screenshot from the Yankee Institute: CT doubled its minimum wage. poverty barely moved.

Really powerful commentary if you never spend more than 3 seconds thinking about the premise.

My dad worked for one of the big CT insurers for decades. In his 50s, they eliminated his entire department but him and told him his new job was to train the overseas call center that just replaced his colleagues.

It pretty much ruined his life.

Anyway, best of luck, Meta workers.

The Infowars news is funny, yes. But more importantly, it is an outright rebuke of Alex Jones' evil.

It's testament to the strength and resilience of the Sandy Hook families who survived this bullshit for more than a decade as well as the Onion, which didn't give up on this for the last 18 months.

The Onion plans to turn Infowars into a comedy site with satirical echoes of the fringe conspiracy theories that Mr. Jones is known for. Tim Heidecker, one of the comedians behind “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, has been hired to serve as “creative director of Infowars.” He said he initially plans to parody Mr. Jones’s “whole modus operandi.” Mr. Heidecker has been working on his impression of Mr. Jones. But eventually, when that joke gets old, Mr. Heidecker said that he hoped to turn Infowars into a destination for independent and experimental comedy. “I just thought it would be just a beautiful joke if we could take this pretty toxic, negative, destructive force of Infowars and rebrand it as this beautiful place for our creativity,” Mr. Heidecker said in an interview. During a recent trip to Philadelphia, he traveled to the Liberty Bell to film a video in character as the new creative director of Infowars.

Get excited.

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(Free consulting) A trick for politicians: you can just speak and say whatever the fuck you want. Offering meta commentary on word choices is not the populist symbol you think it is — it’s just weird guy behavior.

If you’re ever curious why state employees have great health insurance and you don’t, here’s a good place to start…

The downside of running candidates who maxed out their political instincts in the 90s.

a practice completely enabled by Democrats in Congress over the last 30 years

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Hell yea

I'm glad Bank of America is spending money to pick who gets to represent me in Congress. Thank you, Bank of America, for your patriotic service.

that's just savvy. can't see gas prices with your head in the sand.

I personally want to live in a world where people can afford to experience art and artists can afford to do art. So, rad.

Gimmicks?! Oh, my!

CBIA would make money off these plans. It would sell terrible insurance products to businesses who can only afford terrible insurance products.

CBIA opposes any efforts to pool risk where it wouldn’t profit, like a public option.

Feel like that’d be good context in this article but 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Steamed Hams full transcript Well, Seymour, I made it- despite your directions. Ah. Superintendent Chalmers. Welcome. - I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable luncheon. - Yeah. Oh, egads! My roast is ruined. But what if I were to purchase fast food and disguise it as my own cooking? Delightfully devilish, Seymour. Ah- Skinner with his crazy explanations The superintendent's gonna need his medication When he hears Skinner's lame exaggerations There'll be trouble in town tonight Seymour! Superintendent, I was just- uh, just stretching my calves on the windowsill. Isometric exercise. Care to join me? Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour? Uh- Oh. That isn't smoke. It's steam. Steam from the steamed clams we're having. Mmm. Steamed clams. Whew. Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouthwatering hamburgers. I thought we were having steamed clams. D'oh, no. I said steamed hams. That's what I call hamburgers. You call hamburgers steamed hams? Yes. It's a regional dialect. - Uh-huh. Uh, what region? - Uh, upstate New York. Really. Well, I'm from Utica, and I've never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams. " Oh, not in Utica. No. It's an Albany expression. I see. You know, these hamburgers are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger. Oh, no. Patented Skinner burgers. Old family recipe. - For steamed hams. - Yes. Yes. And you call them steamed hams despite the fact that they are obviously grilled. Ye- You know, the- One thing I should- - Excuse me for one second. - Of course. Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all. I'm pooped. Yes. I should be- Good Lord! What is happening in there? - Aurora borealis. - Uh- Aurora borealis at this time of year at this time of day in this part of the country localized entirely within your kitchen? - Yes. - May I see it? No. Seymour. ! The house is on fire. ! No, Mother. It's just the northern lights. Well, Seymour, you are an odd fellow but I must say you steam a good ham.

Today is officially the 30th anniversary of Steamed Hams. On April 14, 1996, "22 Short Films About Springfield" aired for the first time!

Did this same thing and it was so freeing. You know what it turns out I want at a sporting event? A dang miller lite. God made me this way.

Larson's in a three-way primary where his progressive challenger (Jillian Gilchrest) called for impeachment months ago. I don't think leadership views it as anything BUT something he has to say to try to win an election. By definition, good politics!

(Another example of why primaries are good btw)

Exploring the Final Frontier | America 250 YouTube video by WTHR

My friend Dan kicks ass. Space is cool.

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I'd rather bond for $150M worth of billboards that say "NO."

Buddy, voting against the war isn't going to stop Trump. If the nominal opposition leader can't call for his removal from office today right now immediately, he should also be relieved of his job.

The Democrats’ Content Problem Isn’t Just the Camera. It’s What’s In Front of It. David Plouffe almost figured out what I’ve been saying since 2019

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There are approximately 90 Democratic legislators — and around 20 Democratic legislative staffers — more "powerful" than the leader of a caucus with no members.

Incredible

sorry guys, the opponent warned. gotta shut it down.

For years I've been looking for the right guest to do a pod on this. The car-sales model that is dictated by law in the US -- you must go to a dealership & suffer for hours in order to buy one -- is one of the most nakedly anti-social special interest giveaways in history. Needs to be killed dead.

Cannot imagine a less appealing product