David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

Lololololol. Perfection.

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

President Pritzker is going to get record ratings when he takes a wrecking ball to that ballroom on prime time TV.

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

Really want to see the good folks of Illinois protesting ICE dipshits w/ signs saying this now that shutdown is in place (good folks will ofc be more clever/witty) "Oh hey, so you're willing to sell your soul FOR FREE now? No wonder you worship Trump -- you're as bad at business models as he is."

My daughter has been riding the subway since she was 5 and she loves it because she isn't a scared loser like McClains daughter

Legit laughed out loud for like 20 seconds at this. Thank you, I needed it.

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

We all know the truth about what happened to Amelia Earhart and now they’re finally gonna admit it.

Ladybird has been in shelter at Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center for FIVE YEARS. She only weighs 48 lbs and is a very good girl . Please, please share. Someone out there can give her the home she deserves. More info about her here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fug...

“.. I absolutely couldn’t care less what he [Trump] thinks about me … He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.” @time.com time.com/7319963/bruc...

Jesus Houdini Christ, this is great.

Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.

Yeah, I had to try three sites to cancel Disney+ but the runaround only made me more determined to do it.

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Total props to South Korea on this. Come kick our asses, we deserve it on this one (and on so many other things). ::applause::

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

Please stop calling it a "political assassination."Charlie Kirk wasn't elected to anything, and calling it that elevates him to something he wasn't. It was not an assassination. It was a murder.

So. Fucking. True.

Not 1 voter, not 1 single fucking voter, gives 2 shits about "bipartisanship" -- not one. Not a Dem voter, & sure as shit not a Rep voter. This is a fucking war between good & evil. Not even an exaggeration. To those in Dem leadership: fucking act like it, FFS. (sadly, won't hold my breath.)

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Cheering you all on from MN!

I SEE NEITHER CHEWIN NOR LICKIN THIS CAT IS GUARDIN THAT CHICKEN CASE CLOSE

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

Are vaccines safe? Let's ask this guy who sounds like a dying refrigerator compressor

New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.

We had a horrific emergency involving our kids today and right now I'm just sitting at my computer in a daze and in shock. Thankfully they are okay but others are less fortunate.

god. damn.

I often guard against stanning a political figure, for any number of reasons, but goddamn I love this guy. And I live like 14 states away and can't vote for him, but please, Please, PLEASE let more Dems follow his lead for so many things -- engagement, humor, love of their city, all of it. <3

This x 1000000000000000000000.

💯💯💯💯💯💯 Pritzker is the real deal & I sure hope he runs in 2028. Would enjoy seeing Walz in there as well. (god, dare I wish for a Pritzker/Walz (or Walz/Pritzker) ticket? It seems too much to hope for.) Newsom, on the other hand, can fuck right the hell off, then fuck off some more.

We could have had this man as a VP. A kind, gentle, grandpa-vibes guy helping guide us through the world. Instead.... ::gestures at the general fuck-uppery going on now:: What the hell...

Would be a real shame if either a) every resident stayed indoors all night, or b) every resident lined the route, holding "Release the Epstein Files" signs.

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

lololololol. #SOFUCKINGTRUE

This type of thing, all day long. These scared little babies need to be made fun of every minute of every day, in every way possible.

We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

If you live in DC and are active on normie social media sites, you should be flooding the zone with videos of boring peaceful life in the city.