Oriole and Thistle

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Heinous people.

@djrothkopf.bsky.social is one of the writers I always turn to for straight-talking analysis: “[W]e need to focus not on changing parties but on changing the Democratic Party. And we need to recognize that we can’t have a different Democratic Party until we have different Democrats leading it.”

A chart showing a 20 year price change between sectors.

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.

If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches

Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith, the former special counsel, looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation as part of a deal to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard

First primary challenger to call Chuck Schumer a feckless cunt would demolish him in a landslide

Chuck Schumer and the Dem Senators that caved to maga, are the last gasp of the Stepford Democrats. Our party will transform itself in 2026. The fighters will lead the Democrats from here on out.

You build a tolerance for it, it doesn't affect you badly once you are more used to it. I regularly eat very hot chilis, it doesn't cause me to sweat or tear up, occasionally it is a bit too hot, but I take a bite of rice or something bland to counteract it.

I do.

Why do people love spicy food – even when it hurts to eat it? Tearing up, sweating and other bodily functions are all signs that the body is trying to expel spicy foods as quickly as possible. But there is a simple reason why some people enjoy those sensations

Why do people love spicy food – even when it hurts to eat it?

Police in Chicago arresting people on behalf of ICE. They are there to Protect & Serve their corporate overlords. The same ones who funded Trump and are now benefiting from his corruption and gutting our democracy.

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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.

A staggering number of jobs lost, of lives ruined

And a stinging indictment of Donald Trump’s incompetence

Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.

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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

When people claim that the fulfilment of basic needs for all would destroy the incentive to work, they are admitting the entire capitalists system is based on coercion; that it is a form of slavery 'work for us or starve'. Labour can never be voluntary in such a system.

This isn't going FULL pelican, but it is at least a half. maybe 3/7th? #birds

Stock of Spotify over last month showing sharp decline, from near $700 in value to $615.

Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!

Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.

We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.

He Was a Beloved Dog Trainer and an Asylum Seeker. Why Was He Detained? The humans love him, and so do the canines. What happened when ICE took Seyre Mussa Traore away.

Maybe it’s the dog angle that hit me harder, but this story is crushing. They’re destroying people for no reason.

www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Top GOP Mapmaker Calls on Donors To Fund More Gerrymandering Read more here.

NEW: Top GOP mapmaker Adam Kincaid called on campaign donors to fund congressional gerrymanders, saying “if you're looking for a return on your investment, redistricting is second to none” in securing the maximum number of possible U.S. House seats.

My morning stroll with the pooches.

There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.

If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.

It’s trials w real punishments.

Broads: Are They Really People? Join us tomorrow at nytimes.com as Ross Douthat and a Neanderthal model we swiped from the Smithsonian investigate.

“It can’t be Mamdani on his own. The whole point about Donald Trump is you can't beat him on his own.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social joined ‘The Breakfast Club’ to discuss how Mamdani can fight Trump’s overreach and how in order to beat Trump, you have to create the conditions to beat the next Trump.

Crockett is a fantastic speaker, so brilliant at laying things out simply and clearly, and uncompromising at breaking down hypocrisy.

Crockett: Marjorie Taylor Greene voted for this point blank period. Her constituents were the ones that were on the receiving end of this.