Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

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

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

People are complicated. Love is not.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

Celebrate the fucking wins.

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  2. 2.

    Gloria DryGarden

    There’s too much news. I want to put it all in the blender. Grind it up, and mix it into my compost pile. Saves on the cow manure I need for the garden,

    or steep it as a tea, and water the plants with it. If it can be made toxin free.

    just tired. It’s too much.

  4. 4.

    Trollhattan

    Donny treating California like we’re E. Jean Carroll.

    “We’re not going to fund that….it’s out of control.” That was President Donald Trump Wednesday talking about federal aid to California’s high-speed rail line. He called the line “one of the most incompetent things,” during an impromptu press conference on the White House lawn. “It doesn’t go where it’s supposed to. It’s supposed to go from LA to San Francisco now, because they don’t have any money … and they made it much shorter,” he said.

    Trump, referring to Gov. Gavin Newsom as “Newscum,” was also asked if his recent clash with the governor over the Los Angeles immigration protests would affect any other aid to California. The state has been seeking funds to help Los Angeles recover from January’s wildfires. Such aid is usually almost automatic, but the White House has not sent a request to Congress for the funds.

    Earlier this year, some Republican leaders suggested there could be conditions attached. “We shouldn’t have fires down here. You clean the floor of your fires, and you won’t have any fires,” Trump said. He also said of Newsom, “Hatred is never a good thing in politics. When you don’t like somebody, don’t respect somebody, it’s harder for that person to get money.”

    https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article308913950.html#storylink=cpy

    If there’s one thing Donny understands, it’s hatred. But in an ironic way.

  5. 5.

    Baud

    @Gloria DryGarden:

    You know, I recently had to follow some news for work related reasons. What struck me is that there often wasn’t that much news. What there was, was a lot of regurgitation and repetition from a plethora of different traditional and non-traditional outlets, mixed in with a ton of commentary and social media hot takes. What was tiring was having to examine it all for bits and pieces, but once assembled, it didn’t amount to that much real content.

  6. 6.

    Nilnoc

    I’m awaiting with dread the news that Trump decides he gets a huge WIN if he orders the 30,000 lb bad boy to be dropped on Iran to help out his dear fiend Bibi.

  9. 9.

    Nilnoc

    @Steve LaBonne: Oh boy! I visited Gettysburg National Military Park last week. Bad words like ‘slavery’ and ‘Jim Crow’ were there in the visitors center museum. But I won’t be reporting that to the authorities…..

  18. 18.

    Citizen Dave

    Local news: My city leaders, after a recent annexation the 4th largest Indiana city, just voted to install a hexagonal LED art-tree thingy next to our walking trail downtown. $300,000. Fishers Indiana. We have so much money. I do like our adult swings. We’re installing more at a second trailhead.

    Go Pacers!

  21. 21.

    cmorenc

    @Steve LaBonne:

    Haven’t seen any discussion here about the new signs at National Park entrances encouraging Stalinesque denunciations of deviations from the white supremacist party line on US history.

    The sign directs readers to submit a report to the Interior Dept website, should they find something in disrepair or overhear a person making disparaging remarks about e.g. American historical figures.  But there’s no mention about how or on what legal basis the interior department will respond to a report about someone expressing a terrible opinion of Trump or racism in our country’s history.  And there is none – if you are a citizen, at least one without an Hispanic surname and nut-brown skin.  The implicit threat is that any identifying reports will be forwarded by Interior to State or ICE. Any noncitizen, including people here on green cards, who (if identified) could then be expelled as undesirables by the current State Department or ICE.

  24. 24.

    Geminid

    @Nilnoc: I think the potential U.S. entey unto the Israeli/Iranian war may be the most closely watched story so far this year. It definitely is in the Middle East, but it’s also getting a huge amount of attention in the US where most people typically tune out Middle East news.

    A lot of people are convinced U.S. intervention is a certainty, but there are analysts I respect who say the decision has not been made yet.

    So we might be in suspence a while longer. It all could come down to one last meeting in Oman that could happen as early as tomorrow.

