It's crazy that we live in a timeline where Trump can run like hell to avoid military service (with help from daddy), depict himself as some renowned war hero while 50k men and women are serving honorably right now, and still MAGA has taken so much Trump branded drugs that they don't bat an eye.

11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.

The condescending bastard smugly smiles as he lies No one actually believes anything anymore Why would you?

Trump's favorite part about golf is picking a number.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Trump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”

This guy can’t even handle lettuce and he wants to lecture us about doing too much to save lives at the start of a pandemic that killed over one million Americans.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?

I absolutely loved my editor at Dark Horse, without whose tireless & skillful work neither GO TEAM VENTURE nor THE ART OF DUCKTALES would exist. They deserve every benefit, protection, & appreciation for their vital role in the process of realizing incredible projects with their fellow coworkers…

Dark Horse Workers United@darkhorseunion.bsky.social · 3d ago

Dark Horse Comics’ beloved Senior Editors have insisted on joining our union, DHWU! In response, Dark Horse management has threatened the Senior Editors with a demotion and severe pay cut unless they accept supervisory status and abandon their union eligibility.

This is the abuser’s playbook. Present a bunch of times your victim appeared “happy” and “normal” as evidence you couldn’t be abusive, even though it does nothing to disprove the claims and is in fact the textbook response to abuse, especially when a child is involved.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

A bit of advice I want to throw out there for folks contracting with companies that have unions: Learn labor law, especially with regards to unions. And here’s something for my fellow workers: code-cwa.org/content/39403

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The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Help I'M Being Repressed Monty Python

ALT: Help I'M Being Repressed Monty Python

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Hal Lublin (He/Him)@hallublin.com · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Kaylin was absolutely the MVP of this episode. I don't care what anybody else says.

Game Changer@gamechanger.dropout.tv · last wk.

presenting: a thread of GIFs featuring the surprise star of "Noise Some Makes" -- PA Kaylin Mahoney!

Mark Kelly: "He's stuck. He doesn't know what to do. This is a guy who in his last term said he knows more than the admirals and generals. His high school military education certainly did not prepare him to be the commander in chief."

In our new series #SaveGameWorkers, you’ll meet the people who make your favorite games at Xbox…until they get laid off. Today, meet Eric Bakutis from Zenimax Online Studios. #SaveOurDevs by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

Beyond its famous preamble, the Declaration of Independence listed out a set of grievances against King George III of England. Some of them sound quite familiar…

Teachers can barely afford to provide their students with school supplies, but I’m sure forced transition surgeries are totally happening.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Maria Bartiromo push complete BS about public schools secretly making kids trans without the knowledge of their parents. McMahon says she's doing a number of investigations about it.

Such a terrible person running Israel. I really hope they vote him out. He belongs in jail, either Israeli or an ICC jail. The 1200 people killed on October 7th has never been any sort of justification for the 72000 killed in Gaza. Neither should have ever happened.

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · last wk.

This shows how big a liar Netanyahu is. It's a sign of weakness that he has to be so deceitful.

This shows how big a liar Netanyahu is. It's a sign of weakness that he has to be so deceitful.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Netanyahu on Fox News lies that Mamdani "celebrated the October 7 massacre" to zero pushback from Maria Bartiromo

Maybe, just maybe, it’s not a good idea to give nuclear secrets to a government that chops its citizens into tiny pieces.

“Let’s make sure history never forgets the name… Enterprise.” youtu.be/P_AUMZYb6IQ?...

Celebrating 60 Years of Star Trek at SDCC 2026

YouTube video by Star Trek

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Donald Trump is nearly incoherent as he addresses an adoring White House press corp. This is an embarrassment for the White House and a humiliating display by the legacy media in the room. Support independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. demdock.com/4w6emld

Dude made a career out of making fun of Rosie O'Donnell for her weight... Some might call him...pathological.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump: I'd never call anyone fat. I have my own problems

As far as I can tell, there was a lot more media interest in the original bogus leak than there is in this coming out now.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w ago

Big news here. After Salgado Araujo was killed by an ICE agent, *someone* leaked that a search warrant for the van showed FBI thought they might have seen drug baggies in it. The family said it was drink powder. Apparently the substance was tested and the family was correct.

It’s that time of year again. Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments! I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!

I miss the word "gaffe" having any meaning whatsoever.

Ben Siemon@benjaminjs.bsky.social · 2w ago

You can't watch this and think it's fucking insane the entire media doesn't care he's an invalid.

A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work with the same urgency and ruthlessness to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w ago

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. (Published 2022)

who's gonna have the smartest presentation tn? 🧠 📸: Jill Petracek

Ten years later, sweaty and slurring, he's still promising a health care plan he's never delivered on. Instead, Americans got the highest health care costs ever and hospitals laying off staff or shutting down entirely. All thanks to Trump's health care sabotage & Medicaid cuts.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "We will pass the great healthcare plan. It's called our great healthcare plan. That's the name of it."