

I feel like we owe Kojima an apology because he’s like “This is my villain, Corrupto Moneyguy. He controls the media and eats children.” As it turns out, this is a nuanced and accurate view of global politics.

"Brain Hopper" Shadow Hearts (1999)

Trump is Glonzo is the only rational metamessage of any responsible national Democratic campaign in 26 or 28 That thing you hate? Trump created it and/or made it worse That thing you like? Restricted, made expensive, made terrible by Trump Those wrinkles? Trump did that. Personally.

It's entirely possible that this was edited for an innocuous reason, but only this Whitehouse would be stupid enough to do it and pretend they didn't.

It's not just Epstein stuff. Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration's failure to fulfill its promises. Here's what they're saying: