Just this is enough to impeach Trump

i’m such a stupid fucking mark for trying to “work” and “follow the law”

Re: nostalgia for VHS tapes and other analog media, I saw someone say like "a VHS tape never sold my information to a nazi" and yes that's true! But the reason it's true is actually because Congress passed a law in 1988 specifically making it illegal for video stores to sell your rental history

I case you missed this piece and the ensuing conversation due to BlueSky dysfunction yesterday

oh if they start letting this stuff on the app store have I got something fun for yall

The desperate campaign to push AI down our throats is just what Nestlé did with baby formula, or Monsanto with patended seeds.

Manufactured Intermediation—inserting a corporate tollbooth into a process that used to be self-sustaining, using a low initial barrier to entry to destroy the alternative.

Barely more than a decade ago, Florida proudly and with a bipartisan vote passed in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants who had been brought here as children and grew up in Florida. DeSantis’ Lieutenant Governor was actually a champion of the bill.

Things changed fast.

Three things were always completely obvious in 2024: More tariffs, mass deportation, and taking revenge against political enemies.

Everyone who was paying attention and speaking in good faith said it at the time. So did Trump. If anyone is surprised, they weren’t paying attention.

A marginally functioning, civil society would fire, impeach, and imprison every person involved in this decision.

If this actually happens, it may rank as the single most corrupt act in the history of American politics. I cannot believe this is even under discussion.

He should be in a burlap sack. Together with a rabid badger. While being rolled into a rushing river.

ICE says 81% arrested in Operation Midway Blitz had no convictions, falsely asserts no citizens arrested Todd Lyons, who on Thursday resigned from his position as acting director of ICE, also claimed in the letter to the Illinois congressional delegation that no U.S. citizens were arrested by federal imm...

ICE says 81% arrested in Operation Midway Blitz had no convictions, falsely asserts no citizens arrested

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Goes to show how incompetent and stupid a number of business CEOs actually are. I mean, how does the CEO of Philz Coffee or Target not understand that a very large chunk of their customer base supports DEI & are pro-LGBT+ rights? Costco, Walmart, Merck and so many other Fortune 500 companies get it.

These were just people telling you who they really were.

Just got out of a roundtable at #OAH2026 on Gilded Age corruption and now it's time to see what's in the news and

This was absolutely one of the most striking things about moving from suburban Atlanta to Manhattan when I was in my 20s. I remember being back home for a visit and, like, struggling to articulate to my parents just how different—and how much better and friendlier—the world felt on foot.

A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

Didn't they get mad at.the JCPOA for this?

You can see why Randy Barnett is worried about why bad-faith and dishonest constitutional advocacy would lead to discipline.

Mamdani hasn't had time to really think about all that space he now has, because he spends most of his time at City Hall and around New York City. He tries to keep a semblance of his old life by getting around the city on foot, by bike or train. "If you spend every single day driving around in a tinted window security detail, you will have a very specific view of the city," he said. "You actually meet other New Yorkers and you break out of the bubble that so many have come to expect of politics, where politicians only seem to be spending time with other politicians or the people who donated to make them politicians."

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example.

www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

Children ‘low-hanging fruit’ in fight to end trans care, official at pro-Trump thinktank says America First Policy Institute, which boasts close ties to president, discussed transgender policy ‘reform’ at DC event

Once again, the right is openly admitting that the entire focus on trans youth is to ultimately ban all gender affirming care for adults.

All the credulous reporters and institutions that helped launder this right wing project are responsible.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Harmeet Dhillon racks up another defeat in voter data grab" #ELB Adam Klasfeld: After helping push Donald Trump’s lost cause as one of his 2020 campaign lawyers, now-Justice Department Civil Rights chief Harmeet Dhillon built upon her unbroken string of defeats in ...

“Harmeet Dhillon racks up another defeat in voter data grab” electionlawblog.org?p=155502

All that winning.

rockwell guy standing up

i think governments should stop tweeting and go back to official press releases/joint statements

mamdani being a cheerful normal guy that people project absolute insane things on is one of the things that make him very relatable to me, personally

This is Musk trying to destroy one of the most vital groups on the left, and it's as much as his efforts to win 2026 & 2028 as anything.

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit

Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here

Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse

Media and universities: AI is here to stay

Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God said, "No" Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but
The next time you see me comin', you better run"
Well, Abe said, "Where d'you want this killin' done?"
God said, "Out on Highway 61"

Seems bad!

thanks again joe manchin!