Any other former evangelical children recognize this torture implement? Cleaning out my deceased father’s office today, my sister and I discovered that this paddle was still in the house, literally 45 or so years since he last used it on my backside.

TRUMP: If you’re trafficking drugs to the U.S. via the Caribbean I will kill you. ALSO TRUMP: If you’re doing time because you helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. via Honduras you get a “Full and Complete Pardon.” www.justice.gov/archives/opa...

I have a Thanksgiving house full of laughing joyful queer people and it's delightful. I'm dreading the arrival of the MAGA family member. What a difference from my 2020 right-wing ultra-conservative bigoted pre-deconstruction self. I'm so glad I woke up.

Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement. "If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

They line up perfectly.

My guess? MTG has seen the writing on the wall, and is trying to bail out and avoid prosecution if the Republicans lose control in 2026. Too little, too late.

Timeline cleanse. This delightful 11-minute video is completely worth your time. One of those rare times where I didn't skip forward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d5t...

About 1,000 women. It's time that this came fully to light.

Back when I was a good little anti-gay Republican footsoldier, I never imagined that one day the talking point we all repeated about "if we legalize gay relationships, it'll lead to widespread acceptance of pedophilia" was going to be fulfilled exactly and only by the Republicans themselves.

One of the few things J.D. Vance has said that I agree with. Of course, that was several years ago. I think his opinion has changed now.

I DARE you to find "Epstein" on Fox News's website today. Amid the furor and the petition and the Republican defections, it's actually there, but buried very hard, and as small as they could possibly make it. They can't admit their guy is backed up against the wall today.

🤔 RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. ALL OF THEM.

🐸Of 🐸 course 🐸 they 🐸 did 🐸

Here's an idea for Veteran's Day. Did you know that about 1 in 5 unhoused men in the US is a military veteran? Instead of just attending a parade, find a way to serve the homeless in your town. Better yet, commit to making it a regular service you do. /1

Now we get to see if all those evangelicals who love the Christian financial guru Dave Ramsey have ACTUALLY been paying attention to what he teaches about mortgages. I suspect not. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Jamieson makes an excellent point. For decades, politically-conservative Christians have been arguing that the church and not the government should be taking care of the poor. But consider this counterpoint: half a million churches is 230 million CHRISTIANS, roughly 60 million families. /1

Trump's own lawyer just admitted to the Supreme Court that American consumers pay 30%-80% of these insane Trump tariffs. Over the next 10 years, Trump says they will collect over $4T in tariffs. So that means American families are going to be paying $1.2T-$3.3 trillion dollars in TARIFF TAXES.

I can't imagine who could have seen this coming. </s>

If the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.—‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭33‬:‭6‬

Calling Mamdani an "Islamic Jihadist" proves exactly one thing: he's a religious bigot. He hasn't got the guts to look around the world and realize that people of many different faiths other than his are actively trying to do the very works of Jesus, just under a different faith.

I reckon we need to strip that poem from the base of the Statue of Liberty now. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

It's kinda telling that the people who think bringing back slavery would be okay... aren't volunteering to be the slaves.

The wealth of the super rich is usually massive real estate holdings, and most of them get a very small cash paycheck. Not only is it a way of hiding from taxes, it also lets them justify giving a pittance to charity, claiming a tiny fraction of their wealth is a large portion of their “income.”

Reading between the lines here: for many people, becoming unhoused is only a few paychecks away. And what happens in a furlough? Homelessness is NOT just drug users and mental illness - now more than ever. If you are still getting a paycheck, please do whatever you can to help those around you.

If Trump is promoted any further for 2028, I say we nominate former President Barack Obama again.

SNAP benefits for the most needy in America will cease Nov 1. Conservatives insist that we cannot afford SNAP or gov't health care. But somehow we CAN afford billions for secret police forces, and propping up Argentina? /1

Trump keeps bragging about how well he does on cognitive tests. I don't think they give you cognitive tests unless they're concerned about your failing cognition.

If Biden had suggested demolishing the East Wing of the White House, Republicans would have lost their minds. If he had done it without proper congressional oversight, he would have been impeached and convicted and removed from office within a week, by BOTH parties, on unanimous votes.

In recent years I would have said that this article was full of left wing lies. But now I’ve read many books and enough history to realize that it’s all accurate. If we don’t know our history we can’t understand our present and anticipate our future. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...

If you are scared to peaceably stand on a corner, making your views known, you don’t live in a free country anymore. On No Kings Day, Americans around the country will be making it clear that we don’t accept unaccountable leadership that does not honor the right to free speech and free assembly.

Block lists for the win.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has been Indicted by the Trump administration for Mishandling Classified Information and storing them inappropriately in his house. Oh, wait, wrong pictures.

Three years ago today, after much study and deliberation, I "came out" by publicly making clear my position as fully LGBTQ-affirming. I reiterate that position this year; I believe it's been one of the most productive and valuable decisions I have made. crucibleofthought.com/coming-out-o... /🧵1

Here's a good way to make your opinion known locally. Next Saturday, in thousands of locations across the nation. This website will help you find local opportunities. www.mobilize.us/nokings/

Oh, there’S DEFINITELY no connection with the Air Force One 747 gift here. How silly to even think that. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Rule #1 of the Nobel Peace Prize should be this: if you WANT the honor, you should be automatically excluded from getting it. apnews.com/article/dona...

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

Oh, the humanity.

What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?

Many comments here are vile defenses of a man who admitted abusing a 12-year-old for four years. Since they HAVE to defend their "godly baby Christian" champion Trump, against HIS well-documented bad behavior, they have no choice but to also publicly excuse similar behavior in their pastors.

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One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

The point is not law and order. The point is fear and intimidation of anyone who would dare to stand up for law and order. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Aside from the fact that they'll have to change or break the law to do this (which apparently is no problem for this administration), it's idolatry. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

LOL.

I'm unemployed. As of 5PM today, I officially concluded my 35-year career as a civil servant with the Department of Defense. I still have years of work ahead, but I couldn't continue serving under this administration. I morally couldn't be a part of the "Department of War." 🧵/1