"Refusal to accept reality" is a core tenet of the MAGA philosophy.

The hard right became untethered from the reality-based world in 2016, preferring the echo chamber cocoon of "alternate facts", where June Cleaver wears pearls as she vacuums the house in their faux 1950s narrative that never was.

Ms. Phang, I typically don't subscribe to YouTube channels. Having said that, I will gladly make an exception for you, your have had an absolutely stellar career as a journalist and I look forward to your content in the weeks ahead.

Unilever announced last year they would spin off their Ben&Jerrys subsidiary by the end of 2025. The "Project Esther" folks (ultraright Jewish billionaire fund managers who feel Israel can do no wrong) want Unilever to shut down commentary from Ben Cohen, which they contractually cannot.

*Blink* I have that app on my iPhone too! It starts daily meditation practices with those exact words!

Bobby Sherman became an LA paramedic. His autobiography tells several tales of women of a certain age being transported from an accident to a hospital in his ambulance, seeing him and assuming they'd died and gone to Heaven.

I had completely forgotten about that seminal moment in video history!
And by 'completely forgotten' I mean 'thankfully repressed'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD5k...

As long as you remember to put your pinky out when consuming Cadbury creme eggs.

Pro-tip: do NOT look at the ingredients list for the "yellow creme" eggs, to see what differentiates it from its Caucasian counterparts. There's only one additional ingredient but it might ruin the culinary experience.

Former Fox News weekend anchor Peter Hegseth dog-whistled his desire to return to a segregated military in his last book. He wrote "America hasn't won a decisive 'unconditional surrender' war since 1945...what has changed?" (The unspoken answer was of course integrating the military in 1948.)

Half of Ukraine's lithium reserves are in Donbas province in eastern Ukraine. Donbas is the first region Russia invaded and Russia most likely refuses to cede back. China is set to surpass the USA in EV battery production soon and Russia can make a huge profit exporting Ukrainian lithium to China.

Someone once remarked after Trump indicated he wanted to be buried in a mausoleum at Mar-a-lago as possibly becoming the only place in America with more urine on the floor than a Yankees Stadium mens room between innings.

If you have the "new and improved" Zuckerberg-approved version of TikTok released this week, TikTok now imports every ad you've ever clicked on Threads, IG and FB. and starts serving up the same ads. 🙄. The number one search on TikTok was "Disable meta connection"

I was able to open it on both laptop browser and iPhone browser. Got the annoying "this would look sooo much better if you download the Threads App" popup on the iPhone, but the video plays fine once you close the popup window.