  25. 25.

    What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

    I saw a headline that Putin is warning the US not to get involved in the conflict between Iran and Israel. Which makes sense as Iran is providing drones to Russia for their war in Ukraine and they’re probably F’ed if Iran can’t keep sending them because the manufacturing facilities have been destroyed (or if Iran is keeping them all to launch at Israel). I know he’s cozy with Bibi too but there are so many conflicts of interest among his erstwhile allies that keeping them all on the same page is impossible.

    Wonder what FFOTUS will do? He wants to use those big bombs and I feel like he’s desperate to attach himself to this thing because he views it as an easy win, which he could definitely use right now, but that would mean crossing his bestie. It’s a conundrum.

  26. 26.

    Old School

    NY Times Pitchbot
    ‪@nytpitchbot.bsky.social‬

    Analysis | Why is Kristi Noem tagging along on ICE raids in tactical gear? DHS data indicates that many immigrants own puppies.

  30. 30.

    bbleh

    As observed elsewhere, the orange guy does things in order to see stories about himself in the news.  That would be why he’d drop a big bomb, and right now I’d give that about 60-65%.

    His “friend” Bibi knows this perfectly well, btw, and it’s how he — and others — have manipulated and will continue to manipulate the orange guy, and through him US actions (I’m not gonna dignify it with the term “policy”).

    I’ll pretty much guarantee he will NOT get US troops involved, because that would lead to BAD stories about him in the news.  But dropping bombs on “Mooslums,” sure!  Big booms AND a blow for the Righteous against the Heathens!  Win-win

    (And I’m guessing the Iranians know all this perfectly well and are frantically dispersing their stocks of enriched Uranium and maybe equipment as well.)

  32. 32.

    Betty

    Well, the Senate version of the BBB keeps getting worse. They want to sell off huge amounts of federal land with no opportunity for anyone to object.  This is to help offset the huge deficit they insist on creating with the tax gift to the rich.

  33. 33.

    Citizen Alan

    @Steve LaBonne:  They want to make it a literal crime to say anything that might hurt Shitgibbon’s feelings. AFAIC, there is officially no difference between a Republican and a Nazi except that they do not yet have the infrastructure in place to start killing us in large numbers.

  34. 34.

    Geminid

    @What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?: I’m not sure Putin and Netanyahu are as cozy now as they used to be. One reason I say this is that Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems retired by Israel a couple years ago are showing up now in Ukraine, as part of a deal the U.S. brokered last year.

  35. 35.

    cmorenc

    @What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:

    Wonder what FFOTUS will do? He wants to use those big bombs and I feel like he’s desperate to attach himself to this thing because he views it as an easy win, which he could definitely use right now, but that would mean crossing his bestie. It’s a conundrum.

    Because Trump is stung by disappointment that his birthday military parade he intended to showcase himself as leader of the most potent army on earth, was a bit of a flop with the public,  that may incline him toward making some big toxic-manly gesture directly involving US military against Iran.

  36. 36.

    jonas

    @Trollhattan: Offer to paint it gold and rename it the Trump Super Genius Glory Train. Nobody will ride it, but maybe it will at least keep some of the funding coming.

  37. 37.

    Jackie

    @What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:

    Wonder what FFOTUS will do? He wants to use those big bombs and I feel like he’s desperate to attach himself to this thing because he views it as an easy win, which he could definitely use right now, but that would mean crossing his bestie. It’s a conundrum.

    The latest conundrum is being pissed at Tulsi for parroting Putin’s desires. FFOTUS chooses Putin, then he agrees with Tulsi. And, yet he’s furious at Tulsi for very publicly stating the US needs to stay out of Iran. How FFOTUS can please Putin AND simultaneously “discipline” Tulsi may be popcorn-worthy.

    And, then  there’s that pesky business of supporting Bibi and Israel…

  39. 39.

    bbleh

    @Betty: yeah I fear it was always a question of how much damage they would do.  As observed elsewhere, this is their ONE shot — the only time under reconciliation rules this year, and next year the elections start heating up (and the economy likely cooling down) — so they’re gonna cram everything they can into it, especially a giant budget-busting tax cut for very wealthy people and corporations.  And then whatever combination of misery and destruction they figure will get through both houses.  Hopefully some of it can be undone later.

