what's the opposite of "stupid games stupid prizes"?

Did you see that Trump basically threatened companies who request tariff refunds yesterday, saying he'd "remember" who did and didn't request them? Just flatly mafioso shit.

Trump media company replaces CEO, ex-congressman Nunes after stock plunge that wiped out billions The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year.

Sad

“After soaring shortly before Trump’s re-election in November 2024, stock in the company plunged 67%, wiping out more than $6 billion in investor wealth.”

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Good point. The “fire” (in someone’s comment above about "fighting fire with fire") is the GOP’s flagrant attempt to destroy democracy—exactly as you described.

You can’t fight THAT fire with fire; You fight it with napalm and phosphorus.

Counties don’t vote, people do. Your vote doesn’t matter more because you live in a more sparsely populated county.

Rod Serling stands in a glowing doorway, surrounded by the title Serling: A Journey Into The Twilight Zone with TV's First Visionary, by Alan Sepinwall

Very excited to reveal the cover for my next book, Serling: A Journey Into The Twilight Zone with TV’s First Visionary. The book will be published by Grand Central on October 13 of this year, and pre-orders are open now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...

Middle East war drives up costs at Panama Canal.

The war has boosted demand to move vital cargo through the Panama Canal to such an extent that one vessel carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) paid $4 million to skip the line and avoid a wait that can take up to five days
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If Republicans hate the CA and VA redistricting, they can thank the person responsible - Donald J. Trump.

None of it would’ve been possible without his leadership on this issue.

Somebody showed Dan the 19th Amendment

Redistrictmaxxing.

don't forget the Utah GOP crashing and burning on their attempts to redraw maps

Sitting here in Texas, trying to remember when I got to vote on whether the state should undergo redistricting YET AGAIN. Oh well, best to play it like blackjack and let incompetent fuckwads not sensing the special election shifts (especially in Latino populations) to bust on their own.

It’s not just that Republicans started the fire.

Democrats offered to put it out and they said no and now Republicans are mad their skin is melting:

Holy crap the Dodgers-Giants all-time series is 1288 to 1288. Rubber game starting now.

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Fairfax tax revenue pays for every one of those rural counties' governmental functions.

There are some silver linings to the fascists of all stripes being mask-off these days. Makes our job a lot easier.

Well done, Donald. With your usual 3D chess brilliance, you have given Virginia extra Democratic seats. Glory!

If they typed "and twirling, always twirling" it would only be slightly more ridiculous

“Departure of government minister provides Mobutu with chance for agenda reset”

Labor Secretary's Departure Provides Trump an Agenda Reset President Trump's second-term goals to foster apprenticeships and manufacturing work rely on a Labor Department that has been distracted by internal turmoil.

She resigned because of corruption guys

CIA pulling off another regime change with the underhanded dirty trick of all living and voting there.

The execs forcing this at McClatchy can go straight to hell.

You can have no rage, Republicans, when you lit the fuse.

You just got outplayed

Democrats did not step back. We fought back. When they go low, we hit back hard. We won Prop 50 in California, reclaimed a seat in Utah, pushed back extremists in Ohio and halted toxic GOP efforts in Indiana, New Hampshire, Nebraska and Kansas. Tonight, thanks to the relentless work of Virginia Democrats, led by Governor Abigail Spanberger, Speaker Don Scott, State Majority Leader Scott Surovell and President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, “YES” won and Donald Trump lost. Virginians spoke with a crystal-clear voice, voting to stop the MAGA power grab and protect the integrity of free and fair elections. This war is not over. Next week, Ron DeSantis is hauling the Florida legislature back into a special session to redraw maps because Republicans know they are on the verge of an epic defeat in November. DeSantis is clearly more interested in illegal gerrymandering than lowering the high cost of living or fixing our broken healthcare system. Right now, nearly 5 million Floridians are facing higher premiums because Republicans failed to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime pick-up opportunities for Democrats, just as they did with Trump’s dummymander in Texas. We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast. We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win. Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

Hakeem Jeffries puts out a FAFO:

"We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast....

Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time"

Without The Blitz, there might have been no Dresden.

How an 82-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Became a Master-Class Dem Shitposter Meet the unstoppable L. Louise Lucas.

Virginia’s redistricting victory has L. Louise Lucas’ fingerprints all over it.

Read @lauren-egan.bsky.social's profile on the 82-year-old shitposting powerhouse who helped drag Democrats into the battle: