Mansfield Mule
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Stubbornness is my superpower
Time for a remake
A cynical New Orleans cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her immigrant husband escape ICE in the French Quarter.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0034...
A cynical New Orleans cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her immigrant husband escape ICE in the French Quarter.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0034...
Casablanca (1942) ⭐ 8.5 | Drama, Romance, War
1h 42m | PG
www.imdb.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Time for a remake
A cynical New Orleans cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her immigrant husband escape ICE in the French Quarter.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0034...
A cynical New Orleans cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her immigrant husband escape ICE in the French Quarter.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0034...
This whole thread nails it
Of all of the things happening, the administration looking like it intends to turn DC into an armed camp is the one most likely to accelerate us from 'civil disturbance' to 'civil war' once these guys lose an election, which seems pretty likely to happen sooner rather than later.
FLAG: Trump says he might declare a national emergency to keep National Guard troops in D.C.
"If I have a national emergency, I can keep the troops there as long as I want."
"If I have a national emergency, I can keep the troops there as long as I want."
August 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This whole thread nails it
I questioned this number but it seems more or less correct.
"In January 2025, 53.3 million immigrants lived in the United States"
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
"In January 2025, 53.3 million immigrants lived in the United States"
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
August 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I questioned this number but it seems more or less correct.
"In January 2025, 53.3 million immigrants lived in the United States"
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
"In January 2025, 53.3 million immigrants lived in the United States"
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
John Bolton is one of the least sympathetic people this could happen to but still
This is full on naked fascism
www.rawstory.com/trump-bolton...
This is full on naked fascism
www.rawstory.com/trump-bolton...
FBI descends on ex-Trump official John Bolton's home in early morning raid: report
Former Donald Trump advisor John Bolton is the subject of an early morning raid being conducted by the FBI, The Bulwark is reporting.Bolstered by live video being streamed by Lawfare’s Ben Wittes whic...
www.rawstory.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
John Bolton is one of the least sympathetic people this could happen to but still
This is full on naked fascism
www.rawstory.com/trump-bolton...
This is full on naked fascism
www.rawstory.com/trump-bolton...
August 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Trump deploying troops to blue cities would be more concerning if the US army had won a war in my lifetime
August 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Trump deploying troops to blue cities would be more concerning if the US army had won a war in my lifetime
Maybe Zelenskyy should offer to trade territory for the Epstein files
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
‘Moscow must hear: stop,’ says Zelenskyy as he warns against rewarding Russia for war ahead of Trump meeting – Ukraine war live
Ukrainian president says ‘the war must be ended’ as he prepares to meet Donald Trump in Washington DC alongside European leaders
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Maybe Zelenskyy should offer to trade territory for the Epstein files
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Normalize asking ICE agents, “what went wrong with your life that you wound up here?“
August 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Normalize asking ICE agents, “what went wrong with your life that you wound up here?“
The thing I dislike most about Gavin Newsom is that he keeps doing things that make me think I shouldn't dislike him as much as I do
August 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The thing I dislike most about Gavin Newsom is that he keeps doing things that make me think I shouldn't dislike him as much as I do
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To Prime Minister Netanyahu, an open letter from 23 economists at universities in the US and Europe. We urge you to read it.
drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...
drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...
Letter to PM Netanyahu from 23 economists.pdf
drive.google.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
To Prime Minister Netanyahu, an open letter from 23 economists at universities in the US and Europe. We urge you to read it.
drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...
drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...
Netanyahu should get a Nobel prize for successfully completing the decades-long struggle for Palestinian statehood
Australia became the latest U.S. ally to announce plans to recognize a Palestinian state in response to the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, following recent moves by Canada, France and Britain.
Australia to recognize a Palestinian state, joining France, Canada and U.K.
Canberra is the latest U.S. ally to announce such a move in the face of growing global outrage over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Netanyahu should get a Nobel prize for successfully completing the decades-long struggle for Palestinian statehood
Drop the po, just call them lice
August 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Drop the po, just call them lice
Who said, "if you keep calling every policy that benefits people socialism eventually people will start thinking socialism is a good idea."
Did someone say that or was it just me?
Did someone say that or was it just me?
August 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Who said, "if you keep calling every policy that benefits people socialism eventually people will start thinking socialism is a good idea."
Did someone say that or was it just me?
Did someone say that or was it just me?
Massachusetts Congressman Bill Keating and Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal tour ICE facility where former U.S. military interpreter held: 'It is cruel and it is stupid' www.courant.com/2025/08/06/c...
[I couldn't get the giftarticle link to work for this...sorry about that]
[I couldn't get the giftarticle link to work for this...sorry about that]
CT senator tours ICE facility where former U.S. military interpreter held: ‘It is cruel and it is stupid’
A hearing has been scheduled in the case of an Afghan man who served as a interpreter for the U.S. military during the Afghanistan war and was seized by ICE agents July 16, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumen…
www.courant.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Massachusetts Congressman Bill Keating and Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal tour ICE facility where former U.S. military interpreter held: 'It is cruel and it is stupid' www.courant.com/2025/08/06/c...
