Prof. Juan Cole examines some stereotypes about Iran.
Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True www.juancole.com/2025/06/thin...
He was always a used car salesman at heart.
Hey, UK: How about “BrEntry”?
King Charles should rescind the state visit he offered Trump and give it to Zelenskyy instead
Hahah my friend is making me watch the WWE pay per view, which is in Canada, and the crowd is absolutely booing the Star Spangled Banner into the ground. And then erupts for O Canada. My dad was like “Good for them. Good for them”
Kurt Vonnegut writing about the hypocrisy of so-called Christians.
#Vonnegut #Writing
🚨The European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas : “The free world needs a new leader”
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
The richest man in the world calls people who get help from government programs the “parasite class.”
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain
Timothy Snyder - Five failures in the Oval Office today (5 minutes)
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JD and 47 are being disgusting. As Z tries to argue truth (in his second or third language) they attack him. So repulsive. I hope my co-citizens see through the lying and the biased spin.
Two valuable things Ukraine has: rare earth metals and a president
What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize?
I think we have a winner.
Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
What does RFK Jr.'s decision to end a 54-year-old transparency policy have to do with Watergate?
I tell you at Law Dork. Read and subscribe today: www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
"2015? I wasn't here."
pay the president and the government drops your case?
Dear #MAGA
when they cut your Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, and SNAP, when they take away your overtime & unemployment benefits & cut your wages, when your food is no longer safe to eat, know that we liberals/Dems weren't fighting against you, we were fighting for you.
Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against:
-Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest
-Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers
-Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans
It's open season for corporate crooks.
Trump and Vance are part of the tiny percentage of Americans who sympathize more with Russia (4%) than Ukraine (62%) and who view Putin more favorably (75% unfavorable) than Zelensky (28% unfavorable) today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Putin's proposed "peace" plan: Ukraine demilitarizes (gives up its right and ability to defend itself), accepts all Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine, and submits to denazification. We all know that Russia started the war, Putin is the dictator, and it is Russia that truly deserves the N-word.
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
cc: @Gavin Newsome It’s time to build a CDC & NIH in California with the folks who were fired from the feds. In fact, I think each blue state governor needs to scoop up these scientists, healthcare workers and laboratory workers asap. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
It’s sad on the eve of Presidents Day it’s appropriate to have to post this.
I think our allies are pretty clear on the idea that these days it would be dangerous folly to look to this band of misguided thugs for leadership.
