i feel bad for our country but this is tremendous content

At the last minute, he'll strike half the letters from "triumphal" to make it the "Trump Arch"

a very special FUCK YOU to anyone who thinks I should have been forced to stay in the shitty rural town I grew up in

Why do I feel like if the press started to ask him about the price of gas "doubling" that $1.99 claim would no longer be operative.

Nobody deserves boos more - other than his boss.

I think this is the first time in my life I am not excited about the Olympics. Don't think I'll watch much of it at all. Happy for the athletes and hope they do well, but any sense of pride I've had for America is just gone. I don't have any desire to root for this country in its current state.

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof. What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

A few months ago, ICE hired me

I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable

And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"

My latest for Slate

The most classless, petty, insecure, pathetic person to ever be elected.

TV On The Radio perform "Dreams" with Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor (2006)

They want to murder America?

I work for a manufacturing company. We were all getting steak dinners and really nice quarterly bonuses the past 3-4 years....until 2Q of this year when tariffs hit. Now, we've had mass layoffs, sales are way down, and everyone is afraid of losing their jobs next.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Time for the Nardwuar/Nuzzi interview.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

internet culture desks aren't just for cute meme trend stories. ever since gamergate, understanding how and why info moves online is critical to seeing how we got *here*

Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.

I’m so mad my middle ages are going to be defined by Donald fuking Trump

The CDC. The Fed. The FBI. The National Guard. Do you get it now? Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans.

ANGRY @jvl.bsky.social took to @thebulwark.com today: "Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...

the thing that's so fucking infuriating about this is how much more that matters for the bottom 10%

$1200 can be life or death at that level of income

top 10%? $13K is nice, to be sure, but it's "maybe we'll take another vacation" nice not "oh good now we can afford to eat this month"

If RFK Jr. will not resign, he must be impeached and removed, for the sake of the nation's health and safety.

Take me to the River. #Tulsa #Dogs

How I know I’m officially old: I just bought a ticket to see a Steely Dan jazz cover band.

Seconded!

if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.

I really want to be on this site more, but even though I have more "followers" here than any other social media site, I get no engagement. I get more "followers" every day, but barely any likes, barely any comments. So what's the point of being here if everyone is a bot?

That bitch isn't going anywhere. It's all a facade.

Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social

I don't watch Stewart much at all these days because I find his pox on both houses spiel insanely dumb at the moment (while admitting there's plenty of room for improvement on the left, esp. in DC.) This seg has some of that but is mostly spot-on. CNN should be embarrassed. youtu.be/LFeUo-nOxQU?...