August J. Pollak
@augustjpollak.bsky.social
Your face is good. I am a Soos.
I am trying so hard to not be shitty and cynical about comments like this, but I am genuinely begging to be presented any historical evidence Democrats have even suggested they will do something at this magnitude, let alone actually did. For godssakes Biden didn’t even fire the post office guy.
One thing all Democrats running in 2026 and 2028 should be explicit about is a promise that regardless of pardons, the crimes committed by everyone in this administration will be investigated and published.
We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
January 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I am trying so hard to not be shitty and cynical about comments like this, but I am genuinely begging to be presented any historical evidence Democrats have even suggested they will do something at this magnitude, let alone actually did. For godssakes Biden didn’t even fire the post office guy.
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The death toll from the attack on Venezuela is now at 80, per Venezuelan officials. That includes civilians. Every article about the attack, or how the US somehow claims it will run the country, should mention the fact that, you know, people died, including civilians. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: As Venezuela Projects Defiance, Rubio Says U.S. Will Use ‘Leverage’ to Advance Its Interests
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The death toll from the attack on Venezuela is now at 80, per Venezuelan officials. That includes civilians. Every article about the attack, or how the US somehow claims it will run the country, should mention the fact that, you know, people died, including civilians. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
2.3% of the Democratic House caucus, the people directly chosen by 75 million people to be their voice in the affairs of government, have called for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Two point three percent.
Two point three percent.
January 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
2.3% of the Democratic House caucus, the people directly chosen by 75 million people to be their voice in the affairs of government, have called for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Two point three percent.
Two point three percent.
Your occasionally reminder that just five years ago, a vast number of these people were explaining that COVID is a hoax because the thing that was killing thousands of people was just the flu, which is normal
“this is not just the flu” is incorrect, this is what the flu has always been and it is why i am annoying about getting the flu shot. get your kids the flu shot. anyone able to get the flu shot! this is devastating!
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Your occasionally reminder that just five years ago, a vast number of these people were explaining that COVID is a hoax because the thing that was killing thousands of people was just the flu, which is normal
“This makes us look weak” said multiple Democrats who asked not to have their identities known.
Some Democrats hate that their party is largely positioning itself in opposition to the operation that resulted in Maduro's capture.
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
“This makes us look weak” said multiple Democrats who asked not to have their identities known.
I think the grok shit is what’s finally going to kill Section 230 and when it does, you can chalk that up to what ultimately will go down in history as the biggest single act of damage to democracy Elon Musk ever facilitated
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I think the grok shit is what’s finally going to kill Section 230 and when it does, you can chalk that up to what ultimately will go down in history as the biggest single act of damage to democracy Elon Musk ever facilitated
A key point to remember in all this is for more than a decade now what the media has wanted more than literally anything else in the world is for Marco Rubio to be president because they decided said decade ago he’s the one who is “supposed to” be president according to them
January 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
A key point to remember in all this is for more than a decade now what the media has wanted more than literally anything else in the world is for Marco Rubio to be president because they decided said decade ago he’s the one who is “supposed to” be president according to them
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The most junior copy editor at the nation’s worst college paper could find a way to squeeze “which killed an estimated 40 people” somewhere into these top 6 grafs of the NYTimes story.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
The most junior copy editor at the nation’s worst college paper could find a way to squeeze “which killed an estimated 40 people” somewhere into these top 6 grafs of the NYTimes story.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
Yeah, shouting “I will ensure America has the most lethal fighting force in the world” in a televised speech watched by billions of people will tend to do that
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Yeah, shouting “I will ensure America has the most lethal fighting force in the world” in a televised speech watched by billions of people will tend to do that
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I'm glad that Congress isn't alive to see this
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I'm glad that Congress isn't alive to see this
I know I’m harping on this but it’s important to remember that when pundits/politicians are talking about “the norms” on stuff like this they are talking about the period when the president of the United States was bombing seven different countries but it’s okay because he told Congress first sorta
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I know I’m harping on this but it’s important to remember that when pundits/politicians are talking about “the norms” on stuff like this they are talking about the period when the president of the United States was bombing seven different countries but it’s okay because he told Congress first sorta
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Any country that is still sending its soccer team to the U.S. for the World Cup is 100% complicit in this
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Any country that is still sending its soccer team to the U.S. for the World Cup is 100% complicit in this
God I hope that dinner Chris Coons had to get to was delicious. I hope he tipped well. At least give us that
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
God I hope that dinner Chris Coons had to get to was delicious. I hope he tipped well. At least give us that
I for one can’t believe loyal stalwarts of the party whose prior leader unilaterally murdered innocent people with robots in seven different countries isn’t more vocally outraged by all this
When American libs call Maduro a “brutal dictator” what they mean is he won’t hand his country’s resources over to US corporations.
