John Abbott
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You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
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the speech
'We have toppled a political dynasty': Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning NYC mayoral race
YouTube video by CNN
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November 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
the speech
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Police departments paid out $2.3 billion in settlements in one year.
We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.
We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Police departments paid out $2.3 billion in settlements in one year.
We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.
We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.
As Republicans work to lower the age for being charged as an adult to 14 in DC, these are the ages of the people from the Young Republicans chat that they say shouldn't face consequences for praising Hitler and talking about putting people in gas chambers "because they're just kids"
October 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As Republicans work to lower the age for being charged as an adult to 14 in DC, these are the ages of the people from the Young Republicans chat that they say shouldn't face consequences for praising Hitler and talking about putting people in gas chambers "because they're just kids"
So, does this mean it's going to get banned in red states with the rest of the major porn sites? Because "Greg Abbott bans ChatGPT in the state of Texas" would be a hilarious face-eating-leopards headline to read.
I wish I were lying when I said that this ruins the closer of my new hour of standup.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content
New version will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So, does this mean it's going to get banned in red states with the rest of the major porn sites? Because "Greg Abbott bans ChatGPT in the state of Texas" would be a hilarious face-eating-leopards headline to read.
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🧵 from the always invaluable Dr. Taber.
Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.
Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.
Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic
Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.
Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🧵 from the always invaluable Dr. Taber.
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I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us
Around 4 this morning I went to go to Jack in the Box to get breakfast, and there was a raccoon on my car. I asked him if he wanted to get Jack in the Box too, and he climbed down off my car and wandered off.
He probably made a better decision than I did.
He probably made a better decision than I did.
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Around 4 this morning I went to go to Jack in the Box to get breakfast, and there was a raccoon on my car. I asked him if he wanted to get Jack in the Box too, and he climbed down off my car and wandered off.
He probably made a better decision than I did.
He probably made a better decision than I did.
We finally did it. We made it to October 1st without seeing a million "Wake me up with September ends" memes.
And all it took to accomplish it was handing our nation over to a fascist regime.
And all it took to accomplish it was handing our nation over to a fascist regime.
October 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We finally did it. We made it to October 1st without seeing a million "Wake me up with September ends" memes.
And all it took to accomplish it was handing our nation over to a fascist regime.
And all it took to accomplish it was handing our nation over to a fascist regime.
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"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."
Applying Hanlon's Razor is how you make excuses for fascism right up until the moment you find yourself living under a fascist regime.
September 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Applying Hanlon's Razor is how you make excuses for fascism right up until the moment you find yourself living under a fascist regime.
What do you do when you come across 2 megafauna eating each other?
You let them.
You let them.
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
What do you do when you come across 2 megafauna eating each other?
You let them.
You let them.
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Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Also, the comments weren't actually about Kirk. They were about the hypocrisy of MAGA and Trump clearly not giving a shit about Kirk's death.
Trump and his cult will we destroy our country unless we stand up today and stop him.
September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Also, the comments weren't actually about Kirk. They were about the hypocrisy of MAGA and Trump clearly not giving a shit about Kirk's death.
So, it seems the new standard defense of Trump's friendship with Epstein is "but how many of these pictures were taken after Epstein bought the island" and idunno, man, but it's pretty weird to say that you're ok with them raping middle schoolers as long as they didn't do it on a private island.
September 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
So, it seems the new standard defense of Trump's friendship with Epstein is "but how many of these pictures were taken after Epstein bought the island" and idunno, man, but it's pretty weird to say that you're ok with them raping middle schoolers as long as they didn't do it on a private island.
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No lies detected
•ABC: fires Kimmel for mocking Trump
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
No lies detected
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There is a misconception that “Autism is a mental illness” – which it’s not.
Autistic People can have good or poor mental health… just like non-Autistic People.
I was Autistic AND had mental illness due to being treated badly for being Autistic.
I’m doing much better now, but I’m still Autistic.
Autistic People can have good or poor mental health… just like non-Autistic People.
I was Autistic AND had mental illness due to being treated badly for being Autistic.
I’m doing much better now, but I’m still Autistic.
September 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
There is a misconception that “Autism is a mental illness” – which it’s not.
Autistic People can have good or poor mental health… just like non-Autistic People.
I was Autistic AND had mental illness due to being treated badly for being Autistic.
I’m doing much better now, but I’m still Autistic.
Autistic People can have good or poor mental health… just like non-Autistic People.
I was Autistic AND had mental illness due to being treated badly for being Autistic.
I’m doing much better now, but I’m still Autistic.
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Don’t mind JKR… casually quoting Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. 👀
September 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Don’t mind JKR… casually quoting Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. 👀
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For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
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The way that the press has turned from mildly disapproving of fascism to actively working for it is so deeply disturbing
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The way that the press has turned from mildly disapproving of fascism to actively working for it is so deeply disturbing
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The press is like, "Maybe we can hang around if we both-sides this stuff," and it's like -- my friend, you will not be allowed to write a sentence if you keep easing us towards authoritarianism.
September 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The press is like, "Maybe we can hang around if we both-sides this stuff," and it's like -- my friend, you will not be allowed to write a sentence if you keep easing us towards authoritarianism.
When you say "that's out of context" for everything he ever said, you eventually have to accept that "the context" was that any subtext around each individual statement was the intentional creation of plausible deniability for things he genuinely believed but was unwilling to take responsibility for
September 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When you say "that's out of context" for everything he ever said, you eventually have to accept that "the context" was that any subtext around each individual statement was the intentional creation of plausible deniability for things he genuinely believed but was unwilling to take responsibility for
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A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.