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I am certainly not shocked that Republicans are sympathetic with a thuggish hostage-taker.

JD Vance is so weird that I thought “endorsed one foreign candidate” was a comment about his wife Usha. And now I’m wondering if Usha doesn’t have JD’s endorsement.

From the position where it seemed like he wanted to father every child in America, this seems like progress. Most parents aren’t so horrible to their kids that they give them and their friends stock in their companies, but to each Elon’s own.

Is it irony that the person most strongly pushing the term “super intelligence” to replace AI is one of the least, if not the least, intelligent person ever to hold his position? #superunintelligence

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Obviously) is an embarrassment. You have no expectation of privacy in a public setting. You may have an expectation of privacy in a call/meeting between two people, but even then there are restrictions.

When you anoint a con man as your standard-bearer, no one should be surprised that this happens. It’s a feature, not a bug. It does help understand the GOP push to render the Department of Education completely ineffective in its mission. It’s infinitely harder to fool people who think.

Pardons imply crimes were committed. You can’t pardon someone without naming the crime, and accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt for those crimes.

I hope everyone involved in Christa Pike’s botched execution receives justice if not the exact same treatment. I don’t excuse Pike for her crimes, but everyone deserves dignity and peace in death. Pike received neither.

If I lived in a city without a prominent Trump property, I’d be a little worried right about now. Because clearly he’s intending those nukes to hit you, not anything he actually cares about.

It’s going to be really funny when we find out that Stuxnet was lurking in the corpus for all of these foundation models, and it was just a matter of time before it surfaced.

Wait, if Democratic areas have grown at higher rates than Republican areas for more than 30 years, how is the GOP still in power? Explains the push for voter suppression and gerrymandering, doesn’t it? www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Haha, I can’t wait to see this backfire spectacularly. Obvious retorts from her opponents: “So you’re saying we should listen to Democrats on these issues?” “Convenient. Are you trying to save our country or just your job?” “Certainly a circuitous route to admitting there is a racism problem.”

I don’t want AI if it turns billionaires into trillionaires and does nothing for me. But I do want AI if it turns billionaires into millionaires and does nothing to me.

Today I learned that the underlying cause for children having autism is people having children. It’s genetic.

Why is it that there is so much money to be made in industries that everyone knows are killing us but very little money to be made in ones that save us? I worry that too much of work in human salvation is being left to religions of the world, and they are too focused on our souls, not our lives.

Anticipated future headline: Trump rejoins Democratic Party to hurt their chances in gaining control of Congress after the November general elections.

Saying Donald Trump has skin as thin as a grape is an insult to grapes.

Downgrade a movie: Stellar

Donald Trump is living proof this study is absolutely, 100% based in fact. He’s been ingesting ungodly amounts of diet soda since the 1980s. His brain is so bad that his dementia has dementia. www.fastcompany.com/91585350/stu...

False. Republicans just have to outlive him. And that gets easier every day, since he’s exhausting the efficacy of all of the medical miracles currently keeping him alive. He’s almost at the point where they need to turn to witchcraft or alchemy to forestall his passing.

So, the Grim Reaper seems to be working his way through octogenarians who were big in the 1980’s. It’s only a matter of time before he gets to those that were only “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” big.

Well, the Alaska Senate race certainly going to be talked about in context of stolen elections, because Senator Dan Sullivan is afraid enough Alaskans would feel he isn’t the better Dan Sullivan on the ballot, and the GOP cried until the Alaska elections officials kowtowed to their wishes.

I don’t feel like doing the research to get the math right, but this has be close to 2-3 books donated per American born in the past 31 years. Imagine where American literacy would be without Dolly Parton’s generosity. We never deserved her kindness, yet she gave it anyway.

To honor the passing of a true American hero, Dolly Parton, I highly encourage you to rewatch 9 to 5 and consider what you can do to address harassment, bias, and inequity in your workplace.

The “O” in GOP may as well stand for “OnlyFans”. - They’re great at making you excited. - They make you feel like they care so you come back with money. - But in the end, they only care that you are subscribed and consuming what they put out, regardless how harmful it is or can be.

If Wal-mart got a $2.9 billion refund for Trump’s tariffs, then the American consumer probably paid far more than $2.9 billion at Wal-mart due to Trump’s tariffs because of snowballing effects. And that is just Wal-mart. Every item purchased everywhere could have cost more due to Trump.

The latter photo is reminiscent of many homes in rural states whose voters support him. The only things missing are decaying car carcasses and a hung flag representing whatever SEC school they support.

A criminal running for President to avoid prosecution for his many crimes will say some untruthful things during the campaign. The American people should not have to foot the bill for the administration of his delusions.

Most voters say they are worse off under Trump, and the others are as delusional as he is. I fixed it for you, FT. www.ft.com/content/fd40...

She must have had a terrible prenup.

For some, time travels too quickly by. Donald Trump is, unfortunately, not one of those people.

It’s going to be a shitty Christmas if/when the GOP lose their asses in the election, decide to punish the nation, and refuse to do another CR beyond that point. Because we all know they will.

Seems like his Kentucky home is within the legal jurisdiction of the KY Governor. There has to be a way for Beshear to force acceptable proof-of-life once on KY soil.

Ah, man. Trump already dismantled the WH UFC arena. I would totally watch JD and Tucker kick the crap out of one another, but especially on the grounds of the White House.

I’ve read news articles about how American state property tax systems are crushing seniors with tax burdens for homes they own which outgrew their family 20 years ago, forcing some to sell them and downsize. So, Boomers are selling homes they cannot maintain to families that need them? Great.

As I see it, the Boomers let college and health care become unaffordable. They let national debt get out of hand. They drank the Kool-aid of shareholder value. They’ve had power for 40 years and broke more than they fixed. Now, that comes back to bite them. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Downplay a book or movie: “The Peruse for Red October”

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Jesus, the only person at Lindsay’s service who isn’t completely full of shit is Donald Trump, and that’s only because he’s incontinent.

I’ve decided that I’m going to replace the word “conservative” with “intellectually lazy”. Every idea a conservative has I can almost guarantee is the most lizard-brained way to solve a problem in their favor. If an issue requires work to solve, they blame, cheat, lie, or grift their way out.

Not sure about you, but I’m pretty a corpse isn’t doing a lot of planning. Even zombie movies make it pretty clear that there isn’t a whole lot of thought going on while terrorizing people. I am confident Mitch will make his return to the Capitol building someday. Well, to the rotunda, at least.

In this country, we believe in freedom of speech. We settle our differences not with bullets, but with open and vigorous debate. And no deranged loser with a gun will ever change that. - Donald J Trump, at the 2026 WHCA Donald, they’re your deranged losers. Maybe you should convince them of that.

Get on with it, Donald. We both know how this is going to play out. No one but you benefits from prolonging the inevitable.

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

All of these Republicans gerrymanders are predicated on them holding solid enough leads in their districts that they could dilute them somewhat to no ill effect to win newly designed districts. If these margins are real, the GOP could lose what were once safe seats.

Seriously, Donald. Any time now.

The Japanese have an excellent word for what should happen in this circumstance. Seppuku.

If I felt as POTUS that I needed to fortify the White House to ensure my safety, I would have to wonder if maybe I was the problem. Frankly, if I wasn’t already worried about Trump leaving the WH at the end of his term, I certainly am now.

I can speak to a stack of pancakes and have just as much of a conversation as anyone speaking to Mitch McConnell. Also, room temperature pancakes are still pancakes.