Jon Dawood

One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.

The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’

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Yup

Another day, another fifth grader telling news cameras he got gun powder on his neck while being shielded by a friend’s body under a church pew at school

Herr Goebbels Angered By Anti-Nazi Wit Comedians Banned For Humorous Remarks on Leaders --The Montreal Star, 4 Feb 1939

1939

a fervent anti-abortion republican having an affair and allegedly paying for several abortions always the ones u most suspect

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

"As I was filming, people came to me and said: look at your forehead. There were three green laser dots on my head: private armed U.S. contractors who were guarding the site were pointing their weapons at my head. One spoke through a loudspeaker, in English: 'No filming allowed.'"

Tell City Council to rank Social Housing as their top priority for the 2025 Vibrant Denver bond! Denver is preparing a nearly $1B Vibrant Denver bond — but despite clear public demand, housing has been left off the list. Over 6,200 residents responded to the city’s survey; “housing” was mentioned...

Want to see more housing in Denver? Push for social housing to be included in the Vibrant Denver Bond by writing to your council members here: actionnetwork.org/letters/rank...

And tell your friends!

Strong words to the Mayor from the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee.

Mike Lee Stresses He Would Have Posted Same Thing If Own Family Savagely Murdered WASHINGTON—After being confronted about social media posts that blamed the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers on the far left, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) stressed Tuesday that he would have said the same ...

Mike Lee Stresses He Would Have Posted Same Thing If Own Family Savagely Murdered

FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup

America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

Tell City Council to rank Social Housing as their top priority for the 2025 Vibrant Denver bond! Denver is preparing a nearly $1B Vibrant Denver bond — but despite clear public demand, housing has been left off the list. Over 6,200 residents responded to the city’s survey; “housing” was mentioned...

Want to see more housing in Denver? Push for social housing to be included in the Vibrant Denver Bond by writing to your council members here: actionnetwork.org/letters/rank...

And tell your friends!

It's rare in my experience, but it happens. Sometimes it's fun and friendly, sometimes it's unwelcome and/or aggressive.

Shout out to DOTI Advisory Board Member and former DBL Bike Mayor June for calling out DOTI on spending $200,000 to downgrade the Blake and Market bike lanes under the guise of “saving money” when the cost to maintain the flex posts was only ~$2,900 per year.

Report: Canada's Holocaust Memorial in Ottawa defaced over Gaza war ***

This is what we're talking about when we say it's antisemitic to conflate all Jews everywhere with the actions of the Israeli govt.

Defacing a memorial to the 1/3 of world Jewry that Hitler slaughtered won't free Palestine, but it does tell me a lot about you.

🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns

los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

NBC News Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident. Gastonia, N.C., police charged the parents with involuntary manslaughter charges after allowing the victim and his brother to walk home alone from a nearby grocery store.

In order to eliminate any inconvenience to cars, we’ve made it illegal for children to be children

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

kfor.com/news/local/w...

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time

They're the worst kind of "small government" people. They believe in a government that can torture you, that can deport you for saying the wrong thing, that can jail you for kissing the same sex, that can jail you for handing out water to voters.

They just don't believe in food for the hungry.

In this Ohio diner, 36% still means court-ordered child support, not a tariff on Chinese goods. But they do know this: while daily necessities will get more expensive, you can't put a price on banning trans swimmers from the Ivy League.

Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.

Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.

Incompetent people do not understand their incompetence.

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

Angrifying thread.

I guess this is how we treat visitors now. What an embarrassment.