Let's also call it what it is... they know what they are supporting is deeply unpopular and evil, which says more about them than anything and living on military bases keeps them from being publicly protested because they are snowflakes.

So they're kneecapping their workers' ability to do their job, by forcing them to drop everything to weird customers out

a $3 (think they were actually $2 back then) pack of Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies was the one "luxury" we could (usually) justify in our firm $35 grocery budget jesus fucking christ, people who would argue against the poor having even the slightest joys should rot in the deepest pits of hell

hey guys isn't it weird how they're all saying this at the same time? ignore the fact that this is now happening with Tyler Cowen, an economist who sits at the center of a sprawling system of think tanks and policy "influencers" who have been laundered into DC with both Koch and SV VC money

Long thread there, probably needs refined. If you're curious - I think Nazi Germany was a type 3-3.5. Mussolini's Italy was a high type 2. Francoist Spain was type 2. The US? Currently at about a type 1.8. We're not fully consumed by fascism yet, but the chances to turn the tide are closing.

I keep thinking about how you'd define this, because we have the whole "X steps to fascism" "signs of fascism rising" things, but we don't have a lot to define when you're actually *in* fascism and what those stages look like. I think doing something like the Kardashev Scale would be appropriate.

And that's the secret to all those rich people saying they move if we tax them. No they wouldn't for the same reason your uncle never picked up the guitar when he said the divorce will give him more free time. It was just gas to get sympathy.

I'm not really a conspiracy minded person, and most kids i meet these days are way smarter than i was at their age, but there seems to be a deliberate effort to make kids reliant on AI to make them dumber, more pliable and less critical of any information given to them

currently very glad i took next week off work. i'm in the middle of one of those chronic illness symptom shifts where you're simultaneously experiencing old symptoms AND dealing with new ones and lemme tell y'all ya girl ain't doin great.

The Capitol is throwing parties while the Districts starve

It should be legal to bow-hunt these people for sport.

Trying very hard not to think about how many people the net worth of that room could feed right now...

yeah i got one of these, this shit is the lowest tier of low-tier bait. don't click that shit. report and move on. i don't know how this shit even makes it past spam filters.

if any of yall get a message like this, for the love of all heavens do NOT click on the link in general if you get any messages saying that your account is or will be suspended asking you to change the mail adress or to click on a link to fix it, IT IS A SCAM

you know, one of those days i'm gonna do the "can i come over" joke and someone's gonna say "yeah sure" and then i'm really gonna show up somehow and shenanigans are going to be afoot i'm making it a life goal to make this happen

It’s getting harder to tell the difference between Mar-a-Lago and the White House.

So, so many stores could be built like this. Modern convenience doesn't require urban sprawl. We can live better, more integrated lives, with stronger communities, without needing cars for every single place we go. This exists. Right now. We can do better.

It’s still 48+ more hours that people will starve. I wonder, for how many people is that gonna be life and death? Because i promise you the number is not zero.

I think we're genuinely flirting with a societal rupture and I'm not sure I want to experience that

...i need a cold shower and to rethink my life for a second, oh god

Justice Jackson letting Trump take SNAP (for a maximum of 48 hours before further ruling).

i'm very curious to see what happens when the supreme court grants this (as they probably will) to the states that have already approved distributions. because they just spent federal money that hasn't been disbursed, so... yeah shit's about to get ugly and weird legally.

i thought i was about as white as it gets, but i'm apparently not too white to understand that variety's fuckin' stupid here

your country should be massively overprovisioned for food and electricity or you have done it wrong

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

Oh my god they are hopping scotus will tell them they don't have to feed starving people. That's where we are at. The President of the United States is asking the Supreme Court to let him refuse to feed his starving citizens. That is where we are at.

The Trump administration tells the Supreme Court it can’t be compelled to fully fund SNAP because paying out the money would “irreparably harm” the government, while SNAP beneficiaries … *won’t* be irreparably harmed by going hungry? The balance of equities here is completely upside down.

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

More creators need to keep calling out how shit AI is

they’re really trying their hardest to not release the epstein files it’s crazy

Every time I see this room it blows me away anew how fucking ugly it is

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

Rosa @delauro.house.gov is one of the only House offices with the deep expertise necessary here, she is the top Dem House appropriator and a genuine champion for poor folks — "until that money ends up in people's pockets, this nightmare is not over."

Yes - I'm in a hurry and didn't correct the spelling of my own last name

if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.

trainsition to greatness

This company shouldn't exist.

Started using this knot on the day this was posted and it’s genuinely changed my life

He coasted on the Obama economy while this time opted to intentionally destroy the Biden economy

We’re at war?

i'mma be real with y'all this was the nicest thing the democrats could possibly offer, it was a genuinely politically good deal, and seeing the Republicans reject it just makes them the absolute villain.

And now you all understand why Schumer made that offer publicly. They all knew this was going to be the GOP response. It's making them own the shutdown even more, just as air travel cuts are being made.

Pretty remarkable this shit show turned into another blue state shake down

the supreme court probably wants to overturn my marriage but sure, i can get you those slides today they won’t let me renew my passport anymore but sure, i can review your ai slop code sixth circuit says misgendering trannies is cool but sure, i can be on call during thanksgiving

It’s always the ones you most suspect.

They’re finally starting to fucking get it. Miracles do happen.

am I gonna keep reposting this cute Cloud in a dress from last year ? you bet I will

New entry in the “worst password rules possible” contest, I’m struggling like a MOTHERFUCKER on this one.

Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants. Appeasers.

philanthropy is the insurance rich people pay to the public to not be fed to a guillotine maybe its not a good time to skimp on guillotine insurance