This is starting to feel less like a joke.

every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

What we know, final edition of the night: [Now in 3 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS —Dems defend NJ-Gov —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win state supreme court —ME anti-mail voting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

In Memoriam: Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

DOJ Indicts Illinois Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE Protests

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you with your chatgpt girlfriend

New: hackers just doxed hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials. I went through the data. In many cases does look legitimate, sometimes includes residential addresses. “Mexican Cartels hmu [hit me up] we dropping all the doxes wheres my 1m [1 million].” www.404media.co/hackers-dox-...

saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever

we would all be much better off if the crimes committed by the rich for their own amusement were treated more seriously than the crimes of desperation and necessity committed by the less fortunate

the president just said the military should start shooting american civilians if they want to

You simply cannot make me spend my time on this stuff. Oh the president said Tylenol causes autism? Well it doesn't. No I'm not going to pore through research papers to prove it to you. That's not what my time is for. My time is for playing videogames and gazing lovingly at my wife.

when a killer isn’t the leftie you hoped for

his father was unavailable for comment

CNN: “At least 47 killed in Gaza City on Saturday, 6 children… footage showed a row of dead children shrouded in floral blankets… Video from after the attack showed numerous children wandering dazed, covered in blood and dust…” www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/m...

i need politicians to be as mad at housing prices as they are about cracker barrel's new logo

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It is a crafty move, indeed, to threaten tariffs on a country with which we run a trade **surplus**.

Thimerosal is a preservative found in some flu vaccines. False information and faulty “science” about thimerosal are frequently used to mislead parents in an attempt to scare them out of vaccinating their children. Here’s the truth: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

I remember a poll that was done post-9/11 that asked Americans if they supported bombing Agrabah and a not insignificant number of people said yes.

It's true that progressives valorize "ugliness." But I think this person doesn't interrogate this position enough and thus lands at the wrong conclusion. Let me give you my perspective on ugliness. 🧵

i think it’s not talked about enough that so many christian rightwingers support israel because they want to trigger the end times rapture and they believe supporting israel will ensure this

it's give trans people money day. my cashapp is $bugsmaytrix

Live video of a CEO putting A.I. technology to good use at his high-pressure job

LAT here echoes what LAPD deputy chief said on KNX: Police claim some protesters threw rocks. Let's see it. LAPD has THOUSANDS of bodcams out there. Downtown is blanketed in security cameras. Show. Us. The. Video. Then let's compare it to the use of force in response. Receipts must be checked. 🧾

some right-winger looked up a jacket I was wearing and is mad that it was expensive when it was for sale in like 2014 and I really don't know how to explain the concept of thrifting to them

Are we great yet? www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Okay, folks, you know what to do here.

"To understand who is in control, observe who you are not allowed to criticize." -Voltaire

Ashitaka's story emphasizes the importance of having two girlfriends, one who is nice but evil and one who is mean but good, and you have to spend all of your time doing stuff for them

When should you drain your hot water heater?

once again my full throated support and endorsement for any democrat who pursues criminal legal accountability for the DOGE boys. and i’d be fine with shipping these guys to the Hague

NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...

Know your enemy.

post your comfort album

Stop making those little AI image generator memes of yourself as a Barbie or a Ghibli character you are enriching evil companies and destroying the planet and this is like one of the easiest things you can just not do

Someone knows who this man is and where he spends his time. He should be identified. And he should not feel comfortable showing his face in public after this.

This is how it feels watching Economists and Pundits finally start using the word 'Recession'

Pursuing goals like fairer wages, easier home ownership, universal child care, and food security would probably have the natural knock-on effect of more people having children but that's not what we're talking about doing, is it? Because that doesn't give preference to the "right" potential parents

We have no allies, we are on our own.

Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now

I guess when Trump said yesterday was "Liberation Day" in America we didn't realize he meant we would be liberated from our savings.

Just a quick glance through some major news organizations websites for no particular reason.