America had the chance to be good. Post WWII, when the New Deal buttressed a Depression and war-crushed country on a wave of socialism. We decided we would rather go to war with the communists instead. Reaganism and Clintonism sealed the deal. Two squads of the same team, to this day.
That's why liberals still embrace baby-brained patriotism and believe in America as a force of good in the world. They're still trapped in the right-wing mythos/propaganda in which all Americans are raised. Some are simply naive. Others have a malignant narcissism that will ensure they never grow.
The most obvious difference between liberals and leftists is that liberals see Trump as an outlier to a system that is somewhat flawed but mostly works, and leftists see Trump as the logical conclusion of a system working exactly as it's been intended to work for the past 40 years.
You know they would love to make the big issues of their next candidates literally anything other than "prosecute every member of this administration, tax the living shit out of the billionaires who funded it, and start the 40 year process of fixing shit"
thinking abt this bc there is currently a controversy on tiktok where people are misreading and spreading a statistic from this article, saying that 62 million men were either in or interested in a telegram chat about drugging and raping their female partners when really it was like 1000 people max
Sassy President James Garfield and his hijinks
everyone remembers Garfield wrong
Can I get in trouble for saying something like "Someone should do something Really Cool so that It Happens a lot sooner"
The cover of the May/June 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine depicts a drawing of two androgynous track and field athletes running on a track. In the sky, stripes in the transgender pride flag colors run parallel to the track lanes. Headline: Let Them Play, How welcoming trans athletes can improve sports culture for all by Jessica Luther.
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You're right
Deep cut: Mark McKinney from the KITH “SAUSAGES!!” sketch
it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit
The Rockets are running a great "Needle in the Haystack" offense with Ongwe Wuliyowolo, the 8-foot Sudanese captain, plus 4 little guys built like fire hydrants. Absolute bulldogs, these guys, tripping up the defense like you wouldn't believe, while Ongwe sinks threes from the parking lot.
I fucking love the idea of a team height limit being the only limiter on a pro basketball team. Really injects that Totally Accurate Battle Simulator energy that the sport has been sorely lacking. Send 10 little guys out there if you want to. Or one absolute kaiju. Build your decks.
Listen, Mookie "Shortie" Gnomesworth has the heart of a champion and we're not gonna bench him after he moved here from Narnia.
That picture of the Israeli soldier smashing a crucifix with a sledgehammer exists in a quantum state where it's both so outrageous it has to be fake and so on the nose it must be real. Truly a Schrodinger's Jesus.
Me: (racking shotgun) Tell me the name of God you fungal piece of shit
Mushroom: Aus den Samen des Zorns erblühen die Blumen des Bösen.
Me: Man I don't even know what the fuck that means
Werner Herzog: (relaxing poolside, sipping daiquiri) It means he likes you.
how is this literally happening in real life
If anybody needs me I'll be selling free-range sardines out of the back of a PT Cruiser across from Daikin Park
Carpenter Brut?
One of the most chilling creepypastas revolves around the Black-Eyed Children, who are the abandoned, feral offspring of the pop group Black Eyed Peas.
I bring this up not (just) to be a doomer, but to make sure you don't make the critical mistake of thinking "Americans are finally learning!" I can assure you we are not. The ✨𝒱𝐼𝐵𝐸𝒮 𝒪𝒩𝐿𝒴✨ voters can and will be swayed back the other way when the vibes shift. Do not get your hopes up.
It's important to remember that a good 20-30% of these numbers are low-info ✨𝒱𝐼𝐵𝐸𝒮 𝒪𝒩𝐿𝒴✨ voters who are swayed by negative media coverage, gripes on social media, chatter from friends and co-workers, and of course TikTok. They haven't magically been swayed by concrete facts and analysis.
The number one reason for Israel's public perception crisis is Israel's behavior
This article speaks about people Molly Shah personally verified On here, who were denounced as scams by other Bsky users.,
they’re gonna run a bunch of candidates who make vague noises about how badly we need ‘change’ that isn’t actually change and all the people who yearn above all else for a return to norms and decorum will be so relieved to vote for them
Democrats don't express this kind of rage at Republicans. Only the left. Even while he's referencing Republicans, that's not where his rage is going. It's going straight to the folks who weren't motivated to vote by genocide.
Awww, that's so cute! Obama developed a soft spot for the one progressive politician he couldn't ratfuck
I wonder how much of it was intended as implied backstory by the writer and how much of it was just Holly Hunter's absolute dedication to knowing her shit for every single role she takes
Revoking someone's identity for bad behavior is exactly what fascists do and you would probably see that if your brain had not been hopelessly cooked by your time in the military.