i dunno maybe it's because i'm in Minnesota and we kicked out Al Franken for squeezing his constituents' asses and now have a woman senator who is *currently holding the senate floor to save the boundary waters*, but you got a man with baggage? you can toss the man!

The lesson of Al Franken was supposed to be "politicians are 100% expendable, if you can, elect someone who knows it", not "we have to let them do it, who else can save us?"

I mean, it's also subject to very specific and politically coded tariffs that are directly affecting the price! There's room to: a) Not do conspiracy price/wage economics while b) Hitting the soft balls you are thrown and c) Attacking your political enemies on their policies

I am pretty sure that incredibly enough, this is offered in support of Platner, and it is threaded to a somewhat more straightforward defense of him continuing to use slurs in public speech. So that's terrific I guess, great job everyone.

A website with 62 million monthly visitors is hosting 20,000+ videos of women being assaulted in their sleep. It's completely legal. I broke down how—and what accountability would actually look like. open.substack.com/pub/objectio...

A terrifying look at something deal that you’ll wish wasn’t. If you’re not disgusted enough, this is also a known thing pedophiles do to their own children. The FBI briefed us on this at NCMEC once.

"Cheryl, I brought home a present for you"

"Raw Mercury", it's the wonder food that ancient practitioners relied upon for years, but Big Pharma won't let you get anymore.

"Do you have a patch kit?"

Stephen Miller almost says that Trump is seeking a "final solution" in Iran but then catches himself

Remember people talking about how the Big American Oil guys were unhappy at Trump about Venezuela and no one wanted their oil?

Présidentielle au Pérou : Roberto Sanchez en position d'affronter Keiko Fujimori au second tour

The Onion is within a hair's breadth of reporting real news apnews.com/video/robert...

We are at the "A Literal Shoe Company Stock Skyrockets Because They Are An AI Company Now" levels of AI bubble.

How long until RFK Jr is like "we need more science on the positive benefits of baby shaking"?

Anyone who thinks bringing Amazon to heal on water is "changing the system" doesn't understand who runs the water system. If you want to change the *water* system in a way that actually matters, it's farm power you're going to need to fight against, not Amazon. But it IS good to get some money.

I made a video about this. what do you know.

okay so doug liman is making a movie with ai starring gal gadot and ben affleck's cancelled rapey brother that still inexplicably costs 70 million dollars. i don't think i've ever heard of a worse idea for a movie

Happy Wednesday

I mean, is it even hurtful to say someone's parents are professionals and they don't have any working class peers?

looking forward to alito declaring that our grand colorblind constitution means that white voters can permanently gerrymander racial minorities out of political representation.

Between this and Sotomayor's recent dig at Kavanaugh, I'm getting the sense that Callais (the Voting Rights Act case) will be an absolute disaster and the liberals have given up trying to mitigate the damage.

ICE is arresting delivery drivers at a San Diego military base. According to an attorney interviewed by Kate Morrissey, military police at the gates call ICE on any driver who is not a citizen or green card holder, even if they have permission to be in the country. capitalandmain.com/ice-has-arre...

I mean, there is a positive value in having a regulatory bias to restrict parking lot size below the arbitrary threshold, so this kind of gamesmanship is one of those "your terms are acceptable" situations.

The individuals referenced here are adjudicated terrorists. They were found guilty of conspiring to use force against their own government to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. A conservative, Trump-appointed judge applied terrorism enhancements to their sentences.

I know this doesn't make sense, and it's also very conveniently something I think needs to happen anyhow, but if you want to fix the problem you need to tax the rich. For real, like the 90% top marginal rates need to come back. Big taxes for 2nd homes. Big taxes for planes, boats. Taxes.

There's exactly one thing I want to hear from Dave Chappelle and those like him: "I was so butthurt at being yelled at by activists online that I got in bed with fascists. It was very stupid of me & reflected a real lack of integrity. I feel bad about myself & will now retire & leave you alone."

Oh my god, fuck this guy to the fucking moon.

Wrote this one two years ago reason.com/2024/11/19/t...

Sen. Mike Lee describes being hung up on after trying to call a federal prison to ask about an incarcerated man's healthcare. This is how the Bureau of Prisons routinely treats families desperate for information about loved ones. I've talked to so many of them over the years x.com/BasedMikeLee...

There is a very common, if false belief that pretty much anyone can get citizenship if they're in the country for long enough. Unfortunately, most people who are undocumented have NO path to permanent legal status. And in her case, the old removal order (which was withheld) makes it even harder.

She was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago, and had been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since. But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport on her way to a job.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

The accumulation of wealth at the top in the last 5 years, along with total retreat from any kind of philanthropy, is going to come back to haunt the billionaire class.

I know this lady husband name not “dick tips”

another tax we should do is a $1,000 dollar tax on every passenger helicopter ride. seriously though why don’t we do this

Some things we need to tax, others banning is better. We should ban the helicoptors.

Lawgeeks, here is the complaint --> assets.aclu.org/live/uploads... The c/as are Fourth and Fifth Amendment violations pursuant to the Maine Civil Rights Act, with Bivens claims tacked on.

"Economists will never ever say the economy is doing badly" is news that will come as quite a shock to most economists

"not a good look for you here" I say as I plow through a stack of red herrings and non-sequitors.

Weird way to couch this

So interesting how not one death doula has actually been through the process themselves..

i think my *most* old-coded opinion is that you can take or leave other people’s opinions, you don’t have to engage them if you disagree with them and you don’t have to engage someone if they disagree with yours, often times, “ok” is fine

This should be embarrassing for the Very Serious Conservative Catholics who carry water for this administration.

"In the same way that it's important for the Vice President to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy", I mean...

Basically everybody who works in data security (including many government employees who were subsequently fired during the DOGE purge) cited this as a high likelihood. I hope this gets much more coverage. We haven’t seen much since the whistleblower campaign dropped that attempts to investigate it.

I imagine that it's times like these when Trump will think to himself, "Wait, you guys actually believe in this stuff?"