“You think it is worse for people to think badly of the choices you made than the harm that will be done by the choices you made.

You want to do the bad thing but still be perceived as good and likeable. It is worse to be disliked than it is to actively harm other people.”
~ parkrosepermaculture

Cue meme about the torment nexus.

I read an article
with the title
“Why covid-19
is ‘a vascular disease
masquerading
as a respiratory one’”,
and as I read the article
I could not help but think
that its title
should have been “why you
should still be wearing a mask.”

I've seen some clips and am gobsmacked that an agency head would act like this in front of Congress. I would expect dissembling, but this is outright vitriol and insults with a refusal to answer questions. Isn't this the kind of behavior that should result in contempt charges?

It's been weird. Apparently Jeannine Pirro is also anti-2A now? Which alternative universe are we in? I've lost track.

It feels like we're at or past this point.

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This is indistinguishable from other countries where a dictator is using military forces to attack people and remain in power.

Very apt.

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

Should You Move to the Center? (As Defined by The New York Times’ Editorial Board) Illustration by Jesse Shamon - - - Click image to enlarge.

"Move to the center. Inject some civility into your hate speech."

He's not wrong, but those markets are gone and may never come back. Bridges were burned; land was salted. The largest buyer of his crop switched to other countries — one of which we sent $40 billion to so Friends of the admin could get their $ out.

This court? The one that declared anything he does is not a crime?

That assumes a Congress acting as a coequal branch of government. This Congress has ceeded its power to Trump and generally acts as a subservient branch.

What in the North Korea leader ego-stroking?

SNL did a cold open Al Gore address from an alternate universe in S31 E18. Unfortunately NBC has scrubbed it from the Internet.

This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

No part of the Constitution contains a prohibition against Presidents raping children that is deeply rooted in this Nation's history or tradition.
~ Justice Samuel Alito

I never thought of it quite like this, but damn...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

He's trying to put the @nytpitchbot.bsky.social out of business.

The comments under this post are the best I've seen all day.

I can't decide if the government's argument or the NYT's credulous coverage is more farcical.

Yes, really. In his first term, he was clocked as 78% of what he said being flat out lies. He was almost never called on them and when he was was allowed to skate by with a deflection. That number has only increased this term with wilder lies and more media deference.

These questions are much better than the ones Trump typically gets, but I can imagine his response to all of them. One thing he is good at is deflection. I question the value of interviewing him at all unless the interviewer is willing to spend the entire time breaking down his first lie.

Trump Orders ICE Agents to Pick Crops Unharvested by Deported Immigrants “I didn’t sign up for this,” complained an exhausted ICE officer.

“I didn’t sign up for this,” complained an exhausted ICE officer, struggling to breathe through his mask as he picked tomatoes. “I should be kicking some minority’s ass at Home Depot.”

Representative Tom Barrett hasn't been seen in Michigan's 7th district since he was elected. He voted for every cut to veterans' services and programs and now has the gall to blame everyone else.

Sunny Hostin to Cheryl Hines: "The problem is that your husband is the least qualified HHS head that we've had in history. I think that's very dangerous. He has spread a lot of misinformation, chaos, and confusion."