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Ahem.

Immediately texted this to my spouse

See also: Mamdani campaigns on affordability; democratic establishment shocked when he wins.

Democrats: it’s definitely the wedge issues, that’s why we lost, let’s hire more consultants.

Reality:

See how they went to Parliament first?

An Onion front page with the headline: Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice Who will stand up for our democracy? This question, fraught in even the most peaceful times, has only grown more pressing as our country approaches its 250th anniversary. Each passing day brings growing assaults on essential liberties like freedom of speech and due process. Meanwhile, our delicately assembled legal system faces a constant barrage of threats. Even as this issue reaches publication, the U.S. military has been deployed against peaceful protesters. We teeter on the brink of collapse into an authoritarian state. That is why, today, The Onion calls upon our lawmakers to sit back and do absolutely nothing. Members of Congress, now more than ever, our nation desperately needs your cowardice. Our republic is a birthright, an exceedingly rare treasure passed down from generation to generation of Americans. It was gained through hard years of bloody resistance and can too easily be lost. Our Founding Fathers, in their abundant wisdom, understood that all it would take was men and women of little courage sitting in the corridors of power and taking zero action as this precious inheritance was stripped away—and that is where we have finally arrived. Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket. Now is not the time for listening to your idiotic constituents drone on about what’s happening to their precious democracy. This is the time for getting down on all fours and grov- eling. Now is not the time to say, “Enough is enough,” and have the tough conversations about resisting the ongoing assaults on American liberty. This is the time to let the wave of apathy and indifference roll over you as you think about getting a really nice renovation to your house in Kalorama. But what can I, one coward, do alone? you might ask.

Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.

That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:

Sit back and do absolutely nothing.

This was, to my understanding, the reasoning behind copy editors being the ones to write headlines. But then they fired all the copy editors.

@wired.com has been doing EXCELLENT journalism in this time

NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...

This is how you do it.

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...

"Cancel the gender language police" how, with gender language police?

Macalester College offers free summer housing to international students with visa worries Many international students are worried immigration rules might change, leaving them stuck abroad for the fall semester if they go home for summer break.

A donor put up $250k to make this possible. Well done, donor and Macalester. If you have that kind of money lying around, this is a great way to put it to good use. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Wow. Avelo airlines has covered up their logo to hide the fact that they're helping with mass deportation. Avelo's customer service number is (346) 616-9500. Feel free to give them a call and tell them how you feel about them.

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

RIP Tom Robbins

Steven J. Fleischman, MD, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said in a statement, “The science has not changed. It is very clear that #COVID infection during pregnancy can be catastrophic and lead to major disability." @acog.org

I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’ve never respected a Harvard student more than right now www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Oh and get there before 3 pm and go to Vitsky Bakery so you can eat all the pastries.

The Wassaic Project! Seven floors of art in an old grain mill, great pizza place in town.

HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.

The Republican extreme assault on vaccines, the most important health advance in human history (after clean water), accelerates.

www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

I’ll just reiterate that voters who read newspapers and watch the network news, the forms of media most readily attacked here for ‘sane washing’ (or whatever), were far more likely to not vote for Trump — www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.
...
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
— bob dylan

'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes' "What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.

"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."

www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

The Fugees’ 2nd and final studio album “The Score” hits #1 today in 1996 — just six years after Lauryn Hill met Pras Michel (and his cousin, Wyclef Jean) as high-school kids in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Two Grammys (for Best Rap Album and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group)

“Killing Me Softly”

Since we can’t have a Shitty Media Men list, maybe we can have a Not Shitty Media Men list?

Of course there would only be three people on it.

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

Very reassuring that I can probably still get the shot to try to boost my suppressed immune system against the disease that will be running wild because nobody else will be getting the shot www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...