Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

Republicans in disarray!

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Let there be snark.

How stupid are these people?

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

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  3. 3.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Here is the account from an American photographer who was at San Luis Talpa in El Salvador as the renditioned Venezuelans were brought in.

    MAR 21, 2025 7:00 PM CT
    What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
    by Philip Holsinger
    REPORTING FROM SAN LUIS TALPA, EL SALVADOR

    Holsinger is an American photojournalist based out of Nashville, Tenn.

    There has been a 23 year old gay Venezuelan hairdresser, in the US legally, who has gone missing in LA. There is a strong possibility that he is the one heard desperately pleading in the account.

  4. 4.

    SpaceUnit

    Honestly, this post could offer a bit more guidance in terms of what we’re supposed to be bitching about.

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    Ken_L

    It’s a strange thing to say, but I wish America still had Giuliani and the Kushner boy running foreign policy in eastern Europe and the Middle East. They lacked the willingness to utterly betray Ukraine that Witkoff has brought to his task, along with the imagination to create an alternative reality in the Middle East.

    No wonder Putin refused to meet with Kellogg, who probably retains a few shreds of principle and knows enough history to tell Putin when he’s bullshitting.

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    TS

    Seems it doesn’t matter who you are, you donate to trump

    US allies in Europe want answers over unspent USAID money – not sure “allies is the right term any more
    Government officials from Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands said a combined $US15 million ($24 million) they contributed for joint development work overseas had been parked at the US Agency for International Development for months.
    The three countries, allies of the United States, provided the funds for USAID to spend on low-income c
    Government officials from Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands said a combined $US15 million ($24 million) they contributed for joint development work overseas had been parked at the US Agency for International Development for months.

    The three countries, allies of the United States, provided the funds for USAID to spend on low-income countries in a project called Water and Energy for Food, or WE4F.

    With the Republican administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutting USAID’s funding and the bulk of its programs, the Europeans have asked for a refund.

    They have not gotten a response.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/americas-european-allies-want-unspent-usaid-money-back/105088146

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    sab

    I try to be tolerant in life. We all have our defects and our issues and our faults.

    But there really are few lower forms of life than drug addled meth addicts. Stupid, delusional, violent, psychotic, damaging to everyone they can damage, including family and friends.

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    Geminid

     

     

    @eclare: Foungkin’ Younkin attended an event marking the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me Death” speech to the House of Burgesses.

    Youngkin: “Get me outta here or… shit, just get me outta here!”

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    YY_Sima Qian

    @Geminid: What do you think is going on in Erdoğan’s mind? He won the election in 2023, & his term lasts until 2028, his position seemed secure. Why court uncertainly/instability by arresting leaders of the opposition, & now journalists, precipitating mass protests?

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    JPL

    @Baud:  trump wants green card holders to provide the government their social media accounts.   We’ll see public hanging before the end of his term.

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    Professor Bigfoot

    @Baud: I thought we were all in support of fucking Trump.

    Sideways, with rusty farm implements, that is.

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    u

    @YY_Sima Qian: Fascist hubris, I guess.  Hitler could have concentrated his efforts and building up Germany economically rather than initiating World War Two and the Holocaust.

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    Barry

    @YY_Sima Qian: “Why court uncertainly/instability by arresting leaders of the opposition, & now journalists, precipitating mass protests?”

     

    Because he can.

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    Geminid

    @YY_Sima Qian: Erdogan posts on Twitter so you might look there to get an idea of what is on his mind. Ironically, the last Istanbul mayor to be arrested and prosecuted was Erdogan himself, in 1998. He’s the type to carry a grudge too.

    Istanbul’s ex-Mayor Ekrim Imamoglu also still posts on Twitter, or at least he was posting yesterday after his formal arrest: “I stand tall and will never bow” he stated in a couple hundred-word post. Imamoglu’s CHP party went ahead with their primary yesterday and nominated him for their Presidential candidate. Imamoglu invited non-CHP members to join in the voting.

    CHP is the party founded in 1923 by Kemal Ataturk. It ran Turkiye up until 1950. The 52 year old Imamoglu has been its most dynamic leader since he first won election as Istanbul mayor in 2018.

    Prosecutors arrested Victory Party leader Ümit Ösdag some weeks ago. This may have been related to the peace opening with PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan but Imamoglu’s arrest doesn’t seem to be related.

    Ösdag was a leading opponent of the peace process so that may have played a role in his arrest. Ösdag, who came in a distant 3rd in the 2023 presidential election, split from Erdogan’s coalition partner Devlet Bahceli’s ultra-nationalist MHP in 2021.

    If Erdogan is in real ùtrouble he may have just been tbrown a lifeline from an unlikely source: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is reported to have let Israeli journalists know that war with Turkiye over Syria was likely if not inevitable. Ankara-based Clash Report posted that story yesterday.

    A war with each other is the last thing either Turkiye or Israel needs and it seems unlikely. But some of Imamoglu’s opponents were already calling him a “Zionist agent” so this story won’t help him.

    As of last night I hadn’t seen this story reported by Israeli media, but they have so much shit going on over there journalists might not gotten around to the story. Or maybe they figure Netanyahu was just lying and floated the story as a distraction. That is a very safe assumption with Netanyahu who seems to grow more desperate by the day.

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    YY_Sima Qian

    Well, here we are:

    Thomas P (TOM) Logan @TokyoTom2020

    Daily Danish newspaper Berlingske in Danish (3/24)) had this warning today: “The Danish government has ended up in the form of hybrid war with the United States” According to Berlingske’s political commentator, Bent Winther, the US is “clearly” escalating. This is emphasized by the upcoming visit, where the United States will send the US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, the US Second Lady, Usha Vance, and the US National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, to Greenland. “The Danish government has ended up in a form of hybrid war with the United States. So far, they have been speaking very diplomatically. But the United States is clearly escalating,” says Bent Winther. He emphasizes that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) needs to prepare for the next move: “What do you do if Trump himself lands in Nuuk, or if a Hercules plane with marines comes on a ‘private visit’? It can quickly get out of control,” he says.
    https://www.berlingske.dk/indland/storpolitisk-spil-om-groenland-foelg-med-her-12?directpost=9328639

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    Geminid

    @YY_Sima Qian: I wouldn’t take Erdogan’s statements at face value any more than I would take Imamoglu’s at face value. It’s not like one wears a white hat and the other wears a black hat. But you have to start somewhere, and their public statements can be read critically as I think all politician’s statements must be.

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