You gotta give to the GOP.
They trained their voters to hate “libs” so much they would gratefully accept every manner of corruption, lawlessness, cruelty, ineptitude, and criminality, and cheer it on, so long as it is their team doing it.
Kushner is fleecing the world while tens of thousands die.
Washington can only pay attention to a scandal or two at a time, which means in the Trump age there are all sorts of should-be-big-deal scandals that don’t get the oxygen or media focus that they should.
I'll bet you've missed at least three of these: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump...
A big congrats to John Korir, who just shattered the Boston Marathon record in 2:01:52!
Meanwhile, Hegseth and Patel still hold cabinet level positions.
NEW: Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) will be sworn in as U.S. House member within the hour.
Further narrowing GOP majority
There’s no routine screening for pancreatic cancer, most cases aren’t operable, and the five year survival rate after diagnosis is around 13%. It’s a traumatic news.
But new personalized mRNA immunotherapy is showing encouraging results in Phase 1 clinical trials.
Keep funding science!
BREAKING: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned following multiple scandals.
The time naiveté, etiquette, and patience is lightyears in our rearview mirror.
NEW: The DOJ is now targeting voting in three of the country’s key Democratic swing-state strongholds — all of which are disproportionately non-white.
With the department demanding Wayne County’s 2024 ballots, the move suggests it’s focused on areas set to play pivotal roles in upcoming contests.
I'm pretty sure chatbots are widely used in government at this point. I would love to know to what extent or better yet how has this has deskilled them or changed their communication. Actually, I wonder if anyone has studied pre/post ai summer political speech patterns.
Pete Hegseth might end up regretting his decision to relieve Nancy Lacore of her position as chief of the Navy Reserve. ICYMI @lauren-egan.bsky.social on the fight for a typically red South Carolina House seat:
This is exactly the same blatantly racist rhetoric widely used in Germany from 1930-1945 to first justify violence and concentration camps – crescendoing to genocide. Brandon Gill is 32 year-old freshman US House member (R, TX CD-26).
Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift.
Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.
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A share of merch sales will go to the Sandy Hook families, which will be the first time they get any money since they filed this lawsuit eight years ago.
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Cory Mills, who served in the Army from 1999 to 2003, spent a few months of that time in Iraq. Adam Ehrhardt, a medic who once served directly under Mills, told Mother Jones:
“I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.”
Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.
NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.
Whales are sacred beings.
Rep. Ted Yoho cannot argue his POV with logic, knowledge, expertise, or respect. He has none of these qualities – so he resorts to ad hominem attacks. Ted Yoho is intimidated by strong women. Ted Yoho is intimidated by intelligence. Ted Yoho is intimidated by empathy.
Time for Mamdani and Obama to go to a baseball game with the Pope. Let’s just blow this whole thing wide open.
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice is demanding that Wayne County, Michigan turn over its ballots from the 2024 election to investigate voter fraud claims. Michigan’s attorney general and secretary of state have responded saying that’s not going to happen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
No Presidential Pardon will restore a disbarment.
8 children are dead. Ask every Republican you know if any of these were their child, what would they do to prevent future murders.
A bombshell new report reveals that top military officials have kept Trump out of the room during Iran war operations because they fear his erratic behavior will put troops in harm’s way.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Please read and re-post. Ad infinitum.
Release *all* of the Epstein files! Now!
100%. In addition, use accurate and vivid metaphors instead.
Yep. It's insane for anyone who wants to be a respected, effective communicator or leader.
Looking over one's glasses is universally interpreted as patronizing, arrogant, and condescending. The highly idiosyncratic and peculiar design + positioning of his glasses is a blatant affectation. This is a red flag for people who are trying to fill gaping holes in their self-image. #bodylanguage
"We"?