I will give right wing muckrakers this: they sure as shit know how to twist the knife

matt drudge is a hater to his bones

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

DOJ Rapid Response • O @DOJRR47 X.com Yesterday the Department of Justice filed a motion to vacate the convictions of several Americans who had received clemency from President Trump. This ends these years-long, Biden-era weaponized prosecutions. President Trump demanded we stop the two-tiered injustice—and we are delivering. No more rigged system. 1:32 PM • 4/15/26 • 6.7K Views

The individuals referenced here are adjudicated terrorists.

They were found guilty of conspiring to use force against their own government to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

A conservative, Trump-appointed judge applied terrorism enhancements to their sentences.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America He said that the values enshrined in the 1776 Declaration of Independence have “fallen out of favor” among Americans.

clarence thomas is just reciting a circa 2010 glenn beck rant verbatim abcnews.com/Politics/sup...

for sale: data center, never used

Besides the text font color, the bullet points seem like they’re too far left?
The logo is a nice fit and the content makes sense

The covid amnesia shell game happened DESPITE THE DATA, in part bc we never had a reckoning or real memorialization

The *moment* we replace this regime, they will memory-hole everything they did. If we don't keep clear records and then make them into public memory, they'll get away with it.

Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime

Artemis II Splashdown Live Updates and Video: NASA Astronauts Conclude Historic Moon Mission The NASA flight parachuted into the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, bringing to an end a journey that sent humans into deep space for the first time since 1972.

Breaking News: Four NASA astronauts safely returned to Earth after completing the Artemis II mission. Watch live as they are welcomed back.

well today fucking sucked

this whole thing is very much like being locked in a room with a guy with a grenade who keeps being like IM GONNA DO IT IM GONNA PULL THE PIN and then is like “actually nah” and then everyone sighs but you’re still locked in the same room with the same guy and he’s still holding the same grenade

Not an academic but I took a few minutes to call my representative. For me, focusing on the things I can change helps me keep my sanity.

again very funny to think that a critical pro trump message in 2024 was that he wouldn’t start world war iii

I’m expecting a tipping point once we break the 2008 record. At current pace, that may coincide with jet fuel shortages in Asia...

Artemis II - Wikipedia

if you haven't seen it, the Wikipedia page on Artemis II is being updated constantly

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis...

including the "Hello, World" photo of the earth illuminated by moonlight

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_...

.. yes, they're uplinking high res photos and publishing in real time

Current status.

He’s right though. Coke Zero tastes disgustingly sweet by comparison.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Remember to be wary, as today is the only day of the year that incorrect or misleading information is posted on the internet.

- cancel all EOs
- fire political appointees
- strip clearances
- appoint special prosecutor for DHS
- hire a zillion IGs
- investigate and prosecute crimes
- investigate and refer policy violations for disciplinary action
- recode ICE and CBP jobs out of 1811 series
- revert name changes

Someone that has never faced consequences for anything in his life trying desperately to run away from this quagmire.
No respect for those killed. No consideration for the harm this will cause.

Trump really does seem determined to set a record for lowest presidential approval rating.

Even crazier is the trajectory that Texas is on. www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/...

You can see wind and solar actually affecting coal generation. In a few more years, we may see coal plant closures entirely because of batteries.

"What do you think of U.S. foreign policy?"
"I think it would be a good idea."

One of Deng’s quips was that “it doesn’t matter what color a cat is as long as it catches mice”. It does not matter how the economy is organized, it matters if people are fed.

Maoism was obsessed with the aesthetics of the economy, the people running blast furnaces in fields. We’re doing the same

do not give money to dems who don’t support court reform. don’t vote in primaries for dems who do not support court reform. do not support dem leadership that will not pursue court reform. do not bother with pundits who are not on board with court reform.

Cop gets fired for reporting he saw another cop put a knife to a woman's throat and threaten that he could rape her if he wanted and there was nothing she could do about it. www.ozarksfirst.com/news/whistle...

this is part of how trump always gets away with it, because his behavior is so atypical and abhorrent, he short-circuits people into making side arguments that try to explain his behavior rather than just saying that he's a fucking asshole piece of shit

You’re both right. Lots of oil & gas demand is sort of induced: e.g. cheap byproducts and demand for transporting hydrocarbons.
We won’t see a 100% drop in oil use in 10-20 yrs.
30% likely with electrification.
40-50% if oil is expensive
60-70% means expensive plastics, aluminum, etc
80%+ doubtful