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I for one can’t believe loyal stalwarts of the party whose prior leader unilaterally murdered innocent people with robots in seven different countries isn’t more vocally outraged by all this
In retrospect, the decades of jokes and mockery all merit a complete and total apology: it turns out it was actually true the only way to prevent this would be for every single country to have nuclear weapons.
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
In retrospect, the decades of jokes and mockery all merit a complete and total apology: it turns out it was actually true the only way to prevent this would be for every single country to have nuclear weapons.
This is an incredibly embarrassing moment for the FIFA Peace Prize committee.
January 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
This is an incredibly embarrassing moment for the FIFA Peace Prize committee.
I’m not trying to be dismissive or cynical but how are there still people going “how is Twitter letting this happen?” anymore, my brother in Christ the man has spent two solid years doing nothing but turning the app into the Divinity trailer, what hope were you still holding onto
January 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I’m not trying to be dismissive or cynical but how are there still people going “how is Twitter letting this happen?” anymore, my brother in Christ the man has spent two solid years doing nothing but turning the app into the Divinity trailer, what hope were you still holding onto
Admittedly 100% anecdotal, but I road tripped to Texas both this and last year for the holidays in EV, and I can honestly say the drastic decline in CyberTruck appearances at all the charging stations I stopped at this year was noticeable. $100,000 Juiceros.
one nice 2025 memory i'll always have is helping my daughter's girl scout troop sell cookies as a cybertruck drove by and they all started mocking it
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Admittedly 100% anecdotal, but I road tripped to Texas both this and last year for the holidays in EV, and I can honestly say the drastic decline in CyberTruck appearances at all the charging stations I stopped at this year was noticeable. $100,000 Juiceros.
For the benefit of the hopefully very few people who don’t already know this, you will immediately feel much better if you go watch Gravity Falls, a show Netflix spent eight years and literally half a billion dollars to make a fundamentally worse version of in every way imaginable
January 2, 2026 at 1:50 PM
For the benefit of the hopefully very few people who don’t already know this, you will immediately feel much better if you go watch Gravity Falls, a show Netflix spent eight years and literally half a billion dollars to make a fundamentally worse version of in every way imaginable
Seems bad there’s apparently a single person on this planet who would be handwaved by both our media and our government for owning a website that now lets anyone just create child pornography on demand since that exact person is, you know, fucking doing that.
January 2, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Seems bad there’s apparently a single person on this planet who would be handwaved by both our media and our government for owning a website that now lets anyone just create child pornography on demand since that exact person is, you know, fucking doing that.
A cashier at a barbecue place in Atlanta asked me “do you work at Videodrome (the local independent video store here)? You have the Videodrome employee phenotype.”
Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A cashier at a barbecue place in Atlanta asked me “do you work at Videodrome (the local independent video store here)? You have the Videodrome employee phenotype.”
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
“What if Medicare, but harder?”
To each, the healthcare they need, from each , an amount they can afford to pay
Have taxpayers guarantee, at Medicare rates, any amount a patient can’t afford. Allow the patient to repay on a means tested basis. No insurance premiums. No copay’s or coinsurance.
Have taxpayers guarantee, at Medicare rates, any amount a patient can’t afford. Allow the patient to repay on a means tested basis. No insurance premiums. No copay’s or coinsurance.
Let’s cut to the chase. Say you’re not a billionaire. What’s the best way to afford healthcare in the US right now? What would you do?
December 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“What if Medicare, but harder?”
I won’t exactly call this “optimism” because I dread it happening and certainly have no illusions it would be dangerous and deadly for many, but the White House seems to be rapidly escalating its denial that the ACTUAL military and law enforcement in this country won’t rapidly get fed up with this.
If you're a Democrat, you're a sucker if you imagine this agency has anything to do with immigration. It is--and aspires to be!--a fascist paramilitary goon squad. You should start saying so and lay the groundwork for starving it of funding when you take power
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I won’t exactly call this “optimism” because I dread it happening and certainly have no illusions it would be dangerous and deadly for many, but the White House seems to be rapidly escalating its denial that the ACTUAL military and law enforcement in this country won’t rapidly get fed up with this.