CLAAAFF

Also, anybody old enough to remember this? Asking for no particular reason

Remember, the cruelty isn't just the point, its the icing. The gravy. The *spice*. That rich cup of coffee on the morning of the hell on earth they want so damn bad.

So, in a market where people are already screaming about affordability, we're gonna drive up prices even higher? How does that benefit anyone but the top... oh... right...

"There's a double standard, and WE'RE the victims of it!"
Bold move there! Let's see if it works...

The aggregation of 22 separate federal agencies, most of which had nothing to do with each other, into DHS was the second most corrosive post-9/11 action taken (after the passing of the PATRIOT Act) and I will die on that hill

it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”

i feel like this instagram reel gets truer every day

Art

James O'Keefe finally came to accept this terrifying truth:

Ppl have actual conscience and virtues. Risk their lives for even.

I suspected as much. But Noem et al. repeated the slander. And "I was just following orders" has not been an acceptable excuse for a long time.

beautiful

I think about this post a lot.

screenshot of text from Adam Serwer in The Atlantic: "The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive - because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about "Western civilization," while armed brutes try to tear it down by force."

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Once you start noticing it you can't stop: when the real Trump falters and is incapable of defending his administration (more and more frequent) the actual Trump is "subbed out" of news coverage for an invented, imaginary, often explicitly hypothetical version of Trump who is reasonable and cogent

car at a red light with a license plate todd reads GOD WHY there is also a bumper sticker that reads HONK IF YOU’VE HIT RIVK BOTTOM

yeah man

inventing a drink called The Susan Collins. to make it, you say "I'm very concerned about this" and then you serve gin and bleach to an 11th grader

Define "Win", stutters...

"We need a living wage. We need Medicare For All. Childcare at $10 a day. We need billionaires and the ultra wealthy paying taxes. We need a bold new economic vision. A lot of the economic anxiety is contributing to the anti-immigrant sentiment," -Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.socialtells us ⬇️

From the minnesota community on Reddit: How You Can Help: MASTER LIST Explore this post and more from the minnesota community

If you're not in Minnesota and curious how to help, this is a week old but is well organized, includes multiple easy-to-understand bullet points, and seems like a good place to start: www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...

I remember when a few Philly teenagers made Patriot Front pee their pants as they packed them right back into the U-Haul they came in.

It’s -2000 degrees below zero. You just flashbanged yourself twenty feet from the front desk. Three hours sleep cause locals who hate you bang garbage cans outside your room all night. The Home2Suits has fallen and you’re not getting that signing bonus for another 4.5 years. Ass. It’s all ass, dude.

"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'

- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest

We put some moist dirt in a styrofoam cup and kept the worms nice and comfortable before we gently wrapped one on a hook. Its the fishes fault for not biting. Were worm heros, honestly.

Are we supposed to do these pull-ups in the suits were supposed to wear for civility on the flights were taking? Can I atleast take my tie off? I hate wearing ties...

A government fictionalizing real events and presenting it as real is a repugnant development that only damages its own credibility further. So any time the White House posts something, you’ve got to assess whether it’s hyper political AI slop or not. Bleh

US officially leaves World Health Organization - BBC News Trump ordered the withdrawal a year ago, accusing the UN agency of failing to adopt reforms and mishandling the pandemic.

The U.S. completed its exit from the World Health Organization, claiming WHO mishandled COVID-19 and resisted reform. Critics warn the move weakens global disease tracking and U.S. health security while isolating America from vital pandemic cooperation.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

There were 35 US strikes on Caribbean boats between Sept 2 and Jan 3 (one every 3 days). None in the 21 days since then. Funny that.