Yes, because it’s A GAMBLING APP, NOT A POLLING FIRM. THAT IS HOW GAMBLING WORKS. YOUR “ANALYSIS” HERE IS BASED ON PRETENDING THIS ISN’T JUST PEOPLE GAMBLING, JESUS CHRIST
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NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County.
Rand Paul and The Rs on Homeland Sec committee, which just voted on straight party lines to refer Fauci for contempt, are an absolute kangaroo court. The Hollywood 10 were convicted of contempt during McCarthy days; and this will go down in history as a similar moment of opprobrium and insanity.
This is actual antisemitism - not because it’s criticizing Israel, but because it attributes agency over all migration to Israel, with no evidence. This is just the Great Replacement conspiracy, and it is ultimately far-right. Such conspiracism is going to destroy the left, if it isn’t policed.
The promise of Zionism was that it was supposed to normalize the Jews as a nation among the nations. Now the Jewish people have a nation-state, and the fact that some rabbis still act like criticizing that state is equivalent to Nazism is a sign of the failure of Zionism to normalize the Jews.
"There's nothing wrong and it's all Biden's fault," sums the messaging up perfectly.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is really pathetic. He blames Biden for depleting our military stockpile [CITATION NEEDED] and then insists no, no, it's not depleted. So there's absolutely nothing wrong and it's all Biden's fault
The legacy media sat there while Trump lied about the past elections and "joked" about running again in 2028. They did not boo. They did not walk out. They just sat there and ate their dinner. The journalists in that room will be remembered as the journalists in that room.
THAT IS NOT HOW THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THE PENALTY FOR “FAILURE TO COMPLY” IS NOT A FUCKING DEATH SENTENCE!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w 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."
I tried to write a tasteful Sporus joke, but bottomed out.
Lizard@lizardky.bsky.social · 4w agoI was gonna make a Procustes joke, but I couldn't get it to fit.
This is deeply disingenuous and, frankly, a dereliction of journalistic integrity. A quick glance at Yum! Brand’s annual filings reveal that this is common language included every single year as an investment risk factor. The most recent filing is no different because the risk is always present.
Forbes@forbes.com · 4w agoSEC filings show Taco Bell—and other restaurants—knew cyclospora posed a risk to their businesses and the public.
My man looks like Dr. Evil if he was the assistant manager of Accounts Receivable
remember, none of the title ix stuff is actually about sports, it's about education.
there were profound structural reforms which needed to take place before all of the -- quite substantial -- legislation done under Biden was to take effect. exactly none of those structural reforms were done. as a result, the things which passed in 2021 and 2022 more or less only happened in 2024.
Why does every generation think they are the very first in the entire history of this planet to discover other people
"The Department of Motor Vehicles requires Taco Bell outlets to have fresh sour cream." That makes as much sense as this.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last mo.DHS SAYS IT REQUIRES STATES TO ADOPT COMMON-SENSE ELECTION SECURITY MEASURES BEFORE RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS
“I didn’t take all the right classes or else didn’t pay enough attention, hence it is all of higher education that is wrong.”
We are going to reach a point where every student is paid 50,000 dollars to take a rightwing class to turn them against the idea of government spending
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.Only 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
I cannot imagine what it's like for Americans for whom Donald Trump has been the main character of their entire adult lives.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last mo.Ever since King Henry III rolled out the Communist Manifesto at Westminster in 1226.
when i was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not
Early in Trump's first term, David Frum wrote that every time Trump and MAGA say "the deep state" you should hear "rule of law," then it'll make more sense. That stuck with me. And I thought of it again as an unqualified and unconfirmed director of national intelligence conducts political purges.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.BREAKING on MS NOW: Dozens of intel officials have started receiving notice of their terminations under Trump's unqualified acting DNI, Bill Pulte. The individuals are officials "who they believe are deep state" and whom leadership claims have not provided complete pictures of available intel.
And I do think most civilians—maybe even most ordinary Catholics—think this is an argument about getting to say Mass in Latin. So it’s important for the Vatican to make clear “Everyone could always have Mass in Latin. But you don’t get to have your He-Man Jew-Hater’s Tridentine Latin Mass Club.”
“What are you going to do, excommunicate me?” - Bishop excommunicated
you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport
This doesn't sound like "good Behavior" to me.
Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
SCOTUS reform won't just simply happen if Dems take Congress & the White House. A case has to be made for it—to a skeptical public, to reluctant politicians, to a hostile media. The blowback from the right will be intense and terrify a lot of weak-willed pols. The case has to be made starting *now*
David Nir@davidnir.com · last mo.I'm not criticizing these responses to dunk on Dems. I'm saying that powerful people utterly misunderstand the moment and are missing a critical opportunity to make the case for SCOTUS reform. I even wonder whether they understand the need for it.
To be quite blunt, the Court is undermining the legitimacy of the Constitution itself
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last mo.As with some other things, i suspect if we have another dem president we will discover that the court did not so much transfer power to the executive as to themselves, ie they will find novel bullshit reasons to block a dem president the same way the find novel bullshit reasons to enable trump
