Today we've had a tanker crash into a cruise ship, a complete failure of FAA computer networks, a ground stoppage of virtually all air traffic in North America, a SpaceX ground explosion and secondary orbital debris, the U.S. losing measles elimination status, and stock market turmoil. Just today!
I’m no fan of James on a regular day. But I’m on the lib train today. 📣
A lot of people don't know that SUBPOENA has a B in it.
So to have the President of the United States call a survivor defective… It breaks my heart. And before you say, well it’s Trump and he says terrible things all the time…. Those terrible things he says have terrible impact. It breaks my heart.
Do you know why the cops keep pulling me over and giving me a breathalyzer after I have six drinks at the bar and swerve into oncoming traffic? Because I keep crushing the test, that’s why.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump: "You know, the first question -- they have a lion, a snake, a giraffe, and a bear. And they say 'which is the snake?' ... by the time you get to number five a lot of people are left out on the road ... I get no credit for it."
Sure, Katie Zacharia never passed the bar. But Pete Hegseth has never passed one either.
👇This has always been a key component of his allure: he makes it "ok" for racist/sexist haters to hate openly again. And they've longed to do so for years. But those people are still wrong, and we should still stand up to them and call them out on it. And don't forget who they are. ✊
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last mo.At Trump rallies, people "can chant hateful, racist things" while remaining "kind of anonymous," says @amandamarcotte.bsky.social. They might not say this individually, but "there's safety in numbers." On the pod she so good on how MAGA copes with a sunsetting Trump: newrepublic.com/article/2162...
The fraternity brothers in the group chat who cheer violence? That behavior is being modeled by the president of this country. I cannot stress this enough — Trump is teaching young men how to be abusive every time he opens his mouth.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio:
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
I keep coming back to this clip against the background of AI companies infesting higher education. And I feel like I need to show this in class to students, for them to understand why not to trust these bastards
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8mo agoUpside down, by the ankles, and then treat him like a piñata.
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
If you're on here telling trans people to shut up and vote, you should be angry that Republicans have manipulated you to such a degree. Why aren't you angry about it
Regime change! OK, no regime change. Unconditional surrender! OK, no surrender. Nuclear deal! OK, no nuclear deal. But we control Hormuz! OK, we don’t control Hormuz. But we’re squeezing them economically into concessions! OK, no concessions. But maybe a future president can get something, IDK.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoChris Wright now says there may be no deal with Iran after all: "There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it. An agreement may await the next administration in Iran. We simply don't know that."
Just imagine the collective meltdown that would have occurred at Fox News if Obama said anything close to this. But, of course, nothing matters LOL.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”
As it was 7 months, many lives, and billions of dollars ago 🤷🏻♂️
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoJD Vance: "If you look at the Iranian ability to disrupt the normal lives of Americans, I think it's quite limited. It's not zero."
My god, this is an outrageous, loathsome ICE policy. Can you recall another regime in history that used public marking and tracking to single out a minority group?? JD Vance—who helped lead the demonizing of Haitians in Ohio—has this young man’s death on his hands too www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Haitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitor
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor. The college student died by suicide days later.
nbcnews.com
A 2,000 foot chunk of glacier snapped off and dropped 4,000 feet in Nepal. The flash flood killed 98 people. 391 tourists are missing. 47 Americans unaccounted for. 19 bridges gone. This isn't a natural disaster. This is climate breakdown.
This chart will figure prominently in a future historian's best-seller, "Self-Destruction: The End of the American Era."
Prof Dynarski@dynarski.bsky.social · 3mo ago23% drop in student visas to US in 2025 57% drop from India alone catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” as a delaying tactic, the latest in the Township’s long fight to stop the construction of a $1.2 billion data center. @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Read more: www.404media.co/township-fig...
It’s time like these we remember this dude managed to bankrupt a casino.
Daniel Chomsky@danielchomsky.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Peace President has run out of weapons to fight his forever wars. zeteo.com/p/scoop-trum...
The Federal Communications Commission just voted to eliminate a cap on the share of U.S. television households a single company can reach. The move, which repealed a 22-year-old rule, paves the way for more corporate consolidation. I’m sure this will be fine. (Narrator: it was not, in fact, fine)
Deeply fucked that “regardless of what genitals a little girl has, I don’t think adults should demand to look at them” is considered a radical freak position in some corners
