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How do you do, fellow kids?
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Okay gang, The Onion is 80 sign-ups away from our 60,000th print subscriber.
This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S.
So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you.
Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S.
So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you.
Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
Join The Onion
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December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Okay gang, The Onion is 80 sign-ups away from our 60,000th print subscriber.
This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S.
So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you.
Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S.
So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you.
Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
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Since Christmas is around the corner, a reminder that Wikipedia has a store. And the profits go to a project billionaires hate, so you're buying an object and getting free spite.
Classic Collection
Inspired by infoboxes, blue hyperlinks, talkpages, and everything that makes Wikipedia unique, this collection features new and well-loved designs, reimagined.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Since Christmas is around the corner, a reminder that Wikipedia has a store. And the profits go to a project billionaires hate, so you're buying an object and getting free spite.
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
@booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov looking at you to support better leadership in the Senate than this
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
@booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov looking at you to support better leadership in the Senate than this
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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Once more, for old times’ sake
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Once more, for old times’ sake
Grateful for everyone out there fighting for their communities under the national radar…
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Grateful for everyone out there fighting for their communities under the national radar…
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The last New York City mayoral candidate to secure over 1 million votes was John Lindsay in 1969.
Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.
Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The last New York City mayoral candidate to secure over 1 million votes was John Lindsay in 1969.
Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.
Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.
Alec Baldwin is the best Jack Ryan because he really sells “I’m in over my head,” which is an essential part of the character. I said what I said!
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Alec Baldwin is the best Jack Ryan because he really sells “I’m in over my head,” which is an essential part of the character. I said what I said!
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
Not for nothing, but it would probably be harder for an autocrat to pressure the news and entertainment industry if we didn’t keep letting them consolidate into fewer, larger companies over the last 40 years.
Strong anti-trust regulations are good for democracy!
Strong anti-trust regulations are good for democracy!
September 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Not for nothing, but it would probably be harder for an autocrat to pressure the news and entertainment industry if we didn’t keep letting them consolidate into fewer, larger companies over the last 40 years.
Strong anti-trust regulations are good for democracy!
Strong anti-trust regulations are good for democracy!
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Wayne Connell, Chief HR officer for @washingtonpost.com, voluntarily put his name on a letter informing a Black woman that men who believe she is genetically inferior are a protected class and that she engaged in misconduct by criticizing men who have historically advocated for lynching Black people
September 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Wayne Connell, Chief HR officer for @washingtonpost.com, voluntarily put his name on a letter informing a Black woman that men who believe she is genetically inferior are a protected class and that she engaged in misconduct by criticizing men who have historically advocated for lynching Black people
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it's a pathetic liberal emotion, but the strongest thing i'm feeling right now is total indignity at how much they hate us despite us not doing fucking _anything_ to them
September 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
it's a pathetic liberal emotion, but the strongest thing i'm feeling right now is total indignity at how much they hate us despite us not doing fucking _anything_ to them
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40% of Republicans think the COVID vaccine killed more people than the COVID virus. One in four believe that QAnon is real.
No matter how far they radicalize, we are told over and over again that the people being rude to them are the problem.
No matter how far they radicalize, we are told over and over again that the people being rude to them are the problem.
September 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
40% of Republicans think the COVID vaccine killed more people than the COVID virus. One in four believe that QAnon is real.
No matter how far they radicalize, we are told over and over again that the people being rude to them are the problem.
No matter how far they radicalize, we are told over and over again that the people being rude to them are the problem.
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They are telling people what they plan to do. Will Democratic politicians believe them? Unlikely.
New:
At a Gateway Pundit conference, former Trump attorney Peter Ticktin said he “wouldn’t be very surprised” if there’s “an emergency called” before the next election, as "it's necessary."
"And with that emergency, we're going to be able to turn the tide.” www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
At a Gateway Pundit conference, former Trump attorney Peter Ticktin said he “wouldn’t be very surprised” if there’s “an emergency called” before the next election, as "it's necessary."
"And with that emergency, we're going to be able to turn the tide.” www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
August 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
They are telling people what they plan to do. Will Democratic politicians believe them? Unlikely.
Will someone PLEASE start saying loudly, publicly, and repeatedly that Republicans don’t like democracy because their ideas are unpopular. It’s a very simple premise that has the advantages of being very straightforward, totally true, and basically impossible to refute.
August 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Will someone PLEASE start saying loudly, publicly, and repeatedly that Republicans don’t like democracy because their ideas are unpopular. It’s a very simple premise that has the advantages of being very straightforward, totally true, and basically impossible to refute.
He blocked comments, which makes sense because a lot of people were probably also gonna say dude, I bet I agree with you about almost everything, but there’s like, concentration camps now?
People like this should be cast out of society. Seriously, go live in a fucking cave, you capitulating, spineless worm
Prepare yourself for a Dem nominee (him or somebody else) with whom you don’t agree on everything (Gaza, trans issues, death penalty). You have three years to get the fuck over it because anyone the Dems offer up is better than this or something like this.
August 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
He blocked comments, which makes sense because a lot of people were probably also gonna say dude, I bet I agree with you about almost everything, but there’s like, concentration camps now?
Reminder that this is still the way…
ok one more "how we do it on bluesky" re: "block, don't engage." it's not that anybody wants to tell you what to do -- it's that we collectively realized that this is what works. it works really great! zero, zero response needed. just block! don't argue at all with dickheads! try it! you'll see.
July 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Reminder that this is still the way…
I just can’t anymore. My heart goes out to all the people who do great work on many parts of this historic institution. But, I can no longer let my fix for cool puzzles and great recipes subsidize the deliberate manipulation of the public discourse in this way. This is a very sad day for me.
July 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I just can’t anymore. My heart goes out to all the people who do great work on many parts of this historic institution. But, I can no longer let my fix for cool puzzles and great recipes subsidize the deliberate manipulation of the public discourse in this way. This is a very sad day for me.
So, I wrote my first letter to the editors of the NYT:
Subject: You All Know What You Did
To the Editors:
We all need to stop pretending, out of some obsolete sense of propriety or decorum, that anything in the public discourse is fair or objective anymore. (1)
Subject: You All Know What You Did
To the Editors:
We all need to stop pretending, out of some obsolete sense of propriety or decorum, that anything in the public discourse is fair or objective anymore. (1)
July 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
So, I wrote my first letter to the editors of the NYT:
Subject: You All Know What You Did
To the Editors:
We all need to stop pretending, out of some obsolete sense of propriety or decorum, that anything in the public discourse is fair or objective anymore. (1)
Subject: You All Know What You Did
To the Editors:
We all need to stop pretending, out of some obsolete sense of propriety or decorum, that anything in the public discourse is fair or objective anymore. (1)
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
@booker.senate.gov Please vote no on the CR. No government funding without restraints on DOGE is a bare minimum. Any dem who votes for this is not someone I will support in the next primary.
March 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
@booker.senate.gov Please vote no on the CR. No government funding without restraints on DOGE is a bare minimum. Any dem who votes for this is not someone I will support in the next primary.