The Republicans actually invented woke. No, really.
"The Wide Awakes were a youth organization and later a paramilitary organization cultivated by the Republican Party during the 1860 presidential election in the United States."
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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today.
Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.
Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."
Trump: "They shot some of our top people. They shot -- one woman was meeting her husband, who worked for me, and he was coming out of his office and five blocks away from the White House, she was waiting, and they shot him. Killed him immediately. Took the car."
If I had to guess, Ukraine did something that scared the living shit out of Elon. Like, he woke up and there was a cybertruck steering wheel in his bed.
Trump: "Why do we always have to take people from shit house countries? We can't we take people from Norway and Sweden and Denmark? By the way, Denmark gave us Greenland ... what do you take, Venezuela or Greenland? We got them both!"
First 5 TTRPGs played:
1. Paranoia
2. AD&D 2nd Edition
3. Traveller (only one session, to my infinite regret)
4. Star Trek: Prime Directive 1st Edition (very few sessions, also to my regret!)
5. Changeling: The Dreaming
Paranoia being my first one is HILARIOUS. I wouldn't have it any other way.
So Elon has turned Starlink back on to high speed for Ukraine.
Did he wake up with a cybertruck steering wheel in his bed this morning? Did some drones circle his head for a minute, then fly away?
Democratic U.S.
Senate candidate Sherrod Brown introduced former President Barack Obama to the stage to roaring crowds Saturday at Cleveland Public Auditorium, marking Obama's first visit to Ohio since 2018.
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When a worker wears an Amazon vest, drives an Amazon van and delivers on an Amazon-controlled route, but Amazon denies they work for the company — that's exploitation.
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon.
Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
Built as a set for silent films in 1920, THE WITCH’S HOUSE was moved lock stock & barrel in the mid 20’s to Beverly Hills by film producer Ward Lascelle.
Recently refurbished by its new owner it’s unsurprisingly long been a mecca for Los Angeles kids on Halloween.
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Troy Jackson: "This whole thing that she doesn't regret [voting for Kavanaugh] now -- I don't really think that Sen. Collins is actually pro-choice at all. I think she did that knowing damn well what was going to happen, and now we're living with it."
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Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.
Republican candidate’s campaign website accidentally publishes AI prompt: “The president is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs."
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Hegseth:
"Live steam execution! Outstanding! Let's do it!
What do you mean I said that? I has no recollection, but if I did, cool. I was prolly drunk off my ass, but it's one of my better plans.
Oh, wait, yes, me supports, I full supporting, I ah, whatever Trump wants."
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who's spent $100M+ against California's Prop 40, spent the weekend dining with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
These billionaires keep accidentally proving why we need a billionaire wealth tax.
Mitch McConnell is still too feeble to do things like drive a car, send an email, or feed himself. He must be eased back into daily life by serving as a United States senator.
I talked to my partner. We talked it over and decided you've lost your house, and you need to turn it over to us. What? You don't even have a mortgage? You don't want to do that?
I invoke The Art of Deal! Hand it over!
Trump's deep misunderstanding of how Georgia views Trump, or even someone like him, and also the federal government, is one of the few funny things about all this.
A top GOP election official just slapped down Trump’s big lie On Monday, the leading Republican state official in charge of Georgia’s elections rejected false claims by President Donald Trump that aimed to sow doubt about the integrity of vote-counting in the state.
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Really enjoyed the tournament podcast. I can't offer you a tournament team movie, but how about a book?
Check out David Keck's In The Eye of Heaven. It's fantasy, but it feels medieval and strange, and there is plenty of tournament melee action, too.
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Why is Portland out like that, and not spread out to a bunch of different voting sites? Because the state uses easy, safe, and effective mandatory mail in/drop off voting.
I'm on Bsky, so this Dire Warning is preaching to the choir, but if the Trump Cult invalidates the peoples' sacred right to vote, they're going to get the war they think they want.