Iris Fugate

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks

it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true

What better demonstrates that ‘biological sex’ is but a social construct than the u.s. president needing to declare it to be binary by political fiat in order to uphold its legitimacy.

What if we blinked and found ourselves clinking champagne glasses while President Hillary Clinton was gleefully looking on during President Elect Kamala Harris’ inauguration and we were softly crying happy tears while hugging our friends and family?

(Frantically updates profile bio)

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

Happy MLK Day.

I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Trump Moved to Redefine Birthright Citizenship. That Could Be Hard. President Trump signed an order that would treat the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants as noncitizens, effectively denying them birthright citizenship. The Constitution could stand in the ...

www.nytimes.com/article/trum... what in the “this fool would fail his own US citizenship test” insanity is this??

There were so many parts of the 45th that could’ve been far worse. The fact that 47 is starting off worse than any of that is just indescribably terrifying.

A good primer on what Executive Orders can—and can’t—do from @debpearlstein.bsky.social:

Whatever your opinion is of these people, the outgoing president should not feel compelled to issue preemptive pardons to protect people who defended democracy from prosecution - yet another warning sign on our path of democratic erosion www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

Melania in a dark coat and hat with a scowl

Melania looks like a combination of the Babadook and the Quaker Oats man