100% no more harm reduction voting. I understand the argument and the sentiment and even the logic, but it ultimately degrades to where we are today. It does not lead us forward.

Nolo contendre does not yield a functioning, inclusive and vibrant democracy.

Because when you are the CEO you decide. It's your business, effectively. If employees disagree they are fired and replaced with ones who shut up and do what they are told.

America is not a business, despite the efforts of many who would aspire otherwise.

Really wish people in my neck of the woods would pay attention to stuff like this

It is the worst type, too -- it is a collect quest and not a kill quest. Go kill 10 foxes. Ok. I need 32 snake fangs.... 200 dead snakes and 4 hours later you somehow have 25 snake fangs.

"token anxiety"; or, a slot machine by any other name You're absolutely right!

jkap.io/token-anxiet...

Engagement farming comes to work. And then goes home. And takes over because you can hit paydirt literally.

But are you being paid for the value you create with your agents?

The worst thing about Trump I think is that he makes being your best self almost impossible everywhere he goes. Most people don't want to be out in the street yelling "fuck ice" at the top of their lungs in 60 below cold. Even terrible people are worse - just look at the cabinet infighting.

The fact that ICE and CBP are struggling with a lot of internal turmoil is a positive ... they know this shit is crazy and I think a lot of folks think shooting mothers and nurses and baiting people with crying children is a bridge too far for a number of people, esp if forced to choose.

It might well be. If that is the case we should also know and reckon with that too. There are lots of chuds but it is a little different shooting at folks half way around the world vs at home. We see a lot of this within ICE even - they are struggling with the MN pushback internally.

Yeah, C/U has got to go.

Trump thinks he is CEO of America, Inc. "Run the country like a business!" and you get a guy like Trump. Even if he wasn't a toxic narcissistic sociopath, he would be a terrible President. A country is not a corporation.

Well, I guess I'm of two minds on this one. Valid concern, IMHO. I think 1 - We The People should know sooner than later if that's the case and 2 - I may be naive, but I think there are more decent folks than assholes there and when it comes down to balls to brass tacks, they'd show him the door.

This is definitely true. The ads in the media landscape is insanity. Mamdani has the right answer if it can be replicated and execute well. Ads can't counteract having food to eat, being able to pay your rent, take care of your kids, etc..

The political context has shifted since then. The economy is even further in the shit, masked bubbas are shooting people in the street, and they've sent random people to foreign gulags and human warehouses.

Americans across the country need to learn to see more of others in themselves.

If an impeachment of the President makes someone feel better about themselves, especially in 2026, I really don't know what to tell them.

Nothing about Trump makes anything or anyone better. He brings out the worst in everyone, everywhere, all at once. It's his nature, it's who he is.

What a fucking stupid thing to say. So of course this administration will say it.

Yes. They're not doing anything to address/improve things anyway, so keep them busy too. This is a war of attrition and clarity of soul and purpose.

Anything that burns the time and energy of team Trump and clarifies that 70% of us are not crazy cultists, and that both we and Pepperidge Farm see now and will remember later all these people and acts is valuable. We underestimate how many people just go with the flow and don't really care much.

I don't think it does a whole lot practically. That is to say, it won't get him out of power. It won't make ICE go away. But it is one more hill for them to burn energy climbing. It's one more thing for red reps to explain at home when they leave DC. It's a reminder that we still know the limits.

100% it's like a free gift with purchase!

Yep. He wants the bigliest impeachment record of them all!

Was he trying to be funny saying he left with all his children??? How weird.

Both parties are not the same. They're actually 2 very different flavors of bad. One is just much, much worse than the other at the moment. But it is also quite clear that they're both incapable of meeting this moment. And we should be brutally honest about that, especially at the ballot box.

Death by 1000 cuts is still death. Even if it has no consequence to him, it is important to remind everyone else what the lines are. His team are constantly trying to move the goals and tweak the rules... keeping it clear that "Nope, the lines is actually all the way back there." IS valuable.

Agree, but one step at a time. And, anything that makes it clear where you stand is important. With the midterms coming up, we can only accept folks who stand on the correct side of this. So they need to make it clear to people where they are.

They're all part of the Epstein class.

Too little too late, but the second best time to start is now.

Not A Drag Queen Addressing the growing hypocrisy and misinformation devoted to dehumanizing the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈

Facts don't care about your feelings, or so I'm told.

The fact is, drag queens read stories to kids. And the fact is, many of those kids go home, go to school, and/or go to church and get abused. That time at the library may be one of the few they feel truly safe.

www.reddit.com/r/NotADragQu...

When all you've got left in life is a couple of raisins in a paper sack, and a bottle of Jurgens. I guess there's really only one more thing to do which is yell at a random black man on the Internet.

When all you've got left in life is a couple of raisins in a paper sack, and a bottle of Jurgens. I guess there's really only one more thing to do which is yell at a random black man on the Internet.

Louise Lucas knows how to President like a boss.