In proper functional democracies, failing to pass a budget brings down the government & immediately triggers new elections. We could be a normal country like that, too, instead of doing this nonsense every few weeks.
Basssoon, oboe, saxophone, clarinet. Maslow's hierarchy of reeds.
2025 Politico headline: Trump on Texas redistricting: ‘We are entitled to 5 more seats’
John Gramlich skeet quoting Trump in NYT today: Trump: “I don’t know if you know what gerrymandering is, but it’s not good.”
A sowing/reaping for the ages
Just went to see Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band play New Jersey and Garden State boomers are sooooo pissed. Last week I went to Lady Gaga’s final show of her Mayhem tour in NYC and my ears are ringing harder tonight from people with white hair up way past their bedtime booing ICE and DHS.
An opportune time to remind yall media and journalism scholars that there isn’t much scholarship out there on The Onion and I would love a pitch for a monograph or edited collection on the subject…
Pennsylvania's auditor general, a Republican, audited 210,000+ new voter registrations under Gov. Shapiro's new motor voter system to see if noncitizens were registering to vote.
They found one. One.
And that was because a PennDOT staffer erred. It was fixed before the driver left the office.
Did the Pope read Baudrillard?
Caitlyn Jenner Appeals to Trump, Saying She Cannot Travel After Passport Gender Changed to 'Male' Jenner's passport reissued with male gender marker, sparking a personal and political conflict.
you there! fetch my smallest of stringed instruments
Blurry picture (real) of a horse floating through the air
on my way to get a second ice coffee
Assumption Parish marquee: “LORD, EMPTY ME. FILL ME. USE ME.”
which Nine Inch Nails song is this
The desperate campaign to push AI down our throats is just what Nestlé did with baby formula, or Monsanto with patended seeds.
Manufactured Intermediation—inserting a corporate tollbooth into a process that used to be self-sustaining, using a low initial barrier to entry to destroy the alternative.
Sketch of a woman playing saxophone
It's Vinylthon weekend! That means tonight's Jazzish will be live, in studio, and all wax. Selections will be more classic than contemprary as a result, spanning 1958-2026. 10pm-mid ET on WIUP, 90.1FM / wiupfm.org / TuneIn / Radiogarden #jazzsky #collegeradio
trumps appointees being alcoholic incompetents and trumps jan 6th supporters being pedophiles seems like something historians are going to be studying tbh
You ever notice how in the Superman the Movie poster, he's got one fist out, and on Superman II he's got two fists out? Well BUCKLE UP, I gave him three and four fists for Superman III and Superman IV, respectively. Hilarious!
They're cowards for not doing this.
"Those taxes you just paid? The money is going straight into Trump's pocket" would be good messaging
Speaking of PA legends.
"Surfin' Bird" / Pink Flamingos
Magic combination of a summer birthday + the academic calendar takes care of this for me.
Oh! This is very exciting (still want public money revamp in the rebuilding).
Done •1k • Opinion The Editorial Board America's income tax is progressive The rich already pay more than their fair share.
Opinion The Editorial Board Don't blame companies with no tax liability for following the law They're just using the tools Congress gave
If you didn’t think it was possible after yesterday’s house editorial (left) for Washpost Opinion to more obsequiously parrot their owner’s tax agenda, well, you probably haven’t seen today’s piece (right)
Some of y’all never got a approving nod from the record store clerk and it shows.
Last month in The Onion:
GET THEIR ASSES
the conservative obsession with children's genitals now extended to wanting to breed teenage girls
tell me why democrats stopped calling these weirdos weird
“Your payment was successful” I bet it was you trick ass bitch
AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.)
President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak on Crime, Also I’m Dr. Jesus Christ
A+ headline.
defector.com/president-ex...
Screenshot of an email alert from bandsintown promoting a John Lennon tour in 2026.
Tickets are gonna be so expensive for the John Lennon tour.
