God is Dead.

Because American Christians killed Him.

I don't know how many times this needs to be posted, but clearly it is MANY TIMES.

Sigh.

The truth of the matter is that if anyone but Charlie Kirk had been killed at today’s shooting, then Charlie Kirk would be out there right now using the shooting as pretext to deliver arguments designed to make sure that the next shooting would happen, and the next one, and the next, and the next.

It's the guns, you fucking morons.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov's take on Kirk is the correct one:

"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."

On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook 1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong. 2. Don't trust anonymous sources. 3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information. 4. There's almost never a second shooter. 5. Pay attention to the language the media uses. - "We are getting reports"... could mean anything. - "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't haveit. - "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on a limb. 6. Look for news outlets close to the incident. 7. Compare multiple sources. 8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers. 9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.

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Gavin Newsom is the perfect embodiment of when People of Color say ‘Use your white privilege.’

Gavin Newsom is using and marvelously abusing his privilege against Donald Trump.

We know he’s not perfect but he’s the one stepping up to use it.

Donald is afraid of other white men who oppose him.

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

I’m with the late great Molly Ivins:

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This Is Not a Drill: When the FBI Hunts Lawmakers for Political Resistance...You’re in a Coup The coup isn’t coming. It’s underway. And unless we treat it like a five-alarm fire, we lose everything.

They’re not arresting criminals. They’re arresting resistance. And if that doesn’t shake you, read this twice.👇

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This is painfully sad. Technology wasn't worth it.

Tech was meant to connect us to each other and to information around the globe.

What it really did was turn a handful of CEOs into billionaires and take everyone away from their families, isolate them, numb them.

When you sit at a table with a Nazi, there are two Nazis at the table.

This post is about Democrats doing photo ops with Benjamin Netanyahu.

hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again

I hate being nostalgic for years that, at the time, I thought were bad.

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.

This is your legacy!

I stand behind Democrats, journalists and Americans who understand this: We are living in unprecedented times; We need to do unprecedented things.

Anything from Homestar Runner is an excellent comfort watch whenever needed ... And now Trogdor's in my head, too

Seems like a good time to repost one of the more savage headlines ever. And just over 5 years later.

Counterpoint: yes, everything they do is a threat.

It’s never the protesters that start the violence. We been knowing this for a long effing time.

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.

There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487

Again, responsive emergent protest is not deeply organized or able to patrol its membership.

Demanding Civil Rights Era demonstration discipline off a random crowd off the street is setting the stage for demonization of the "riot" and narratively empowering its suppressors

Just saying…

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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS