Obama: "I am old enough to remember when a president wearing a tan suit was a major national controversy. They were very upset. And I know I looked good in that suit."
This guy had to play a long con here -- staying quiet at the rally, convincing the Fox reporter he was a Trump fan, waiting patiently to take his shot -- and it's honestly just impressive as hell.
Jordan Uhl@jordanuhl.com · 9h ago"There's not like seeing a cult right up front man."
“Do they believe their own bullshit?” Jon presses @edzitron.com for insight in how tech’s business leaders are rationalizing their massive debts that are servicing the advancement of AI.
This election is our last chance to at least rein in some of the foolishness of this Administration. We need real leadership with concrete plans to lower costs, make health care more affordable, make housing more affordable, and get utility bills under control.
HENRY MANCINI with his iconic "Pink Panther Theme", Plas Johnson (the original saxophone soloist who recorded the song) and the Terry Gibbs Band in 1983.
Great work by the Go team, blocking the weakest intermediate CA certs in the history of the Internet
Go@golang.org · 3d ago“Our Response To The eMudhra Key Disclosure Incident” by Roland Shoemaker, on behalf of the Go Security team — https://go.dev/blog/emudhra-incident #golang
All the British and Australians are in my notifications discussing the difference between cookies, biscuits, scones, and biscuits. This must be how my wife feels when we watch the Biscuit and/or Scone nights on The Great British Baking Show. 😂
Thursday is a paid holiday. Because Flavor Flav said so.
the best media weapon bush had for selling the iraq war was not fox news or right wing radio. it was the new york times.
Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · 2d agoHaaretz is often called "Israel's New York Times" and I'm old enough to remember the New York Times being complicit in the fabrications that built from 9/11 to the launch of the Iraq War.
yup.
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver@lastweektonight.com · 3d agoThis week’s main story is about how more and more white nationalists, antisemites, and Nazi sympathizers seem to be integrating into the Republican Party, how some of them are currently running for office, and how old you can be for JD Vance to consider you “a very young boy.”
Obama is still the most gifted political communicator of my lifetime and it isn’t particularly close
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth
Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"
Even if one person *were* “uncomfortable,” the other people in the world are equally important. “I am uncomfortable” is not a lightning bolt you get to throw to stop other people from peaceably existing. Many people aren’t terribly comfortable using public bathrooms at all. They persevere.
CZEdwards@czedwards.bsky.social · 7d agoOnce again: Dude-hearsay is NOT EVIDENCE. They can make up any bull they want and attribute it to any girlfriend from Canada we don’t know. It is creepy to be interested in other people’s pants parts in a restroom no matter what gender, and the person being creeped on IS THE VICTIM.
I have become Fully Anti-Press because of the delta in the coverage between Biden and Trump in re: mental faculties
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d agoThe fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.
not that I don't think they're capable, but Democrats coming to power and immediately holding oligarchs and corporate power meaningfully accountable is a big assumption
Maybe the BBC should get someone who actually knows what he is talking about then.
if Zohran Mamdani used the word "Shylock" the ADL would have called in a nuclear strike on New York City by now
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last wk.The ADL finally chimes in… with one very short post: "The term 'Shylock' is rooted in a longstanding antisemitic stereotype. Regardless of intent, its use can reinforce harmful tropes about Jews and normalize language that has long been used to target the Jewish community."
Do they even understand how much they’re pissing people off by doing this. Whatever research that convinces them that spamming everyone is all upside is bullshit. It is like they’d rather have all my contact info to sell to other campaigns forever than receive my donation. It sucks.
AdrianR@arafael.bsky.social · last wk.I gave AOC a recurring donation and it’s a nightmare in my emails and texts and i don’t even know who half the candidates are
Hell yeah, finally a chance to use this function
Jonty Wareing@jonty.bsky.social · last wk.In case you've missed the context here: Major security issue in progress after it was discovered one of the certificate authorities trusted by default in every browser/system had a private key of 4. Yes, just 4. emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com
truly a wild time to be alive when the cryptography world is split between those worried about quantum computers and those whose private key is “4”
THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · last wk.Republican lawmakers are incensed about Trump's dismissal of Ukraine — and powerless to stop him. That frustration hit a new peak on Monday as they sought to address Trump’s decision to purchase Russian diesel, waive sanctions on Moscow, and potentially stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
David Axelrod and David Brooks clutching their pearls because El-Sayed didn’t roll over for a racist is such a perfect example of America’s white guy politics that it would sound made up if you put it in a novel
Shooting at a car to stop a shoplifter is not justified. Even if no one was harmed, let alone shooting to death a 1 year-old baby.
Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · last wk.JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.
BREAKING The BBC subpoenaed Jack Smith for a deposition to defend itself against Trump's defamation lawsuit. Smith didn't object to the subpoena. Team Trump opposes. buff.ly/cf6GaG2
If this is the best plan Christian nationalists have for bringing America back to Jesus, we're feeling pretty optimistic about the future of secularism. christianpost.com/news/kid-roc...
Kid Rock hopes Christian album featuring Eminem will bring revival across the US
Kid Rock hopes the Christian music album he s releasing alongside fellow Detroit musician Eminem, despite their political differences, will enable him to bring his faith-based music to arenas and
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