So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers.
Imagine if a democrat made this kind of verbal gaff 
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 3d agoWOW! JD VANCE: “We’re about to celebrate the 25th year” of 9/11. Sir, the word is COMMEMORATE. Nobody’s celebrating 9/11.
This was always going to be the next step. There are no trans players in the WNBA so instead they're going after cis women who are insufficiently feminine for them.
Heartland Signal@heartlandsignal.com · last wk.U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) claims the WNBA is "trying not to offend some of their players who ... [are] trying to live a male lifestyle": "They protect the lesbian structure that's inside the WNBA with a male quote-unquote female relationship that are two women."
That’s it. I’m done. This week can see itself out.
'Transformers' Voice Actor Peter Cullen Dead at 85
Peter Cullen, famous for voicing Optimus Prime in the 'Transformers' franchise, is dead.
tmz.com
At any point in the last decade a journalist could have followed up with a "what the fuck do you mean by that" And they don't, not a single "what the fuck are you talking about" followup in over a goddamn decade of this.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2w agoReporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.? Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility.
If tax cuts for billionaires were ever going to deliver prosperity for working class people, it would've happened by now.
oh look, dems can easily leverage messaging to hijack, create, or redirect entire newscycles by exploiting the infotainment media's obsession with scaled ad engagement, who could have possibly imagined such a thing
Who is Natalie Harp? Sen. Jon Ossoff puts Trump aide in spotlight
The former TV news anchor began working for Trump in 2022 and has become a close aide during his second term.
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"we welcome anyone who recognizes the danger Trump and his extremist MAGA agenda pose to hard-working Americans who can no longer afford basic goods because of his immoral and unnecessary war..." come on man, 'take the question and pivot to an attack' is not that hard
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoWELKER: Do democratic socialists belong in the Dem Party? JEFFRIES: What I can say is I do not support defunding the police, I do not support open borders, I do not support abolishing the Senate. We're focused on actually solving the problems hard-working American taxpayer want us to solve ...
I have to do three separate HR training sets a year bc I teach at three diff colleges & the way you hear them talked about by a certain sort of social media poaster you'd think its all "heres why its Latinx & why white guilt is good" when its really "T or F: showing your dick to a colleague is ok"
lowtax speedrun enjoyer@rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 3w agono one cares about this who isn’t already a trump voter. none of you even watch the hr videos because you already know the answers, which are all just basically “don’t be a misogynistic and racist shitheel”
I mean, congrats to everyone in the UK media who followed this man into battle
Gregory Kohn@kohngregory.bsky.social · 3w agoIn the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.
Absolutely vile framing from the @nytimes.com. Why doesn’t this leave behind hard questions for the media that hounded him? Or the global right-wing that gleefully turned a local matter into an international incident?
Trump’s out there today saying the economy is good for Wall Street and that sailors families don’t care about the length of their not nearly long enough deployment in Iran, and people want to take the front lines of the fight to the wedge issues. This is what self sabotage looks like.
Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3w agoRepublicans would pay solid gold bullion to have this written into the Democratic national committee platform
Democrats need to run ads with this clip in every congressional district with a sizable military community.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoQ: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.
It's also the best argument for why it's needed. He is transparently deploying extremely concentrated wealth SO THAT extremely concentrated wealth can continue to undermine fair democratic processes and prevent republican self-rule. It's an act of hostility to the very idea of freedom.
dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 3w agothe fact that a billionaire can randomly throw $100,000,000 into a campaign against taxing the rich seems like the best argument yet they can afford it
If you refuse to attend a memorial honoring your dead child because someone who was a frightened nine year old witness to the atrocity that killed your child was coming to pay his respects at your child’s memorial, then any dishonoring is entirely on you.
CNN@cnn.com · 4w agoTwenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc
@neildegrassetyson.com If these two things are true: 1) the faster you travel in your vehicle, the lower return you get on the time you save by speeding 2) the faster you travel, the farther you travel into the future At what pt does travelling fast COST me time relative to everyone else?
They tried to throw an Olympian, who trained and competed for his country, in prison to cover for the wannabe king who destroyed a national treasure with a corrupt deal with one of his cronies. This is why you don’t tell them “welcome home” or vote for their nominees or vote to fund their govt.
the reason we dont have medicare for all is bc corporations need employer based healthcare to keep you chained to your desk in a job you hate that doesnt pay you what youre worth
NPR@npr.org · last mo.About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. n.pr/4gQIY5E
Kinda hilarious how the "Live Free or Die" country spawned "Comply or Die" A periodic reminder that guillotines are the moderate solution
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoHoman on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."
politicians want everyone to speak well of terrible people who died because many of them are terrible people who will die
i think one of the biggest indictments of national political media is that two republican electeds disappeared for weeks or months at a time and we only seem to get "questions raised" coverage - someone needs to dress up like an orderly and get that info
Really need start holding these c-level folks far more responsible rather than giving them golden parachutes to the next place to mismanage.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2mo agoDouble Fine and Compulsion Games are returning to their founders, so Tim Schafer will take Double Fine back to independence along with Guillaume Provost making Compulsion Games an indie game studio again.
In my day, $18 of Taco Bell was enough food to kill you.
MJW@wilsonmj.bsky.social · 2mo agoI just went to Taco Bell. I got two chalupas and a small drink. It was $18. This it's what people mean when they talk about the economy feeling bad right now. Everything is expensive. Cheap things are no longer cheap. You can't leave your house without spending $50.
My pithy comment: the difference between the Democratic Socialists winning and the Tea Party winning is that the press gave favourable coverage to the Tea Party
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoLander on comparisons between his flank of the Democratic Party and the Tea Party: "We're joyful about what it looks like to deliver. That is very different energy than what the Tea Party brought. We want to build something, not just break something."