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Just saw someone repost this so I thought I'd resurface it for everyone. It's still relevant.

The New American Gothic (2017) by Criselda Vasquez

Jesus and the Devil, caught at a Coldplay gig

@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow

Stop horsing around…. It will end up in a cat fight… 😂🤣🥰 🐈‍⬛ 🐎

In the next ten months—while he’s still being broadcast—someone needs to get the Epstein list to Colbert so he can read it on the air

This week on Know Your Housemate

I haven’t watched regular TV for a long time, but if I ever do again, it won’t be anything on CBS

CBS's Colbert cancellation is eerily like Edward R. Murrow's cancellation for criticism of McCarthyism. Both were cancelled by CBS for the same reason, standing up to authoritarianism.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

“I hadn’t seen that kind of activation in the 22 years I’ve lived here. Nothing like it.” How ICE's arrest of high school student Marcelo Gomes da Silva mobilized a Massachusetts town

This is fun :’) The New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani is getting desperate. mamdanitimes.com

“At some point these headlines drop and your heart sinks, not just for the country, for the state of Florida, but for the craft of satire. How do you get ahead of it?”

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social Good to see you at RiseNY today, John! Hope you Ava your party had fun :)

I had to read this twice to believe it...Meloni, who ran for office on an anti-immigration platform, has now announced plans to let in hundreds of thousands of immigrants, in order to deal with the Italian labor shortage www.reuters.com/world/italy-...

"The bill passed by the Senate this week is perhaps the biggest red flag for the country since Trump's reelection, bigger even than Supreme Court corruption."

Spot the difference? Yeah, neither do I #DefundICE #UnmaskICE

“Because they never heard about the lives regularly saved by their tax dollars, Americans don’t realize the generosity that has been stolen from them,” writes William Herkewitz, who worked for U.S.A.I.D. missions in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Dammit, now I'm sad, too.

Great short film, perfect choice of soundtrack “One day we will be watching their trials”

An addled president is shredding the Constitution to usher in white nationalism and fascism while destroying the economy and our health care, so if you’re going to write an alarmist op-ed because a mayoral candidate might open five (5) city-run grocery stores, you can kindly get bent.

Seeing the results of the NYC mayoral race makes me even more convinced that Kamala actually won.

An amazing time for Congress to slash policies that have driven a massive private-sector boom of investing in clean energy and transportation technologies that can help break dependence on foreign oil / global oil prices. No notes.

He (almost) makes me wish I still had my Twitter account. A grand master of the art of throwing shade

<- Proponent of a General Strike. I’ve been brainstorming about how such an unwieldy, vast country could possibly make it work for even 1 week, or a 2-week pay period (good symbolism) How can we exempt/sustain ER services, soup kitchens, and the folks who can’t afford even one day off, etc. Ideas?

all i want is to one day own a modest sized home in a walkable neighborhood and raise money for shelter animals. wear an outfit i like, walk to the grocery store, buy some nectarines, feed cats, and live in peace. just don't understand why achieving this is so hard

If Democrats truly want to appeal to young men, they should probably start presenting themselves as the party that definitively *won’t* draft you into an illegal war.

Major news—two terrible parts of the big beautiful bill were kicked out by the Senate Parliamentarian. Congress will not be able to limit a federal court’s contempt powers. Spread the word and keep speaking up. Tell your Senators to reject the bill.

This was not a full-page ad I was expecting to see in the Sunday NYTimes today

And here I stand both to impeach and purge

Something I’d note is that while there is criminal immunity for “official acts” for the president, no such immunity exists for the deputy chief of staff.

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'