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Do not identify as a liberal, a feminist, an atheist, or anything that implies have adopted anyone else's ideals or conclusions. Recommend doing the same. Am a hiker, and when need be an activist..
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Here's a song we can all relate to while you give your eyes a break from reading. Hope you enjoy it :-)
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Israel cannot stop killing Palestinians the same as a junkie can't quit using heroin--it just feels too damn good:
“The intensity of the death toll has decreased, but martyrs and shelling happen every day..and all the basic necessities of life are still lacking..”
“The intensity of the death toll has decreased, but martyrs and shelling happen every day..and all the basic necessities of life are still lacking..”
Israeli airstrikes kill 33 people in Gaza in escalation of post-ceasefire attacks
Medical officials say 17 people killed in Khan Younis area and 16 in strikes on Gaza City
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Israel cannot stop killing Palestinians the same as a junkie can't quit using heroin--it just feels too damn good:
“The intensity of the death toll has decreased, but martyrs and shelling happen every day..and all the basic necessities of life are still lacking..”
“The intensity of the death toll has decreased, but martyrs and shelling happen every day..and all the basic necessities of life are still lacking..”
Know this ICE theme song will be posted a thousand times, but gonna be one of them:
"Red" - Jesse Welles (LIVE at The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Know this ICE theme song will be posted a thousand times, but gonna be one of them:
Embarrassingly, we wear the same eye patch:
"GOP leaders decided to ban Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) from traveling for three months due to an "alcohol-related episode" in Mexico..One Mexican official cracked a crude joke that made a woman present uncomfortable. Crenshaw toasted the remarks.."
"GOP leaders decided to ban Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) from traveling for three months due to an "alcohol-related episode" in Mexico..One Mexican official cracked a crude joke that made a woman present uncomfortable. Crenshaw toasted the remarks.."
Republicans ban GOP rep from international travel after 'alcohol-related episode': report
House Republican leadership recently took action to bar one of their own members from international trips, according to a new report.Punchbowl News reported Wednesday that GOP leaders decided to ban R...
www.rawstory.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Embarrassingly, we wear the same eye patch:
"GOP leaders decided to ban Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) from traveling for three months due to an "alcohol-related episode" in Mexico..One Mexican official cracked a crude joke that made a woman present uncomfortable. Crenshaw toasted the remarks.."
"GOP leaders decided to ban Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) from traveling for three months due to an "alcohol-related episode" in Mexico..One Mexican official cracked a crude joke that made a woman present uncomfortable. Crenshaw toasted the remarks.."
MAGA existing beyond Tr*mp is a conservative fever dream:
"Trump is a generational talent who had been a celebrity long before he undertook a political career. Indeed, without his celebrity, there would have been no presidency. And without him, there is no MAGA.."
"Trump is a generational talent who had been a celebrity long before he undertook a political career. Indeed, without his celebrity, there would have been no presidency. And without him, there is no MAGA.."
'There is no MAGA': Conservative media site warns end is near for 'Trump’s personal party'
Conservative news outlet Washington Examiner explains the Republican party's "shellacking" in the November elections as fallout from what happens "when a political party is transformed into a personal...
www.alternet.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
MAGA existing beyond Tr*mp is a conservative fever dream:
"Trump is a generational talent who had been a celebrity long before he undertook a political career. Indeed, without his celebrity, there would have been no presidency. And without him, there is no MAGA.."
"Trump is a generational talent who had been a celebrity long before he undertook a political career. Indeed, without his celebrity, there would have been no presidency. And without him, there is no MAGA.."
Gaza HORROR:
"Al-Assar was saved by chance when a Palestinian man searching for his son’s body in the morgue saw the young girl’s fingers moving as she lay on a cold slab."
“I was in a coma for two weeks, and when I woke up, my family told me that I had been placed in the morgue refrigerator..”
"Al-Assar was saved by chance when a Palestinian man searching for his son’s body in the morgue saw the young girl’s fingers moving as she lay on a cold slab."
“I was in a coma for two weeks, and when I woke up, my family told me that I had been placed in the morgue refrigerator..”
