Marie Thearose

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

I believe RFK Jr. wished for longevity on a monkey's paw to break the Kennedy curse and twice a year we all get to learn about his "Chappaquiddick with animals" scandals.

A screenshot from Deep Space Nine showing the band on stage in Vic Fontaine's lounge. In the foreground is the piano, being played by Rowlf the Dog, who looks at the camera and flashes a smile. Behind the piano, we also see Vic singing, a cellist, and a sax player.

Day 105 of inserting a Muppet into a Star Trek screenshot

(This one goes out to @joannamasters.bsky.social! Thanks for the idea!)

#StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #TheMuppets

You can't say they didn't get a start on it...

As a Catholic in the Bible Belt, it initially befuddled me and then *consistently* infuriated me about my evangelical neighbors was a foundational concept for them: professed belief in Jesus=saved=good person➡️what they did was good (even when it wasn't).

This is the same thing.+

What kills me is when people respond "well, how would they implement that?" I dunno, but I'm not the one who solicited thousands of dollars in donations under the pretense that I was the only one qualified to figure it out.

Never let anyone tell you this was unforeseeable. I was a teenager when DHS was created and I remember the memes (though we didn’t call them that yet) about “homeland security” being a Nazi term. Plenty of people knew at the time that DHS was a bad, dangerous, and unamerican idea.

YES. In high school a libertarian classmate and I agreed on 1 thing only and it was that DHS was some nationalist bs that would violate human rights. People *absolutely* knew back then.

Sometimes you look at Democrats and think "You've spent so long accepting lesser evils that you don't even consider anymore if you have to accept an evil at all."

This is correct. This is what everyone needs to hear and know in their hearts, especially right now.

The Oscar noms 🤝 My gays on a Saturday night:

"Let's go, Sinners!"

The reason why white evangelicals lose their minds over a non-violent interruption of their worship service and don't even blink an eye at a violent invasion of their neighborhoods is that they don't consider their neighbors as sacred.

it's not just that they're supporting out-of-town ICE shock troops against their own community; it's that they're being paid with money you would rather have spent on buses and schools and parks and social services. I feel like in the year of our Mamdani 2026 that's an argument we can push harder

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

was watching The West Wing again as a comfort program when this news broke

barkeep, can i get another activity placemat over here please? (sliding a fifty across the bar) and keep those crayons comin'

Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.

lmao

8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"

UPDATE — Here are the at least 10 congressional Democrats, 5 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:

"this is how we got trump" fuck off and give me a break. Insisting on party unity without actually dealing with our problems is how we fucking got Trump. I'm sick of the status quo.

It needs to be: “If you dont immediately advocate for replacing leadership, we will know you supported the deal, and we’ll primary you in 2026.” (For the Dems who are up)

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

Primary every Dem caving on the shutdown

So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

Area party upset to discover that years of sadistic, violent rhetoric and actions critically eroded political norms they forgot that they also relied on, news at 11

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

begging Democrats running for office to never take the bait. No one has to play these republican fearmongering games.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .

After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be