It’s a telling indicator of media desensitization that the US government’s ongoing program of murder on the high seas—which according to the perpetrators has killed fourteen (14) people this week— is no longer a subject for much serious or sustained news coverage.
“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” www.wired.com/story/govern...
love how its states rights until its something they're grifting on
This feels similar to Trump refusing to concede he lost in 2020, with his frustration continually growing that his lies cannot change what really matters.
Seriously! New song is total fuckin garbage
Volunteering as an advisor for the undercover OSHA role 😂
These are not real headlines.
They keep stealing shit from the people they detain. Remember how they took that kid’s cell phone and sold it for cash? Just straight up lawless gangsters
We’ve entered the grift part of the January 6 whitewashing of history.
I would like to wake up one day and open my phone without immediately seeing the stupidest thing of all time
seems like it should be a big deal?
A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all
I know these people are incapable of experiencing shame, but this is so LOLable I almost feel embarrassed for them
Happy Opening Day
Good morning
you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils, because the boat is rocking like a cradle, and you are pitched one way and the other, without the slightest warning
Funny thing about American mass media is how woke content is broadly popular, routinely pays for itself, and sometimes goes blockbuster, whereas right-wing content is a narrow niche that rarely reaches breakeven, never goes blockbuster, and usually requires immense subsidies for it to exist at all.
Love to be reminded that our nepo baby tobacco magnate ballclub owner remains a Business Dickhead, through and through
Whoa whoa whoa. WSJ reports that Trump *personally* pushed the Justice Department to settle its antitrust case with Live Nation.
Several sources for my NYT column speculated this was the case. The Journal says it's a fact.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
What's a Christian Nation look like for Hegseth and Wilson? New from me @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/douglas-wi...
Big iced tea matchup on Friday
The people who cancelled Jimmy Kimmel after Charlie Kirk's assassination will now control television stations that reach 80% of Americans, twice that what was legally allowed before Trump's takeover.
The state capture of network television is almost complete.
(insert Arrested Development meme)
"Sending troops into the Iranian desert on a doomed mission in 1980 essentially ended Jimmy Carter's presidency...
"...But it might work for us" www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
GOP: the mail is secure enough to receive your photo ID, social security card, your debit and credit cards, your stimulus checks, and your tax returns
Also GOP: the mail is not safe enough for voting
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Q: You don’t regret that people might’ve lost important income to support their lives?
A: No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit.
Q: Ok. Did you reduce the federal deficit?
A: No, we didn’t.
