Dan in Kansas City

Which is why the trick is not to count on winning every election, but instead to make lasting policy that the other side cannot undo without getting a colossal political backlash.

Which nearly every Dem President since FDR has managed to some extent (Carter can be argued either way).

This is not going to go well for the GOP. I really don't think they comprehend how large this is.

The header of a legal filing titled MOTION TO RECOGNIZE THE WORD OF GOD

I’m not going to post the whole thing because it’s ten pages long but Onideus Mad Hatter’s pro se legal defense for threatening to kill a cop continues apace

Do we really need another book that has some version of 'Roads to Gettysburg' in the title? Let me answer that for you. No. No we don't.

Yelling at chatJAG that it can't handle the truth

I'm sorry, it looks like you're right, I did in fact order the code red. I forgot you have the luxury of not knowing what I know. Would you like me to explain myself, or would you prefer to pick up a weapon and stand a post—I would be happy to research walls that have to be guarded by men with guns!

I feel like if you’re a Republican not being able to make an anti union EO stick is the purest expression of a failed administration

KOSA passed out of the subcommittee in the House on 13-10 vote. Meaning that they are FINALLY listening to some opposition. But not enough to prevent the other age verification bills from passing, let alone this.

They MUST listen to opposition. Losing this fight is NOT an option.

I just love real America so much

a Kinsley gaffe is when a politician says something they mean by accident

They like Trump and want to help him. They have pre-written "THE COMEBACK KID" narratives ready to break out of he crosses back over 40% approval for a couple polls, not to report a narrative but to try and change it

this might be my favorite political clip from the 2010s

Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions

Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions

Section 230 repeal means Elon Musk or Karoline Leavitt or Bari Weiss points at you and you're banned from the internet.

At my niece’s wedding, where I learned she and her husband’s moms were waitresses together at several restaurants near Hudson, WI, pregnant at the same time, and they used to joke about what if their kids got married someday. They met working at the same bar.

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 2, Episode 21

Sutro Tower and Twin Peaks and a sunset gradient going from orange to lavender to blue

crisp gradient

ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Should have learned from their forebears that trying to invade the North in winter goes poorly

chomsky has basically stated he thinks the division between private and public life/persona is an absolute right, and im increasingly believing he may have sexually abused children

Big valuation for an unprofitable company that probably gets shut down in 2029.

Bro okay look dude bro hear me out, okay. Get this. We supply munitions on like a subscription basis.

[explosions, shouting, guns firing in the background] you've reached your ammunition limit for this billing cycle. would you like to purchase a one-time increase in ammunition? please select the increment amount and then proceed to the payment page to select your payment method.

It is such a tell to be highlighting ROTC at “elite” private universities. State schools power America, and the military. But I guess those people don’t room with the editorial board in undergrad?

I say 5 or 6 years because this shit’s gonna have to build before it explodes to the point that something changes.

The law will have to change or the AI will have to stop. Just wait, 5 or 6 years from now someone’s going to go bankrupt from an award and they’re going to cry foul, and everybody will look back at their past AI arbitrations and suddenly find all sorts of stuff they don’t like.

I appreciate how the bust of Lincoln that’s been swept up into this nonsense looks like it’s averting its eyes

This makes Dukakis in his tank look like Rambo

I understand there’s talk of his decline. In general we don’t get involved in that. But something is wrong here. I’m serious. He’s very good at the camera. He was. He was always very conscious of the camera. 25 years ago he’d never do this. Five years ago he wouldn’t.