I also like how you can tell exactly when the Americans fixed the problem.

For the people saying critics of Democrats on immigration from the left don’t have an alternative, I always say “go look at the Statue of Liberty, that’s our immigration policy.”

Really hoping that when Nathan went to bed last night, he took off his Bad Decision Jeans and didn't put them on again this morning.

Incoherent take. She actually acknowledges the flags at No Kings protests, etc., while complaining that leftists don't use the flag? Anyway, here's a MASSIVE thread of leftists claiming the US flag and US symbols.

IT IS NOT THEIR FUCKING FLAG IT IS NOT THEIR FUCKING COUNTRY IT IS OURS

You can’t be saying this about the team where the guy who scored the first goal last night is an immigrant who chose to play for the team

still the definitive statement on "can you cheer for team usa if the usa does bad things" discourse:

Last year ICE said a man tried to murder a female ICE officer while she was trying to arrest him. They swore under oath he grabbed her by the neck and tried to choke her to death. He was even indicted for attempted murder. Problem is, it never happened! Bystander video unraveled the lie.

also true for running the air conditioner, ordering delivery, whatever else we like to complain about on here. so long as you're voluntarily and arbitrarily making yourself miserable you're good in my book 👍

She's got the worst fucking advisors

Pope : with mercy and love and deep regret, i must call this a schismatic act Half of bluesky with their shirts off and earrings out ready to brawl outside applebees : GET THEIR ASSES WOOOOO

I continue to laugh at the hubris of Diana DeGette “if this is the only issue you care about then you should not vote for me” literally about genocide Denver said “ok bet!”

this is all moving rather fast, but the one thing that *can't* move fast is a pardon from Landry. under the state constitution, his powers to grant reprieves and pardons only kicks in once someone has been "convicted" of an "offense[] against the state." until then, a prosecution is fair game.

This primary mostly got shrugs, and it ended up with this close margin — remarkable given no Democratic Senator has lost renomination in two decades. Days before I’d posted, “Put these same candidates in New York, and it’d be the political talk of the month!” bsky.app/profile/tani...

they may have still contracted out the actual stage work, someone should really dig into this

Next time you see a Democratic politician making excuses for the ICE and CBP goons by calling them untrained, remember this article. Same for the next time some PR flack for the regime claims there's been an increase in "assaults" on ICE/CBP agents.

Republicans have spent a generation going “socialism has never worked” and seven months into the Socialist Republic Of Mamdanistan this is the only thing they’ve come up with.

"why not go hardcore, and distribute the Debian 3.0 ISOs instead?" Why indeed.

Citizens of Washington DC in the jury pool, you know what to do. Remember that you do *not* know what jury nullification is, and you have *no strong feelings* about Donald Trump.

One of the reasons I think the anti trans backlash succeeded is the end of monoculture. We caught the tail end with OITNB but by 2020, algorithmic feeds were the default. Everyone became siloed. And it's easier to convince people to hate trans people in that silo when they don't know anyone trans.

this is, once again, the religious tent that has been on the Mall for years and not explicitly part of the fair

Our Flag Means Death (2023)

Oh, that's no good.

Got a bit of a jump scare here until I noticed the account name

Boots to ass-es *clap clap clapclapclap*

Cool, now do Woodside

Attorneys for Neighborhood Defender Service are threatening to go on strike over issues like higher wages and paid health insurance. Who joined them on the picket line Tuesday? Two of the newest Democratic nominees for Congress. hellgatenyc.com/claire-valde...

I have very much been looking forward to hearing Gillian's thoughts on the claimed deportation numbers.

this guy has it

And right on cue, passing by a giant flag of the East Belfast Brigade of the UDA, a giant flag of the East Belfast UVF on the Castlereagh, probably installed yesterday for 1 July. Paramilitary flags are illegal, and it is the job of the police to remove them. They never do. It’d be “controversial”.

Sometimes spite's all we've got in the tank.

As a glutton for punishment, I've gotta go with my guy Chuck B

update: some mpls pals had a bathroom emergency. they’d been paying rent for months for an undocumented neighbor and had no savings to deal with the repair. but that neighbor was a contractor. so we raised money to pay him to fix it. which paid his rent for two more months. work is done!

Hell yeah we are

The AP, like so much of the American press, gets this wrong. The sect that Leo's attacking here isn't "traditionalist". These are fascists, and Leo is acting to break the power of fascists within the Church.

It’s so hot here in DC that when I opened the door to let the bulldog outside, she took one step out of the air conditioning and turned around and came back inside

YIMBY reforms to land use, building codes, and permitting are complimentary with a large public-sector home-building program, not opposed to it!

Oh *shit*

I think we should maybe think about the fact that insisting that a state grant citizenship to everyone under its rule, regardless of their race or ethnicity, would be considered destroying it.

Wish I could remember who had the bit about dealing with conspiracy cranks by one-upping them. "Yeah, man, the moon landing was totally faked, no way we made it there" "You think the moon exists? *rolls eyes*"

Unironically a great question by Bob at the end there - the man is thinking strategically.

Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC

I don't see a path to whipping the Democratic Party into a full partner in the Woke Internationale that doesn't run through the DSA. That means outflanking the contingent there who are cowards on Ukraine, idiots on USAID, and/or overly credulous when it comes to the PRC. Do what needs to be done.

HELLO

If I recall correctly, the ninth circle of Hell is reserved for all of the people involved in making this.

Folks, this is the real danger with genAI. It's not water, it's power, and specifically dirty power.