We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters

ok I know everyone is saying exactly the same thing at once but christ on cracker this is the president of the United States bragging that a fellow crook 'kept me out of jail for years.'

"The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year’s congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

one day, this constant, endless, exhausting, humiliating horseshit is just going to stop and it will never start again.

Happy Mother's Day

RFK Jr. won't stop his attacks on medical science until he can endanger the lives of every American.

“Do you want to actually learn how to write, or just pretend to do so?” That’s the crux of it, right there. Using AI to “write” for you achieves nothing, teaches nothing, gains nothing. Do you want to be a writer, or just play dress-up?

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So long as the Wizards In Robes from the far right authoritarian party are going to completely dispense with even the pretense of complying with the law, the Constitution, & the results of elections, this sort of hardball is going to be necessary to restore democracy & the rule of law.

the thing dem pols need to internalize is this guy and his entire family will vote republican for the rest of their lives, regardless of the republican party literally ending their livelihood

This is an abortion ban

this is straightforwardly impeachable conduct

for medicare???????? for christ’s sake

if you're going to get indicted by the united states federal government, an indictment for publishing a political message spelled out in rocks on a beach is one of the better ones to get

when you're not reading the room

An unbelievably frivolous indictment, even by the standards of this DOJ

it's taking a while but this is full Dying Dictator Behavior

Famously Lincoln’s last words were “this is why I need a home theatre.”

I think a fair question would be: If it is not reasonable for the president to attend an event anywhere except mythical DEFCON Ballroom, why attend so many events at the club in Florida?

Let's be clear we didn't lose the plot - the current administration is actively and intentionally sabotaging clean energy in general (which includes electric cars) and gleefully letting China and other countries lap us with this technology. This is the intentional destruction of US innovation.

This is why your local voice and your local vote matters: today more than ever.

This is interesting

Guess where a potential assassin will be stopped at the new ballroom when/if its completed? The exact same place it was at the Hilton hotel. The security perimeter. Using this attack as justification for a ballroom is childish. bsky.app/profile/spla...

TRUMP: *starts illegal war crashes economy disappears people off the streets unleashes government death squads to execute Americans for protesting loots the treasury and is just super fuckin' racist every day* DEMOCRATS: Guy's not doin' great for America NEWS MEDIA: Wow. Let's tone it down, huh?

"Do you regret your heated rhetoric?" "No. Do you regret your chilled rhetoric? Do you regret sitting on the sidelines as norms fell away and so many laws were broken? Do you regret pretending like this was all normal and you alone were savvy enough to see that Both Sides Are To Blame?"

running to the Nazi website to complain that people were being mean to you for hitting the red carpet at Nazi Prom

ICYMI: POTUS fired all of the 24 members of the quasi-independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising further questions about the future of the science agency that has announced its intent to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research. tinyurl.com/43a8rc6k

Saw this meme and I did it. Opening line to Neuromancer.

I get that there are a lot of people out there getting scammed by stuff that looks transparent to those of us who spend more of our lives online but - really? Who's falling for this? And why didn't Gmail spam filters catch it??

the blind spot on this lifted Silverado is so enormous the driver never even saw the lambo. very cool that for reasons people are allowed to drive around in these death machines. 👍

He's a liar and a killer. I don't know what else to tell people, he's a rich eugenicist, he wants as many poor people as possible to die in the name of 'health.' He's a genuinely and uniquely malign figure in American life and his appointment was an act of violence

"I was ABSOLUTELY told that the Democrats would be bringing knives to the gun fight. What the fuck are they doing bringing guns?" --a whole lot of Republicans looking at the results from Virginia right now

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just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

every conservative political complaint comes back to "those people shouldn't count because they disagree with me"

Remember, Democrats have repeatedly advanced measures to ban partisan gerrymandering and Republicans have voted against them time after time. This is the game Republicans wanted to play. OK, then.

they like Trump and want to help him rule us like a king

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

this is like a miracle

this would be an excellent troll that would likely prompt trump to try to force the issue with SCOTUS

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

it’s so cool how this shit always now happens on the weekend after trump says everything’s great to pump the market on friday

"there is only one majority in this country and that is the working class."

NASA and Mamdani are proving that Americans are desperate to see their money spent in ways they feel good about. This, however, is not the same thing as simply spending the money on things we would feel good about but never know happened. People need to be able to see it.

In order for cyclists to get safe infrastructure they must constantly justify its usage *and* ride their bikes like perfect little angels all the time. Drivers, on the other hand, never have to justify new roads or follow the most basic laws, despite operating the most dangerous vehicles.

If MacKenzie Scott wants to truly stick it to her ex this would be such an amazing way to do it. Ideally by funding nonprofits so ongoing success is not dependent on her.

Just a reminder that JD Vance has been a Catholic for less time than Nacho Fries have been on the Taco Bell menu.