One of the justifications in early drafts of the Declaration actually cited being forced to use Jira as one of the reasons for independence

Here come the planes They’re American planes Made in America Smoking or non-smoking —Laurie Anderson

Good morning from DC—where you’ve got to look twice to see if the masked paramilitaries on the street are ICE or Patriot Front.

fuck shit is starting I can hear some kind of parade

#America250 youtu.be/xX-AlsQcZgs?...

Hour three of the flyovers Gonna be nine hours of this tomorrow

You have never laughed as hard as the Washington Post reporter who wrote this sentence.

America, the capital city is under military occupation. It’s not about the fountains. It’s not about the Fair. This task force has killed people. They are reinforcing ICE. They are making arrests without legal authority. WAKE UP

this town you are in hates your guts and everything you stand for you are surrounded by people who hate you that's why the booing hope this helps

It's fascinating to me that they continue to do the reporting like this with this in the background I mean

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

hey two days until they set my city on fire

Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.

everything is stupid

We have a Black Lives Matter one and a banner saying Abolish ICE, as well as a plethora of bumper stickers on our car. And sure, they’re not going to accomplish much on their own, but they did mean some kids could knock on our door at 10 PM and feel safe

That's right.

Five. Fucking. Four. originalism be damned

Sorry to all the transgender people I am mutuals with. I promise to have my dog piss on the supreme court lawn later today

Park Police are assholes and killed someone in a high speed chase recently that would have got them in big trouble except the feds repealed the local law prohibiting high speed chases but keep protecting the fucking parks which obviously need... high speed pursuits

Liberals say that Trump has ruined the 250th anniversary of our democracy. They're wrong—Trump has ruined the 250th anniversary of our republic.

"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-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

White House Mocks Paltry Attendance At Democrats’ Great American State Fair https://theonion.com/white-house-mocks-paltry-attendance-at-democrats-great-american-state-fair/

my poor dogs

trump is stealing a golf course used by ordinary washingtonians and giving it to his rich friends

The Dispossessed quotes go hard these days

Working on a 'go-get-the-original-shit-and-reproduce-it-on-a-web-page' project. Star Wars arcade standup WIP - this is my model preview. (had trouble getting the tie fighters to render inside-in) and no I won't sell it or anything because atari would be mad *checks wikipedia* hasbro?!? Again?

it's POURING OUT right now - I live a mile or so away

I would like to answer his question! "What happened here?" Because Danville, Virginia is one of the most important towns in America you've never heard of. 🧵

Put on my trousers one leg at a time, etc, etc

WE CAN'T EVEN POTEMKIN RIGHT

"When he comes home at night and I hear his key in the lock, I say to myself, 'Oh good! The party's about to begin.'" Anne Bancroft on husband Mel Brooks. #Happy100thMel xxx

"What are they playing?" asked Tock "The sunset, of course. They play it every evening, about this time. And they also play morning, noon, and night, when, of course, it's morning, noon, or night. Why, there wouldn't be any color in the world unless they played it.”

Extraordinary detail in the new book on Trump's second term administration

when they panned to the dozen goalies I lost it

This story 🥹 This is what it’s all about ❤️💙🇨🇻

wow that sucks

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.

Grimly amusing Dem machines think they deserve some sort of entitlement hierarchy. My entire life, everything has been moving backwards, politically, democratically, bureaucratically, judicially. You are all failures. You are presumptively part of the rot that must be removed down to the root.

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one.

Thought this was KBJ, Kagan is on fire "not so much"

"Broom the soup." A lot of centrists are freaking out right now, and people are both reading too much and too little into the DSA victories, but a metaphor from my career may be helpful here. 1/?

here's where we are in the 'are we in a tyranny yet' timeline drifted past 'prosecute the subway sandwich thrower' to 'interrogate poaster'

ok Georgia your senators are ON FIRE and I LOVE IT

This is Bryan. Once a week, he takes a shelter pup on a New York City adventure in his ‘Adopt Me’ backpack, hoping someone will fall in love. He films their big day out, and almost every dog he’s featured has found a forever home. [📹 madmax_fluffyroad] Original post

Who would win a battle of wills, Vimes or Granny Weatherwax

this is fuckin nuts and if you are coming to DC in the next couple weeks please do not judge our beautiful city based on the experience you’re about to have

CHAT I AM SCREAMING

Counterpoint: You benefit from the two party system, and you also have to deal with a two party system And you represent the people.

Erich Dieckmann, design development of a metal tube chair. Bauhaus, 1931.

ten bucks says it's gonna be tarped in black