Remember that Simpsons episode where Homer gets to design a car?

Before long a mounted policeman comes up. "What the hell's thi -- OH, HI UECK!" The parade had a police escort the rest of the way.

They met. Uecker counts everyone, lines them up with partners. He says, "OK, we're going to parade back to the hotel." And he gets to the front and starts parading them like a drum major, big steps, arm gestures, everything.

I'll tell you one of my favorite Uecker stories. I think people could use it. The '82 team was in Boston. Uecker was out with them. He always was. They closed the bar, and Uecker, as he did, rounded the men up. "Everyone meet in the alley."

Anybody have any good plans for Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil? #WhiskeyFridaywithTonyDokoupil

can’t wait to kick back on this day, Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil

Before Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, we need to make it very clear this -- as well as shooting protestors -- was all premeditated.

When Fascism came to America, no one crawled on their bellies and kissed the boot more willingly than those who once defiantly shouted "Don't Tread On Me!"

Only 15 days in and we have a strong contender for most embarrassing headline of the year. Ben. Shapiro. The guy who can't get his wife wet. The guy who needs an old person to open the pickle jar for him.

For context, Bucks County went just barely for Trump in 2024; last fall whenever I drove through there I saw a ton of "SHERIFF FRED LOVES ICE" signs. Conventional pundit wisdom says that should've backfired. Instead, "Sheriff Fred" got tossed for this guy. I doubt Bucks likes ICE any more now.

Remember when Trump demanded the petroleum industry give $1B to his campaign fund? You'll never guess how that worked out. www.ft.com/content/da74...

Trump will likely issue an EO demanding price controls on healthcare. The man is a moron and uses a hammer to try to fix everything.

Thanks Biden.

hey so one reason to never go on this network is because theyll scroll racist propaganda next to you during the interview

Real life is The Onion Ellison names his megayacht "Izanami" -- then reads the name backwards futurism.com/future-socie...

So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them

@schumer.senate.gov is just so bad at this. He should retire.

Then: constitutional law should be boring, not exciting. Now: constitutional law should be boring, not terrifying.

"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car" "His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."

Machado can never return to Venezuela. She will not last long if she does. This was a very unwise thing to do.

Where might one find the best aquarium on Earth?

Once again, on behalf of Gen X: we are sorry about Kyrsten Sinema.

I don't really understand what the U.S. State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy is saying here, but it seems quite ... spirited. nitter.net/UnderSecPD/s...

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/3 Some people are convinced that it’s equally likely that Trump will, for instance, invoke the Insurrection Act and declare all midterm elections cancelled, or equally likely those things will work. This is commonly an emotional and performative stance rather than a fact-based one.

Looks like Bluesky has an integration with Twitch now. I don’t Twitch. I’m old.

I’m pretty sure Trump already knows he can get Grok to digitally remove clothing from pictures of children. I’m sure he has a well informed opinion about the subject.

If you’re looking to read up on the Insurrection Act for whatever reason, allow me to recommend this from @stevevladeck.bsky.social www.stevevladeck.com/p/187-regula...

Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day

An elected official in this case has his hands tied. You can't tell people to go get themselves killed. You have to land on the head of a pin, and whether you land or not depends on perspective.

Oh my god this lady rules. I love this. Just make fun of these poseurs.

ICE recruits were sent into the field without required training because their AI app flagged anyone with "officer" on their resume as a prior law enforcement officer. Recruits who listed "compliance officer", for example, were assumed to have had prior law enforcement experience.

This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India. It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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@jamellebouie.net explores why the mid-term won’t be canceled even if Trump would want it. Constitutionally terms end. Elections are required to fill those positions. No election = empty position.

here's what happens after house elections, which are conducted by each state and locality: the state certifies the winner the winners go to washington they convene a new house they choose a speaker notice who isn't involved here? the president or the current speaker or the senate.

when the current term of the 119th congress ends on january 2 (or 3, i forget) 227, mike johnson ceases to be speaker of the house bsky.app/profile/gran...

The Tinder of repression and authoritarianism.

The short answer is “no”. Joe Rogan is not turning away from Trump. He does sometimes make stand alone comments that can be taken out of context to make it appear that he’s souring on Trump. In context he’s pretty much a Trump guy.

“Qatar was described by the official as a neutral location where money can flow freely with US approval and without risk of seizure…” Seizure by who? US courts? The Congress? Those oil sales did pass through the US financial system.

The irony of Trump condemning the Iranian government for killing protesters while ICE is killing protesters... escapes MAGAts altogether.

The Revolution started with the Boston Massacre before moving to the Boston Tea Party. Massachusetts residents tarred and feathered agents of the Crown. We shot back in Lexington and Concord. Those were the sainted Founding Fathers and the example for Americans.

You know, if this is okay—the President can take funds and park them in a foreign slush account—then we really don't need a wealth tax. The next Democratic President can simply seize money from right-wing billionaires and park it offshore, free from "seizure" by Congress and the courts. 🤷‍♀️

Cat food is nutritionally balanced and costs $1 a can. A loaf of bread costs $2. You can feed a family of four for just $3.

They really want to declare the insurrection Act so they can appear to be acting legitimately. What they don’t get is that because of the fear of the Insurrection Act a lot of state and local politicians are not going to push back hard . Giving the Schutzstaffel more rope.