Exactly one year ago today:

Some Draymond shit

After adjusting for inflation, the IRS budget is 40% below its 2010 level, even as it has taken on more responsibilities and serves more taxpayers. And to be clear, this does not save America money: it blows a hole in the deficit. According to the Yale Budget Lab: The IRS reductions from funding and layoffs have likely resulted in about $861 billion in decreased revenue. The layoffs from actions like DOGE alone have likely resulted in $597.8 billion in decreased revenue over the 2026-2035, and the clawback in IRS funding of $20 billion has likely resulted in $262.8 billion in decreased revenue over the same period.

The assault on the IRS will blow up the deficit. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-d...

Underrated that it’s actually a weakness of Trump’s that his allergy to subtlety and subtext means he is constantly puncturing the lies people tell themselves to be able to support him.

The replacement of Jesus with Trump as the messianic figure in right wing American Christianity is predicated on plausible deniability, and Trump breaks this contract every time he explicitly acknowledges that he has taken the place of Christ in their worship.

Any chance Trump doubles down and starts posting himself as Muhammad?

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

The pope is....WEAK ON CRIME

The Internet was a beautiful thing for a while. It is now exclusively for people who are mentally ill. One might think that would make it a niche product, but it remains mainstream by making more and more people mentally ill.

The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:

It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that

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the phenomenon of "convert's zeal" is not new or specific to Catholicism, we've all known a person who got here five minutes ago and is being insufferable about something we've lived with for much longer, but when it collides with the arrogance of right-wing white supremacy it's just unbearable

Mohamed Wishah in blue press protective gear

Behold our beautiful and brave colleague, murdered today! You know the drill, unfortunately, so…

Say his name: Mohammed Wishah, Al Jazeera reporter, killed today in Gaza.

US-Israel has assassinated nearly 300 journalists in Palestine, Lebanon and Iran in just 2 years.

إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

This will be in a textbook

Ding ding ding! We got a winner folks. Say hello to our fast-dawning new world order.

It's like the old one, only jankier.

I think it's bad for the President to threaten to annihilate an entire culture and i do not think you are being alarmist if you take his threats seriously and literally.

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“.. Strip away the shock value for a moment .. This is not a stray remark at a rally. Nor was it a misstatement quickly corrected by staff. This is a public declaration, .. during an active and escalating international crisis.”

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It's super American to downplay this shit and make it about us instead of the Iranian people who are on the receiving end of these threats

The Senate envisions itself as a body that should be a check on the president's most imperial impulses. And yet, it does absolutely nothing as the president threatens war crimes and says a civilization will die. So what's the point of the Senate?

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

What has been truly amazing to watch is all of the institutions—judges, law professors, professors, journalists, law firms, corporations, colleges—treat this man seriously, when he is nuttier than a fruitcake given on Christmas morning.

Me, joking: I can’t believe we chose “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally”

Conservatives, dead serious: it was a tough choice, but I’m glad we picked “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally”

I think the opposition party widely expected to make historic gains in the next election(s) has an obligation to explain how they'll stop this and prevent it from happening again or it's reasonable to conclude they don't plan on doing those things, which raises more uncomfortable questions

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It is the year 2026 AD. Super hackers have gained illicit backdoor access to the AI Claude through the Chipotle support chat.

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent.

To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

ahh yes relentless bombing, the timeless message of easter

Seems to me if you think you have divine sanction for your warmongering when it goes badly you have to consider the opposite proposition but they never seem to!

"'I’m glad I’m getting in RFK Jr.’s head,' he says. 'He’s an evil, evil man, and I have such hatred for him. I will do everything I can every day to hold up to the light what he is doing to America’s children.'"

Many More Should Have Also Been Prosecuted….