Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot)

Australian reporter to Tammy Bruce: "It seems our prime minister can't even get a meeting with your president. What does this say about the way the US now views some of its relationships with its form-- with its traditional allies?"

once you move into texas you're not allowed to leave until the governor gives you permission

whether or not it's required, it's definitely a value add

"As we know, the Mole People build tunnels right into these town halls."

Gene Wu responds: "This office does not belong to Greg Abbott, and it does not belong to me. It belongs to the people of House District 137, who elected me. I took an oath to the constitution, not a politician's agenda, and I will not be the one to break that oath."

i am reminded of people i've known who would spend $5 to avoid paying twenty cents in tax, and felt that doing so was not only wise but in fact their moral obligation

I see why he bankrupted casinos.

that's because this isn't journalism, it's position advocacy

Honestly I'm kinda surprised they haven't just decided to do that already. It's not like rules actually matter to these people.

It's not that the media "has no juice" it's that the media are on their side. Media has plenty of juice, they just aren't choosing to use it here the way you (and I) would prefer them to

F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats

This is a demand for unconstitutional, arbitrary power. There is no offense against the United States here. The FBI has no role to assist the State of Texas in becoming an authoritarian enclave.

F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

poster on a utility pole with a gray silhouette of a threatening figure, arms raised wearing a maga cap with a shadow of a similar figure wearing a nazi helmet behind them and the words WE BEAT 'EM BEFORE … WE’LL BEAT 'EM AGAIN!

seen in newark, new jersey

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in the 1980s and 1990s, several lutheran churches, including my grandfathers, voluntarily elected to disaffiliate from the Missouri Synod and subsequently to affiliate with a different synod. the LCMS did not like it but had no legal basis to stop it

fwiw, the lutheran church of which i was once a member insisted that its elected board of elders, and neither its pastor nor the synod they chose to be a member of, was the lawful authority over that church. the board of elders clearly had the power to freely elect to disaffiliate from the synod

although if you tried you'd likely get shot by the secret service

We view hoarding as a mental disorder except in the one very specific case of money, and it’s killing the planet

he doesn't know how to not be racist, and there's absolutely no reason for him to learn, especially now

Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax' Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.

1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state.

2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

I'm waiting for them to announce a 35% tariff on Wauconda until Wauconda negotiates a favorable deal for vibranium supplies

all this will of course be in blithe disregard that Wauconda is a village in Illinois, and not a fictional African country

also, ChatGPT is not a sentient entity that you can interview. He's interviewing an appliance. Next up - my microwave's views on immigration?

This is seriously creepy.

nah that would be work, which he never ever does

i can't imagine that he'd climb a stairwell or a ladder to get onto the roof. there must be a door somewhere that he found his way through.

i had forgotten that it was in the west colonnade, it's been a while

Trump is deathly afraid of stairwells, probably because it's hard to go up or down them while wearing three inch lifts and wearing a mirdle

It does seem that the press room is in the west colonnade, which means that it is likely that the room is on the highest floor and its ceiling is directly below the roof (although there's probably a mechanical space in between). did he climb out the window of the state dining room?

i mean he doesn't use stairwells and i can't imagine him climbing a ladder. did they install an escalator?

the white house briefing room has a roof?

My wife and I missed our chance to visit the Spam Museum in Austin MN by virtue of arriving too late, as they had closed for the day by the time we got there and our schedule did not afford us the time to hang around for another day