I see two schools of thought among Dems.

1. We need a new deal. Make things fair. Everyone prospers.
2. Put them motherfuckers against the wall.

I think they are compatible.

dems created an expanded 'covid' welfare state under trump, republicans strangled it under biden

swing voters credited trump & blamed biden for that respectively

there's a moral here, of a sort

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

video games taught me that you know you're headed in the right direction when you encounter more & stronger enemies, and get better loot by defeating them

speaking as a lifelong global traveler: getting to the airport early has saved my ass from massive travel disruptions so many times that I now view it as a key travel survival skill.

Also, I love airport bars.

Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80% A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb:”I think, at the end of the day, the United States will find themselves in quite a lonely place.

“I'm most the pro-American president in Europe. I'm an avid transatlanticist. I want the relationship to work.

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Jessica Chastain Says Apple TV Will Finally Release ‘The Savant’ After Postponement Following Charlie Kirk Assassination: ‘We’re Going to See It’ (EXCLUSIVE) Jessica Chastain says Apple TV will finally release ‘The Savant’ after streamer postponed it following Charlie Kirk's assassination in September.

The wild cultural overreaction in the wake of Kirk’s death looks increasingly bizarre the further we get away from it.

variety.com/2026/tv/colu...

“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political,

I must listen to the birds.

And in order to hear the birds,

the warplanes must be silent”

- Marwan Makhoul

A photo of a print NYT headline saying the strait is open next to an IPhone NYT headline saying it’s closed

Schrödinger’s Strait of Hormuz

It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.

Andrew Gebo @Gebo_ She's been an American citizen longer than the First Lady. LeftyCrypto This is not an American @LeftyCrypto

obviously no person says this but doing this signaling bullshit is really gross. there’s fascism to get mad about. stop punching ghosts.

If Dems Want My Support to save Democracy, They'll Need to Move to the Right. You Mean by Embracing... Climate Change Denial? Or the Lie That There Is Widespread "Voter Fraud"? Or the Fiction That the U.S. Has "Open Borders"? Or the Vile Myth Linking Lgbtq People to Child Abuse? Or Completely Discredited Ideas from the Eugenics Movement? Or Bogus Claims about Health and Medicine That Are Risking the Lives of Millions? Or World-destabilizing Military Aggression with Flagrant Disregard for International Law? As I Was Saying, If Dems Want My Support to save Democracy, They'll Need to Move to the Right.

Cartoon: "Dems should move to the right"

APNewsAlert: CAIRO (AP) — Iranian gunboats have fired on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, British military says.

think it’s fair to say that there are still some details that may need to be ironed out

The defense secretary is derisively comparing the media to a maligned group of rabbinic Jews, the FBI director is denying reports of drunkenness on the job, the vice president is in a two-front theological war with the pope and Erika Kirk, Donald Trump is still president, and gas is $4. Happy Friday

Unbelievable corruption right in front of our faces.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.

Attorney General Todd Blanche admited that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from the Epstein files release.
DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine. Blanche needs to be proescuted as well.

🚨 IF U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE PERSISTS, TEHRAN WILL CONSIDER IT A VIOLATION OF CEASEFIRE AND WILL CLOSE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, IRANIAN OFFICIAL TELLS FARS

Randy Barnett @RandyEBarnett This is a travesty. If making allegedly questionable constitutional arguments is a disbarrable offense, bar disciplinary tribunals would be in permanent session. Jeff Clark @JeffClarkUS • Apr 15 This is a travesty. John represented the President in litigation challenging an election. That's all. He lied about nothing. Reasonable minds can disagree about the 2020 election.... 11:23 AM • Apr 16, 2026 • 20.5K Views

Reasonable minds actually can’t disagree about the 2020 election, sorry senior respected law professors

If old people need to do a second driving test to continue driving in old age there definitely needs to be some better controls on having someone completely senile continue to be allowed to run a country.

Lovely footage of the first bear born in Aragon in more than 50 years, shortly after emerging from hibernation. Part of the slow recovery of brown bears in the Pyrenees. Via Aragón TV.

This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇

Duolingo Swedish for “Soon the weekend is starting”

cc: @kennylogins.bsky.social

Much like "How Do You Sleep?" and "Too Many People," this diss rap never mentions the mark's name.

Exactly one year ago today:

The terrible punishment of the Coward's Life is having to live it.

For a political party that is always braying about how much they love the military, the Republicans sure seem to hate actual soldiers and sailors (and airmen and marines)