How much profit did the military earn last year?

Alito is sermonizing about how religious parents basically should be allowed to run (read destroy) public schools. This is religious supremacy not free exercise.

Screenshot of a tweet by Elon Musk reading: Easiest money you ever made! You don’t even need to be from Wisconsin, you just need to get people in the state to hold a picture of @TeamSchimel (can be on a phone/device or paper) in one hand and go thumbs up with the other hand. Every time you do that you get $20 and they get $20. The goal is to build awareness about the election tomorrow, so this offer applies to today and tomorrow.

On the other site, Musk is talking about today’s protesters being paid. No one’s trying to encroach on your territory, man.

The same for Sherrod Brown in Ohio. I never saw the attack ads, only his response that was very similar to this. I still want them to do the right thing.

as it turns out there are worse options than hypocrisy, politically speaking

there was and is no downside — none at all — to refusing to vote for a single trump nominee. the idea that any senate democrat would be punished for "not working with him" would have dissipated as soon as one of these people was involved in a catastrophic scandal, which was a certainty.

i wonder if any of the sensible centrists are going to call axios hysterical for making this straightforward observation

Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:

1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.

2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.

Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

The image is a tribute to Dr. Gunn, honoring his memory as part of Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. The design is colorful and features a retro, cosmic aesthetic with stars, planets, comets, and abstract patterns. At the center, there's a framed photograph of Dr. Gunn, who is wearing a white coat and has a mustache, standing in what appears to be a medical setting. Above the photo, the text reads "CELEBRATE ABORTION PROVIDERS." Below, a message states, "Honor Dr. Gunn’s Memory." The bottom section includes the text "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day" and the hashtag "#CelebrateAbortionProviders."

Today, on Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, we honor Dr. David Gunn, murdered in 1993 by a white supremacist anti-abortion extremist. His courage lives on in every provider who shows up with compassion, resilience, & unwavering commitment—despite relentless opposition. #CelebrateAbortionProviders

Opinion | Trump’s Revenge Tour Finds Its True Target (Gift Article) It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.

tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)

one thing about this is that it shows how terminally online these people are

CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.

I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

There's something even more maddening than usual about watching this cheap, pampered little thug presuming to lecture a guy who's worth 50 of him.

Once again: tomorrow is the deadline for registration as a Democrat in NYC, so as to be able to vote in the mayoral primary on June 24th. There's not a lot we can do in this moment, but please join me in kicking Eric Adams to the curb.

Also once more for the record STATES DO NOT HAVE TO ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW AND CONSTITUTIONALLY CAN'T BE FORCED TO

This is not accidental. They can't keep spreading conspiracy theories about what USAID was doing (at least not as easily) if the genuine records are right there, publicly available for everyone to read.

There have to be consequences for this down the road. People need to pay for actions like these.

this administration is just more proof of my number one Rule to Live By - you can't give dorks power

Opinion | The Dubious History of America’s Most Famous Monarchist (Gift Article) It’s not hard to understand how Curtis Yarvin won the admiration of powerful patrons.

latest column is on the dipshit curtis yarvin

The tenor of my emails to Ohio representatives has become Pious Patriot- I don’t despise Hegseth, I feel sorry that he is suffering through troubles that make him unqualified to lead our glorious military. I can’t get to her level of eloquence, but I can do bless-his-heart treacle.

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

RIP Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

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