Keane

RIP Melissa Hortman

If Todd Howard ever looked at me like this I’d die.

In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.

“Super Mustache Brother” (1/3)

“Super Mustache Brother” (2/3)

“Super Mustache Brother” (3/3)

DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

This is how our government has been corrupted: 

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 
3) Donors make a huge profit. 
4) Repeat.

For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

Today, a State Senator who voted to stop the State Auditor's Office from auditing said those who would do such a thing have something to hide.

Jeff's Pizza in Ames is great! Thin crust, still soft. Big sausages...

DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.

Don't fall for it.

Why couldn’t they torch the Constitution and the rule of law in service of something nice like the Metric system?

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

this is essentially, what's up

A fun part of winter is when you walk up to your desk, touch it, and get a static shock so bad your monitor goes blank for a moment.

broke - Kamala Harris: “i will follow the law when it comes to transgender individuals”

woke - Stephen Smith:

The NFL announced that private equity will be allowed to invest in the league’s franchises for the first time ever. Be warned: Private equity ruins everything it touches. The Real Super Bowl Matchup: Private Equity vs NFL

The NFL announced that private equity will be allowed to invest in the league’s franchises for the first time ever.

Be warned: Private equity ruins everything it touches.

Having to fight Elon Musk at DOGE before we’ve even battled Trump feels like having to defeat the forces of Saruman first at Helm’s Deep.

Live life such that enough people care about you not to let you hold onto power into your 80s when you’re flying down stairs

To America’s 2.3 million federal employees:

Don’t accept a buyout.

Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer.

And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it?

Sincerely,

Robert Reich
Former U.S.Secretary of Labor

If you're wondering why Elon and his pals are against funding the IRS, this is why (and if you're against this IRS effort, then congrats, you're a useful idiot for a billionaire who doesn't want to get audited):

Rep. Pressley: Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.

Really think about how twisted this all is.

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.

The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim—

Oh wait.

all the MAGA folks who were like "he's playing 4d chess" didn't really stop to think about what type of piece they are on that board

What the US is experiencing right now is fascism. There's no other word for it and pretending that it's verboten to say so diminishes the truth as much as they are diminishing the truth. It's fascism. It's arrived.

A bin of 75 or so Taco Bell hot sauce packets.

I am proud to report that, once again, my bin of 75 or so Taco Bell hot sauce packets has successfully moved residencies. We’ve been together for so long and I couldn’t be happier.