Humorous to me how, when a Dem candidate is a centrist, the narrative is about how leftists have to grow up and support them. When the candidate is a leftist, the question is whether they can rally adequate support. So some people are responsible for running a winning campaign, you say? Interesting.
Arms manufacturers are ready to refill our depleted missile supply, too...
The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterdayRevealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
"Nothing moves the needle." craigunger.substack.com/p/nothing-mo... In case you missed it. Best thing I've read recently about the crisis in journalism.
Nothing Moves the Needle
Not that long ago, the press could root out corruption, topple presidents, and end wars. Now, even the biggest scoops have little impact. Here's how and why the media lost its mojo.
craigunger.substack.com
No worries. Just sign up for BMW+ for $11.99/mo (or $120/yr) to drive ad-free
852dude@852dude.bsky.social · yesterdayThis sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.
Man everybody is clout chasing off this movie...
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoRichard E Grant’s Very Modern Odyssey review – far more thrilling than the Christopher Nolan borefest
Remember when NBC gave her her own show to help her rehab her image...?
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 5d agoWTF: Megyn Kelly just said that Dr. Anthony Fauci is WORSE than Jeffrey Epstein, claiming: “Fauci hurt a lot more people than Epstein did. A lot more, amazingly.” Her guest, Victor Davis Hanson, immediately agreed, repeatedly declaring: “Millions, millions, millions, millions.” This is MAGA.
If they were so great they'd be building them in their own backyards
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on data centers: "You have to convince your communities how great these things are. You can't fight it. You have to go with it."
My favorite memory of this guy is ESPN breathlessly hyping his Fenway debut against Seattle only to see King Felix pitch a complete game one-hit shutout.
Remember Some Guys@remembersomeguys.bsky.social · 2w agoDaisuke Matsuzaka Pitcher Debut: 2007 - Retired: 2014 NYM - BOS
Talibangelists
Christian Nightmares@christiannightmare.bsky.social · 2w agoWATCH: Pete Hegseth's Homophobic Pastor Just Gave His First Interview to an LGBTQ Publication During the interview, Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson said that execution is an appropriate penalty for homosexual behavior: christiannightmares.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
I once heard an older guy lament "ESPN went from showing sports all day to talking about sports all day." They consistently prove him right.
Defector@defector.com · 2w agoESPN just keeps getting smaller and louder: defector.com/espn-just-ke...
I'm confused. Does he actually believe any of these conflicts were popular?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump offers sales pitch for his war: "Afghanistan War: 20 years, 2,000 DEAD. Iraq War: 9 years, 4,600 DEAD. Vietnam War: 19 years and 5 months, 58,220 DEAD. Korean War: 3 years and 1 month, 36,574 DEAD. Venezuela War: 1 day, 0 DEAD. Iran Military Conflict: 4 months, 18 DEAD."
If you're still on Twitter you deserve to be hacked
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago‘We noticed a login from a new device’: the message from fraudsters targeting your X account
Embrace the starvation. Call it "Freedom Fasting"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agoDr Oz: "Americans will lose 135 million pounds by the midterms"
Tombstone: Well Bye
ALT: Tombstone: Well Bye
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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4w agoBREAKING: Sen. Lindsey Graham has died, his office announced in a statement early Sunday. According to reports, emergency responders were dispatched to Graham’s Washington, D.C., home Saturday night following a reported cardiac arrest.
Just let me know when he's lowered into the ground
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 4w agoA neighbor of the Kentucky senator said they saw two ambulances, a fire truck, and Capitol Police officers blocking their street at 8:30 a.m. on June 14. trib.al/R3fkBA0 A video shows emergency responders pushing a person, whose face is not visible, into an ambulance.
Now we just walk into the DOJ and US Treasury and do it
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump on Washington DC: "They used to go in and rob the restaurants. You wouldn't feel safe in a restaurant. It was like the old Wild West -- they'd say, 'Sick 'em up. Give me your money.' The whole restaurant is handing them money."
Being good at fraud is not the same thing as being good at business
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoBARTIROMO: Democrats want to ban the president and his family from crypto endeavors SEN. KEVIN CRAMER: One of the thing Democrats are never going to accept is that we have a business person as president. I reject the idea that somehow Donald Trump has to be exempt from being successful.
I cannot see or hear about this clown without reflexively referring to him as "Mark Wayne Gary Wayne"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoMarkwayne Mullin: "Kids have been getting raped over and over and over again because of the previous administration"
Oligarchs are robbing America blind, and the IRS is powerless to stop them. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Oligarchs are robbing America blind, and the IRS is powerless to stop them
The Wealth Defense Industry and its politicians have seen to that.
motherjones.com
The markets will react. Again. Oil company CEOs will reap the profits. Again. We will be here repeating this process in another couple weeks. Again.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING President Trump says a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is imminent. Independent reporting from the region suggests this may very well be true. As always, it ain’t over till it’s over.
But Hunter Biden was on the board of some company. And he had a laptop.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo agoA new provision of Trump's IRS settlement "FOREVER" bars tax enforcement that might have been ongoing against the president or his family
He's saying it out loud. It's a bunker. And he's going to be barricaded in it on election and/or certification day.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoTrump describes the ballroom as a "shield" to protect "what's going on downstairs"
