hey, remember: don't eat anything and don't breathe

Todd Blanches at nothing

The US Senate. The greatest assisted living facility in the nation www.politico.com/cartoons/202...

Pat Oliphant, The greatest political cartoonist of the 20th century died yesterday. He was a genius. 😞

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...

Not @theonion.com

Come, One and All! Witness the Amazing Disappearing Legislative Branch! (For more details, please contact the White House).

It’s not a “minefield” is just rank corruption. Speak plainly please.

JUST POSTED: Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...

Fascinating little country with a bizarre government high in the mountains....

Collins doesn’t have to accuse ICE of murder. She doesn’t have to say it needs to be defunded. She could just say that her heart goes out to the family as she awaits results of the investigation. Angus King, meanwhile.. 3/

Current state of our system of checks and balances is completely broken.

Monday. Tuesday. @politico.com

The sudden death of Lindsey Graham, perhaps the most effective hawk in the modern Republican Party, has created a vacuum among supporters of an assertive American foreign policy. America First leaders see an opening to advance their cause.

New article details how Trump’s former campaign consultant Brad Parscale is running an Israeli influence op in the US where a group of right-wing influencers are being paid to push pro-Israel content on social media.

hear that guys? entirely new war. total reboot of the franchise, nothing before this is canon.

Lindsey Graham’s Will Orders Estate To Start War With Azerbaijan https://theonion.com/lindsey-grahams-will-orders-estate-to-start-war-with-azerbaijan/

The new voter suppression bill—called the "Save America Act"—would require 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates to register to vote. Most don't have these documents. This is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote

NEWS: Listen closely to what Gov. Beshear says here: the Republicans have tried to take away his ability to appoint a U.S. Senate vacancy but he seems poised to fight them on it. Keep an eye on this. Gov. Beshear knows what’s at stake and knows what he’s doing.

Or you will force them to shut you up

Maybe this happens maybe not but I do recommend filling up your gas tank sooner than later.

What Would Musk Do?

Re-reading this and thinking about asking for directions. It was an act of social trust. Those minor interactions where people can depend on each other build on and build up that trust. Losing them is part of our current social dis-integration. The ties that bind us as a *society* are weakening.

Reunited at last... www.politico.com/cartoons/202...

McConnell says he intends to return to the Senate — but not yet

When Dr. Kahn published a co-authored editorial in the journal Diabetes Care criticizing the Trump administration’s proposal to cut NIH funding, he had no way of knowing that the article would result in his ejection from the American Diabetes Association’s annual Scientific Sessions.

Reinking things....

It's hot out there, especially our politics www.politico.com/gallery/2026...

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Troy Jackson makes his Senate run official

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo lived in the United States for 35 years, built a small business, and achieved his dream of building a home for his family. Yesterday, on his way to work, ICE shot and killed him. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social talked to his sons about who their father was.

Palestinians in Gaza have had the opportunity to collectively watch the World Cup, but the man who had been organizing the watch parties was killed by an Israeli strike ahead of the event.

BREAKING: Graham Platner is ending his Maine Senate bid. Democrats widely abandoned him after a POLITICO report that a woman alleges he forced her to have sex, which he denies.

Blow your paycheck like a well-informed citizen. https://store.theonion.com/products/sickos-are-calling-and-i-must-go-t-shirt?variant=41944653922373

That is from 12 years ago. Thanks for reposting

BREAKING: Graham Platner said he is “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward” for his candidacy minutes after POLITICO reported that a woman who dated him said he forced her to have sex with him, which he denies. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

250 years after July 4, 1776, the successor of King George III pays taxes and publishes his returns. The successor of George Washington does not. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Apropos

“.. The Trump family’s earnings, experts said, have moved him into an echelon of enrichment more associated with strongmen in Russia and Turkey.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/w...

Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

As the U.S. faces a new era of uncertainty, America 250 offers an opportunity to evaluate the latest iteration of the country — and how we got here. We asked historians to reflect on the past — and grade the current state of American democracy👇

That picture…

lol i swear to god this is an actual commercial that just ran on fox news

WSJ editorial page says that Trump & family are totally crooked. His 2025 disclosures are "an unseemly display of using the Presidency for family profit. It’s hard to believe the Trump boys would be able to do same deals if Dad wasn’t in Oval Office... GOP corruption will resound through 2028."