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I have 50 words for beer and not one word for work

Excellent piece from John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

The peace deal is very simple, Russia must leave all of Ukraine or be removed by force.

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

Sorry the US sucks querida Europa, Putin would be defeated by now with full US support - hopefully we start taking out the trash in November . . . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Also pass a law requiring the SCt justices to cite a specific factual source for each Finding of Fact developed in the appellate record that they reject. Right now they decide cases on just Fox/Heritage bullshit vibes, and completely disregard the meticulously gathered trial fact findings.

James Talarico: "I wish our government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men headed to work at 7 a.m."

Former UN Ambassador: "The Trump Administration is not 'mediating the dispute' between Russia and Ukraine. The Trump Administration is working actively to help Russia to achieve its goals in the war, and hopes that it can actively benefit financially from the consequences of what will follow."

Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground.

Want more freedom? Vote more Democrats. #BlueWave slate.com/news-and-pol...

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

The White House plan to attract manufacturing businesses with a volatile regulatory environment, new arbitrary taxes (subject to change on a whim), and sending secret police to harass foreign workers has not led to more factory construction in the US. Why didn’t that work? I was told it would work.

One of the biggest impediments to dismantling Trumpism is the lawyers who've run the Democratic Party infrastructure for the last 40 years or so.

TRUMP: Would you go to Moscow? ZELENSKYY: It is difficult. There are lots of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous.

I spoke with Mitch McConnell today for about 20 min. He apologized for not convicting Trump for January 6th and said that Lindsey Graham is a sissy who is too scared to bring Russian sanctions forward despite promising it for a year. It was a pleasant conversation

Strange. I rarely hear the news talking about fascism or kleptocracy, the real threats we’re currently facing.

Yes, Congress should be able to do these things. A court this contemptuous of Congress deserves to be packed by Congress, not only to correct these disastrous precedents but also because Congress needs to show both Article II and Article III who’s boss.

Anyone not running on reforming the Supreme Court cant be the leader of anything moving forward. It's an unhinged gang of extremists unrestrained by anything or anyone.

Hey @moderation.bsky.app @bsky.app, what have you done to @kenwhite aka Popehat? Ban or has he disabled account so that he can enjoy his holiday in peace? If ban, why?

Wait, why the fuck is Popehat/@kenwhite.bsky.social suspended?

@joshuajfriedman.com bring back Popehat! This is absurd!

www.thedailybeast.com/thousands-tu...

Fuck this guy and fuck you if you voted for him.

Ted has accurately described the Republicans here, gotta give him credit

Trump is going to have Rubio and JD fight it out to determine which one will be his successor.

Rep. Lieu: “The Supreme Court is out of control, out of touch with the American people…This is the most corrupt Supreme Court we’ve seen in our history, and reform is going to come next year."

"And no industry that demands everything from us — our land, our energy, our water, our jobs, our art, our writing, our attention and every dollar we have — should ever be treated with anything but revulsion." 💯 Amazing (long!) writing by @edzitron.com 👏 www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-...

Thanks to Trump, November will be the biggest Republican under-vote in modern history. You can bank on it!

I live in Baltimore. From our roof deck, I can see our current ICE facility/concentration camp AND the harbor where our anthem was written. Anything can happen.

It should be pointed out over and over that besides Bari Weiss being completely obsessed with turning CBS into a television version of her anti-woke, pro-Israel blog, she is also extremely incompetent at the nuts and bolts of running a network. www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars reut.rs/4rZIThC

No ICE. No wars. No Kings.

Lieu: "I want the White House to send Kevin Hassett to every single TV channel and to every single swing House district where he can tell the voters of America that hurting consumers is 'the last of our concerns.'"

It’s very telling that Ghislaine Maxwell was happy to sit down with Trump’s former criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche for 2 days & answer his pathetic questions in exchange for special treatment, but she will refuse to answer all questions from anyone else including Congress.

Every time a news item identifies him as "Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General", it's missing essential context if it does not continue the description with ". . . and formerly Donald Trump's personal criminal defense attorney"

Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy

Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience. Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/

Jack Smith: "I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."

A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

Checking in on CBS News(max)

sugarplant.com So excited for the new album coming out from these legends! Now I have to get my passport in order to see them play in Japan

“Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of such a coverup would take us much further down that road.” www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...

Great synchronicity for Jamelle's post coming out yesterday just before Sam Altman's idiocy on Fallon later that night

Respectfully @RepDonBacon, nope. It won’t be Trump’s legacy. It will be the Republican Party’s legacy.

Correct. He, and they, can't help themselves.