August J. Pollak
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Your face is good. I am a Soos.
This is literally the only profession in the country where you can be this ignorant to what your clients/customers want and still have a career
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
This is literally the only profession in the country where you can be this ignorant to what your clients/customers want and still have a career
This is the President Pro Tempore of the Virginia State Senate.
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
January 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM
This is the President Pro Tempore of the Virginia State Senate.
Would of course love to be wrong, but after 2016 when a unexpected insurgent to the establishment’s left captured the primary, the Democrats quite clearly rededicated their entire existence to ensuring that never happens again
I really think this guy is going to get demolished at the first debate. The comparisons to DeSantis are not far off the mark.
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Would of course love to be wrong, but after 2016 when a unexpected insurgent to the establishment’s left captured the primary, the Democrats quite clearly rededicated their entire existence to ensuring that never happens again
The majority of libs who are fretting about the idea of elections being canceled are doing so because that’s actually much, much easier to reconcile with than what is far more likely, which is Democrats are simply going to nominate this guy and lose.
January 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The majority of libs who are fretting about the idea of elections being canceled are doing so because that’s actually much, much easier to reconcile with than what is far more likely, which is Democrats are simply going to nominate this guy and lose.
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Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
Again: Trump is not going to cancel the midterms and is not looking for a way to do so. What he's looking for is an excuse to send ICE or the national guard into Democrat-heavy cities to "monitor" the polling places.
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Again: Trump is not going to cancel the midterms and is not looking for a way to do so. What he's looking for is an excuse to send ICE or the national guard into Democrat-heavy cities to "monitor" the polling places.
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I can't move past the fact that the murder of Ms. Good happened almost completely because the doofus got caught up trying to shoot TikTok content.
Yeah, I think a lot about the choice the Trump admin has made to send film crews after everybody to show they're Doing Something.
Biden's DOJ (and Ellison's AG office) were rolling up fraudsters with convictions. But they didn't send influencers to advertise it. Cut to Rs saying Trump finally ACTED
Biden's DOJ (and Ellison's AG office) were rolling up fraudsters with convictions. But they didn't send influencers to advertise it. Cut to Rs saying Trump finally ACTED
The funny thing is they were. The 60 Minutes piece last fall with Homan ended with them on raids with ICE doing exactly what they are doing now but targeted. Biden just kept it quiet.
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I can't move past the fact that the murder of Ms. Good happened almost completely because the doofus got caught up trying to shoot TikTok content.
I agree with Dave 100% here but I'm just gonna say it: the outrage over ICE is matching the outrage over the perception Biden/Dems were weak on immigration in that voters really don't like it when a white lady gets murdered.
I started some shit about this topic last week, but I truly think "abolish ICE" was not a Dem problem the way "defund the police" was. Their problem is post-Biden, they don't have immigration credibility, so they need to convince people they won't just refuse to enforce immigration laws. (1/2)
Democrats won the White House and Senate that year and “abolish ICE” is literally polling ten points higher than it already
January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I agree with Dave 100% here but I'm just gonna say it: the outrage over ICE is matching the outrage over the perception Biden/Dems were weak on immigration in that voters really don't like it when a white lady gets murdered.
They won a Senate seat in Georgia for the first time in 24 years, twice
They underperformed in the senate and house and Biden wasn't exactly running on abolition.
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
They won a Senate seat in Georgia for the first time in 24 years, twice
Democrats won the White House and Senate that year and “abolish ICE” is literally polling ten points higher than it already
Because “Defund the Police” was such a smashing success.
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Democrats won the White House and Senate that year and “abolish ICE” is literally polling ten points higher than it already
How are elected Democrats the only remaining entity on the entire planet who don’t understand what people actually want them to do about ICE
People know ICE is making us less safe. And they support major reform.
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
How are elected Democrats the only remaining entity on the entire planet who don’t understand what people actually want them to do about ICE
Hey does anyone remember like ten days ago when the person who ran this exact same network spiked a 60 Minutes story because she claimed there wasn’t enough evidence to support it, anyway here’s something the government said that’s completely refuted by actual video
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Hey does anyone remember like ten days ago when the person who ran this exact same network spiked a 60 Minutes story because she claimed there wasn’t enough evidence to support it, anyway here’s something the government said that’s completely refuted by actual video
As of 12:01 AM today, Jan 15, 2026, the terms of service for Twitter mandate that Elon Musk is allowed to file all of his lawsuits against users in the northern District of Texas specifically so Reed O’Connor can be the judge that gets them.
www.thebulwark.com/p/media-matt...
www.thebulwark.com/p/media-matt...
