PeterBeBad

Eh, why should we research Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease? It's not like these issues could ever possibly affect me, personally, because I, like every Republican, have no conception of time, probability, or cause and effect, I exist in a void filled solely by malicious urges.

eating microplastics on purpose bc i dont want my body to decompose when i die

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

White House mulls defunding civil rights election observer program that aims to protect minority voting rights, sources say The federal observer program sends neutral observers to monitor election sites to ensure voters don't experience discrimination at the polls.

The White House is considering ending funding for a longtime civil rights election program aimed at protecting the rights of minority populations to vote.

The program sends neutral, third-party observers to monitor election sites to ensure voters don't experience discrimination at the polls.

One big problem with the world is how few people in power I can imagine sitting down and reading a book

Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?

looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles

The genius businessman strikes again

Murphy: I have great sympathy for our soldiers and our military leaders they are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind. And so it's no surprise that this war is going horribly

Thank you, President Zelenskyy.
We’re sorry our “President” is callous and indifferent with the lives of both our peoples. 😢

Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

A lot of discussion right now about How To Fix All This and one of my ideas is the Toddler New Deal. Policies based on stuff like "Clean up after yourself" and "You have to share with the other kids"

not the onion

Starbucks 'failing it's hometown' as it shuts five more stores Starbucks is facing backlash from the union representing its organized stores after the company announced that four of the five shops it plans to close are unionized.

4 out of 5 Starbucks shops closing in Seattle are unionized. "...Starbucks shut roughly 400 stores across the US last year – including 59 unionized locations. ....The company announced last week it is opening a new corporate office in Nashville..." www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/ar...

The Defense Department has barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed “unflattering.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Constitutional amendment to launch billionaires into the sun.

Crab Just Happy To Be In Bucket With All His Friends https://theonion.com/crab-just-happy-to-be-in-bucket-with-all-his-friends/

It is admittedly hilarious that crude cleaned out all the shorts Sunday night, spent three days doing nothing, and is now flying again on the news that the US is going to release one-third of what’s left in the SPR.

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.

Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

Critically endangered kākāpō parrot has standout breeding season A total of 59 healthy kākāpō chicks have hatched over the last few weeks, according to the latest tally by Aotearoa New Zealand’s Department of Conservation. This marks one of the most successful rece...

congrats on the sex, small ridiculous birds news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.

It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Just killed a man's whole family and accidentally installed him as leader of Iran. We created Super Vengeance Boy and are just assuming he'll leave us alone.

Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

Oh my god no! The Iranians were developing Trump's healthcare plan.

Murphy: “I think it’s likely the U.S. carried out this attack on this school — I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact that this was one of our 1st targeting decisions, that this mistake was made on the 1st day of war — I think speaks to the incompetence of our leadership”