No need to debunk this.

The word ‘bunk’ is a shortened form of ‘bunkum,’ which came from Buncombe County, North Carolina (where Asheville is located).

In 1820, the congressman from Buncombe County gave an intentionally boring and long-winded speech to Congress...

The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.

More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.

Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.

Jimmy's here in Heaven, and let me tell you, it's rare to meet someone who got the 'love thy neighbor' part so right.

Still guilty.

Thou shalt not support a guy who tells people to ‘go to hell’ on Christmas and still maintain that same guy is a ‘strong Christian.’

Retain faith in our democracy

The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer A viral Bluesky thread introduced tens of thousands around the world to a first glimpse of a forthcoming biography of Elon Musk. Here—in a single essay—is some of what the world just learned.

Here it is: my viral Bluesky thread significantly expanded into a full essay. Hope you will share it with anyone you think might be interested.

We’re about to see how much loss, pain and suffering people are willing to take in exchange for not wanting to vote for a woman.

It's written by Bret Stephens, so yeah, it has to be absurd.

Exactly

My friend Joe’s beautiful story is the story of America.
As the daughter of an immigrant who worked for our Dept. of Defense for 50 years, this is my story too.
Our country is a tapestry.
That’s our strength.
Trump wants to tear us apart.
We can’t & we won’t let him.
We can’t ever forget who we are.

I got my Christmas card from President Biden today. I also got one from VP Harris.

Anthem Insurance will no longer cap anesthesia coverage at certain time limits for CT patients: official Update: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will no longer implement a policy to limit coverage of anesthesia, according to the state comptroller. See the original story below. Anyone with an Anthem Blue Cr...

Anthem REVERSED a decision to cap anesthesia. Was this a test? Why would they do such a disgusting horrendous thing? Did they want to see if anybody was noticing to keep them in check? What else are they and other insurance companies going to do? OVERSIGHT!👏👏👏👏 www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/a...

Anyone have a gifted article so I can read it?

Elon Musk and Pete Hesgeth are the kind of tough alpha males that America needs, according to their mommies

The Sound of Fear on Air It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

pete hegseth doesn't want women to serve in combat roles yet he has his mother out here fighting his battles....

Pete Buttigieg just released this video about America's supply chains

Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.

With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

The Kash Patel Principle Trump’s choice for FBI director speaks volumes about his real second-term agenda

My piece on Patel is up. (Gifted here. Thanks, Bluesky folks.)
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

She's doing drugs with Don JR. She has to be, right?

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This is why Black folks are fresh out of fu@ks! We managed to vote for Harris, and we would have voted for Biden. We understood what was at stake. We knew we had to vote for our survival, not the perfect. As always, we took it seriously and spread the word within our families and communities.

"Kamala didn't get to do Hot Ones. She should've done Rogan" is what we're talking about in 2024 when a plurality of American voters decided to elect a criminal sexual assaulter to the White House.

This country is terminally self-destructive and ignorant.

Almost half the country is now being held hostage by a rapist felon because we were out-voted by the slimmest majority, by lazy, stupid, sexist, bigots.

Go Ravens!

Me too! I wanna know if ignorance is really bliss. 😅