Republican policies have never been good for "the economy," just for already-rich assholes consumed by greed for more.

Can a statement that is perfectly true become truer over time? Yes, clearly.

*mic dropping sound*

What most actual Antifa groups in the US actually do is identify and track far right/neo-Nazi groups and individuals.

I'll bet $ THAT'S why Trump, Miller etc are so anxious to convince you Antifa is a bunch of terrorists & also why ICE agents wear masks. Who do you THINK they're recruiting?

Charlie Kirk was awful. What was done to Charlie Kirk was awful. Republicans only care when awful things are done to people who share and advance their awful agenda.

On the flip side, people who never engage in any serious self-examination are the most likely to be utterly certain that not only is *their* way of life worthwhile, it's the *only* way of life that is.

What this has to do with *waves hands broadly at world* is left as an exercise for the reader.

The unexamined life is not worth living -- and you have to examine your life at least a little to get even a glimpse at what that might mean.

It's hard to capture the sheer absurdity of regretful Trump voters, but this comes close.

Most of them are loyal apparatchiks so amoral that they don't require bribery to hide Trump's pedophilia. But it's still a great double burn.

Also, I want a running headcount of pardoned January 6 insurrectionists who land jobs with Shitler's gestapo.

Republican "Christian values" on full display.

A MAGA bot network on X is divided over the Trump-Epstein backlash Researchers have found hundreds of fake X accounts that support the Trump administration.

"Web of Xitter pro-Trump spam-bots self-destructs over Epstein cover-up" is a lot of schadenfreude to process all at once.

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Three years ago, every Republican in the House voted against requiring the FBI, Homeland Security, and the Pentagon to investigate and report on White supremacist/ neo-Nazi activity within the military and federal law enforcement. It's not just Trump and his cronies, it's the whole damned party.

Now we have our own home-grown tyranny every bit as greedy and corrupt as the 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘳é𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 oligarchs of France, and our descendants might well celebrate the anniversary of citizens storming "Alligator Alcatraz."

Today is "la Fête nationale," a.k.a. Bastille Day, which celebrates the 236th anniversary of a key turning point of the French Revolution, the storming of the infamous prison which symbolized tyranny and had been used to hold many political prisoners.

"I Have No Idea How Anything Works But I'm Sure I Can Write Software to Do It Better: The AI-hyping Techbro Story" #FuckAI

The Declaration of Independence is a document no honest person can read without thinking that Trump bears far more resemblance to King George III than he does any of the signers.

Yup.

Republicans MUST lie about urban America; the truth would undermine their agenda. Then again, since *every* matter of objective fact undermines their agenda, cities are just one sliver of what they are compelled to lie about.

Even the oligarch-owned big media outlets that promoted Trump's elections with distortion and disinformation are estimating ~5 million No Kings protestors. With every motivation to low-ball the number, their estimate still makes it the 2nd or 3rd largest single-day protest in U.S. history. #8647now

Over 10 million Americans attended No Kings protests in major cities and small towns across the country, demonstrating the citizenry's growing, highly energized opposition to fascism -- while Dear Leader's pathetic parade was poorly attended by a listless crowd. Keep up the good work!
#8647now

At AthFest, we enjoyed each other's company for hours, maybe flirted a little. Then we started talking on the phone every day. One thing led to another, and now... we're planning our wedding!

Three years ago today I posted this meme, which led directly to the curse being broken: My old acquaintance Samantha replied "Saaame!" She was getting divorced. I said supportive things. A few weeks later, we laid eyes on each other for the first time in 15+ years when I came to town for AthFest.

Based on recent history, any reasonable person should assume that all violence at protests against this administration was initiated by the authorities themselves -- or by agitators working in concert with them -- unless and until conclusive evidence from a genuinely unbiased source shows otherwise.

Absolutely right. Lawless, heartless, community-shattering assaults on immigrants by masked thugs IS violence. Attacking peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights with tear gas, rubber bullets, and military force just piles on more lawless violence.

So what's the betting pool like on how long it takes Trump to pardon the Healthcare CEO?

Yep.

This is not complicated or subtle. The math is simple. They are cutting aid to the poorest and most vulnerable to give massive tax breaks to the wealthiest -- whose wealth is built on exploitation and is NOT "hard-earned," no matter how many delusional boot-lickers say otherwise.

Photo op with some Congressional Republicans today.