a confused Enes Kanter Freedom shows up to the White House Briefing Room in a blonde wig. his demands are unclear and he will not stop posting tiktoks.
So then the comedian, covered head to toe in Republican piss, shit, and come, looking for all the world like a Jackson Pollock painting brought to life by the wish of a repressed WASP housewife, looks at the producer and says “THE ATLANTIC!”
Jason Benetti: This is what Northwestern wants to see from their running backs this season
RG3: Absolutely. Know what he told us this week? A recent devastating breakup has him terrified of all forms of intimacy.
Benetti: Don't think that was public knowledge, Rob.
RG3: Big third down here!
Bari Weiss becoming head of the news division at CBS does not just tarnish the legacy of Murrow and Cronkite, it tarnishes the legacy of fucking Hee Haw.
*Doesn’t matter if the Arab Spring was due to Facebooks and Twitters or not. What matters is, lots of very important white people believed it was, and when it was followed up with social media campaigns about cops murdering citizens and rich people doing sex crimes, that shit had to be *dealt with*.
These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE.
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(Banging on the window of a guy talking on the phone in his car) hey man you’re in a filter bubble. Hang on (aggressively rattling the door handle) let me get in there and show you the most racist image you have ever seen,
Tom Homan: We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor Bass should be thanking us. She says they are going to mobilize—guess what? We are already mobilizing. We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight
Taking off my shitposter: the reason we are being SO jokey is we clearly see these terrifying people shouldn't be in charge of everything, are destroying and stealing the entire country, we are powerless to stop it because even the Democrats hate us, and one day people will say no one saw it coming
Okay but genuinely there are LOADS of inefficiencies in the public sector. Like lunch breaks. Or people actually being able to take time off when they are sick. Backup systems in case the first system goes down. Meetings where people ask 'is this a good idea?' *before* doing something etc etc etc
Standing up for the silent majority of voters who celebrate and treasure their right as Americans to owe $11,000 for getting rushed to the hospital on one of the worst days of their lives. It's called "being moderate" and it's how you win elections.
NEW: Gov Jared Polis (D) has vetoed a bill banning surprise billing by ambulance companies. The bill passed the Colorado legislature by *unanimous* votes in both chambers. #copolitics
4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times
Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
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Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
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Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic
“It looked like the sort of book described in library catalogues as 'slightly foxed', although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had been badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well.”
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
Release is step one.
Step two is justice for Rümeysa Öztürk—justice in the form she needs and articulates. She is owed a tremendous amount for the violation of her rights.