David Riecks

An Arab invented algebra. You snorted cocaine off a toilet seat. You are not the same.

You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

You know, her LEGAL name is Nordone, NOT Graham, so why isn't the Trump Admin. freaking out about her name confusing people? Oh wait, they'd be confusing people to the GOP's benefit!

Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

Kevin Hassett: "The affordability crisis is a myth"

Months after Elon Musk declared that the xAI model would outclass Christopher Nolan’s mythological epic, the bot itself admitted defeat.

That is not an era-appropriate quiver, there's no reason for him to be wearing it open with arrows sticking out while in transit, and it'd be far more likely for him to be wearing it on his belt.

Literally the first shot of this "historically accurate" Odyssey movie shows a boat that A) Has no steering oar. B) Is under full sail *and* full rowers while entering a cave, presumably to dock inside.

"Stop the Steal" organizer Ali Alexander, who claimed to have been involved in efforts to overturn Lula's 2022 election victory (www.mediamatters.org/ali-alexande...), has called for people to "declare war on the government of Brazil" & to "setup a blockade" in response to Lula's 2026 reelection.

This is scientifically accurate

An op-ed appears over the name of Mitch McConnell in today's WSJ warning Trump over his concessions to Russia. No one thinks McConnell actually wrote this piece. It's a mystery who did. Maybe WSJ will tell us some day. www.wsj.com/opinion/codd...

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

💯 There's been more, and more frequent, protests in the US than before. Tons of effort at all levels, including but not limited to special elections, the 2025 elections, and the upcoming midterms. All sorts of societal resistance, from jury nullification to objecting to Jimmy Kimmel's cancelation.

All the millions of tax dollars spent creating a structure to combat these trump-led onslaughts is a dollar that could have conceivably gone to something else and money that should not have to be spent in the first place and it would be completely irresponsible at this point to *not* spend those…

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It is atrocious we have to operate under this constant credible and explicit threat from one political party, the fact we keep calling it a “free and fair election” needs some light revising

The US is not about to have a free and fair election. The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor the ruling party in multiple ways. It's a mostly free, somewhat unfair election. But still one where the ruling party can be overwhelmed by numbers. Hence the term "competitive authoritarianism."

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

In case facts still matter

Watch live as Inequality Media co-founder Robert Reich and The Intercept’s Akela Lacy break down the most pressing issues of the midterm elections. theintercept.com/2026/10/23/r...

Imagine the poor obit writer who has to go back and re-write Husted's advance obit. "Mr. Husted achieved true national prominence during his losing 2026 campaign when Trump became obsessed with his ass. Husted eventually became a recluse when people would not stop making cracks about his derriere"

To all you seniors on fixed incomes who disproportionately voted for Trump thinking he’d protect your healthcare interests. I will not lie to you about your chances of surviving his negligent abandonment but, you have my sympathies.

If Americans need our little southern recipe for how to defeat fascism it goes like this: - Put people in the streets by standing for popular demands (wages, healthcare, public services) - Do not engage with fascists online - Do not succumb to doomsayers or media-driven narratives - Be happy

Behold, my son the disco ball 🎃

If you don't think Iran is watching, think again... This entire Lego video is about a story on Fox news about the voters in Florida 👀 youtu.be/yRf5EXsoieE?...

There was a thread the other day on here about all the things that have gotten better in our lifetimes, and it seemed half of them were about environmental quality. (No more smog, no more flaming rivers, etc.) All that is being aggressively undone.

Eric Lipton. below, has led an effort over the past two years to document the destruction of environmental protections under Trump II. It has gone for the most part unnoticed compared to, well, many other things, probably because it’s happening far from the Oval Office. But it’s very important.

the view from Pyongyang

"Both top-shelf reporting and top officials in the Trump administration, including Trump himself, have said that Musk made this decision on his own. That would be treason. The traditional way to figure out the truth of such a matter is with a trial." prospect.org/2026/10/26/d...

Everyone thought Lula was cooked, hopeless. Then he bought a phone and started posting and now he's gonna get a 4th term. The lesson is to never stop posting.

Is that Lord Voldemort or Benjamin Button?

that dracula song by tame impala sounds like what they’d play during a chase scene in a live-action gummi bears movie

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

How pathetic. This pro-Bolsonaro Brazilian official relied on the Thiel-backed prediction market (Polymarket) to suggest that Flavio Bolsonaro had won his debate against President Lulu (who just defeated Bolsonaro in the election.) Because Polymarjet is “real” info. 🙄 1/ x.com/delegadorama...

The fact that we've agreed to call these gambling sites "prediction markets" furthers their bullshit. They predict nothing and it's a disgrace that news orgs have partnered with them and pretend they have news value. THEY'RE JUST A BUNCHA LOSERS GAMBLING.

The working-class whisperer Glenn Greenwald was wrong???

Kudlow clearly knows nothing about California. I mean, is he even American?

On one hand, as guy living in the US I acknowledge that that I have very little right to comment on political matters in Brazil. On the other hand, if you're coming at me from the *left* upset that I'm happy Lula won? What the fuck team are you actually on?