Thank you for this. He was my favorite musical artist. Even sang Love Will Keep Us Together at my wedding. His song writing talent was phenomenal.

Exactly. "You may go to a sub-basement in hell not for anything you did, but for what your countrymen and/or forefathers did" - also not in the main brochure.
And no refunds or exchanges.

I was told there were precisely nine levels and we've gone SO far past that.

Nights like this my schedule of being up till 4 when noone I love is awake and I'm aware of news that will scare/anger/horrify them and mean danger to some of their friends and families...it just sucks (understated).

Thanks to all the night owl strangers processing new level of hell with me.

Any predictions for those of us in a whirl of warjuststartedinmiddleofthenightwtf anxiety?

What if we just…you know…didn’t use AI, given that we’ve seen approximately 1 billion red flags?

Abortion was phase I, trans healthcare was phase II, birth control is phase III

One thing that’s concerning about this (beyond the obvious) is that anything you dump this many billions of dollars into necessarily creates a massive and well-funded political constituency for its own perpetuation.

Rio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were responsib...

"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts."

massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social

paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...

so in conclusion, the state of the union is actually very bad because a man who tried to end democracy is using the government to personally enrich himself and his buddies while executing citizens and noncitizens alike

Honest question: does he set policy or influence people who do? He might, but I doubt it. I have limited energy/hand strength to fight the good fight - I reserve it for people who have much more power than Stancil.

Can concur. Class of '90 here and my life has been littered with these guys. They are not improving with age. (Not that they'll see it, but huge shout out to the ones who've grown immensely. It's kind of a wild split in these late middle aged Gen X streets)

Meanwhile back home in Pennsylvania ...Quakertown, PA police chief Scott McElree putting a teenage girl in a chokehold while not in uniform. The crime? Exercising free speech to speak against ice. You can contact the PD at (215) 536-5002.

FWIW, I'm older than the average 'skyer, have never been particularly bothered by Stancil, and find the constant belittling and sniping of him exhausting

This is catching on. There’s nothing Trump hates more than being ignored.

a conspiracy theory i entirely believe is that he was, and that the party aligned to push him out for it

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

At this point I'm convinced this kind of loyalty pledging serves no purpose other than fostering left-wing infighting.

But a lot of people like infighting so people are going around daring each other to make up elections in their head to get mad about in advance

I'd take a lazy "mb" over the toddleresque defensive yelling while racing around a room we've got going now

Wow.

“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.

Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)

It's also part of a very direct negation of the latest stupid tweet by Musk: people have given so much, two of them their lives, to defend a multicultural city and the rights of people not exactly like them. And that multiculturalism is American culture.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.

Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.

Our priorities are so fucked.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

America may have always been like this for far too many people but this administration is bringing it home, directly and in person, to a ton of folks who have never seen it before

that this is their response is extremely encouraging

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie I am not suicidal. I eat healthy food. The brakes on my car and truck are in good shape. I practice good trigger discipline and never point a gun at anyone, including myself. There are no deep pools of water on my farm and I’m a pretty good swimmer. 2:53 PM · Feb 13, 2026 · 1.5M Views

INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.

I think the thing that enrages me the most about Musk is that he presents himself as some sci-fi nerd hero doing everything possible to save humanity by going to new planets.

If your plan for saving humanity doesn’t include the people already on earth, you’re just a racist piece of shit.

never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a moron.
how about with the average american voter
aye, I could do that.