You can’t get to affordability without defeating corruption and if you pretend otherwise you will fail at both.
These friendless weirdos are ruining everything at a breathtaking pace.
Hypervisible@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3w ago“Your future car is sort of a personal assistant, and sort of a spouse, and sort of a tool, and sort of a best friend.”
“Also included in the ad were a few shots of the woman's husband Vernon Edwards, who was convicted of gross sexual imposition in 2006 for molesting several of his nieces under the age of 13.” They have since used CGI to edit him out. He can’t even vet an ad. How is he going to be my governor?
Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 2w agoHow many sex offenders does the Republican Party have???? local12.com/news/local/q...
This guy has the scared bravado of an absolute booger eater who’s gotten in with the school bully. He’s been told to brazen it out, and is only half convinced that it’ll work, as the current strategy depends on selling child rape as a character flaw for the child.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w agoNEW: Vivek Ramaswamy says Amy Acton being a victim of childhood sexual abuse makes her “flawed” while defending his ad featuring her estranged mother. “In politics sometimes it's a tough sport.”
Where is the support for the troops, yall? How are we allowing this? You’re not hearing about our troops dying in the Middle East because they have kicked all of the journalists out of those bases, the pentagon, and Stars and Stripes.
Laleh Khalili@lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2w agoMan, Hegseth's Department of War is even more buffoonish than everything else. Kinda amazed how the US military didn't just have some basic war plans they could activate. Their lack of preparedness is astonishing. meidasnews.com/news/so-much...
The first amendment right to kill yourself with bathtub gin
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court agrees to review Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes.
And here all this time I had thought Logan Roy was based on Lachlan Murdoch…
Sean Morrow@snmrrw.bsky.social · last mo.Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:
I need absolutely everyone to quit saying that this is a coincidence or cosplay or anything other than absolutely on purpose.
Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield@patblanchfield.bsky.social · last mo.new wolfenstein looks like shit
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Mr. Dan Zak@mrdanzak.com · last mo.A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Can anyone point me to any MD/JDs working at your academic medical center or your college of law? Please and thank you.
Jack Hughes acted like a whiny lil bitch after a tiny chirp from a woman and would have totally rolled with it if it had come from Panger.
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · last mo.New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes didn't appreciate a joke by ESPN's AJ Mleczko during an awkward interview. awfulannouncing.com/nhl/jack-hug...
Is ‘bint’ a term I’m aloud to use? I tried to google it but I autocorrected to “binturong.”
Since when is “I’m not going to do this with you” an acceptable answer in front of Congress??
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoOSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...
Rest in peace to one of cinema’s most outstanding artists; the legendary actor Sam Neill (1947–2026)
the sole purpose of originalists' preoccupation with history and tradition is reproducing historical hierarchies of oppression they are happy to discard history as soon as it doesn't serve that purpose I know I've told y'all this before bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis is not going away, sorry to say. One of my friends has already questioned if he’s an originalist post-Barbara because “letting historical accident determine the answer to this deeply profoundly moral normatively significant question” is “a weird way to do law.” I do not jest.
There's only one kind of affirmative action program that conservatives love, and it's their own crusade to prop up their unpopular ideas and force them on college students. Massive funding, entire programs devoted to the cause, even mandated courses now. And it's still not working.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4mo agoOnly one student enrolled in West Virginia University’s new Washington Center after GOP lawmakers mandated the creation of the program Lawmakers allocated around $3 million to the program in the last two years
Whoever is the Dem candidate in 2028 better have a DOGE investigation and a Trump family corruption tribunal on their platform.
WIRED@wired.com · 4mo agoA government report claims DOGE didn’t access sensitive systems. It also says the agency deleted records that would show if they had. Signal handle: Vittoria89.82
One thing about a bartender: they can spot a Type
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4mo agoAOC not getting behind Graham Platner looks like a chess move now.
Every single time I have a patient with the last name of Smith, I sing their name in my head à la
sometimes i am struck by the sheer wickedness of this man
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5mo agoStephen Miller was reportedly the driving force behind the DOJ's recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care
Since March, Vivek Ramaswamy has traveled to Portugal, Greece, the Bahamas, Port Clinton and Akron aboard the new private jet that he worked hard to hide ownership of. Full logs, here: www.rooster.info/p/vivek-rama...
Every flight Vivek Ramaswamy took on his secret private jet in 2026
Ramaswamy has a new private jet, accruing an estimated $243,219 in fuel costs over 54 flights from Columbus to places like Akron, Port Clinton, Portugal and Greece in 2026.
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There is absolutely no reason for these insider trading sites to exist, and they should be legislated into oblivion.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 7mo ago“Federal investigators believe the commando bet more than $33,000 on the prediction market Polymarket just hours before President Donald Trump announced Maduro's capture in January, the sources said.”
Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7mo agoMake this make sense.
Two things can be true: Congress should pass uniform, national legislation reining in partisan gerrymandering; and Until that happens, or every state adopts an independent redistricting commission, neither party is going to (or, frankly, should) unilaterally disarm.