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they call it jury nullification and you’re hearing it more and more. people say you can’t, you can’t nullify, but juries say, stop us. it’s incredible really. can you believe it? jury nullification.

NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines. Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.

I don't use the phrase "hardcore whimsy" lightly

This was done to combat Wokeness

A hill I will die on is that this is a stupid reason to go to the moon.

🚨BREAKING🚨: To go along with classy new gold "Walk of Fame" sign, Donald Trump's presidential portrait has also been updated.

A nice appreciation of Nancy Pelosi from @doktorzoom.bsky.social www.wonkette.com/p/nancy-pelo... ___________________________________________________________

Everyone in Mr. Wallace's US history class at Flagstaff High when I was in 11th grade (1978-79) would appreciate the homage to this classic 1916 cartoon. Right down to the pose. www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/muse...

Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial. www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...

i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution

“Walmart’s 2025 Holiday Meal contains only 15 items, while the company’s 2024 Holiday Meal included 29 … This year’s basket nixes multiple Thanksgiving staples, incl. pecan pie, cranberry sauce, whipped cream, mini marshmallows, corn muffin mix, as well as fresh sweet potatoes, celery, and onions.”

A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong. My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.

I did not know Sky News Australia was this bad, holy shit

ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*

Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/

what kind of country is this, where dangerous radicals can throw sandwiches at our brave secret masked torture police with impunity

Please put this on the cover of Time magazine.

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

I live in a very small town and I know what keeps small town grocery stores open: SNAP.

suddenly reminded of how I learned about Fordlandia and the special evils of colonialism on the Amazon when I was like 8 in this educational CD-ROM game in conclusion educational software made millennials woke youtu.be/p0AX0y3217k?...

Just realized that in that surreal shot of Sir ignoring the fainting guy, his expression and stance are very much like Christopher Walken's pre-dance look in "Weapon of Choice." But Walken lacks Sir's grossly swollen right hand.

"When you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was." -Molly Ivins via @doktorzoom.bsky.social

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over six years through a state-funded program. At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s. (Published Nov. 2024)

The way you know he isn’t building a robot army is that he says he’s building a robot army.

For almost four decades, Nancy Pelosi has served the American people and worked to make our country better. No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed – and I will always be grateful for her support of the Affordable Care Act.

I legit can’t figure out the play on these FAA flight cancellations. Who’s the White House trying to pressure. And who do they think people are gonna get mad at when Thanksgiving goes down the drain?

Trans folks reading this: don't panic too much, the supreme court thing is about injunctions pending a larger court case Cis folks reading this: Try to understand how terrifying it is to be a minority the government openly hates, and they start fucking with your ability to *leave the country*

In this article Elon Musk says that the only way to eliminate poverty is by using his humanoid robot. And no one at the NYT asked how the hell a humanoid robot would eliminate poverty. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...

Affordability is the new groceries

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What a queen

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

Heartbreaking. I’ve asked subscribers to send me screenshots of their premium increases, and I can’t even tell you how many emails I’m getting like this. Folks can’t pay these rates. This family is in TX, but it’s happening everywhere. Congress MUST extend the ACA tax credits.

Aside from absolutely everything else having to do with them, I am ecstatic to see the end of Giuliani, whose name I mistyped every freaking time, and the arrival of Mamdani, whose name is crazy easy to type.

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

Advances in renewables and grid-level storage have just about made the issue of energy scarcity a solved problem. Now the real issue is energy equity and access. The problems now are politicial, not technological. Too many oligarchs are heavily invested in dusty relics of the past.

We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero

we’re going to live in a world where this is true, and a country where it isn’t

Every post 2024 op ed: “Has wokeness gone to far?” By Women Are Things

This is a terrific piece. Thank you!

"That hopey-changey thing" is a pretty good vibe, it turns out. It's OK To Feel A Little Elated About The Elections, For A Treat www.wonkette.com/p/its-ok-to-...

Should women have rights? We go through the pros and cons bsky.app/profile/jess...

Part of the reason I teach Intro to American Government (of my own free will) is that it grounds me to the reality that people don’t know shit about how government works.

The problem w polling - as someone who does lots of surveys - is that surveys construct opinions that simply do not exist in nature for *huge* chunks of people and too few of the data science bros conducting campaign polling understand this very basic feature the survey response. Vibes indeed.

The New Renault Twingo Only Has 80 Horsepower And 163 Miles Of Range, And That’s Probably Okay www.theautopian.com/the-new-rena...

‘It doesn’t matter how the lizards voted, Lupin. They can’t gerrymander you out of the backyard’

What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.* Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.

Other huge victories from last night's elections: -PA Dems defended their 5-2 Supreme Court majority -GA Dems flipped two GOP-held seats on the state utility commission -CO approved a ballot measure to fund universal school meals America's Sleeping Giant has awakened.