Alex Flagg

One of Trump’s Day 1 executive orders was titled “Restoring Free Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.”
Here is its Orwellian interpretation, per a sitting FCC commissioner:

no more educational material for your children. just poisonous right wing slop.

Kill me

Doodles: the-fucking-best.

Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'

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The U.S. Defense Department just gave this company $200 million.

ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

Considering the man who pardoned him is busy strangling the United States, this tracks

Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.

This is Washington at its worst.

We need to ban Congressional stock trading.

I knew I liked you for a good reason.

I hear alligators prefer white meat, anyhow.

a woman is standing in front of a wall of computer monitors with the words see if you can hit this ALT: a woman is standing in front of a wall of computer monitors with the words see if you can hit this

But why might I want to follow this campaign?

anil isn't kidding. this level of transparency and detail — talking to voters like adults — is remarkable. i would imagine it also helps people feel like they are part of something bigger. and, christ, mamdani is insanely charismatic and good on screen. like, you just want to watch him talk!

Exactly

The freedom flogging crowd continues to love Maoist-style economies.

Good fcking Christ. From the comments section of the same. The “libertarian” > white nationalist pipeline is fully greased.

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?

You’re kidding.

Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.

“Head injury” as #1 in Florida is almost too on the nose.

We are absolutely going to get dog-walked into a shooting war with Iran, thanks to our backstabbiest “ally,” Bibi.

Fuck that guy. Every death going forward is on his hands. Wasn’t 55k Palestinian deaths enough?

My paraphrase of the Alito concurrence: "The court says that Tennessee does not discriminate against trans kids. I think it does. But, the more important point is, I don't care that it does, and neither should you. Fuck them kids, I say."

Quinnipiac poll: PRESIDENT TRUMP Thirty-eight percent of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 54 percent disapprove. In Quinnipiac University's April 9 poll, 41 percent approved, while 53 percent disapproved. Voters were asked about Trump's handling of seven issues... immigration issues: 43 percent approve, 54 percent disapprove, with 3 percent not offering an opinion; deportations: 40 percent approve, 56 percent disapprove, with 4 percent not offering an opinion; the economy: 40 percent approve, 56 percent disapprove, with 4 percent not offering an opinion; trade: 38 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove, with 6 percent not offering an opinion; universities: 37 percent approve, 54 percent disapprove, with 9 percent not offering an opinion; the Israel - Hamas conflict: 35 percent approve, 52 percent disapprove, with 13 percent not offering an opinion; the Russia - Ukraine war: 34 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove, with 10 percent not offering an opinion.

Trump underwater in literally every single issue. 38% approval overall. 27% approval on his spending bill. 40% approval on deportations.

Musk also at 30% approval. 38% approval for RFK Jr. 35% approval for JD Vance.

Nobody fucking wants any of this.

poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Today, I will be listening to Pet Sounds, loud. It formed the basis of the music that shaped my youth.

RIP to one of the greatest pop music innovators of the 20th century.

The idea that the progressive left used the internet to bully institutions into accepting unpopular, far-left positions is the exact opposite of what has actually happened. The alt-right used the internet for ideological capture and they are now in the White House bragging about it daily

Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.

He means Thrawn, but he’s absolutely on point.

recent star wars canon holds that grand moff tarkin collects the art of alien species to understand them and more effectively repress them. this idea — that your opponents are sentient like yourself and have motivations worth understanding — is exactly what escapes our current crop of reactionaries.

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I propose we change the national anthem to the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song henceforth.