Gaza girl shares story of being found alive in morgue after Israeli attack
Raghad al-Assar, 12, continues to suffer trauma after her home in central Gaza was bombed, killing two of her sisters.
www.aljazeera.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Gaza HORROR:
"Al-Assar was saved by chance when a Palestinian man searching for his son’s body in the morgue saw the young girl’s fingers moving as she lay on a cold slab."
“I was in a coma for two weeks, and when I woke up, my family told me that I had been placed in the morgue refrigerator..”
"Al-Assar was saved by chance when a Palestinian man searching for his son’s body in the morgue saw the young girl’s fingers moving as she lay on a cold slab."
“I was in a coma for two weeks, and when I woke up, my family told me that I had been placed in the morgue refrigerator..”
YGBFKM:
A senior White House source told ESPN there has been back-channel communication between the administration and a member of the team’s ownership about his wish.
“It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen,” the source added.
A senior White House source told ESPN there has been back-channel communication between the administration and a member of the team’s ownership about his wish.
“It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen,” the source added.
Trump wants his name on the Washington Commanders’ planned $3.7 billion stadium, and he has ‘plenty of cards to play,’ report says
"He can make it very difficult, through government environmental approvals and other things, to make sure everyone who wants this stadium to be built will join to put his name on it."
www.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
YGBFKM:
A senior White House source told ESPN there has been back-channel communication between the administration and a member of the team’s ownership about his wish.
“It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen,” the source added.
A senior White House source told ESPN there has been back-channel communication between the administration and a member of the team’s ownership about his wish.
“It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen,” the source added.
The UK is calling out the IDF's murderous ways:
"Daniel, the tank unit commander, says in the documentary ["Breaking Ranks"] that the rhetoric declaring there was no such thing as an innocent in Gaza seeped down into army ranks. “You hear that all the time, so you start to believe it,” he says."
"Daniel, the tank unit commander, says in the documentary ["Breaking Ranks"] that the rhetoric declaring there was no such thing as an innocent in Gaza seeped down into army ranks. “You hear that all the time, so you start to believe it,” he says."
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The UK is calling out the IDF's murderous ways:
"Daniel, the tank unit commander, says in the documentary ["Breaking Ranks"] that the rhetoric declaring there was no such thing as an innocent in Gaza seeped down into army ranks. “You hear that all the time, so you start to believe it,” he says."
"Daniel, the tank unit commander, says in the documentary ["Breaking Ranks"] that the rhetoric declaring there was no such thing as an innocent in Gaza seeped down into army ranks. “You hear that all the time, so you start to believe it,” he says."
Is it too much to hope for?
"Bottom line: If Republicans don’t fix this [the gov't shutdown] fast, 2026 won’t just be a loss — it’ll be an extinction event."
"Bottom line: If Republicans don’t fix this [the gov't shutdown] fast, 2026 won’t just be a loss — it’ll be an extinction event."
GOP strategist: The elections showed how badly we got outplayed by Democrats | Opinion
Simply put, the GOP got outplayed by the Democrats. But one bright opportunity is shining for Republicans. | Opinion
www.thestate.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Is it too much to hope for?
"Bottom line: If Republicans don’t fix this [the gov't shutdown] fast, 2026 won’t just be a loss — it’ll be an extinction event."
"Bottom line: If Republicans don’t fix this [the gov't shutdown] fast, 2026 won’t just be a loss — it’ll be an extinction event."
On behalf of every decent Kentuckian--fuck Kim Davis
The Closed-Door Supreme Court Meeting That Everyone Should Be Paying Attention To
Kim Davis, the thrice divorced and four times married Kentucky clerk, wants SCOTUS to repeal same-sex marriage.
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On behalf of every decent Kentuckian--fuck Kim Davis
Ivory Towers have gone from shitting on those below to shitting their own pants..
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy Leagu...
www.yahoo.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ivory Towers have gone from shitting on those below to shitting their own pants..
