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"There’s a difference between supporting the working creatures of Middle-earth and vesting them with power to change things and forge their own destiny. That’s not democracy! I don’t even know what that is, but it scares me, and it should scare you!" buff.ly/9WluK1y

CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.

So basically someone told Trump today what Cheesecake Factory was, and it probably took a little while to explain to him that they aren’t local factories that make cheesecakes. But he probably still isn’t quite sure what they are.

Who do I give to to get this in front of as many Michigan voters as possible?

Today on the penultimate episode of The Bisexuals: Monty gets in a life-altering car wreck with disastrous results for his career and health, and his relationship with Libby sours: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/lon...

Judge Reyes:

the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

Trickle-down was always a golden shower

There are only two explanations for the NYT's habit of presenting GOP operatives and donors as true swing voters: 1. Their reporters and editors are somehow incapable of running a simple Google searches, showing just a staggering level of journalistic incompetence 2. They want to the GOP to win

🇷🇺HIV is spreading across Russia, with 27 regions affected by the epidemic. According to experts from Rospotrebnadzor, the virus has spread beyond traditional high-risk groups and is now affecting the wider population.👇(ALT)

Whether it’s Republicans openly demanding bribes or Democrats investigating the payment of bribes, both parties have created a tense and politicized environment for CEOs.

House Judiciary Committee Democrats on Monday released a 52-page staff report accusing President Donald Trump of being "an active participant" in Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of young women in the 1990s, and accusing his Justice Department of covering it up.

“Serpentine!” THE IN-LAWS (1979)

No laptop involved, tho.

This is the only Walter Koenig Chekov ive drawn, but from reading all the wonderful posts and memories from the actor's life it feels fitting. Boldly Go, good sir. 🥃🖖🏻

And now my favorite Bester come back.

Elon Musk has admitted that SpaceX deliberately throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting front-line military operations for over a week. @deadder.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

How are you still writing this shit www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

AIPAC's super PAC funded attack ads through groups with progressive-sounding names. Here are a few of them: 👩 Elect Chicago Women ⚖️ Pro-Choice Majority Action 🗳️ Elect Democratic Women None of the ads disclosed AIPAC’s role.

Final days! In honor of Banned Books Week earlier this month, we're partnering with Simon & Schuster to give away 100 Banned Book bundles to lucky Little Free Library stewards and fans in the U.S.! https://lflib.org/books Each bundle will include IN EVERY LIFE, RAINBOW BOYS, and MY SISTER'S KEEPER.

Not only an incredible talent, but a rare talent who also thought it was funny to just voice random memes every once in a while

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Exactly this.

They are trying hard to convince you that AI is super important so when the bill comes due, they'll get a bailout.

NEW: DOJ just admitted in court that their lawsuit against California is not about outcome determinative issues, it's simply saying that a single non-citizen voting causes the government irreparable harm. That's bananapants.

Look at the date, too.

No, they were middle-aged men wearing powdered wigs, elaborately embroidered hostess jackets, silk hose, and shoes with enormous buckles and substantial heels. In other words, our Constitution was written and signed by drag queens.

Going through old notes today, I was reminded that the NY Times' Peter Baker wrote in January that Trump had "changed the definition of normal." It helps us understand NYT's shortcomings when we realize it accepts the idea that Trump gets to decide what's normal.

Marco Rubio hanging out with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at the "Shield of the Americas" event, in case you were still thinking it had some sort of legitimate purpose

It should similarly be clear that civil rights gains are not settled issues. Reproductive freedom, race conscious college admissions, fucking due process for all residents, look around. Pragmatic is never letting up to protect people's rights, not appeasement.

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“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

All of Europe is watching Musk.