We really have to normalize shunning self-interested social climbers in politics. The ranks of our "leaders" are filled to the brim with privileged capitalist elites who are there to make their fortunes rather than serve the needs of the people.
Elect people who believe in good things sincerely.
Amazing what happens when we elect a leader who seems like they actually care about the people they serve instead of just what fancy vacations the Turkish government can gift them.
The Spiderman talking to Sauron meme, but with spiderman saying with bone spurs like that he could win the Vietnam war, and Sauron replying that he doesn't want to win the Vietnam war, he wants to be best friends with Epstein.
I'm not saying it's my best work...
Maybe they're not selling enough rotten food and roadkill for our new regime's liking.
Nothing but love for you right now. My wife and I had to let our boy go a few months ago and I still miss him every day.
/Hug
Weird how seemingly everyone in and around power has some kind of investing connection to Epstein, I'm sure it's just a coincidence
This is a non-answer. I read that and the only thing you posit as a positive is literally that you get to pal around with other Washington elites at a banquet. That's it. That's literally all you're justifying normalizing the most dangerous 1st amendment threat in our history.
Fucking pathetic.
Dunked on this yesterday but in reality the first order of business needs to be punishment. I'm not kidding. We can't start fixing anything until we punish, and punish hard, the people who put us here. That needs to be done to send a message. And if we don't punish, nothing else will matter.
Yeah, but from the gas leak season. ;)
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
Realizing US citizens paid $166 Billion in illegal tariffs and now it’s being refunded back to corporations instead of us.
this is the pocket square they SHOULD be wearing at the White House Correspondent Dinner
Bill O'Reilly you can't explain that meme, with "Money flows in, policy comes out. You can't explain that" as the text.
It's grimly amusing to me when I talk about how I want my taxes paying for good schools and affordable childcare for people, and the normies in my life are flabbergasted that I have no kids but care about that stuff.
Yes! I care about more than just myself! Try it some time, people!
ok hear me out
Victoria Toensing @VicToensing Hubby being sworn in as Counsel to the Attorney General. 4:04 PM · Apr 20, 2026 · 6,199 Views Jason Reding Quiñones, the US Attorney in Miami, swearing in a much shorter Joe DiGenova.
Joe DiGenova, whose wife once solicited payments from foreigners to lie about Joe Biden in 2019, just got sworn in to investigate things those things he lied about in the past.
Over the weekend I laid out why this is so problematic.
emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...
Share this with your friends who use ChatGPT to answer questions (and are fucking stupid and dumb)
The one thing that my wife and I most loved about visiting Japan is the social expectation that people behave like other people exist when in public, and to be considerate of others around you. It felt like the whole country was the crowd at PAX. We loved it, very comfortable with that!
Schulman's compensation last year was $34 million. He believes 20-30% unemployment is almost at hand, and his solution is "more education and reskilling."
I don't think he understands what it would be like when a population armed to the teeth has 20-30% unemployment and no social safety net.
One of my friends is very into that dev's games, I never played any, and he suggested I try it.
I'm glad I did, it was fun and I'm proud I beat it, but I'm still not sure it's my kinda game. It was grueling and after a long day of work I typically don't want "more grueling".
Recall the Supreme Court held there was a constitutional right to stand on a public sidewalk and scream homophobic rants at a soldier's funeral as long as you're a bunch of right-wing religious freaks, but apparently it's a crime to stand on a public sidewalk and smirk while Black.
Hey, Beshear, Lis Smith, & associated Majority Dem-types:
If you want to kill group-speak, how about we start with “officer-involved shooting,” “ice agent involved-shooting,” “weaponized vehicle” & other mealy-mouthed obfuscations of state-sanctioned murder?
A peer reviewed study shows a promising link between flu and shingles vaccines and a reduced risk of dementia. A heroin addict who cut off a raccoon’s penis for “further study” says these vaccines cause autism. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.
bsky.app/profile/pook...
Fuckin called it!
Oh my god indeed
Democrats : so we’re the party of the workers
People: right
Democrats: the little guys
People: right
Democrats: we’re for fair wages and jobs
People: right
Democrats: so we’re all in on Sam Altman
People: uh
Democrats planning to run in November’s midterm elections have been advised not to antagonise pro-AI campaign groups that have amassed more than $300mn to fight for the industry’s priorities. The warnings by top party consultants, corroborated by people close to four different campaigns and party strategists speaking on the condition of anonymity, come despite internal polling for Democrats showing widespread public support for tougher AI rules.
They're calling it the best democracy ever.
www.ft.com/content/7529...
me and the boys on the USS Abraham Lincoln eating boiled boot leather and sharing stories about the most Realistic Pussy we've ever seen
Here's Chinese kindergarteners learning how to socialise, work together, cook, garden, and do all kinds of fun stuff that little kids should be doing. Meanwhile, in western countries like the US, they can't even agree that their children deserve (free) lunch, let alone to not be murdered at school.
