CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York

😂 Steve Bannon 😂

The best part is that the left has now painted itself into a corner with Nazi iconography, because they can no longer quite articulate why it's bad, since killing Jews is neutral to admirable. Here's a popular leftist commentator trying to explain why Platner's Nazi symbol is bad:

The take on Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo from the publication run by CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss is that the "the left has now painted itself into a corner with Nazi iconography." Their supposed logic for this is histrionic insane garbage that the left does not oppose "killing Jews."

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Last month, playing tape of Charlie Kirk's words was enough to get people fired for the new category of anti-Kirkist hate speech.

This month, playing tape of Ronald Reagan's words is enough to spark a presidential tantrum and diplomatic breakdown.

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Americans have no rights that a federal agent is bound to respect.

Roger Stone & @RogerJStoneJr X.com ABC Lies ! Classic disinformation! Likely illegal leak of grand jury information' @AnnaBower has difficulty distinguishing her derrière from her elbow,

like a toy chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse, that’s how much it hurts

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The White House's new McDonald's™ Epstein™ Ballroom™ appears to have been designed on free software.

So much of "cancel culture" discourse is a re-description of the normal functioning of a democracy and public discourse by people who didn't like the results of one, or both, or how it made them feel.

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

186. When Can States Prosecute Federal Officers? Stephen Miller claims that ICE officers have "immunity" for anything they do while enforcing immigration law. Even as an argument about *state* criminal prosecutions, that claim is overstated at best.

Today's "One First" explains why Stephen Miller is wrong that ICE officers have "federal immunity" from prosecution for all actions they take in their official duties, and that anyone attempting to prosecute them is committing a felony.

Supremacy Clause immunity is a thing, but it's *not* absolute:

Once again, a rogue judge is trying to usurp the authority of the Commander-in-Chief to protect American cities from violence and destruction. They just robbed Californians of their safety! I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The rule of law will be restored. Heinous criminals will be captured. Our troops will keep you safe! If we don't stop them NOW, this madness could spread across America like a plague, so I need your voice to ring loud and clear. Please join the MAGA Blitz and say: SEND IN THE TROOPS - I STAND WITH TRUMP! >

As a connoisseur of Gadsden Flag references, today's Trump email offers a fascinating and revelatory one. This message, from "I AM DONALD J. TRUMP" asks people to support his use of the military to occupy American cities--because, you know, "Don't Tread on Me!"

"Our troops will keep you safe!"

Omg! It’s schadenfreude-licious!

I love this song.

🚨 BREAKING:

Republicans are lashing out at the creators of this new ad.

They're TERRIFIED.

It must have struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as pedophile-protectors.

You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

The Trump team thinks Confederate traitors who killed Americans are worth honoring.

But Americans who fought at Normandy in D-Day like Medgar Evers, or served in the Navy like Harvey Milk and Cesar Chavez, or worked as a spy for the US Army like Harriet Tubman, well, they are NOT worth honoring.

12. ICE personnel had to interrupt the flight and disembark in Djibouti without being on anti-malaria medication for at least 48-72 hours prior to arrival, as recommended by medical professionals. They were not able to start taking antimalarials until after arrival in Djibouti. There continues to be an unknown degree of exposure despite taking the antimalarial as full efficacy of the medication is unknown currently. Antimalarials, as well as certain vaccinations, are among the precautionary recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the high risk of exposure for travelers.

There's also some interesting details in here about the ICE employees who were sent with the detainees.

Remember, they thought they were on a cruel, little overnight jaunt to kick these guys into the loving custody of South Sudan. Didn't realize they were going to become prison guards in Africa.

Senate GOP are lying. Full stop. Not “misinformation”. Not “misleading”. It is a lie. Knowing, intentional, from Senators who are aware of the law.

Undocumented *do not* receive benefits. At all. Of any kind. State or Fed. No Medicare. No Medicaid. No disability. No SS. No food assistance. Nada.

The important thing as this Trump v. Musk feud escalates is that I want them and their teams and all of their supporters to suffer as much pain and humiliation and degradation as is possible, and I feel as if a few strokes and fistfights and the odd stabbing would be proportional as well

The straightest thing you can do as a man is to think a lot about two other guys' balls.

This is Lola. She is one of the most skilled soccer dribblers we've ever seen, so it makes sense that she's already capturing footage for her documentary. 14/10

Least surprising breakup since Stephen Miller and his suit made of human skin

Sunset on Friday 18th December 1908. I have cleaned-up this astounding autochrome photograph of twilight 117 years ago, taken in colour by Julien Gérardin. It is an original colour plate, not colourised.

Social Security Facts - Updated for 2025 • Social Security is funded by payroll taxes, not income taxes. It's a self-funded program and does not add to the national debt. • The Social Security Trust Fund still has money - but it's declining. It peaked at around $2.9 trillien, but is now being drawn down to cover payments. → Current projection: insolvency by 2033-2034, unless Congress acts. • Congress has borrowed trillions from the Trust Fund by issuing IOUs (Treasury bonds), using the surplus to fund other federal programs. So when politicians say "we need to cut Social Security to balance the budget", here's what they really mean: "We used your Social Security surplus to pay for tax cuts, wars, and corporate subsidies - and now we don't want to pay it back. So we'll cut your benefits instead." Don't let them. Social Security isn't the problem - it's the promise.

How Social Security works.

This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.

(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)

neil degrasse tyson: you are not a planet pluto: you are not carl sagan ndt: flips bird pluto: flips two birds

never surrender

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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