Befuddled & Bemused
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"Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote."--William Shirer
I believe in free individuals making rational choices; one of those dreaded moderates. No, I'm not sarcastic at all, why do you ask? Opinions here are my own.
I believe in free individuals making rational choices; one of those dreaded moderates. No, I'm not sarcastic at all, why do you ask? Opinions here are my own.
Americans Demand New Form Of Media To Bridge Entertainment Gap While Looking From Laptop To Phone
Americans Demand New Form Of Media To Bridge Entertainment Gap While Looking From Laptop To Phone
WASHINGTON—Expressing their growing frustration with the “unacceptable” wait experienced while looking from one electronic device to another, millions of Americans nationwide reportedly demanded a new...
theonion.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Americans Demand New Form Of Media To Bridge Entertainment Gap While Looking From Laptop To Phone
Experimental Anti-Aging Treatment Still Has Few Kinks, Report Infant Researchers
Experimental Anti-Aging Treatment Still Has Few Kinks, Report Infant Researchers
BOSTON—Calling it a minor setback for what otherwise appeared to be a promising new medical intervention, a team of infant researchers announced Wednesday that their experimental anti-aging treatment ...
theonion.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Experimental Anti-Aging Treatment Still Has Few Kinks, Report Infant Researchers
AI Chatbot Obviously Trying To Wind Down Conversation With Boring Human
AI Chatbot Obviously Trying To Wind Down Conversation With Boring Human
SAN FRANCISCO—After it dropped clear hints that it wanted to end the back and forth of the artificial conversation, sources reported Monday that AI chatbot ChatGPT was obviously trying to wind down it...
theonion.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
AI Chatbot Obviously Trying To Wind Down Conversation With Boring Human
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The premier of Canada’s most powerful province — and arguably the country’s most successful politician today — has gotten under Donald Trump’s skin again.
Trump’s No. 1 Canadian Enemy: Doug Ford Relishes Antagonist Role
The premier of Canada’s most powerful province — and arguably the country’s most successful politician today — has gotten under Donald Trump’s skin again.
bloom.bg
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The premier of Canada’s most powerful province — and arguably the country’s most successful politician today — has gotten under Donald Trump’s skin again.
Good thing SCOTUS didn't give Trump a blank check by bogging down Presidential prosecutions into a multi-year ping pong game between them and lower courts.
It took a lot of help for him to turn us into a Mango Republic...
It took a lot of help for him to turn us into a Mango Republic...
If drug smugglers can be labelled terrorists, and then slain at presidential command, then other people Donald Trump identifies as enemies could be just as vulnerable
Donald Trump has turned the war on drugs into a real war
And Congress needs to block the metaphor before it kills again
econ.st
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Good thing SCOTUS didn't give Trump a blank check by bogging down Presidential prosecutions into a multi-year ping pong game between them and lower courts.
It took a lot of help for him to turn us into a Mango Republic...
It took a lot of help for him to turn us into a Mango Republic...
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The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
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lawyers are the best follows on here for threads like this
Thread. I’ve said for a while that under Trump 2, plaintiffs’ lawyers and juries are going to become our product safety regulators. Things like this are how and why. Here’s how the arguments will go. Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, etc will continue to have standards.
1/ Last month, the EPA proposed a rule that will significantly weaken safety reviews for toxic chemicals used in the U.S. Weakening these reviews can open the door to more exposure to toxic chemicals, including PFAS and formaldehyde.
October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
lawyers are the best follows on here for threads like this
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The poll watchers are back
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The poll watchers are back
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat
ARLINGTON, VA—Saying the Pentagon had acted swiftly on an insider tip about the vessel having a “big adventure” planned, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. military had car...
theonion.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat
Nation Schedules Recurring Monthly Benefit Concert To Streamline Tragedy Response Process
Nation Schedules Recurring Monthly Benefit Concert To Streamline Tragedy Response Process
WASHINGTON—In an effort to bypass the logistical challenges of arranging an entirely new event each time, the nation announced Wednesday that it would be streamlining its tragedy response process by h...
theonion.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nation Schedules Recurring Monthly Benefit Concert To Streamline Tragedy Response Process
Trump Asks JD Vance To Research Whether President Allowed To Kill Vice President
Trump Asks JD Vance To Research Whether President Allowed To Kill Vice President
WASHINGTON—Calling him “the best man for the job,” President Donald Trump reportedly asked JD Vance Thursday to research whether the president was allowed to kill the vice president. “I mean, Article ...
theonion.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Trump Asks JD Vance To Research Whether President Allowed To Kill Vice President
Trump: ‘Another Thing Epstein And I Never Did Is Play Nude Charades’
Trump: ‘Another Thing Epstein And I Never Did Is Play Nude Charades’
theonion.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Trump: ‘Another Thing Epstein And I Never Did Is Play Nude Charades’
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Sinclair and Nexwhatever have a right to run networks premised on reactionary douchebaggery.
