Piri Martine

Really can't emphasize enough that my main use for this site is not to be Taken Seriously By Media but rather to post that, in the original 1957 book, the Grinch is at least 53 years old. The Grinch has seen two world wars and a great depression. He doesn't need to hear shit from you

Straight to jail!

Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

i encourage people to continue sending these things around as they discover them because my ability to convey how much insane shit is in there is clearly capped out

Amber Glenn 🇺🇲⛸️ is my whole attitude for 2026. 🔥

Every single element of life is either more deadly, more expensive or more inconvenient (often all three) today than it’s been in decades & it’s purely because our robber baron overlords decided to dedicate the entirety of the US apparatus to doing barbaric & culturally suicidal white nationalism

Price controls are one of the favorite tools of dictators so please let’s not give them ideas.

This isn't what SCOTUS *said* (they said nothing) BUT the Court's "passivity"-deciding not to decide or say anything - helps the executive branch aggressively characterize & implement the Court's orders.

My draft paper "Passive Vices" goes into this (Law Review editors- it's looking for a home!)

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.

Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

“I licked it, it’s mine.”

Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.

How ICE, THP targeted Nashville immigrants, inflated safety claims - Nashville Banner Analysis shows Tennessee state troopers and ICE agents profiled and disparaged immigrants during Nashville enforcement operation in May 2025.

Today we're sharing an investigation into the Nashville ICE/THP traffic operation. (Thread)

I viewed over 50 hours of footage from the raid, which showed law enforcement calling targets "wet," "bodies," "illegals," physically writing on arrestees and competing to make the most arrests:

Just another day I am grateful that l I did not build Democracy Docket on Substack. It's harder and more expensive, but it allows Democracy Docket to remain truly independent and pro-democracy. www.democracydocket.com

Buddy Carter sounds like a name sent from central casting to say something this dumb

"The shootings and the chains and the concentration camps are not simply the transient tools but the very altars of modern dictatorships. They may talk of a 'new order' in the world, but what they have in mind is... an unholy alliance of power and pelf"—FDR, 1940

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greatest headline of my adult life

end qualified immunity and make cops carry personal liability insurance

Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...

There are ~90 million people alive today because of USAID. Russ Vought illegally shut it down and now is spending the money on himself. These are deeply evil people. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

The U.S. Is Launching a Regulatory Assault on Drone Users New restrictions try to shield ICE from being watched from above.

I wrote about MAGA’s war against normal American drone users - and how they’re trying to take control of the skies for themselves.

guy who has had a 30-year career working as an industrial designer for the toy industry: oh so you nerfed it you say, surely by that what you mean is you raised it to the highest standards of quality and consistency, it's now an affordable and eye pleasing product suitable for enjoyment by all ages?

THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.

The real heroes:

www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-...

Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.

This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!

Can't wait until thirty seconds into the deposition when Norm asks whether Elon has taken any medications that could affect his testimony

“I’ve been cast at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony”

“What are you?”

“A stovetop espresso maker.”

Yeah and look at what happened in deep red Texas. There are swing areas emerging that they may not be able to anticipate.

That’s a question for election security experts.

Right but what I’m saying is they have roughly 10-15k agents on the ground at most. For 100,000 polling locations. Over 3 million square miles. Last midterms saw 112,000,000 votes cast.

How many people per polling site do you think they’ll need for intimidation?

Oh hell no. I know someone in CA that may be able to help.

Why litigation? I’ve been through probate if you want to dm me.