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It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!

Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.

I thought gender-affirming care was a no-no to this bunch.

Jen Mercieca@jenmercieca.bsky.social · 4w ago

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new effort to annually screen service members’ testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), framing it as a way to keep troops on the “leading edge of lethality.” OMG 😂 thehill.com/policy/defen...

"I hope you don't mind....those are just my little ladybugs."

Ladybug Takes Flight from Stick Painting

ALT: Ladybug Takes Flight from Stick Painting

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Where's Mitch?

Here are all 113 alleged members we were able to successfully extract. This data can also be verified via versions of the site captured by the Wayback Machine, even if it doesn't properly render the website.

A 1 year old baby is dead because of suspicion of shoplifting a pack of diapers. A. Pack. Of. Diapers. I am ashamed to be part of the same species as anyone who makes excuses for this terrible act. God damn the person who killed that child.

Only weak boys think that calling a strong, intelligent, empathetic and classy woman a man shows strength. Stay lonely, boys.

1. Some progressives believe "the people" don't know the truth: since 2000, a Democratic president has handed off a pretty good or very good economy to a Republican, and that Republican has ruined it.

All this new medical technology seems really confusing to use

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

I would respect pro-life people more if they'd hunted Elon Musk for cutting USAID and killing hundreds of thousands of children and were busy bullying every anti-vaxxer and woo-woo MAHA douchebag out of public life, not just killing doctors, burning down clinics & forcing birth on victims of rape.

I grew up in the northeast. When I moved to NC for work, I was amazed by how many people were still fighting the Civil War. "We woulda...I say...we woulda won if it wasn't for...."

Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social · last yr.

My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

Return to the Territories--also known as Mid-World--this October.

Disappointed in Tage Thompson. Just found out he's MAGA through and through.

Skye@simplyskye.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Brock Nelson, Jackson LaCombe, Jake Oettinger, Kyle Connor, & Jake Guentzel chose not to attend the U.S. men’s hockey team White House event today Hard to remember a championship moment that lost its shine faster than this U.S. men’s hockey team win

The collapse of American elites is precisely why this administration has been able to do as much as it has. The first line of defense is institutional friction and noncompliance, but the institutions (w/some exceptions Congress, the courts, industry, the media) have largely abandoned the fight.

Maia@maiamindel.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The big difference between the US and Brazilian/Korean case isn't that voters care less about democracy. It's that American elites basically did not care about it after two weeks

Fellow journalists as soon as we find out a way to financially support Georgia Fort’s legal defense fund we need to boost it as much as possible. I doubt she has the resources Lemon might have. We need to support both of them but she’s not nearly as well known as Don Lemon.

What was Don Lemon charged with?

"Bondi is a buffoon for sending this letter, but it represents nothing less than a complete fracturing of federalism. The administration is saying in no uncertain terms that it will rain violence, financial deprivation, and sham investigations on a state unless it does what Trump wants."

The protection racket regime

Bondi's letter puts the quiet part on paper.

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Those guys who bought like 50 guns ain't gonna do shit. Because guys who buy 50 guns are the biggest cowards ever. We've been saying it for decades and now we've been proven right. Just took the fall of america to do it.

Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS. Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies. AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS. Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.

I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.

Purge Palantir@purgepalantir.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

Only TWO DAYS until Jack Smith testifies publicly before Congress. Americans will hear directly about the historic Jan 6 case which led to an indictment of Trump. Smith believes he'd have proven guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Whatever distractions Trump engineers, let's not get distracted from this.

An official oldie, but still gets regular play here. Shout out to Linda Blair and her cameo. youtu.be/7n07SlFbPfg?...

Supersuckers - Born With a Tail (2025 Remaster) [Official Video]

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There is no low too low for MAGA. Every crying child, every assaulted woman, every m*rdered mom, and every bloodied non-white person gives them joy. They are unable to create their own happiness; they must extract terror, anxiety and hopelessness from those they deem unworthy.