Chad Stolper

Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes "Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.

all this bitch ever talks about is all the shit he can't or won't do www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...

Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes "Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.

For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.

If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.

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<whispers> this is about the captain isn't it?

[Obviously not the REAL captain. Not bringing Girma would just be stupid.]

this whole thing is so fucking dumb

Rubio and Hegseth keep provoking Venezuela in the hopes of creating pretext for a ground invasion, Trump is sort of dawdling along with them and happy to do posts about an upcoming war

increasingly worried they're gonna back into the dumbest war of my lifetime

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.

What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Which is why the next admin HAS to prosecute everyone involved down to the soldiers who fired.

This is such a clear breach that there's no excuse for anyone involved.

Reminder that "firing on the shipwrecked" is literally THE example used in the DoD War Manual of "a clearly illegal order"

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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."

i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life

every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades

Trump's approval numbers have reached a new second-term low in the latest Gallup poll.

His approval is now at 36%. Disapproval has gone up to 60%.

Approval among independents is now at 25%.

Like Riley Gains tying for fifth, this is a situation where a cis woman was graded based on the merits of their work but because a trans person was involved it is unfair that they didn’t win.

I know we’ve moved on 781 times by now, but…

I still can’t believe he tore down half the White House

For the first time a U.S. county is making their guaranteed income program permanent.

The Cook County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved $7.5 million to continue its guaranteed income program.

Each month over 3,000 households will get an unconditional $500.

Henry Ford was a terrible human being, but at least he understood that the economy would be unworkable and unsustainable unless the workers who made Model T's were paid enough to buy Model T's.

FIFA no va a hacer nada pero CONMEBOL debería decir que la confederación no jugará en los EEUU cuando está atacando uno de sus países.

FIFA won’t do shit but CONMEBOL should say that their confederation won’t play in the US while it’s attacking one of its countries.

4) Rosa Parks wasn't quiet at key moments. In fact when the police asked her why she didn't move, she spoke back "Why do you push us around?" In jail, she met a woman wrongfully imprisoned for defending herself against an abusive boyfriend; Parks smuggled out her brother's number to let him know

Plus as the stigma continues to erode around coming out as trans and trans folks find welcoming community (online and in person) more and more people are finding out they actually know a trans person or find out they're related to one. Just like the 90s/2000s with queer sexual identities.

Similar vibes to "I dunno man, seems like loving your recovering drug addict kid is a good thing?". The response across the board to the ICE crackdowns too. Most of the country thinks of themselves as "nice people" and nice people just aren't assholes and don't like to be seen as such.

Star Players, emphasis on the Star

I have said this over and over, I will continue to say it: The most common American positions on trans issues are "idk, none of my business." Most people do not think about it and do not give a shit. They wish the news would shut up and talk about something that they think is actually important.

the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them

conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.

Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.

I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
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Pope Leo is pictured smiling and holding a baseball bat with the words "Hello there, I heard you didn't love your immigrant neighbor."

Five (this one courtesy of @seanpdailey.bsky.social)

I really don't think Trump's people understand how most Americans view the nation's history. They're gassed up on some real weird shit.

Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.

Mark Kelly: "We have a president who doesn't understand the Constitution, who installed an unqualified secretary of defense. I cannot think of a secretary of defense in the history of our country that is less qualified than Pete Hegseth. He should've been fired after Signal-gate."