Unfortunately the messaging will be: "well if Biden hadn't driven the national debt up you could have kept your hospital". And folks will believe it.

You think Pope Leo ever rode the Demon at Great America?

Less cruel is not the same as not cruel.

Those under financial stress are 74% likely to commit suicide. 16% of suicides are attributed to a financial problem. Are we talking about this? I think we should.

They told me that's what communism looked like...

Otherwise, let's just start making hats now.

Hey, never forget, it's ok to critique the candidate you voted for.

A core memory has been unlocked.

Clerked a yard for IKEA for two years. This is so utterly unnecessary, I have no explanation who was asking for this but racist folks thinking someone took their job. Also, we don't have enough truckers to begin with, it's utterly unhinged.

Most stats show 80% want manufacturing work to come back, but 80% don't want those jobs. I wonder how that latter stat shifts as you ask rural communities. Got any data, @ryanburge.bsky.social?

I dream of a day when neo-liberals understand this.

I know how annoyingly liberal this sounds, but it's in no small part due to racism. Not many value systems that lead a group of people to shoot themselves in the foot if it means hurting those they deem undeserving like racism.

Surprised the guy that promised to end the genocide in Gaza, that the invasion of Ukraine never would have happened under his watch, would now allow the conflict arising in Kashmir... Starting to think he lied on his resume.

The worst version of social media content are those videos with new music overlayed onto some movie clip with the original score still bedded.

Bros posturing on Twitter wish they were this masculine.

Nice to see we're doing due process again at least.

Trump's gotta be pretty bummed he wasn't able to make this happen in his first 100 days.

Dang, Nazi's can't seem to lose when it comes to EVs.

Evangelical Cognitive Dissonance: Complaining about TikTok fad psychology and self-assessment (granted, it's pretty awful). But also, Taking a spiritual gifts assessment and telling you their love language is "words of affirmation and physical touch".

Caruso is gonna mess around and win FMVP.

"What fighting in the resistance against Skynet taught me about B2B sales."

Don't forget, even with interest rates at 15% three decades ago, and that sucks, homes were still affordable, allowing access. Homes would have to average $250k at current rates to be comparable in cost. Current average is at $398K 👍🏼

Again, they love death. The "decimation of the Houthis". Not concerned about the defeat of terrorist organizations, bc that would also mean supporting the local communities affected by terrorist activities. No, just bomb everything and make excuses later for civilian casualties.

I kinda imagine the usefulness of these actions by the administration is kind of the reverse of RFK's argument for there being an epidemic of autism. If they remove the collection of data from the equation, it's going to look like there's less accidents, injuries, and deaths under their policies.

The context I have for this argument and method is that this is also how they approach scripture. With as supportive as the evangelical church is of MAGA, their hermeneutic is right at home in its methodology.

I agree with this, and it will get through to some people. But, I need everyone to understand that MAGA, and conservatives at large, believe the Constitution matters, that it's being protected right now. This stems from a difference in interpretation.

At the end of the day it's a death cult. Death is a tool, a weapon, and friend.

Sorry Millennials, you will never own a home.

Me, a high priest of Peter Cottontail: "Finally, what a relief."

Had a recent experience where folks at an institution I'm a part of felt like a situation wasn't transparent enough, and I thought at first that the indignation was due to people, in general, wanting more accountability. I don't think that's true. I think it's less optimistic, people don't trust.

Scripture is more occupied with us recognizing the divinely given value of others, while recognizing our inclination to live as less than that reality ourselves. CN is preoccupied with an exclusionary self-righteousness and mandate that others recognize the vitriol they have for them.

If Trump is not removed from office, it's not only the American Dream that is lost, but American values.

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

Gotta keep in mind how few people Trump means when he says "us".

The most cruel outcome of all their lies is the possibility that Kilmar is already deceased.

Ok, you gotta stop being so cool, Jeanty. We need nine teams to pass on drafting you.

Rough night, Bulls lose AND it turns out all of us Bulls fans are MS-13 gang members.

There's no room for weakness and tenderness and hopelessness. Arguably, they have no need of hope; it's all about exerting power, or appealing to power, to orchestrate what they want. Hope is for those who have no control, and they will assure you, that is not them.

Can I interest you in a career where the life expectancy is 49?

Rough night, Bulls East and Bulls West both took pretty big L's last night. Difference is one dismissed their GM afterwards.

Both statements are foolish.

Not a chance Republicans partner in making this happen. But, if it did, and Trump was impeached from office, there's not a chance he'd comply.

Idk, he could have said thank you.

I mean, let's not pretend this doesn't relate directly to the American obsession with efficiency. We can't dictate leave bc then we'd have to commit the ultimate efficiency sin: redundancy.

These are the same people that argue that PWill's contract is bad.

First half ✅ Second half: a lie, that in part, got us into his mess. Every recession leaves more and more Americans behind; stocks don't buy bread.

My experience and master's degree heavily focuses on the church-growth model that has given rise to megachurches. Not saying I'm the arbiter of a definitive answer here, but it's not that I don't see a redeemable path forward, but that I don't even think they are interested.

Christian Nationalism is believing in "One Nation Under God", but also the practicality of sinful leadership.

Christian Nationalism is thanking those who work with the poor, but reminding them that the poor are all lazy and undeserving.