so I wrote a thing about diarrhea lettuce and humor and political resistance and @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social were nice enough to publish it and now I need to text my parents and tell them that I have a thing on the internet about poop jokes

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: Diarrhea Lettuce: Building a Culture of Resistance One Poop Joke at a Time

Last week we hosted Ami Berger on our podcast, and during no episode in our show’s relatively short history have we laughed so much.

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I just submitted an essay entitled “Diarrhea Lettuce: Building Cultural Resistance One Poop Joke at a Time” to a political blog as a guest columnist and I can’t stop laughing about it because seriously what the hell

I mentioned this essay I wrote about my childhood home on @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social podcast last week and Monica said it made her tear up so I'm reposting it in case anyone wants to cry about something other than *waves hands around*

Homage

The creaky, beautiful disaster that was my childhood home

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Them: *mansplains* Me:

so if you’ve ever wanted to listen to me natter on for 45 minutes about social media, humor, politics, Minnesota, and holding on to joy while the world is burning have I got a deal for you

Ami Berger | Threads, Humor & Finding Joy During Dark Times

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garble garble garble voter fraud garble garble garble election security garble garble garble Strait of Hormezzuzah garble garble garble Hunter Biden's lap dance garble garble garble *tries to drink water, pours on Mike Johnson's head* There, now you don't have to watch tonight. You're welcome.

I know this ship has sailed, been smashed to bits on the rocks, and the crew all eaten by sea monsters, but just imagine what would be happening right now if President Obama had just paid $5.6 million to a woman he raped.

Minnesota sees you, Maine. Fuck ICE.

Them: don’t speak ill of the dead Michael Fanone: *cracks knuckles*

Live your life so that everyone who gets up in the middle of the night to pee doesn’t wake up the dog gasping with delight at the news of your death

I am honoring Lindsey Graham’s life in the same way he would honor mine if I died because I couldn’t access the abortion care I needed

Lindsey Graham knew exactly what Trump is and chose to serve him anyway. That is his legacy.

People really out here wondering why Platner thought he’d ever have a chance at the Senate given his SA history as if we didn’t have a serial rapist and self-proclaimed p*ssy-grabber currently falling asleep at a fucking NATO summit

Trump’s economy is so bad that these white supremacist jerkoffs had to cut up their old white hoods to cover their coward-ass nazi-wannabe faces

I guess the 250th anniversary is the one where you have to get rid of a mad king

holy shitsnacks what an absolutely BEAUTIFUL goal by Mexico whewwwwwwww

“Birth tourism” is the new “they’re eating the cats and dogs”

The Great American State Fair is so dead that people are starting to refer to it as "Mitch McConnell"

I don't know how a 5-4 vote about whether the Constitution says what the Constitution says is a victory.

Rep. Summer Lee@repsummerlee.bsky.social · last mo.

Today’s ruling is a victory for our constitutional rights and for every child born in this country. We shouldn't have had such a close call. Six conservative justices should not have the power over generations to come. We must expand and reform the Court immediately.

In the fall of 1991, I was driving with my dad from Boston up to Maine, listening to Anita Hill testify in Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearing. We were so engrossed that we missed our exit and didn't realize it until we noticed we were in Vermont.

NPR learning the hard way this morning why you never draft directly in the CMS

THIS

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · last mo.

With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

Breakdown of SCOTUS on the birthright citizenship ruling: Majority: Roberts, Coney Barrett, Sotomayor, Jackson, Kagan Dissent: Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch Drunk: Kavanaugh

He shot her and then called her a fucking bitch and if he doesn't have DV in his history I will eat this phone I am typing on right now

It is such absolute bullshit that in the midst of all this we still have to think about what to have for fucking dinner

*tapping Congress* Uh, is this thing on?

it’s almost as if we should have taken the whole grab ‘em by the p*ssy thing a bit more seriously

tfw the president is trying to do an insurrection (again) to keep us from finding out that he's a rapist (again)

quiet piggy, we know you have no idea what "seditious" means