[I couldn't get the giftarticle link to work for this...sorry about that]
[I couldn't get the giftarticle link to work for this...sorry about that]
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Democracies die when the regime ignores the norms and operates outside the box, while the opposition respects norms and stays inside the box.
If Republicans redraw congressional districts in states they control, then Democrats need to do the same in states we control. NO DOUBT.
If Republicans redraw congressional districts in states they control, then Democrats need to do the same in states we control. NO DOUBT.
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Democracies die when the regime ignores the norms and operates outside the box, while the opposition respects norms and stays inside the box.
If Republicans redraw congressional districts in states they control, then Democrats need to do the same in states we control. NO DOUBT.
If Republicans redraw congressional districts in states they control, then Democrats need to do the same in states we control. NO DOUBT.
Is a gifted child Trump‘s birthday present to Epstein?
August 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Is a gifted child Trump‘s birthday present to Epstein?
One major non-symmetry is that many people who live in cities grew up in rural areas. Few people who live in rural areas grew up in cities.
Even people who grew up in cities and stayed there have contact with the incoming rural people.
Rural natives have little contact with people from cities
Even people who grew up in cities and stayed there have contact with the incoming rural people.
Rural natives have little contact with people from cities
August 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
One major non-symmetry is that many people who live in cities grew up in rural areas. Few people who live in rural areas grew up in cities.
Even people who grew up in cities and stayed there have contact with the incoming rural people.
Rural natives have little contact with people from cities
Even people who grew up in cities and stayed there have contact with the incoming rural people.
Rural natives have little contact with people from cities
How many of you even knew what AQI was 5 years ago?
August 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
How many of you even knew what AQI was 5 years ago?
Savage advice for boys who want to get laid
"Join a gym and get yourself a body that girls will find irresistible, read—read books—so that you’ll have something to say to girls (the best way to make girls think you’re interesting is to actually be interesting), and get out of the house and do shit"
"Join a gym and get yourself a body that girls will find irresistible, read—read books—so that you’ll have something to say to girls (the best way to make girls think you’re interesting is to actually be interesting), and get out of the house and do shit"
Dan Savage's advice for the hard-up teenage boy
Don’t despair, teenage boys. Your awkward/repulsive stage will pass.
www.straight.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Savage advice for boys who want to get laid
"Join a gym and get yourself a body that girls will find irresistible, read—read books—so that you’ll have something to say to girls (the best way to make girls think you’re interesting is to actually be interesting), and get out of the house and do shit"
"Join a gym and get yourself a body that girls will find irresistible, read—read books—so that you’ll have something to say to girls (the best way to make girls think you’re interesting is to actually be interesting), and get out of the house and do shit"
Why is everybody talking about BLS, is that a new Korean boy band?
August 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Why is everybody talking about BLS, is that a new Korean boy band?
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There is just something jarring about listening to Pod Save America’s righteous indignation at the starvation in Gaza being interrupted for a sponsor message about a gourmet food delivery service
July 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There is just something jarring about listening to Pod Save America’s righteous indignation at the starvation in Gaza being interrupted for a sponsor message about a gourmet food delivery service
Delta is "experimenting with individual pricing, surveillance-based pricing, which tailors prices to individuals based on what they can afford and how much they need the ticket"
#GiftArticle
CT's US Sen. Blumenthal sounds alarm on new AI use: hiking prices based on your private information
#GiftArticle
CT's US Sen. Blumenthal sounds alarm on new AI use: hiking prices based on your private information
CT senator sounds alarm on new AI use: hiking prices based on your private information
“It’s a new era, based on artificial intelligence in pricing that is profoundly dangerous to personal privacy,” CT’s U.S. Sen. Blumenthal said.
www.courant.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Delta is "experimenting with individual pricing, surveillance-based pricing, which tailors prices to individuals based on what they can afford and how much they need the ticket"
#GiftArticle
CT's US Sen. Blumenthal sounds alarm on new AI use: hiking prices based on your private information
#GiftArticle
CT's US Sen. Blumenthal sounds alarm on new AI use: hiking prices based on your private information
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3 easy steps to fighting Christian Nationalism
Step 1: Elect Christians
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
Now I understand the argument that this is a necessary approach to campaigning in NC. The argument is that NCers must be infantilized.
I've never been there so I'll take your word for it
Step 1: Elect Christians
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
Now I understand the argument that this is a necessary approach to campaigning in NC. The argument is that NCers must be infantilized.
I've never been there so I'll take your word for it
I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
July 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
3 easy steps to fighting Christian Nationalism
Step 1: Elect Christians
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
Now I understand the argument that this is a necessary approach to campaigning in NC. The argument is that NCers must be infantilized.
I've never been there so I'll take your word for it
Step 1: Elect Christians
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
Now I understand the argument that this is a necessary approach to campaigning in NC. The argument is that NCers must be infantilized.
I've never been there so I'll take your word for it