September 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Sinclair and Nexwhatever have a right to run networks premised on reactionary douchebaggery.
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I don’t really have anything to say about this jamboree that Hegseth is calling at the Pentagon until I know why
September 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I don’t really have anything to say about this jamboree that Hegseth is calling at the Pentagon until I know why
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Hard to make a better case for bored decadence than "I am very upset about hearing that the president of the United States had to walk up one flight of stairs, it must be a conspiracy, this is personally victimizing me, I'm a victim."
Sometimes I think people need more real problems.
September 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hard to make a better case for bored decadence than "I am very upset about hearing that the president of the United States had to walk up one flight of stairs, it must be a conspiracy, this is personally victimizing me, I'm a victim."
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Undersold in the dialogue: USDOJ still ate shit and got no-billed on a third of the charges they sought
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted days after Trump demanded his DOJ move 'now' to prosecute enemies
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted days after Trump demanded his DOJ move 'now' to prosecute enemies
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted just days after President Trump issued a public demand for the DOJ to act "now" to prosecute him, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Undersold in the dialogue: USDOJ still ate shit and got no-billed on a third of the charges they sought
Trump always goes missing or has bruises on his hand on the 24th of the month...
apparently this only matters to the US media if it's Biden
apparently this only matters to the US media if it's Biden
Trump 'goes missing' on day that supports conspiracy theory on his bruised hand
A theory is running rampant online, speculating that the president is undergoing some form of monthly treatment that is causing the large bruise on his hand
www.irishstar.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump always goes missing or has bruises on his hand on the 24th of the month...
apparently this only matters to the US media if it's Biden
apparently this only matters to the US media if it's Biden
Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office
Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office
theonion.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office
Bored Trump Spends Night Channel Surfing For New Shows To Cancel
Bored Trump Spends Night Channel Surfing For New Shows To Cancel
WASHINGTON—Flipping through all of the options for the sixth time in a row as the clock approached 1 a.m., a bored President Donald Trump reportedly spent Thursday night channel surfing for new shows ...
theonion.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Bored Trump Spends Night Channel Surfing For New Shows To Cancel
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JFC...
"The comments by Ms. Bondi on Monday appeared to reflect a broader effort by the Trump administration to punish anyone who has celebrated Mr. Kirk’s killing 👉or even people who denounced his killing but continued to criticize his political stances."👈
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
"The comments by Ms. Bondi on Monday appeared to reflect a broader effort by the Trump administration to punish anyone who has celebrated Mr. Kirk’s killing 👉or even people who denounced his killing but continued to criticize his political stances."👈
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
Bondi Prompts Broad Backlash After Saying She’ll Target ‘Hate Speech’
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
JFC...
"The comments by Ms. Bondi on Monday appeared to reflect a broader effort by the Trump administration to punish anyone who has celebrated Mr. Kirk’s killing 👉or even people who denounced his killing but continued to criticize his political stances."👈
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
"The comments by Ms. Bondi on Monday appeared to reflect a broader effort by the Trump administration to punish anyone who has celebrated Mr. Kirk’s killing 👉or even people who denounced his killing but continued to criticize his political stances."👈
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
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Well this is quite a statement from the Utah County Attorney in regards to Kash Patel
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
September 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Well this is quite a statement from the Utah County Attorney in regards to Kash Patel
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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My usual reminder: charging instruments like the information in this case are accusations to be proved. They do not independently establish facts.
The court documents for Tyler Robinson's murder charge of Charlie Kirk are released. Full documents are here.
I anticipate the far right will seize on the text Tyler made to his roommate saying "I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out."
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I anticipate the far right will seize on the text Tyler made to his roommate saying "I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out."
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
September 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My usual reminder: charging instruments like the information in this case are accusations to be proved. They do not independently establish facts.
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Wait, you bitches are getting the fancy, name-brand cocaine? Normal people out here just getting by with store brand LIKE THE POORS!
Pilot dies after plane carrying nearly 200kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in remote Brazil
Pilot dies after plane carrying 180kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in Brazil
www.independent.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Wait, you bitches are getting the fancy, name-brand cocaine? Normal people out here just getting by with store brand LIKE THE POORS!