I. Hate. Everyone.

The military should always remain apolitical and should never be used as a domestic police force on our streets at the whims of a President. My bill ensures that no president, Democrat or Republican, can turn soldiers against citizens by restoring checks and balances in these domestic deployments.

Frank and Mikey are the best of bears! They mean well, they really do, but they can't help getting into ...um...situations! Is New Jersey ready for this? www.yourbrainonpandas.com/anyone-could...

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Civil society has to hold together and pull forward until the Democratic Party changes. It makes no sense to wait for the Democrats as a party. What makes sense is shifting the ground underneath them.

Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.

The fact that there are some badass women I follow saying pretty emphatically "I would fuck that particular pope" is something I think we should all take a moment to appreciate.

Analysis from FB friend and it makes a lot of sense to consider the strategy of this. I too was quick to condemn the 8 Dems who agreed to end the shutdown. But let's take a beat and think about where there is a smarter strategy that will play well for Dems in the long run.

This... is messaging:

Grateful to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for this shot of tempered hope tonight. “It looks more like a beginning to me than anything had looked in a very long time.” 🌱 Stick together, friends. Stay strong, and LOUD.

@dailybeanspod.com re: cat gang bang/cat sluts: yes, it’s TRUE! Cat litters can have multiple fathers! I forget how/where I learned this but I am 99.9% sure it s a real thing

It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.

They have no healthcare plan. They only have a plan to take away what exists.

You can cover a turd with gold leaf, but it’s still a turd.

Women in the military who dedicated their lives to service, had to be 3X (at least) better than men at the same level, are being disrespected & abused by a Sec Def who isn’t fit to wipe their boots. Meanwhile, Kegstand, Cosplay warrior Barbie, & cabinet members are living in Sr. Military housing

The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.

The official investigation into the January 6 riots concluded Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack" in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power. No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality. The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.

On this Veterans Day, I'm reflecting on the fact that our Commander-in-Chief is a lying draft dodger who kicked out 5,000 trans service members who, unlike him, were serving ably and honorably, after hiring a white supremacist, alcoholic TV chatterbox to run our military.

MAGA “economics” in one sentence: They call tariffs a win — but it’s YOU paying more at the checkout. Tariffs = a tax on YOU Even Grok admits it: tariff costs get passed to American consumers. tRump, Musk, GOP are frauds #TariffTax #MAGAonomics #trumptariff

Relevant. Yes.

this probably be the last country or area of intelligence, that stops sharing with US agencies. #TheseAreWarCrimes

Bears will be bears, and the bear-iest among them are Frank and Mikey! What happens when bears go calling? www.yourbrainonpandas.com/a-bear-walks...

I've been a bit quiet the last two weeks. Caught the classic early autumn community cold, and, well, a break's not so bad now and again. But today's thread's about something you're probably already aware of—it's the 50th anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.

No one should doubt for a single second who is to blame for skyrocketing health care costs: Republicans and Republicans alone. And families across the country will pay the price of Republican inaction every single month.

Mine was going to retire in May, he's already 69. Now he's not going to because of health insurance. He says it's good that he has a job that comes easy to him, because he's going to end up working until he dies. We will never travel as planned, because he can't take extended time off work.

To the hour and near minute. "We are holding our own."

When my cartoons become reality. #chicago

May the pandas be with you

This is my latest novel. (It almost killed me.) One person who reposts this extract www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl... will receive a signed hardback AND one of these fab original linocuts You might like it if you like: Folklore Old buildings Friendship Records The power & magic of landscape ..

"My mom will be bringing her dog(s), and you can’t stop her, so it’s not worth asking. She repeatedly brings her dog(s) to my house in New York State despite my asking her not to because my husband is allergic."

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

REPHRASING THIS THREAD: The FIRST PART of this is actually a good summary of what happened. The first paragraph is important: A lot of people do indeed seem to be under the impression that ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring.. They aren't. They're becoming FAR LESS GENEROUS. 1/

Democratic senators voting to end the shutdown do not understand that Democrats want to see bold moves against Trump authoritarianism -- even if those moves come with pain. We want to see Dems grow a spine for the party, not just service to their own states. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

Why is it when Judge Box-o-Wine makes an official statement, she sounds like she is still on Faux Nooz, previewing an upcoming scandalous fake nooz story?

My latest over on Substack. Is Panda Satire becoming a THING or am I being swarmed by bots? Who knows? open.substack.com/pub/pandachr...

The Democrats who caved just taught Republicans that using mass starvation as a weapon works.

This isn’t very hard, folks.

Call them. Tell them not to surrender.

An evergreen comment. 😢🤬

No clear evidence to support any link between maternal acetaminophen (Tylenol) intake and autism or ADHD in offspring, a new umbrella, systematic review @bmj.com

WHY THE FUCK ARE REPUBLICAN DUMB-ASSES ARGUING OVER JUST HOW MUCH NAZISM IS AN ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF NAZISM WITHIN THEIR OWN PARTY? SPOILER ALERT: IT'S BECAUSE REPUBLICANS FUCKING SUCK, THAT'S WHY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY POST. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4otbkDN

Release The Files And This Will Be Over…. FOX NEWS: "70% of Americans say groceries cost more than they did a year ago, and 60% blame Trump." He's cooked.

Back in 2017, I realized the Republican claim of "less spending, fewer taxes, smaller government" was a lie. They spend the same amount of tax dollars as Democrats: they only choose differently who to collect it from & who gets to be the recipient. And they LOVE wasting money on war & bailouts. 🧵