Alex Flagg

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Here are three photos of places that have been described as "war-ravaged": Ukraine, Gaza, Portland. See if you can guess which city someone is lying about.

@schumer.senate.gov retire bitch

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

So “the civilians the US murdered also presented no credible threat” make this better?

None of this would have happened on any day if virtually anyone other than Donald Trump were president.

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

It always takes a half game for people to “get” it - it’s novel! But after they start to see the lanes bust out, the ah-hah moment, they’re hooked. I’ve taight it to dozens of ppl and it always sets the hook.

Consider some old German designs, like Take 5/6 Nimmt! Or Don’t LLAMA. Spectacular, easy to understand card games whose form (cards with numbers) is immediately accessible to anybody who has played with a classic card deck before.

Mr Dobolina?

*Mister Bob Dobalina?!?*

What a disgrace she is to my state. And here I had hoped she’d remain sane.

Did you know that “stranglehold” is slang for “choking on Trump’s balls?”

True story!

It’s not a distraction.

It’s fascism.

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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If you love Randy’s stuff, or have some Persian people in your life, this game is a slam dunk. Perfect for new and hobby gamers, with a top notch production, for $24 off!

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.