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I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.
We got this guy Parker. And he's gonna fix EVERYTHING!
(No, this is not an insult. It's a movie reference. I'm basically calling him the smartest man in the room.)
In idiocracy, the solution was water. But this is reality. And have we tried _enough_ drugs? I know I haven't.
(No, this is not an insult. It's a movie reference. I'm basically calling him the smartest man in the room.)
In idiocracy, the solution was water. But this is reality. And have we tried _enough_ drugs? I know I haven't.
Makes perfect sense to me but then I'm on vast amounts of drugs.
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We got this guy Parker. And he's gonna fix EVERYTHING!
(No, this is not an insult. It's a movie reference. I'm basically calling him the smartest man in the room.)
In idiocracy, the solution was water. But this is reality. And have we tried _enough_ drugs? I know I haven't.
(No, this is not an insult. It's a movie reference. I'm basically calling him the smartest man in the room.)
In idiocracy, the solution was water. But this is reality. And have we tried _enough_ drugs? I know I haven't.
Important. Please give it a proper look.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Important. Please give it a proper look.
American coffee? Or water?
Content Warning (CW): Offensive language
Richard Pryor seen here with Gene Wilder, Patrick McGoohan and Jill Clayburgh in the 🇺🇸American comedy action thriller "SILVER STREAK" (1976) dir. Arthur Hiller
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🚅
Richard Pryor seen here with Gene Wilder, Patrick McGoohan and Jill Clayburgh in the 🇺🇸American comedy action thriller "SILVER STREAK" (1976) dir. Arthur Hiller
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🚅
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
American coffee? Or water?
Yes. And why can't all just have this realization?
So frustrating...
So frustrating...
This is exactly why poverty, ignorance, fear, and hate are the entirety of the GOP agenda.
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Yes. And why can't all just have this realization?
So frustrating...
So frustrating...
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If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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A study found that volunteering slows down aging in retirees: the DNA of people who volunteered the equivalent of one to four hours a week showed distinctive biomarkers associated with decelerated epigenetic aging, with the most pronounced effects among retired people.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A study found that volunteering slows down aging in retirees: the DNA of people who volunteered the equivalent of one to four hours a week showed distinctive biomarkers associated with decelerated epigenetic aging, with the most pronounced effects among retired people.
Today's global phenomena:
For decades, conservatives have crusaded to discredit the press.
Why the right is to blame for distrust in the media
For decades, conservatives have crusaded to discredit the press.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today's global phenomena:
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Progress is made when ideas are tested against and inspired by each other. Western civilization did not become strong without that. And to stop the process is a good way to ensure future failure
Also: Democracy is a cornerstone of western civilization. Goebbels clone guy seems to not respect that
Also: Democracy is a cornerstone of western civilization. Goebbels clone guy seems to not respect that
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Progress is made when ideas are tested against and inspired by each other. Western civilization did not become strong without that. And to stop the process is a good way to ensure future failure
Also: Democracy is a cornerstone of western civilization. Goebbels clone guy seems to not respect that
Also: Democracy is a cornerstone of western civilization. Goebbels clone guy seems to not respect that
Only Judge dread is the law.
Trump may have the SCOTUS given immunity, but no one else has that.
Yet.
Trump may have the SCOTUS given immunity, but no one else has that.
Yet.
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Only Judge dread is the law.
Trump may have the SCOTUS given immunity, but no one else has that.
Yet.
Trump may have the SCOTUS given immunity, but no one else has that.
Yet.
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
So. Having a problem here. Need a station wagon that has seat height like a Passat and boot space like a 10 year old Passat (fit unfolded wheelchair), but preferably a new model. Why are all cars SUVs or too small these days? #whatabootism
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
So. Having a problem here. Need a station wagon that has seat height like a Passat and boot space like a 10 year old Passat (fit unfolded wheelchair), but preferably a new model. Why are all cars SUVs or too small these days? #whatabootism
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
28 is below what i thought possible. It probably means he's losing Maga supporters. (They would still vote for him, of course)
Trump is absolutely cratering on economy in new Marquette poll:
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking
As Trump’s inflation rants grow more unhinged amid brutal new polls for him, an economics writer explains why Trump is ill-suited for the crisis that might be coming—and why the bottom might be about ...
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
28 is below what i thought possible. It probably means he's losing Maga supporters. (They would still vote for him, of course)
Saving this. Not only for the accurate analysis, but also for the replies.
Probably shouldn’t mess with anyone who can only ballpark the number of attack dogs they have.
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Saving this. Not only for the accurate analysis, but also for the replies.
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Wtf indeed. But also: WTF!?!?
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Wtf indeed. But also: WTF!?!?
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Ett urskillningslöst dödande av civila och åsidosättande av militära normer och regler. Så beskriver israeliska soldater situationen i Gaza i den nya dokumentären ”Breaking ranks”.
Israeliska soldater om agerandet i Gaza: ”Allt som återstår är skam”
Ny dokumentär vittnar om israeliska övergrepp.
www.etc.se
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ett urskillningslöst dödande av civila och åsidosättande av militära normer och regler. Så beskriver israeliska soldater situationen i Gaza i den nya dokumentären ”Breaking ranks”.