Tucker Carlson apparently is now saying he’s sorry for misleading people about Trump & it wasn’t intentional. But as @brockm.bsky.social points out, we know from the Dominion suit discovery that he was indeed intentionally peddling claims on air he knew were false. open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
Tweet from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth saying "We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.
Article on the US Army website about flu outbreak killing 45,000 US soldiers during World War I
The Pentagon will stop requiring members of the military to get flu vaccines. Image Hegseth, wearing a blue suit, a tie and American flag pocket square, stands in front of an American flag. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that service members would no longer have to get flu vaccines.Credit...Pete Marovich for The New York Times The Pentagon will no longer require troops to get annual flu vaccines, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, calling the policy an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.
George Washington LITERALLY would not have won the Revolutionary War had he not vaccinated the troops against smallpox.
Meanwhile, this idiot: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Yeah sure he won’t do trump’s bidding - dude won’t even admit trump lost the 2020 election
Live Updates: Fed Chair Nominee Asserts at Hearing He Won’t Do Trump’s Bidding
I’m so sick of all the “if Biden did this” posts because they’re so true and so useless
Truth
lol
Great, now do the rest of his cabinet
Hilarious that he thinks his reputation is worth that much
F.B.I. Director Sues The Atlantic Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking (gift link)
Famously Sauron's eye never missed any intruders upon his land
THIS. So many graph legends on graphs with squiggly lines are unnecessary. Just put labels on the lines. While you’re doing that, write out the whole word instead of using acronyms if you possibly can.
speak softly and carry a big stick of butter
This excellent thread by @eliothiggins.bsky.social breaks down how Palantir is arguing for increased power and less accountability for the tech oligarchs—it’s worth reading in full:
“Can we have our 747 back?
lol
I keep thinking of the trumpers who still say he is sacrificing so much to serve as president.
This is mind boggling
One of the things I love most about Zohran’s rise to power is that it shows so clearly how we could have a better democracy—one that actually serves us instead of just the rich—if the left decides collectively to take electoralism and government seriously. It’s ours for the taking if we want it.
True! Fun fact: They did this because someone leaked Robert Bork’s rental history during his confirmation battle.
Sometimes I feel unsure of myself, while other people go around in 2026 claiming to have invented the Afro
A bajillion times this:
Cenk’s smart enough to know that “Patriots versus Israelis” is just Die Volk versus Die Juden rephrased and that makes doing it unforgivable. It’s a play for the Fuentes set, and that he feels the need to go after that group to make money and gain followers should tell you something’s rotten.
Good f’ing question
It is not a “gender war” when one side has long been committed to the physical, social, economic and political oppression of the other. That’s something else.
Lessons to learn here and warnings to heed.
“[I]nstead of taking the opposite of Orbán’s side on the wisdom of EU bureaucracy, trans rights, or the Russia-Ukraine war, Magyar constructed a…different debate focused on the ruling party’s corruption, inflation, and neglect of public services”
Hey fellow boomers - don’t say stupid shit like this to young women! Or any women. Or any person for that matter.
And try to stop even thinking it. jfc
This is a disgrace, Jared.
Rep Golden casts a deciding vote to support Trump's War #mepolitics
It didn’t work for Jimmy Carter