Evil incarnate:
"DHS sent me [Katie Miller] to the border to see the separations for myself – to try to make me more compassionate – but it didn't work..My family and colleagues told me that when I have kids I'll think about family separation differently. But I don't think so."
"DHS sent me [Katie Miller] to the border to see the separations for myself – to try to make me more compassionate – but it didn't work..My family and colleagues told me that when I have kids I'll think about family separation differently. But I don't think so."
Stephen Miller's wife issues 'warning to everyone' with horrifying threat: analyst
A horrifying threat casually uttered by Stephen Miller's wife has revealed a core new policy of the Trump administration, an analyst wrote for The Guardian Saturday.Katie Miller, one half of a major p...
www.rawstory.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Evil incarnate:
"DHS sent me [Katie Miller] to the border to see the separations for myself – to try to make me more compassionate – but it didn't work..My family and colleagues told me that when I have kids I'll think about family separation differently. But I don't think so."
"DHS sent me [Katie Miller] to the border to see the separations for myself – to try to make me more compassionate – but it didn't work..My family and colleagues told me that when I have kids I'll think about family separation differently. But I don't think so."
New times, New tactics:
"..we have treated messaging as a tactic, and they treat it as infrastructure. They built a multi-decade insurgency against reality itself — think tanks to manufacture language, media pipelines to saturate it, and repetition so relentless it became muscle memory."
"..we have treated messaging as a tactic, and they treat it as infrastructure. They built a multi-decade insurgency against reality itself — think tanks to manufacture language, media pipelines to saturate it, and repetition so relentless it became muscle memory."
They've Weaponized Stupid - Let's Weaponize Truth
Let’s stop pretending we’re in a polite disagreement about policy. We are in an asymmetrical war for narrative dominance, and for fifty years the conservative movement has behaved like it. We, on the ...
www.dailykos.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
New times, New tactics:
"..we have treated messaging as a tactic, and they treat it as infrastructure. They built a multi-decade insurgency against reality itself — think tanks to manufacture language, media pipelines to saturate it, and repetition so relentless it became muscle memory."
"..we have treated messaging as a tactic, and they treat it as infrastructure. They built a multi-decade insurgency against reality itself — think tanks to manufacture language, media pipelines to saturate it, and repetition so relentless it became muscle memory."
The ICC needs to issue warrants, ASAP:
“The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence of their alleged crimes. But even if they did, intentionally killing people accused of committing crimes who pose no imminent threat to life is murder, full stop.”
“The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence of their alleged crimes. But even if they did, intentionally killing people accused of committing crimes who pose no imminent threat to life is murder, full stop.”
Pentagon Admits to Striking Caribbean Boats Without Identifying Victims’ Purported Drug Links
The White House cannot “satisfy the evidentiary burden” to prosecute those they have been killing, one lawmaker said.
truthout.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The ICC needs to issue warrants, ASAP:
“The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence of their alleged crimes. But even if they did, intentionally killing people accused of committing crimes who pose no imminent threat to life is murder, full stop.”
“The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence of their alleged crimes. But even if they did, intentionally killing people accused of committing crimes who pose no imminent threat to life is murder, full stop.”
Identify the oxymoron:
Alice Walton, a billionaire philanthropist and a member of the family that founded Walmart, gave $100,000 to Fix the City in August. She previously gave $100,000 to that same group in April, before the primary.
Walton is worth $115.5 billion, according to Forbes.
A: BilPhil
Alice Walton, a billionaire philanthropist and a member of the family that founded Walmart, gave $100,000 to Fix the City in August. She previously gave $100,000 to that same group in April, before the primary.
Walton is worth $115.5 billion, according to Forbes.
A: BilPhil
The list of billionaires spending big in a last-ditch effort to keep Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor
Bill Ackman, Joe Gebbia, and Steve Wynn are among the billionaires who have poured money into the NYC mayoral election since the June primary.
www.yahoo.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Identify the oxymoron:
Alice Walton, a billionaire philanthropist and a member of the family that founded Walmart, gave $100,000 to Fix the City in August. She previously gave $100,000 to that same group in April, before the primary.
