Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!

Yeah. "Scientists."

Of course, I think bill maher is loathsome. It is also true that defeating that odious loomer on summary judgment is sweeter than honey. May all of these whiny lawsuits (trvmp, patel, et al)get shredded at the first off-ramp, too.

Why is it that Democratic politicians are always doing this thing where they legitimize right-wing caricatures of Democrats? Which Democrats are referring to people in prison as the "justice involved population?" That's just not a thing any elected official is saying.

CA Dems You don’t need to elect the billionaire guy! We have an excellent candidate in Rep Xavier Becerra Please RP this to Cali folks!

If you haven't actually read the 25th Amendment, you should. It doesn't remove a Prez; it temporarily gives the powers to VP, and if P objects (this one will), Congress decides. And it is initiated by the VP + majority of THIS Cabinet. Impeachment is easier... and that's practically impossible.

Prepare to take action on May First. Protests show awareness and they deter the worst. (16/17) indivisible.org/events/may-d...

Before you go through the scanner, the TSA agent inputs your perceived gender. The scanner checks your groin area, and if it doesn’t match with your perceived gender, they flag you for a pat down. Imagine ICE agents operating those scanners. Now do you get why trans people are afraid to fly?

Now adding "Norris" next to "Schumer" on my Ugh Chuck block-list.

Donald Trump is only ever worried about two things: Cutting taxes for the wealthy and building his damn ballroom.

Fire mark markwayne mullin.

oh hey look more proof positive that the best response to a trump lawsuit is “fuck you, make me.” hope everyone who gave in without a fight feels like the utter rubes they are.

For Kerry scholars @kschwenky.bsky.social, Klee was an important influence on the development of the iconic "Sexy Daffy" almost a century later.

Mad Magazine, 2007.

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I wonder if Dems will make this insane economic assholery one of the centerpieces of the campaign. I mean effectively.

We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.

Ooo what fun, I'm pulling the word "proconsul" out of the mothballs of Dumbshit Foreign "Policy". Bremer might even still be around to do it.

I mean, that's fine, but a reminder to the specific type of Dems who tend to fall in love with apostate Repubs for undefined psychological reasons: HE'S STILL A 2015-ERA REPUBLICAN. STILL AGAINST ALL OUR VALUES EXCEPT ONE.

It won't get there before Christmas, at this point, but it's a real value for money. Fully expect to see Balenciaga knocking this off at a 5 figure pricepoint for Spring 2026. www.mulebooks.com/store/billio...

All women are biological women. Unless they're mechanical women, I guess. That would be cool, though. No, your AI girlfriend does not count as a mechanical woman. Because it is not a woman. Trans women are, obviously, biological women. Because, again, not mechanical.

Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection. Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE. They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves. One we can avoid w/ vaccination. .

There's a non-zero chance that devin nunes-not-nuñez is galomping around SFO right now, on cheap shoes and an even cheaper red-brown dye job. Is he still in the greater Bay Area anymore? @devincow.bsky.social , anything I can try to milk of him for you?

Daina Taimina, a Cornell University mathematician uses crochet to demonstrate Hyperbolic Geometry #womensart

For everyone, whether you've seen it or not. Especially @kschwenky.bsky.social who requested good things today, and @laminx.bsky.social whose name should give it away.

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

No, it's a *euphemism* known as "stake whatever". It's a tactic known as AUTHORITARIAN. You should familiarize yourselves with the term.

I *love* the second image. No kings ever ... but the greatest Prince of all fucking time.

First, it staves off apathy, cynicism, and despair. Second, it demonstrates to those who might use violence against innocent civilians that they would be doing so against grannies, kids, neighbors. Third, it shows allies and partners that the America they need is alive.

The Onion can re-run this today with D’Angelo swapped in for Prince RIP a(nother) legend @theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social

Please Democrats and Dem-aligned small-$ donors . . . Let's not McGrath the actual McGrath again. With a single digit fraction of what McConnell-haters gave her to lose by 30 points last time, we could have flipped four and possibly five State houses. Even at $20, please donate smart.

The Trump administration has cancelled 4,304 deliveries to food banks so far this year, refusing to deliver 94 million pounds of contracted-for food. Food banks simply can’t feed people enough anymore. Millions of Americans are going hungry as a result.

La Dona Maria Felix, 1949 #diegorivera #artdeco

As you take in the news each day, bear in mind that breaking our spirits is part of the plan. Quite frankly: you all need to find some damn grit and dig in. We warned you that things would be worse the second go-round, but I’m seeing people throw up their hands screaming over mild inconveniences.

Sure... SOMEtimes. But there are times where the person is well enough known or the incident is so common in America that we do not in fact owe that vermin one moment of reflection or consideration -- nor anything. The sooner he is thoroughly forgotten, the better.

In Murkowski's defense, she's not at all smart.

Yes. Share my guide so we don’t all die open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

Putting the "total" in "totalitarian". He was always serious in his phrase "run the country" instead of "run the government."

Amarjeet Nandhra is a artist and educator who often employs printmaking on fabric to highlight social causes. One of the many fascinating artists interviewed in #ReframingWomenPrintmakers !

[Eye roll] I wish the (chronological and intellectual) kids would learn to tell the difference between the enemy (gop, white nationalists, so-called conservatives) and allies who are sometimes/often lame & inept.

No. The time for protesting and speaking up is NEVER past. Courage is contagious. Showing other citizens that we're not quitting, nor just accepting autocracy & fascism is ESSENTIAL practice. Citizenship is fucking hard.

So many leftists are laser focused on never doing anything wrong instead of ever doing anything helpful.

From the No Shit desk:

Jessica Brilli, contemporary US artist who works in a style that encompasses American realism and 20th century iconography #WomensArt #Monday

you can trick your brain into having fun on the 4th by not thinking about it as pro-American and instead thinking of it as anti-British

This is true. Otherwise, they win.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

In keeping with Republicans supporting all Nazi relics.