To Republicans, the only politically correct speech is blind praise for our military. They consider it verboten to question any aspect of the military industrial complex, especially spending, which they mask behind "support the troops" while refusing to care for the troops themselves.

Have you ever noticed that the massive, coordinated, multi-year assault on trans rights is based on NOTHING WHATSOEVER

Ah shit, Gerry Conway died. He created the punisher & was very outspoken in saying "if you're a cop who wears a punisher logo, frank castle fucking HATES you." He said the punisher only existed because of a fatally flawed system, & so those most harmed by that system have more claim to the symbol:

"Fury as politicians who have never taken public transportation nor rode a bike want to dramatically expand the road network so their car isn't late."

Steve Kerr spot on as usual

Just a sad insecure broken man who has never experienced love or joy in his life.

It sure seems like "we don't want to follow the law because it's inconvenient" is built into the business models of most tech companies. "We prioritize the convenience of cars over the safety of bikes" is just how America works.

Hot take: nature is cool and we should protect it. #EarthDay

That's not "a different way." That's just being dumb and not knowing anything about math, and living your entire life never having anyone around you willing to tell you you're wrong.

They think you're stupid.

I wonder if there's ever going to be a full and complete tally of all the deaths this administration has caused, directly and indirectly, home and abroad.

Trump is within sight of an under 30% overall approval rating. One of the most important causes right now is to establish a media narrative and popular support behind severe punishments and consequences to our present criminals running things.

We mention Disney's Motor Mania in Life After Cars. When it was released 76 years ago it understood something fundamental about driving: No one becomes a *better* person behind the wheel of a car.

Do these people realize they're advocating for their own jobs to disappear and be replaced by a shitty program?

one more for the "this meme must surely already exist but i couldn't find it" file.

Not super deep, but the intro to "Video Killed The Radio Star" will always be associated with Ethan Embry running down those stairs.

As someone who's been suggested The Pitt many times but not been interested, this is easily the best sales pitch I've heard and may actually watch now.

Is it good our economy is based on companies who produce nothing but are based on the legal theory of blatantly stealing information from other sources and distributing it incorrectly via a process that annihilates our natural resources?

Let's fucking goooooooo

“anti-Americanism,” “support for the overthrow of the U.S. Government,” “extremism on migration,” extremism on “race,” extremism on “gender,” You can't say they're not committed to the bit.

These people have no real beliefs, they think anyone who does is a sap and a loser, but if you call them on it, they will act like the biggest martyrs to ever exist.

TurboTax and H&R Block spent $7 million lobbying the Trump administration to kill Direct File. Both companies donated to Trump's 2024 campaign and inauguration committees.

Republicans hate you and want to make every single aspect of your life harder and cost more.

Aside from the intense bigotry, "Europe is gone" scares people away from traveling. It keeps them in their "The US is the only safe space so don't question it" bubble. Traveling lets people know a different world is possible and may make them question their leadership & we can't have that happening.

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.

People are asking ChatGPT things I would normally just ask a friend, parent, mentor, therapist or medical professional for or about. It takes work to build and maintain those relationships, and figure out who is the right person to ask, but the alternative is a digital tool known for lying to users.

A brief list of people in the National Statuary Hall that aren't worthy of the honor, listed by state:

A real opposition party would bring these up all the time. Another pedophile brought to you by Trump.

Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.

Chicago City Council is voting on whether to kick nazis out of the CPD. One would hope this is an easy vote...

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

People who let their dogs off their leash are worse than parents who don't care their kids are crying.

just following onto this — trump picked up the phone from an *msnbc* reporter *in the middle of a war meeting* but sent jd to voicemail twice 😂

Should the president be taking breaks from "meetings about the war" to take random calls from reporters?

From Reconstruction to "We tortured some folks," from Iran-Contra to January 6th, a prevailing ideology of American politics is that no one should face consequences, nothing should be fundamentally changed, and we should all happily move on as if ignoring the problem solves it.

hell of a week to remember you still haven’t done your taxes

Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.

The Republican party is filled with insane people who will kill us all.

Yea, dope, fuck up the airports of the only cities people actually want to go to.

I just don't understand how we can move on as a successful society if we don't have full trials for all these people.

It's fun in comparison remembering how upset Jake got when Obama didn't give Fox News the utmost respect.

*journalist being thrown into Gitmo for not revealing source* "Excuse me, kind sir, did you not see my pocket square? I paid ten American dollars for it just prior to the soiree."

Current* conditions near Eagle Harbor, MI:

TRUMP: When are we going to land, approximately? Eisenhower: Uhhhh. I'd love to keep that a secret TRUMP: First week of June

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

American universities were a global beacon of cutting edge learning & research & students would do anything to live & learn here. That should be a point of American pride & we should be welcoming them with open arms. The "America First" brigade broke that & spits on anyone who has idolized America.

Aside from the blatant bigotry, conservatives, and the Trump administration especially, have decidedly not cared about "investing in our own people" if not been outright opposed to the general concept. It's just another iteration of pointing to immigrants & saying "they're the problem, not us."