Nick Nelson

Talarico speaking on Rogan: I'm a Christian, and I think there is no more dangerous form of government than theocracy—because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God.

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Texas House Republicans poised to scale back legislation that targets state’s universities A House amendment would strip the bill of several controversial provisions, including one that sought to stretch the state's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Texas House Republicans poised to scale back legislation that targets state’s universities www.texastribune.org/2025/05/06/t... via @texastribune.org

Trying to control information is both anti-1st Amendment & and authoritarian move.
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I have made it home safely from the IAAS comference. It was a very good meeting.

In the midst of all this bullshit *waves arms around at all the news*, I am finding hope and kindness in individual persons.

I can't believe Big Balls, the Douche and Tommy Tuna could make a mistake like this, given their combined year of work experience.

KEILAR: So you endorse the cuts to key support staff on the veteran hotline?

BANKS: There have not been cuts to key support staff at the VA

KEILER: Sir, there have. It's easy to find.

BANKS: The VA is gonna work more efficiently

KEILAR: Senator, that's just not true

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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

Thread worth reading.

Swalwell: The stock market is crashing, and prices are rising. This guy has gone to the Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, and a UFC fight. He should go to the fucking supermarket and see what people are spending to feed themselves

I can't tell if this is an ethics test or an intelligence test, but the US is failing either way. 🙃

We’ve had several kinds of vice presidents — ass kissers and attack dogs, ambitious strivers and marginalized nobodies, blowhards and tryhards — but Vance somehow combines the worst traits of all.

He’s basically Veep Voltron.

It’s nice how they’ve replicated the middle school dynamic of the insecure bully and his sniveling sidekick picking on someone surrounded by a circle of scared little boys who also try to talk shit so the bully doesn’t come after them.

Or as the right calls it, “masculinity.”

Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮

#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.

ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:

If this goes into effect, it will crush higher ed in the U.S.: mass layoffs, slashed services, and even higher tuitions. When coupled with the government firings, it will cause a sharp recession just as the Republicans slash nutritional and medical support for the poor.

And that’s the point.

Watch this. Share this. Demand more reporting like this.

After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

Hey, when random guys with no badges and no authority try to grab a protester and drag her away, that's when you put down the phone, get out of your seat, and fucking help her.

The CFPB has returned $21 billion to 205 million consumers who were scammed at the hands of predatory banks. You can root out waste, fraud, and abuse... or you can eliminate the CFPB. But you can't do both.

Go read this thread!

Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

I usually think it silly to create awkward bill names to get a clever acronym, but this one is perfection immaculate.

Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).