Walton is worth $115.5 billion, according to Forbes.
A: BilPhil
Alice Walton, a billionaire philanthropist and a member of the family that founded Walmart, gave $100,000 to Fix the City in August. She previously gave $100,000 to that same group in April, before the primary.
Walton is worth $115.5 billion, according to Forbes.
A: BilPhil
Billionaires conflate being super-rich with being super-smart, when they're simply super-lucky. Don't indulge them..
"He [Gates] also claims that innovation can save us from the worst impacts of climate change. As such, the global community should instead prioritize preventing human suffering.."
"He [Gates] also claims that innovation can save us from the worst impacts of climate change. As such, the global community should instead prioritize preventing human suffering.."
Bill Gates Is Not a Friend to the Planet
Ahead of COP30, Gates calls for a shift in focus away from near-term emissions goals. Experts say that’s dangerously misguided.
gizmodo.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Billionaires conflate being super-rich with being super-smart, when they're simply super-lucky. Don't indulge them..
"He [Gates] also claims that innovation can save us from the worst impacts of climate change. As such, the global community should instead prioritize preventing human suffering.."
"He [Gates] also claims that innovation can save us from the worst impacts of climate change. As such, the global community should instead prioritize preventing human suffering.."
Astronomically Catastrophic Mismanagement:
“To look at the president’s past, I mean, he’s been a master at bankruptcy,” said Stier. “He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy by spending our resources now and not investing in resources that we need for the future.”
“To look at the president’s past, I mean, he’s been a master at bankruptcy,” said Stier. “He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy by spending our resources now and not investing in resources that we need for the future.”
Trump Has Forced Out An Alarming Number Of Federal Workers — And Now We Have An Exact Number
“The performance of our government across the board is being diminished,” warned Max Stier, CEO of Partnership for Public Service.
www.huffpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Astronomically Catastrophic Mismanagement:
“To look at the president’s past, I mean, he’s been a master at bankruptcy,” said Stier. “He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy by spending our resources now and not investing in resources that we need for the future.”
“To look at the president’s past, I mean, he’s been a master at bankruptcy,” said Stier. “He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy by spending our resources now and not investing in resources that we need for the future.”
Idiocracy in action:
"..it’s hard to identify anything functional about Trumpian stupidity, which is less a form of organisational inertia or disarray than a slash-and-burn assault on the very things – universities, public health, market data – that help make the world intelligible."
"..it’s hard to identify anything functional about Trumpian stupidity, which is less a form of organisational inertia or disarray than a slash-and-burn assault on the very things – universities, public health, market data – that help make the world intelligible."
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Idiocracy in action:
"..it’s hard to identify anything functional about Trumpian stupidity, which is less a form of organisational inertia or disarray than a slash-and-burn assault on the very things – universities, public health, market data – that help make the world intelligible."
"..it’s hard to identify anything functional about Trumpian stupidity, which is less a form of organisational inertia or disarray than a slash-and-burn assault on the very things – universities, public health, market data – that help make the world intelligible."
Second this motion--have thought the same thing:
"Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE," Swalwell wrote on X on Saturday.
"Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE," Swalwell wrote on X on Saturday.
Swalwell demands 2028 Dem candidates vow to destroy Trump's White House ballroom project
Rep. Swalwell demands 2028 Democratic candidates pledge to destroy Trump's new White House ballroom on day one, creating controversy over presidential renovations.
www.foxnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Second this motion--have thought the same thing:
"Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE," Swalwell wrote on X on Saturday.
"Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE," Swalwell wrote on X on Saturday.
A primary reason why human beings are simply just...bad:
"Billionaires wield growing influence in politics, technology and global development. The richest 1% of people on Earth own more wealth than 95% of people combined, according to Oxfam, an organization focused on fighting poverty."
"Billionaires wield growing influence in politics, technology and global development. The richest 1% of people on Earth own more wealth than 95% of people combined, according to Oxfam, an organization focused on fighting poverty."
Is it wrong to have too much money?
