one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus
wait until republicans learn that the scotus decision on absolute immunity applies to a democratic president as well
Gasps from GOP as the Democrats bring a gun to a gun fight.
Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.
When I first introduced my bill to ban stock trading in Congress 5 years ago, only a handful joined us.
Since then, we’ve built a movement of bipartisan reformers committed to ending the corruption once and for all.
The time is now Speaker Johnson.
Put the bill on the floor.
Once again "the death of the West" meant "the death of my secret bank account."
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Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):
NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2
Is that bad? Seems bad
When a war is fought on social media, America has lost all credibility. We no longer have allies. The midterms might help, but other countries are not just going to give us a pass. They will use this to their advantage, as they should, particularly as American citizens seem fine with it.
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.
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
Forget about the substance, the reveal that “most of” the justices talked to Mollie Hemingway for her book is bananas. Hemingway is a right-wing freak who runs a conspiracy theory blog. If literally any of the justices are taking this person seriously, the Supreme Court is GONE gone.
The political history of the U.S. since the 1970s is basically that thing where a species' predator disappears and the species overpopulates and destroys the whole habitat. If centrists really wanted a "Normal" right, their top priority would be to bring back the left
The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room.
The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction.
The Health guy collects raccoon dicks.
It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.
Ossoff: I don’t know who placed those trades, but I’ll tell you this: the SEC better find out. And if they won’t, when you elect this new majority in Congress and you give us gavels and subpoenas, we will.
The head of the FBI isn't supposed to be getting blackout drunk. He's supposed to be cross-dressing
"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought
They’re calling him the wealthiest independent musician of all time
Elon Musk purchases a fifth of his own cars
Fucking loser
I'm beginning to think that America can't have Nuclear Weapons
Hypocrisy has left the chat.
It is a profound irony when the nation under attack feels more empathy for the attacker's citizens than the attacking government itself.
I think the big picture here is unprecedented in American history. It’s the climax of corruption: using the US military to set up conditions from which the president and his minions can benefit personally. (In hindsight this should be transparent to all).
americans are so incompetent can't even overthrow their government living in the only country on earth where there are more guns than people
"fully complied with 25%"
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
*covered head to toe in precious jewels* hey everyone, let’s all listen to the band Geese
It's the classic Mel Gibson and Jesus meme where Mel is on set in normal clothes casually chatting to a very bloody Jesus (for those of you who don't know it).
Mel Gibson pictured with his doctor in 2004
