No one is amazed, I guess, that Trump couldn't find one (1) non-Jeffrey Epstein customer to be Fed Chair?

If you're at all familiar with modern America, I don't know how, short of abject laziness, you bullshit yourself into trusting this whole mess won't just happen again.

So, Trump and everyone he knows.

Note: we can debate the merits, but this is the direct result of maximalist opposition from Dems.

let's not forget florida's fair-districting constitutional amendment which took the state from a red gerrymander to a red gerrymander that's at risk of not being larger if governor desantis doesn't put another gerrymander on the gerrymander this week

As someone who lives in a gerrymandered-to-death state, which has rendered his vote basically meaningless, seeing Republicans pretend to be outraged and appalled at what went down in Virginia is making me feel some feelings that would get me immediately banned if I were to reduce them to text.

Ruby Bridges is 8 years younger than the President.

*a person (me) who doesn't know much about Geneva other than the way it rolled when Calvinists made it an oppressive, theocratic city-state in the mid 1500s*

Yep, this tracks. bsky.app/profile/chrc...

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

There's no legal basis for these boat strikes, and US officials involved in them should be prosecuted for attempted murder and murder. The OLC memo green-lighting the strikes is still secret, but there's nothing it could say that would make these strikes lawful. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

“Voters went along with it” is a hell of a way to describe democracy functioning correctly

The Washington Post opinion headline from the editorial board. Headline "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss" Subhead: "The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."

Hilarious posturing. Oh did the Democrats finally turn up to the gun fight with a knife? Mercy mercy, when did this all get so violent, lands lands.

The key phrase—“an establishment of religion”—was readily understandable to founding-era citizens. See District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 576–77 (2008) (relying on a phrase’s “[n]ormal meaning . . . known to ordinary citizens in the founding generation”). The reason is simple. At the time, establishments were “a familiar institution.” McConnell, Establishment, supra note 12, at 2107.13 Someone on the streets of 1789 Boston, reading that phrase, would have instantly thought of the Church of England, the colonial established churches, or the current state establishments—in other words, a polity’s official church or religion. Ibid.

Although the colonial establishments became more tolerant of dissenters as independence approached, their essence remained unchanged. The original state constitutions reflect as much. Far from rejecting establishments, many states preserved the core components of their establishments, such as public financial support for the official church, regulation of religious institutions, and religious qualifications for civic participation.36 Most explicit was South Carolina, whose 1778 Constitution declared that “the Christian Protestant religion” was “the established religion,” requiring religious societies to subscribe to enumerated articles of faith to receive legal recognition. S.C. Const. of 1778, art. XXXVIII, reprinted in Poore, State Constitutions, supra note 36, at 1626.

The Fifth Circuit flatly states that when the First Amendment says Congress may not create an "establishment of religion," it means the Church of England. They then argue the Founders intended states to have their own churches unaffected by the First Amendment (!!!).

2026. The year every worm turns (complimentary).

Over and over and over again.
So, yes, @jamellebouie.net is right. The Right has sought to cultivate this idea that it has no agency for *generations*. No agency means no accountability. Power without accountability is what the Right has always sought in America. And I do mean *always*.

as it becomes clear that Yes has won in VA and gerrymandering will pass, a message to Republican voters:

you brought this on yourselves

you convinced the most fairness-obsessed, That Wouldn’t Be Fair-minded voters in the country to affirmatively vote to put you in the dumpster

you earned this

Voters did this. Not partisan politicians like in Texas.

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

H.R. 1 Reduces Medicaid Retroactive Eligibility Starting in 2027 - Justice in Aging Learn how H.R. 1 reduces Medicaid retroactive eligibility starting in 2027, limiting coverage for past medical expenses and increasing risks for older adults.

Imagine a sudden illness lands you in the hospital. You can't afford the medical bills that pile up and aren't enrolled in Medicaid.

Retroactive Medicaid was designed for exactly these moments.

But a new federal rule will cut retroactive coverage from 3 to 2 months for most enrollees.

I'm not seeing anyone's Images, if that helps. Could, like five minutes ago.

They’re not ready to have the real conversation and it’s this: White people saw the path the country was headed with a two term Obama presidency with a woman set to take the reins and decided nah we’d rather have an unqualified White man instead.

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You Don't Have to Choose - Freedom and Immersive Storytelling in Games Choice gets the credit. Immersion does the work. A case for linear storytelling in games — and why less freedom sometimes means more.

More player choice doesn't always mean more immersion. Sometimes it means the opposite.

Choice gets the credit. Immersion does the work.

New piece on why less freedom sometimes makes better games — link below.

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So this may come as a surprise to some folks on here, but there are people still living like this today because they can't afford to get reinfected with Covid & the pandemic is *not* over

I've been out and about the last three weeks on my annual comedy pilgrimage. Masking all the time, hand sanitising, and SURROUNDED by people sneezing, coughing, and telling me they're just on the tail end of something.

Why do you want to get your fluids on strangers so fucking badly you weirdos.

Reminder:

In December 2025, buried in highly technical guidance on state reporting for Medicaid + CHIP, Sec. Kennedy quietly DROPPED mandatory reporting of child and adolescent immunization rates for half the kids in the U.S.

A radical move away from transparency.

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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in extremist groups | CNN Politics The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist and other organizations, Acting Attorney General ...

This is entirely politically motivated to eliminate an organization that has historically fought neo nazis and the KKK. What an absolute disgrace.

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I do think tech companies are underestimating the amount of
- new account fatigue
- new app fatigue
- useless upgrade fatigue
- terms of service fatigue

tim cook is like 90% responsible for why the Internet sucks so much shit now (Sex-Negative Appification) so it is my sincere hope he is retiring due to accidentally swallowing a bag full of the scarabs that eat you from the inside from the 90s the mummy

Ford’s move into the Middle East comes after it set a record on Wednesday with 296 days on deployment. That broke the post-Vietnam War carrier deployment record of 295 days held by USS Abraham Lincoln. Ford departed its homeport in Norfolk, Va., in late June for a routine deployment to Europe. Since then, the carrier has operated in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Red seas. It likely will go into a record-breaking 11th month of operations, the Navy’s top official has said. This is at least the second time Ford has been on duty in the Middle East during its current deployment. In early March, Ford entered the Red Sea, continuing its role in Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran. On March 12, a fire broke out in the ship’s main laundry areas, causing damage to multiple compartments and displacing some 600 personnel. Three sailors suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.

Btw, the USS Ford set a record for longest post-Vietnam (which Trump could have won) deployment last week. I'm sure that has nothing to do with its toilet problem or laundry fire.

These sailors have been away from home since June.

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