Best Twitter riposte of the day. I started the morning looking at mass protest videos uncertain whether I was watching Minneapolis or Tehran. Turns out it was both.

This is the thing about the "Don't give them the pretext to send in more feds" arguments. The administration is using its own murder of an unarmed civilian as the pretext to send in more agents. They do not need a pretext and will invent them if they want.

as one does, I’ve been googling a lot of stuff recently and it’s crazy that more than a year in they still insist on putting wrong information via AI overview at the top of almost every search. crazy how quickly ive become accustomed to reflexively scroll past/ignore

Best Twitter riposte of the day. And Washington met his payroll for the Continental Army with money furnished by the Spanish Crown, too.

The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”. NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC. ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr. Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.

Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies. Either way, never trust them again.

Ending DEI practices in college admissions will expose an uncomfortable truth. Women now outperform men academically. If universities stop trying to gender balance incoming classes but instead admit based on merit, they’ll reject men at higher rates than they do today.

U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

Please focus these posts on winning back Congress and not some abstract tribunal. Congress is the only place these folks will face questions - not in Hegseth’s DoD or Bondi’s DoJ, or the Hauge (we aren’t subject to the ICC). And not in the next administration because Trump will pardon all of them.

The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.

Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content

TAPPER: “Trump hosted a Gatsby-themed party while SNAP runs out — I’ve heard Republicans even express concern about the optics…” BESSENT: “Obama played more golf than any president.” (NOT TRUE 🤥 ) @jaketapper.bsky.social : *does not push back on the lie*🤔

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Or—please hear me out, as I know this may come as a shock to everyone—J.D. Vance knows the truth and is a calculating, habitual liar who will say absolutely, positively anything he thinks is politically expedient?

Trump’s recent obsession with Venezuela is increasingly looking like a shake down for oil & rare earth minerals. It has little to do with drug boats. The tech bros have him in a tizzy over rare earth minerals needed for next gen tech. It’s why he wanted Greenland. (1/2)

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

Please listen carefully as our menu options changed once like 7 and half years ago.

FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.” Awaiting law enforcement.

A journalist should ask why he seems so uninformed about what's going on in the country as he is supposed to be the leader of the House.

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The Speaker of the House isn't allowed to give that answer. He's not some guy who missed the local news that night. Anyone not following up with "isn't it your job to know? What were you doing instead of paying attention to services being cut for American children" isn't a journalist

It’s weird and wrong and irresponsible how legitimate national news outlets are saying the Gaza peace deal is Trump‘s. This is the person that asked who is habeas corpus. Then again, the plan is not so great. For example, it lacks any clear enforcement mechanism to disarm Hamas.

i told my landlord they're releasing the amelia earhart files and he lowered my rent 50%. i told my grocer and he gave me a free nectarine. i told my doctor and he said i didn't have to pay for the visit. try it. you never know who out there has been waiting for this moment.

No, it’s perfectly believable when you realize the entire MAGA movement is a manipulative, abusive spouse. Once we realize that, we can stop being shocked by what they do and start strategizing against it.

Greenland breathes sigh of relief as it turns out Trump has decided on a military occupation of the United States instead.

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"Are you wearing th—" "The Tecovas x Chili’s cowboy boots made from Chili’s booth leather? Yeah, I am."

Motherfucking wind farms…

Reality

STEP ONE: Reform the Democratic party with new leadership and make way for a new generation of leaders free from billionaire control. STEP TWO: Take America back from the fascists.

I see the Washington Post is platforming an op-ed by Krisi Noem, because apparently they're still pissed they missed their opportunity to publish Goebbels in the original German.

Try this instead

Democrats just flipped the Omaha mayor's office with ads like this. The right-wing obsession with genitals is starting to backfire.

“Trumps says” is a cottage industry of reporting. It’s not very informative. How about “Despite lacking unilateral legal power to do so, Trump says Harvard….”

I'm just a poor country political historian and not some big city media fella, but it *does* seem like a slightly big deal that the leader of the United States presented comically faked "evidence" in the Oval Office to justify his power to disappear ordinary people into a Central American prison?

Hey, NBC News -- you might want to look in your headline for the solution to the mystery.

I am so fucking tired of hearing from crazy frontman Donald Trump. I want to hear from the people who are really in charge.

NOTE: There are more people *in this frame of television* than there are transgender athletes in the State of Maine *All* of this is theater for stupid people

We haven’t reached bottom yet. Because there is no bottom to his moral depravity.

"NC lawmakers postpone vote to ban DEI in state government, as protesters pack state House..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqa...

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”