Reporters must stop accepting this. Options:

-Laughing at him. Long and hard (combine with others)
-"It's your job to be informed"
-"How can Americans take you seriously when you always claim ignorance?"
-"I've never heard a speaker claim ignorance so often"
-"Nancy Pelosi knew what was happening"

A tweet from John Fugelsang reads in all caps: "NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE" – US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

Explain the enforcement mechanism of the courts to me.

He's always had a clear and disturbing anti-barbaloot bias.

A lot of the time, I only eat so I can have more coffee.

Maybe someone who is more capable of speaking to this can help me out, but it seems like the US military will end up being the last line of defense against fascism in America. What are the odds that eventuality bends away from authoritarianism? A $130M private wage payment does not bode well.

Platner is a no-go, full stop. Nazis can fuck right off. His "redemption" story can be someplace that isn't public office. Also, if we indulge the fiction for a second, it's very concerning that a dude has a nazi tattoo for years and doesn't know it's a nazi tattoo. Something, something, smell test.

Now, now. The Supreme Court made it clear: without a clear quid pro quo, the East Ballroom is nothing more than a cava bag stuffed with cash.

The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.

One of the superpowers of literature is its transpositional powers. You can be anywhere or anyone for a moment. Reading builds empathetic 'muscle.' It has the added benefit of being quiet and solitary in a time of overconnection.

(listening to my body)

What's that, body? An entire wedge of blue cheese? Are you sure?

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

Johnson reads like an accessory dog. Like a feckless little decoration that happens to be instrumental in Congress's descent toward authoritarianism.

Excellent start. This is the kind of rhetoric that shines the light on the madness. Now, listen, this next part is really important, and I know you can make it happen. You have to stick to principles. I know the donors don't give a shit but Americans have no choice but to. Don't fold to pressure.

If we go light on the Steam Library part, I wouldn't complain because it might dwarf everything else.

Hakeem Jefferies: "All hat. No cattle."

“THIS IS WAR”: Some right-wing figures call for retribution following Kirk killing “More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state.”

There aren't a lot of facts yet, but there's sure a lot of blame going around. And it's really, really dangerous.

I love how NOW it’s a “political assassination” but not MN representative Melissa Hortman and her husband. Cool, cool.

Gun violence is out of control. The victims of gun violence are Republicans, Democrats, independents, and kids, who have no political affiliation whatsoever.

We need to tone down the incendiary political rhetoric, for sure, but we also need to do something about guns.
The guns!

I'll be impressed when I see a point by point plan to counteract the intentional destruction of our constitution by the right from literally any democrat. There is zero creativity in the DNC. Nothing but virtue signaling, neoliberal screed.

Polemics ≠ Leadership

Love what you're saying. Where do I read your plan?

They are filled to the absolute brim with fear.

I'm voting for bears up and down the ballot in the midterms.

Sad day today. We are witnessing the dissolution of the rights this country was founded upon. We should have learned the lessons of the civil rights movement, women's suffrage, fascism abroad. We must continue to fight for Americans of all kinds and against illiberalism of any kind. We the people.

Shout out to Lisa Murkowski for producing some of the most cynical sound bites I've ever heard.

When given a choice, the DNC will always choose the neoliberal option. Every time. Read: the wrong one.

Not very "for the people" of you, Supreme Court. I'm starting to think they don't like the whole democracy thing very much.

This is a really interesting artifact. That last paragraph is all of chilling. The constant reorientation to the ever higher levels of insanity makes it difficult to remember how far we've moved.

From the chaoticgood community on Reddit: Thank you. Fuck. Explore this post and more from the chaoticgood community

Just this once. Mainly for the illustration of how bizarre our future ended up being.