Media Matters Says It’s Ending Its Presence on X
The liberal watchdog says changes to the terms of service make it impossible for them to keep posting on the platform.
www.thebulwark.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:53 AM
As of 12:01 AM today, Jan 15, 2026, the terms of service for Twitter mandate that Elon Musk is allowed to file all of his lawsuits against users in the northern District of Texas specifically so Reed O’Connor can be the judge that gets them.
www.thebulwark.com/p/media-matt...
www.thebulwark.com/p/media-matt...
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Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
So, so secondary to all of this but just like real cops, ICE agents can just take your stuff and claim it was connected to a crime. It's called asset forfeiture. Since 2014, cops have stolen more stuff from American citizens every year than actual burglars
thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still...
thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still...
January 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
So, so secondary to all of this but just like real cops, ICE agents can just take your stuff and claim it was connected to a crime. It's called asset forfeiture. Since 2014, cops have stolen more stuff from American citizens every year than actual burglars
thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still...
thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still...
This is so goddamned infuriating. Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent who just MURDERED SOMEONE, is a TEN YEAR veteran of both ICE and the US Military. This is not a training problem, but Schumer is saying it is because he's a Democrat, the party of people who want everything to be solved by someone else!
MS NOW: Why haven't you gotten a dozen Dem senators & NYC cops, flown to Minneapolis & said to the guys wearing masks 'We've brought people who know how to operate'
SCHUMER: You're right. We need police officers to tell ICE, 'You don't know what the hell you're doing. You need real police training'
SCHUMER: You're right. We need police officers to tell ICE, 'You don't know what the hell you're doing. You need real police training'
January 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This is so goddamned infuriating. Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent who just MURDERED SOMEONE, is a TEN YEAR veteran of both ICE and the US Military. This is not a training problem, but Schumer is saying it is because he's a Democrat, the party of people who want everything to be solved by someone else!
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They'll stick to an official line of not explicitly saying it, keep all the face-saving off ramps open, it can be spun as doing what he asked for. But this is an actual for-real military deployment in response to a fear of an American invasion. Soldiers to defend themselves from us, the rogue state.
Denmark is underway to move more troops to Greenland in cooperation with undisclosed allies.
Preparatory staff are in place to solve logistics for potential larger Danish forces.
Details are sparse but dr.dk reports that first plane landed 2 days ago.
Preparatory staff are in place to solve logistics for potential larger Danish forces.
Details are sparse but dr.dk reports that first plane landed 2 days ago.
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
They'll stick to an official line of not explicitly saying it, keep all the face-saving off ramps open, it can be spun as doing what he asked for. But this is an actual for-real military deployment in response to a fear of an American invasion. Soldiers to defend themselves from us, the rogue state.
I had to read this four times
New: CBS News seems to be preparing a new segment called "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil," per sources.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I had to read this four times
You cannot even fathom how insufferable a Vice President Marco Rubio would be
Grasping for a reason for why Trunp shouldn't drop dead right now?
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
You cannot even fathom how insufferable a Vice President Marco Rubio would be
My unpopular but objectively true opinion is JD Vance is far, FAR more likely to actually blanket pardon Hegseth, Noem, etc. than Trump which just on its own is enough to actually hope Trump rides it out.
January 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
My unpopular but objectively true opinion is JD Vance is far, FAR more likely to actually blanket pardon Hegseth, Noem, etc. than Trump which just on its own is enough to actually hope Trump rides it out.
Stating the obvious here, but SCOTUS made its decision on tariffs months ago; we’re just waiting for the release of the ruling.
Trump isn’t saying this to try and sway an already-decided decision; he’s preemptively declaring why he’ll choose to ignore it if he doesn’t get what he wants.
Trump isn’t saying this to try and sway an already-decided decision; he’s preemptively declaring why he’ll choose to ignore it if he doesn’t get what he wants.
January 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Stating the obvious here, but SCOTUS made its decision on tariffs months ago; we’re just waiting for the release of the ruling.
Trump isn’t saying this to try and sway an already-decided decision; he’s preemptively declaring why he’ll choose to ignore it if he doesn’t get what he wants.
Trump isn’t saying this to try and sway an already-decided decision; he’s preemptively declaring why he’ll choose to ignore it if he doesn’t get what he wants.
I too cannot believe Roberts might support a tax passed by Congress but not a tax unilaterally dictated into existence by the president just because the Constitution says only one of those is legal
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I too cannot believe Roberts might support a tax passed by Congress but not a tax unilaterally dictated into existence by the president just because the Constitution says only one of those is legal
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Leftists address this constantly. We advocate for universal health care and child care, guaranteed pensions, decommodified housing, and all kinds of other things that would directly address these issues. What we don't do is say "more white babies" which is what is really being asked here
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in. n.pr/3NH3yso
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Leftists address this constantly. We advocate for universal health care and child care, guaranteed pensions, decommodified housing, and all kinds of other things that would directly address these issues. What we don't do is say "more white babies" which is what is really being asked here
Trump take Dilbert
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Trump take Dilbert