You could have voted no on Blanche. Idiot.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago
putting aside the destruction of rare books, how is digitizing a copyrighted text "transformative" for anthropic but the internet archive is guilty of infringement for the national emergency library
chiller@chiller.eurosky.social · last wk.This is ... horrific
bulwark-type republicans are welcome on the ship, but they need to understand that they are passengers. they already dashed their ship upon the rocks, they don't get to tell us how to steer ours.
They’re coming for the whole damn BLT! 🥪
USA TODAY@usatoday.com · last wk.Over 12,000 pounds of bacon recalled. See affected products
one last post for today, ok maybe, with another #ForestFriday #scape on a #river in a #forest, & wouldn't you know it, up in the #mountains. #ECK
since I'm still reveling in the memory of my visit to Lassen Park, you're gonna have to put up with more #scenic #scenery stuff from the #mountains for #ScenicSaturday. here's a slow-moving #creek flowing through a #meadow below a #volcano and that clear #BlueSky
while I still prefer uncrowded wilderness, Lassen Park is a place you should visit at least once. so many pics for #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #RockinTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday #WaterWednesday #WaterfallWednesday, & #ForestFriday but this one is just a #ScenicSaturday
This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."
sure would be nice if a single journalist could respond with "you don't have a constitutional right to eat at olive garden"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
A special election should immediately be triggered if an elected official switches parties. It’s effectively fraud. You pulled a bait-and-switch on your voters and betrayed them. You should not be able to go rogue as an elected official and not face consequences for years.
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
Why not “Acquiesce” instead of #wonderwall for a football sing-along? At least the lyrics vaguely fit #oasis
maybe it’s a bad idea to teach your followers that any science that conflicts with doing exactly what they want to do is bullshit
"Why are people so negative about the economy?" Consider this. There are two possibilities: 1) He's right and my livelihood is screwed. Maybe not 18 months but soon. 2) He's full of shit, it won't happen, and AI is a giant bubble that will crash the economy. Why would I feel good about either?
Ronald Reagan to JD Vance: minimizing Watergate is a Republican tradition | Rick Perlstein
Ronald Reagan to JD Vance: minimizing Watergate is a Republican tradition | Rick Perlstein
On the American right, there is an unbroken lineage of Watergate propaganda going back to the 70s from today
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I really love this legacy media environment in which I'm asked to pay $20/month to support traditional newspapers and then asked to spend another $29.99 for a supposedly essential book written by two reporters who could have already published that information in said traditional newspaper.
Audio of Collins and RFK Jr. having a conversation would sound like a cassette tape that's been left in a hot car.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Susan Collins is on Fox News but notably, the interview was pre-taped. She seems to be struggling her way through it. I wonder how heavily it's been edited.
One of the hardest things to accept is “my ideas are correct but unpopular” and it’s particularly tricky for leftists who romanticize “the people”
sorry but it is funny how big of boneheads the spurs can be at the absolute worst times
If you are a journalist still at CBS it's important to understand that the core tension between you and Weiss is that you think it's bad to print lies in the newspaper and she doesn't care.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 8mo agoagain thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
The GOP operative that the NYT used as a source despite admitting her allegations were uncorroborated. Also, she worked with right-wing groups to advance Kavanaugh. You can dislike and not vote Platner; that's fine, but why are you falling for an obvious right-wing hit job by the worst people?
Democrats really need to get over this toxic fantasy of finding a unicorn candidate who will have the aesthetics to woo trash without themselves actually being trashy. Be happy with a decent dork.
Jeff Lazarus@jlazarus.bsky.social · 2mo agoAll the national love and attention Platner gets should have been going to Talarico this whole time send skeet.
You know, I'd be a lot more likely to trust that Platner is who he said he is if he had any kind of track record backing up his newly found positions. Why is US Senate the first thing he's running for? Whatever happened to establishing a local body of work before trying for national office?
Sheryl RN ✡️@beu4ic.bsky.social · 2mo agoMore bullshit coming from men. Would love to see a majority of men on this App admit that Platner is a piece of shit and that defending his behavior is not the answer to a Democratic Senate majority.
Artists don't make art because they are looking to dominate the culture or make anyone famous. They're participating in a culture, being in the world together You people don't know how to do that and that's why your jokes will never be funny and your movies, art, and music will always be awful
Can we all now agree that running the government like a business was an incredibly stupid idea?