‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge. “They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”

We may have just uncovered some evidence that the “facts over feelings” crowd is, in fact, mostly beholden to their feelings.

“Laws of nature” is just a thing these people COMPLETELY MADE UP to justify their shittiest personal preferences.

Why would a robot ever need to run a marathon? Pretty sure we figured out that putting wheels on machines is a superior way for them to move.

You can point out that Zohran Mamdani does not behave in any way like a fundamentalist Muslim theocrat in his professional or private life, and, to an Islamophobe, that’s actually the strongest evidence of how committed he and his wife are to their devious plan to Islamify all of us. Sigh.

Side note: we know all of his many thoughts on Gaza because our Islam-paranoid media is constantly asking him about it.

Mamdani is such a devious Islamist theocrat that he allows his wife to show her face and have her own opinions… all to further a radical anti-Israel agenda that an American MAYOR has no ability to implement.

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Good call. There was a study done a year or so ago that found that she had higher name recognition with Fox News viewers than with any other group.

I believe that was a Frank Luntz special. Another freakshow of a person.

Yes to this. Limbaugh and the right made it a 20 year project to define Hillary and it paid off. Cement the narrative.

“Traditional” is such a fun euphemism for “subservient.”

Israel is an apartheid state perpetrating a genocide with US support.

the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system

EVERY TIME I hear “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears in my head, it segues into the bridge from the DuckTales theme song. Every time.

this is not journalism
this is @cnn.com currying favor with its new corporate overlords
waiting for @brianstelter.bsky.social to acknowledge what his bosses are up to

Kernen (and people like him) definitely believe they’ll never be subject to due process violations, so it’s very easy for them to scoff at the idea.

“But following the law to make sure innocent people don’t get punished takes sooooooo looooong.”

Riley Gaines’ career is proof that trans men aren’t “pretending to be women to dominate women’s sports.” There’s clearly no fame and fortune associated with being a mid-level collegiate swimmer! You either get a normal job or you find a way to take money from the most reactionary ghouls in America.

Riley Gaines’ income is heavily tied to Trump liking her. She has no other discernible skills to survive if Trump fans start to shun her. The people in his orbit were always playing with fire. If he dumps gas on them, they’re toast. Same if he self-immolates or the voters light him up.

It’s a different approach. He’s shaking things up. Innovating. Breaking new ground. Charting new territory. What other positive framing could we put on all of these impeachable offenses?

Had the sound off and thought Benny was talking to himself from the future. Then I wondered if future-Benny has finally made peace with his true self and found fulfilling companionship with another man.

She seems enjoy being a loser. I can’t comprehend why she ever got mad in the first place. We’re going to make her SO happy when we defeat the bigots.

I seem to recall a proposal to turn every former Manhattan pay phone location into a public wi-fi hotspot, but the telecoms fought it and won.

Nope

Democratic politicians across America, this is how you win, which is how ALL OF US WIN. Watch this, then watch it 10 more times, then behave accordingly, and you will get our votes.

I’d wager <1% of all American Christians know that Islam teaches that Jesus Christ was a prophet sent by God.

I feel confident that no one was arrested for participating in Christian religious services outdoors while standing 10 feet apart during the Covid restrictions. Is it possible to be more than 100% sure?

Dude orders donuts like I talk to the guy at the auto repair shop. But to be fair, understanding the inner workings of a complex machine with 1000 moving parts and a combustion engine takes a lot more experience than PICKING OUT A VARIETY OF 2 DOZEN DONUTS.

We don’t say it enough on this app: Fuck Bill Maher.