Sir Ramble Lot

Police departments paid out $2.3 billion in settlements in one year.

We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.

It should be 100.
But for months, we've constantly had multiple new 95+ rating situations, sometimes multiple per day.

It's exhausting. I just can't physically and emotionally take running at 95+ all day every day, even if the horrible situations easily justify it.

And that's exactly their plan.

With the drawing released, we can narrow down the possibilities:

A. It's all fake (highly unlikely)
B. Trump has no idea what a nude mature woman looks like (slightly less unlikely)
C. Trump was intentionally representing an immature GIRL (likely)
D. Trump is the WORST ARTIST EVER (feasible)

Well?

I'll try to be very clear here:

The world would be a better place without the blatantly dishonest hate continually spewed by the likes of Charlie Kirk.

But a world where people are gunned down for having different thoughts, no matter how asinine and hurtful to any group, is not a better place.

I hesitate to tell @muellershewrote.com and @dgcomedy.bsky.social how to run their stellar @dailybeanspod.com podcast, but please remember that Sarah Isgur *chose* to keep her job defending Trump's family separation policy. IMO she's a horrible person who shouldn't escape that past without mention.

@MattWalshBlog let the following bullshit fall out of his mouth hole: “Remember when they spent years telling us to panic over the hole in the ozone layer and then suddenly just stopped talking about it and nobody ever mentioned the ozone layer” and then @DKThomp cast the appropriate side eye with this: “What happened is scientists discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.”

relevant

Well said, @voteannjohnson.bsky.social Love what the Texas Dems are doing to fight for our democracy.

I’m sorry but I really have to stand up for myself and independent media here. Everyone is crediting Ken Delanian for the Maxwell sex offender waiver story, but I was hours ahead of him. Hours. Independent media is important.

The 🍊💩stain’s sharpie wouldn’t write on the scale’s display

a man is saying " may have been on the losing side, still not convinced it was the wrong one " ALT: a man is saying " may have been on the losing side, still not convinced it was the wrong one "

Me, three years from now if we can't stop the Trumpublicans from turning this country into an autocracy that punishes those who are on the side of democracy.

We need to *act* to prevent that even more impactfully than the Trump sycophants and kowtowing cowards are working to make it happen.

As a Jew, I am SO ANGRY that the feds are pretending they care about me, as a pretense to extort universities.

The first time I (an unabashed woke lib) saw anything about this Sydney Sweeney thing was as a rightwing headline about how woke libs are furious over it.
Now over at the Bad Place™, Trumper dudes are gleefully posting image after image of her. It's pretty clear they just wanted an excuse to ogle.

Joey Mannarino 180 degree turn.

Joey did a 180 so hard the Lolita Express had to re-calculate its flight path.

Bonus: The more time you spend on Signal, the more likely you'll be added to a classified group chat that includes Mrs. Hegseth and that dude who goes to the same gym *and* the same bar as Pete does and who swears despite his accent and odd questions that he's definitely totally not a foreign spy.

Each day, they could just discuss the details of one (1) former Republican who was arrested for sex trafficking, pedophilia, or some related scandal.

If they're going to shut down Congress for this, fill the silence with these news stories. Make it unavoidable.

How long until "pro-life" Governor Asshole Huckabee-Sanders says that "law enforcement" (ha!) killing brown people questionably in custody is totally cool?

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

What is Trump's favorite fast food item?
Contrary to popular belief, it's not from McDonald's. It's Taco Bell's *chicken soft taco.*
#chickensofttaco

It was always a crystal clear 100% certainty that if the orange convicted felon was sent back into the White House instead of being sent to prison that he would bring the United States into war, economic collapse and total chaos. This is on everyone who voted for him.

Hawley: "Can you identify one before then?"
Shaw: <identifies by name and gives year, EXACTLY as asked>
Hawley, making a big to-do as if he didn't just get his ass handed to him: "Ohhhh...."

Not that I want to deprive students of her expertise, but when can we vote her into a very high office?

I mean, you're correct, and Kat doesn't need any help from me, but... let's face it: A bag of rocks is too smart for MAGA.

That is in fact what this administration has done.

Did anyone else notice that the @nytimes.com Strands array titled "a little respect" today contained "ARETHA" as a non-answer?

Context: active voice
Intro with everyone healthy: active voice
Most active event: passive voice
Report of death: active voice

So the civilian actively took the initiative to die, but the poor officer just passively had the bullets yanked right out of the gun and into the civilian.

#language

Patel accurately summarizes here the Trump administration approach: Yeah, there are laws, and I ain't gonna follow them because I just don't wanna.