Blackacre (aka Spenstar3D)

big shadow docket decision coming: can the us government exile you to a torture prison overseas vs no it can't

the WH talking point seems to be "trump has been talking about tariffs for decades" which is...like, being wrong for 40 years doesn't make you less wrong? it's just more embarrassing that after all that time he still doesn't know what tariffs are. 1

when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for

I'm not a programming guy but MSNBC and CNN should be airing this Cory Booker thing in the same way you take over programming if there's a no-hitter or a basketball player with 60 points in three quarters. It's a physical feat! Cut in for this kind of thing. Costs nothing, gooses ratings, good TV.

These rumors have been confirmed, Blueskis.

I am enraged.

Just in case you missed this from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker:

"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."

gaming communities are now open to shitting on the anti-woke gaming world, vibe shift incoming

Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow.

She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.

This is good, but on the other hand, Musk's power with DOGE is not tied to his position (which is nominally that of an advisor). DOGE is a dark network that centers around him and he can continue to shape even after he leaves his official position.

This is the role of every authoritarian leader’s henchmen.

Robot spraying a human with water: “STOP READING ARGUMENTS ON THE INTERNET! YOU'RE MAKING YOURSELF UPSET!” The human looks back and hisses.

Future iteration of a screen time warning that I need

To anyone who is not clear: The First Amendment protected Rumeysa Ozturk when she published her op-ed. The same way it has protected me.

Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.

Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts Judge James E. Boasberg said top officials, including the defense secretary, the national security adviser and the secretary of state, must preserve the messages they exchanged.

1. Remember, you morons, the Internet is written in indelible ink 2. Chief Moron Mike Waltz set the Signal group texts to disappear in 4 weeks www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

It's not just that "every accusation is a confession"; it's also that every accusation is a RATIONALIZATION. The lie that the other side is rigging elections rationalizes vote suppression. The lie that legitimate investigations are "weaponizing government" is the excuse to weaponize government.

I want to see more yugioh cards that comment on niche meta developments.
Give me a useless normal trap that depicts Knightmare Unicorn performing at a circus because S:P Little Knight put it out of a job.

The performative cruelty is the point, because they absolutely cannot do this at any scale.

We're being ruled by a group of hucksters who only know how to huck. That's all Trump and Musk have ever been good at. They're trying to cargo cult authoritarianism built entirely out of PR stunts.

of course he's fucking wrong. he's trying to murder children with measles. what is wrong with you?!

Putting a phrase in actual quotations is no longer good enough for Westlaw to recognize it as a "must have" in a search? Wtf?

One thing that is fairly clear at this point is that the entire point of whisking people out of the country with no due process in defiance of a judge's orders to put them into a foreign gulag *was so they could produce fascist content*.

That likely means that they’re going to have to file the habeas lawsuit in Louisiana, unfortunately.

Note that while it is easy to ascribe conspiratorial motives here, there are actually no ICE detention centers in MA that hold women (not that there is any good reason to detain her).

Dear “are you SURPRISED” reply guys: please shut the fuck up forever

Bernie's lack of ability to spot a bad 'un didn't mean everyone he hired or worked with was incompetent; it just meant that he boosted the Gabbards of the world alongside his support for the AOCs.

rfk jr is wrong

In addition to everything listed in this thread, "antisemitism" just plainly /is/ the term for hatred of Jews. The fact that Palestinians are considered a Semitic people (i.e. they speak a language of the Semitic language family, named after the biblical figure Shem) is irrelevant. Words are weird.

I’ve been thinking about the boundary between public and private and while many people think that there is a bright red line between the two, as someone who remembers the era of sodomy laws I would argue that your privacy begins at the exact point at which other people agree to stop policing you. 🧵