  41. 41.

    Jackie

    @Jackie: Two current headlines:

    • ‘Get on board’: Steve Bannon predicts how MAGA will react if Trump bombs Iran

    And:

    • ‘It’s biblical, okay’: GOP lawmaker urges Trump to ‘end’ Iran for Israel
  43. 43.

    Harrison Wesley

    I haven’t followed the news closely, but is Tehran being bombed? Because I’m pretty sure that’s where most or all of Iran’s Jewish community live. I haven’t seen any stories about them.

  44. 44.

    JaySinWa

    @Baud:

    You do influence me
    Something that simply mystifies me
    Tell me, why should it be?
    You have the pow’r to hypnotize me

    I definitely zone out on your posts.

  46. 46.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Baud: If you read a lot of news sources you can see 10 alarming “[X] is even worse than you thought” headlines that all turn out to be reporting the same story, so the “even worse than you thought” angle gets multiplied by 10.

  48. 48.

    Nilnoc

    In news from the Tesla isn’t all bad category, the latest update to the vehicles includes Child Left Alone Protection:

    If an unattended child is detected, the vehicle will flash the exterior indicator lights, play an alert tone, and send a notification to your Tesla app. This will repeat at regular intervals until you return to your vehicle. Cabin data is processed locally and is not transmitted to Tesla.

    This feature is enabled by default.

  49. 49.

    JaySinWa

    @Matt McIrvin: I noticed a long time ago that 24 hr news was rarely news. At the time at least Fox News had one 4 hour block of largely straight news in the afternoon while CNN and MSNBC were nearly straight up opinion / talking heads. I haven’t watched cable “news” in a long time (except for YouTube exerpts), but I given the people that have left or been fired from FOX I don’t think their old news block still exists.

    It’s not like there isn’t enough real news to fill the day, but damned if we will hear it on the “news” networks.

  51. 51.

    cain

    @What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:

    He wants a win. If it looks like he can claim winning a war then the rush will be overwhelming and he can always say that he can make a deal with Russia.

    Putin should know that he can’t control Trump.

    If it looks like it is going to fail though he will jump ship fast and claim he warned them that it was going to go bad and then leave Israel in the lurch

  53. 53.

    Nilnoc

    @cain: I’m afraid Trump will think he can drop a bomb or two and be done with it. War won. He thinks his warning to Iran to not attack American bases will be heeded. He has no foresight or conception of consequences. He thinks he can play chess while he can’t win at tic tac toe. He thinks he’ll get the Peace Prize. His cabinet backs him up.

  54. 54.

    Nilnoc

    @Booger: There is a camera that looks at who is in the car. It’s in the rear view mirror housing  It’s primary purpose is to see if the driver is watching the road.

  55. 55.

    Bill Arnold

    @Nilnoc:

    I’m afraid Trump will think he can drop a bomb or two and be done with it.

    If he does this, he guarantees that Iran will (attempt to) separate from 60% to 90%/assemble some bombs at another, hidden facility, with solid and paranoid OPSEC. (Israeli (pathological) arrogance does not always translate to superiority. Impressive operation so far, sure.)
    The Israeli bet that political assassinations and incessant bombardment will cause the Iranian theocracy to disintegrate without bad consequences is … not a solid bet. E.g. many in the Israeli military and political leadership are now already legitimate assassination targets.

  56. 56.

    catfishncod

    @Citizen Alan: Ah yes, lese-majeste, one of the most common prerogatives claimed by kings: jailing everyone who laughs at you. I always worried about that little boy in The Emperor’s New Clothes. The truth is life to a free people, but is often death to those in bondage.

     

    #NoKings

  57. 57.

    Nilnoc

    @Bill Arnold: Well, stupidity, cupidity and morbidity is what we voted for. Especially measles. Apparently, Though most of us here voted for the opposite.

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