*death, war, gas prices, kidnappings*

The news: are billionaires happy?

This new whistleblower report is on par with the Zelensky call - not just because it’s violative of law - but because they also tried to keep people from seeing it. I’ve been doing this for a long time and this is absolutely explosive news. Impeachable and criminal. Swift accountability must follow.

Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.

"No mainstream reporter has the stomach to say, 'By the way, this administration lies all the time and we should assume this is a lie too' after every unsupported statement." They should, because it's true.

If we only knew which orange monstrosity would win!

“History Sighs, Repeats Itself” - The Onion

I know the media is going to unthinkingly start using “Alligator Alcatraz,” but it’s disgusting and sadistic and I intend to call it what it is, a fucking concentration camp, and fuck those people who are doing this and giving it a cutesy name.

“Autumn in New York” with Richard Gere and Winona Ryder in an insufferable May-December romance. No chemistry. There was a mix of laughter and cheering when Ryder’s character died.

Just a reminder going forward...

(cartoon from 2003)

How very Classic Coke of them.

Chicago style Popecorn, anyone?

Hey Freedom Foundation.

I’m not a mother.
I am a proud union member.

GTFOOHWTS

Zuck: The average American has three friends

The thousands of protestors outside the venue would have been the better audience for her: a pro-labor, anti-fascism rally.

LG blowing white smoke up his ass.

Even the U.S. Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water

🔗 www.404media.co/even-the-u-s...

#HandsOff in Grand Rapids!

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

SMOKY BEEFS TIME?

Elbows up, Canada.

DEI is fascistcode for “the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”

That’s what’s under attack.

Don’t let them lull you into thinking that it’s “only” policies aimed at addressing the white patriarchal ableist mediocrity that has been our nation’s default and giving others an equitable shot.

(“Only,” ha.)

We know there are more than 2 genders. Because trans and nonbinary people are here. We exist and always will. Lambda Legal is #FearlessAndFightingBack for our rights.

Mike’s Hard Times Come Again No More

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf

Evergreen writing tip from John Swartzwelder (creator of a tons of classic The Simpsons episodes, plus some very funny novels). This is from a rare interview, by Mike Sacks of The New Yorker, 2001. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.