Your answer may depend on deep-seated values – and your country’s economy.
www.salon.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A primary reason why human beings are simply just...bad:
"Billionaires wield growing influence in politics, technology and global development. The richest 1% of people on Earth own more wealth than 95% of people combined, according to Oxfam, an organization focused on fighting poverty."
"Billionaires wield growing influence in politics, technology and global development. The richest 1% of people on Earth own more wealth than 95% of people combined, according to Oxfam, an organization focused on fighting poverty."
Join the club
"..I hate Republicans. I mean I really HATE them. I don’t necessarily like that I really hate Republicans, but there is nothing to recommend them. They are just flat mean, morally busted, and are actively trying to kill us. Worse, many of them are doing it with a smile on their face."
"..I hate Republicans. I mean I really HATE them. I don’t necessarily like that I really hate Republicans, but there is nothing to recommend them. They are just flat mean, morally busted, and are actively trying to kill us. Worse, many of them are doing it with a smile on their face."
I blame Barack Obama for this
Up until inside the past decade or so, I always fancied myself a fairly affable guy. Growing up in New Jersey and working in newspapers as an adult demanded a certain degree of tolerance and a wicked ...
www.alternet.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Join the club
"..I hate Republicans. I mean I really HATE them. I don’t necessarily like that I really hate Republicans, but there is nothing to recommend them. They are just flat mean, morally busted, and are actively trying to kill us. Worse, many of them are doing it with a smile on their face."
"..I hate Republicans. I mean I really HATE them. I don’t necessarily like that I really hate Republicans, but there is nothing to recommend them. They are just flat mean, morally busted, and are actively trying to kill us. Worse, many of them are doing it with a smile on their face."
Starve peasants:
"..nearly 42 million people around the country could face the same fate if the federal government shutdown continues and funding for Snap is cut off..We will have the greatest hunger catastrophe in America since the Great Depression, and I don’t say that as hyperbole”, said Berg.."
"..nearly 42 million people around the country could face the same fate if the federal government shutdown continues and funding for Snap is cut off..We will have the greatest hunger catastrophe in America since the Great Depression, and I don’t say that as hyperbole”, said Berg.."
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘The greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Starve peasants:
"..nearly 42 million people around the country could face the same fate if the federal government shutdown continues and funding for Snap is cut off..We will have the greatest hunger catastrophe in America since the Great Depression, and I don’t say that as hyperbole”, said Berg.."
"..nearly 42 million people around the country could face the same fate if the federal government shutdown continues and funding for Snap is cut off..We will have the greatest hunger catastrophe in America since the Great Depression, and I don’t say that as hyperbole”, said Berg.."
Trump's a marionette:
"These weren’t trick questions. It’s not an unreasonable expectation that a president be able to explain a pardon for a convicted felon within hours of having signed the paperwork. And yet, Trump, by his own admission, struggled to justify the motivations for his own actions."
"These weren’t trick questions. It’s not an unreasonable expectation that a president be able to explain a pardon for a convicted felon within hours of having signed the paperwork. And yet, Trump, by his own admission, struggled to justify the motivations for his own actions."
President Bystander stumped when asked about pardon he signed hours earlier
On Thursday morning, Trump signed one of his most scandalous pardons to date. On Thursday afternoon, he couldn’t explain his actions from hours earlier.
www.msnbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Trump's a marionette:
"These weren’t trick questions. It’s not an unreasonable expectation that a president be able to explain a pardon for a convicted felon within hours of having signed the paperwork. And yet, Trump, by his own admission, struggled to justify the motivations for his own actions."
"These weren’t trick questions. It’s not an unreasonable expectation that a president be able to explain a pardon for a convicted felon within hours of having signed the paperwork. And yet, Trump, by his own admission, struggled to justify the motivations for his own actions."
A pretty succinct evaluation of the world we're living in in real time. It is changing, DAILY:
Donald Trump’s War on Reality
A deepfake president molds perception to serve his own interests.
www.theatlantic.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A pretty succinct evaluation of the world we're living in in real time. It is changing, DAILY: