What do you MEAN they smuggled the president out of Turkey in a catering cart

It’s so telling and pathetic that center right pundits can’t just admit that Biden was a normal president and Trump is profoundly abnormal. Your political party sucks dude! If you were serious about democracy you’d be telling people to vote for Dems, not drawing false equivalencies.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4w ago

Lie. Biden definitely wasn't "maxxing out" on "illegal immigration." Immigration activists denounced his policy as too draconian, and Dems tried to pass a hawkish immigration bill. Similar point re: Starmer. NYT thinks the op-ed page is for publishing lies, at least if the lies are right-wing. 6/x

“Tillis’ snubbing is particularly nasty given … he made a big fuss about not voting for Blanche’s confirmation unless he met w/Epstein survivors. Blanche did eventually meet w/survivors, but it did not go well, as survivors reported he told them to ‘get to the point’ and to talk to the FBI instead.”

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 4w ago

“Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up.” newrepublic.com/post/213959/...

If Democrats retake the majority in the Senate and I become chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one of my first acts will be to subpoena the bankers that helped Epstein carry out his crimes and help deliver real accountability.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · last mo.

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

Good guy paddle boarders rescue a raccoon from flood waters in Austin, Texas: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

You can feel whatever kind of way you want to feel about Biden but he passed the biggest climate bill in world history with the narrowest legislative majority in U.S. history where the deciding vote was a literal coal baron, this framing sort of necessarily arises from either ignorance or mendacity

Vituperative Erb@vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ah, it’s both sides I see That’s quite sophisticated

The news cycle has moved on since the Louisiana v. Callais decision on April 29, but we cannot. My thoughts on our continued fight for voting rights:

We need to keep talking about voting rights.

The news cycle has moved on, but we will not.

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Not true. In their list of grievances, the Founding Fathers complained that King George III was blocking colonial laws that would promote immigration and make it easier for foreign settlers to become citizens.

It's pretty weird that when, say, Jared Polis does something shitty, he becomes "Democrats" in the Discourse, but when AOC, Pritzker, or Mamdani does something well liked, they only represent themselves, they don't become a synecdoche for the party. Do Republicans do this? If not, why not

It would be nice if any Paramount/WBD merger talk mentioned “Ellison’s media empire is backstopped by his daddy, who has leveraged himself to the hilt against shares of his stagnant software firm whose future depends on constructing data centers it can’t build for a firm that can’t pay for them.”

people talk use "democrats" as though that word has a coherent referent. whatever that word refers to would be much stranger and harder to pin down than the Ship of Theseus. in almost all contexts, it would be more useful to choose a more specific term.

Republicans voted down an amendment to block Trump's $1.8 BILLION slush fund for violent insurrectionists. They're choosing to bend the knee to this corrupt President who wants to pay off cop beaters—all while Trump & Republicans won't spend a cent to lower health care costs.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

50 Senate Republicans just blocked a measure that would permanently stop Trump from creating his $1.8B slush fund for J6ers

Pathetic

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3mo ago

L - GOP Rep and MI senate candidate Mike Rogers actual photo from the campaign trail. R - Photo put out by staffer.

They could have had that nice lady lawyer, the one with the nice smile and experience working as Vice President. But, no. #America2026

Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“'If we can repeal Roe v. Wade, then I think we can overturn the 19th Amendment,' said Dale Partridge, pastor at King’s Way Church in Prescott, Ariz." The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, giving women the right to vote. baptistnews.com/article/yes-...

disregard | verb | to pay no attention to : treat as unworthy of regard or notice

It's Wrong Jacket Week in Chicago, we are celebrating the changing seasons by making sure that you are 100% always wearing the wrong jacket no matter what you do

People forgot what the economy was like after Covid.

I’ve never really been an Our Tax Dollars guy but all the blatant corruption, ballroom, slush fund for rioting pedophiles etc is really throwing me into a permanent state of rage and bloodlust. Something’s gotta give

The lesson here on how to cow the political media is straightforward: be a tyrant, and do it openly. Suddenly your awful ratings are transformed into strength and not weakness. Instead of merely being an unpopular politician, you are boldly defying gravity, muscling past critics with sheer will.

Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Pope Leo: Literature must be a 'school of fraternity and peace' - Vatican News

Pope Leo XIV sends a message to the Turin International Book Fair, taking place this week in the northern Italian city, reiterating that literature ...

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It’s one of the thing that pisses me off the most about this administration is their open contempt of every institution and tradition we supposedly hold dear. I’ve been to the Arizona, it’s supposed to be hallowed ground, not some freaking tourist attraction

yeah, so two things. first, i have been saying for some time that *this* is the message. and that it is a broad one that can fit a large number of concerns. and second, this dude has the juice.

Nathaniel William Horadam@horadam.bsky.social · 4mo ago

1. I wouldn't take at face value anything a candidate up for reelection says about his future plans for a higher office. 2. He's running. 3. He's going to win. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnj-...

I’m seeing nonsense & have thread time. Yes, if Democrats flip the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries will be the Speaker of the House. Yes, it’s a given. No, it’s not in doubt. Yes, you do sound very ignorant when you suggest otherwise. Yes, at this point you do usually sound racist.

It'd really be nice if ALL outlets talking abt shooting conspiracies emphasized that Donald Trump repeats conspiracy theories in most statements he makes >5 minutes long (and did, in the 60 Minutes interview last night). If the President lives in conspiracy world, it's unsurprising others do.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 4mo ago

There was a steady stream of facts from myriad reputable media outlets — hardly an information vacuum. Despite this, unfounded conspiracy theories from both the left and the right proliferated, chief among them that the shooting was staged. https://to.pbs.org/4udjfrg

We did! We passed a bill to fund the Secret Service and TSA and FEMA 100-0. If Speaker Johnson would just call it for a vote, it would pass. That’s the problem.

<stares in January 6th>

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Lindsey Graham: "This is not a third world country. This is not a country where you change hands by bullets. You change hands by ballots."

This is a good statement, especially since it points out that Republicans are the ONLY ones who can actually "do something". They control the house. They control the senate. They control the courts. And it's time voters stop enabling them by pretending they're immune to pressure. They aren't.

House Democrats@housedemocrats.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Statement from House Democratic Leadership on Donald Trump's threat to kill a whole civilization.

I am not one of those who believes that history repeats, but consider the following from Herodotus: the Oracle at Delphi told the fabulously wealthy King Croesus that if he invaded Persia he would "destroy a great empire." Croesus invaded and lost--the empire he destroyed was his own.