Kimberly Saks

We live in the worst Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory. There’s no chocolate and a petty Oompa Loompa is in charge.

It’s August 1st and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.

Again, they made a big deal about this and now they’re a toddler with icing all over their mouth claiming they don’t have a cookie behind their back.

a man wearing sunglasses and a green shirt is sitting in a car with a child behind him . Alt: a man wearing sunglasses and a green shirt is sitting in a car saying guess who's back

I just got through so many emails and there they are...piling up again.

27 different named women accused him of sex assault, he’s on video with Epstein where they are grossly leering at young women, Miss Teen USA contestants said he came in dressing room when they were naked, he bragged on the Access Hollywood tape about grabbing women. It’s obvious.

It's a mere flesh wound.

Listen, I have never cared to personally see the Epstein list, but this is getting absolutely out of control now. He's clearly on it. We don't even need to see it.

UMFAFT-AAUP Statement Regarding Recent Disciplinary Charges Against Student Protesters The UMF AFT-AAUP recently learned of new charges being brought against 10 student protesters, including both undergraduate and graduate students, under the Office of Student Conflict Resolution (OSCR) on the Ann Arbor campus. We are deeply troubled by this news. Welive in a time when many are questioning the value and effectiveness of our nation’s democratic institutions. As we iterated in our October 9, 2024 op-ed in The Michigan Daily, universities must support the democratic fabric of society by cultivating freedom of expression and shared governance. Doing so ensures the effectiveness of our public good mission and serves as an example of democratic practice for society at large, especially in times like these. Unfortunately, the issuing of these new charges fits a broader pattern of doing the opposite. Since early 2024 we have seen, among other things, an institutional emphasis on punishing student demonstrators, sometimes months after their alleged infractions; unilateral revisions to the Student Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, including the weakening or elimination of protections for those facing charges under OSCR; and the hiring of third-parties to aggressively monitor and charge student protesters. While directed at students, these actions affect all members of the university community, putting us at risk of surveillance, chilling speech and civic discourse, and undermining faith in the university’s commitment to fairness and due process. Wecall upon the university to reverse this pattern and to recommit to democratic principles in these matters. This, minimally, would begin with withdrawing the recently issued charges against student protesters, and refraining from bringing such charges in the future, at least until the checks needed to protect freedom of expression and due process are restored to OSCR and all other processes affecting student discipline acros…

We have issued a Statement Regarding Recent Disciplinary Charges Against Student Protesters.

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Oh look....inflation went up...what a shocker.

It’s still Bastille Day.

Just saying.

Go touch grass. Read a book. A real book. Do anything. And then you’ll quickly realize how far into this godforsaken craken’s lair we are.

- California Faculty Association We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor, member and activist Jonathan A. Caravello, Ph.D. and other community

A California State professor dragged off the streets, his whereabouts unknown. How are people still hosting international academic conference in this place??
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Reality Show Duffy is the head of NASA!?!?!?!?

Stop Using their Language “One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them."

Tired of everyone using their language and letting them set the terms of the argument? Me too.

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‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week

‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

The irony of having just defunded grant programs the YMCA depends on and then celebrating by dancing to “YMCA” is astonishing.

Can we please start using this term instead of the one they think is so cool?

What.....what is this?

"From Taco Trucks on Every Corner to Baby Baskets to Newborns, the socialist communist libs are always up to something. Now back to a retrospective on Obama's disrespectful tan suit. Later, we hear from our roundtable about Joe Biden's ice cream obsession and its link to dementia."

Cuomo spent the whole campaign trashing the Democratic Party while Mamdani never shied away from being a Democrat. For both centrists and leftists it's an important lesson: if you want to win a party primary you should outwardly like the party.

The bastards couldn’t even give a written reason. I’m so disgusted.

Anyone still want to argue that John Roberts isn’t the worst Chief Justice in SCOTUS history?

Declaration of Independence: A Transcription Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling a...

"For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"

For the millionth time in my life we are actively bombing a country in the Middle East. This timeline is so chaotic.

It’s worse. He said there are too many nonworking holidays on Juneteenth. He picked this day of all days. Said it wastes taxpayer money. I guess the asinine parade was a good use of millions, though.

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

It was worse, sadly. It was worse because we expected more. We now expect such insanity that we’re amazed it keeps outperforming expectations.

THEN DO SOMETHING.