Kevin

How poetic: Trump tears down the White House in the midst of his efforts to tear down our democracy.

so many disaster movies have some kind of tsunami or earthquake or explosion or alien invasion destroying the White House because it feels like the ultimate untouchable thing, and damaging it is always a metaphor for like, our powerlessness in the face of whatever the disaster is

which . . . well

I’m sure they’ve still got plenty of good shit at the Louvre. Who cares.

You clearly haven’t watched the Browns play

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

controversial opinion but the dodgers picking up ohtani was a good move for them

I take my Tylenol with seed oils, just to feel something

George Santos, a man who lied about his mother dying in 9/11...

....was just pardoned by Trump, who lied about seeing Muslims cheering it.

Is there a bigger example of false advertising than the instructions to reclose a package of cream cheese. I don’t think anyone has successfully reclosed it ever.

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

Five Monuments, two legendary riders 😮

For the first time in history, all five Monuments have been won by just two riders, Mathieu Van der Poel and Tadej Pogačar 🙌

📸 Sprint Cycling

I had a friend whose mother caught rubella while pregnant; she had microcephaly, partial blindness, developmental delays among other things, & it was explained to 1978-me clearly so I didn't think of her any differently. I'm staring down 52 now, doubt younger ppl ever saw anyone born w/consequences.

That’s Florence

Bring on Guardians Game 3 in Cleveland, Ohio

Democrats should run a live feed of the ballroom construction.

As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.

Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?

What. The ever-loving. Fuck. #TrumpEpsteinFiles

Trump’s hated for Comey is so bizarre when you think about the fact that without Comey’s October 2016 intervention, Trump probably wouldn’t have won the 2016 election and wouldn’t be president today.

Just a reminder: democrats can’t shut down the government. Republicans hold the majority.

Starbucks is closing stores and cutting 900 jobs in a restructuring move.

1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year.

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

This is the perfect encapsulation of Trumpism -- because of its obsession with imagery, the White House crew caused a problem but blamed it on other people, leading to MAGA making threats against the United Nations for their own screw up

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY?...

They know this isn't a litigation question, it's a pure PR battle.

GUAAAAAAAAAAARDIANS!!!!!!