"But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have gone woke, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it."

had a very respectful chat about theology tonight

millions of children will die but it might erode American soft power a little bit relative to Russia and China so who’s to say if demolishing USAID was bad or not

Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.

We bought Article II of the United Nations Charter with the blood of a hundred million human beings, and less than a century later, it's being sold for nothing by people who don't even understand what they're doing.

"I have some Reasonable Concerns about trans participation in women's sports which is why I support a worldwide crusade against transition care and trans recognition and want trans people unable to participate in public life or exist in society." "Because of the Reasonable Concerns. About sports."

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

Amazing to come together as a labor movement standing up to ICE. The stakes are high. Recently, this administration's personal militia murdered a union member in broad daylight. Today, it gassed thousands of us members in Portland, preventing us from exercising our first amendment rights. UNLAWFUL!

It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.

Motto of the coming decade

If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.

Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."

Ex-f***ing-scuse me?

Make it viral.

These people are evil and hate you and you ought to return that hate.

today is a good day for democrats to put out statements reminding everyone who carries a gun for the government that if you get an illegal order, when the wheel turns those who quit rather than follow them will get their careers back and then some, & those who follow those orders will be prosecuted

Five years ago today, Donald Trump ignited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists. It's an assault on American democracy.

it's good to base your politics on compassion for the oppressed but it's also ok to have a little hate in your heart, as a treat.

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”

"Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black, immeasurably strong, mountain of iron, gate of steel, tower of adamant, he saw it: Barad-dûr, Fortress of Sauron. All hope left him."

Flowers for Qanon

Median Democratic Voter:

From pretty padded-lilies, Kermit hopped across the sea, With a banjo he'd be playing, That inspires you and me! Kermit sung to make folks happy, Let us sing to make them free, Our Frog be hopping on!

They have sounded forth the ribbit that shall never call retreat; They are lifting up the hearts of men with jazzy dancing beats; Oh, be swift to go and follow in the prints of webby feet! Our Frog is marching on.

"Can Trump just kill the federal goverment? Do his EO violent the impoundment act?" You bolt awake in the East Portico. You are not online. It is March 4, 1869. You are Ulysses S Grant, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. The stimulus must be significant

Whe you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health.

WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE, FROM MISSISSIPPI'S WINDING STREAM AND FROM NEW ENGLAND'S SHORE. WE DARE NOT LOOK BEHIND US BUT STEADFASTLY BEFORE. WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE!

"THE EAGLE SHALL BEAR THE RATTLESNAKE IN HIS MOUTH AND REND HIM WITH HIS TALONS"

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

We are in the midst of an almost two-century revolution in human health and longevity brought about by technologies like the MMR vaccine. That this revolution might be rolled back by idiots like RFK, at the cost of human lives, is morally repugnant.

"rapidly deployed" "powerful in ways we don't understand" and "safe to the end user" pick at most two

Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

Watership Down

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise. Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families. Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

"The best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy who, under the specious… garb of patriotism seeks to excuse, palliate or defend them." - Frederick Douglass

I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.

THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES

Chipp Neckwear sells a somewhat similar tie made from 100% silk (cat ties are often polyester). The design is supposed to mean something I won't repeat here bc it's vulgar. But it also represents how many cats treat their owners, so I like it. They also have dog ties. All ties are made in NYC

i regret to say that i have to support this ugly tie photo via @jccoltin.bsky.social

I remember some folks insisting in 2012 that the Democrats as portrayed in LINCOLN were too evil, no one could be that racist; and peeps do I have some bad news about 19th century reactionaries in the US. Also just reactionaries, generally.

"That's so evil I don't believe you're telling me the truth" is such a specific problem with our electorate.