Rick Fry

Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028? I was skeptical about a Stewart candidacy, but maybe ‘The Daily Show’ host is the right person to shake up the Democratic presidential primaries.

my serious analysis of the idea of a stewart run is that he is too much of a "pox on both houses," anti-politics, anti-partisan to be able to do the work of reconstruction and reform in the wake of trump. zeteo.com/p/should-jon...

A Charlie Kirk tweet that says "Deport!" with a picture of seven awesome dudes aura farming in front flaming waymos, brandishing a Mexican flag, in front of the big Dale's Donuts sign.

guys will be like "these people are ruining america" and it'll be a picture of the coolest guys ever

1. the House should be much bigger
2. the senate should be a ceremonial body devoid of any real power
3. the electoral college should be abolished
4. pardon power should be curtailed
5. scotus should be disassembled into multiple high courts with diff jurisdictions

Nobody Cares That White Supremacists Are Calling the Shots Now Darren Beattie, a speechwriter for Trump early during his first term, posted the following in October 2024, a month before Trump would win re-election: “Competent white men must be in charge if you wa...

"Equally damning is that the Times, the Post, the Wall Street Journal.. haven’t chosen to make one singular story the dominant framing device of the past 6 months: The Trump administration is teeming with despicable gutter racists and President Trump and his cabinet are having them call the shots.."

I’m quoting this because it is a very fair point for which I have an answer: The first thing is to recognize that in a democracy there is no such thing as “ the majority.” Instead, there are many and multiple overlapping majorities that can be assembled from different parts of the whole.

Missouri’s minoritarian red state government, which cemented its own rule 5 years ago by overturning an anti-gerrymandering law passed by a majority of Missourians, is now successfully clawing control of its blue urban centers by overturning minimum wage, sick pay, and control of our police.

never take freedom of the press or access to news for granted. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Let's go JB let's go

Basic needs should not be left to charity.

a photo of Herbert McCabe

"As long as Christian morality is thought to be mainly about whether and when people should go to bed, no bishops are going to be crucified. And this is depressing."

-- Herbert McCabe, O. P.

So much of right wing media just generates outrage about nonsense, I would love liberal leaders whose posture was like "I'll give you something real to cry about." Instead of "Mr Potato Head Is Muslim??" I want them freaking out about a 90% inheritance tax

I don't want to "bring everyone together", I want to make it socially unacceptable to be a fascist again

People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25

We’re disappointed that our Vape Ape didn't win NASA’s “Ape in Space” contest. Apparently a hardcore cherry vape addiction prohibits program participation.

*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*

This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane

‘to zero your optic’ lol. I love that there are leftist gun people on this website to troll these idiots.

I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!

self-censoring facts

Me: I tried to change the wake-word on my phone from “Hey Siri” to “Ok Edge” so I could be like, “Ok Edge, play the blues” or “Ok Edge, set a timer for 15 minutes.” Now my flashlight won't turn off. See?

Anesthesiologist: He's already counted down from 100 twice. Maybe just hit him with the mallet?

(dumb journalist): so, cursedsynth, you died from a self inflicted katana accident. any words of advice youd like to share?

(AI "version of me" generated without my consent): remember to use code "KATANOF" for 10% off your Audible sub

(the discount code doesn't work and my family gets sued for it)

'This is domestic terror': Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries (RNS) — The fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies.

NEW: @rns.org has tracked at least 10 incidents of apparent federal agents conducting immigration enforcement activity on church grounds or in the immediate area, with incidents spread across five states and Puerto Rico.

“This is domestic terror,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...

The Boy Genius Who Killed 14 Million Poor People What is the moral weight of responsibility for the men who carried out DOGE’s work?

i think i disagree with the idea that the ferritor should have been allowed to follow his own path during his schooling, neglecting assignments and being coddled for his apparent genius. i think, in fact, that this was the problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-boy-ge...

There is a moral case for using every avenue of obstruction available to you simply because you have to resist. That doesn't make it the "right strategy" or even guarantee it will have any effect. It could very well turn out to have been useless acting out. Life sucks sometimes.

The old Democratic party doesn't fit new media Melding new modes of policy making with new modes of public making

The connecting thread between Chris Hayes, Ezra Klein, Zohran Mamdani and Brian Eno. www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-old-de...

I can achieve just two styles of eyeliner:
1) Undetectable
2) Murder Clown on their 6th bar in a pub crawl

"We will impeach and remove the president for his many crimes" seems like a good midterm election pitch to me idk

Every suburban boomer homeowner must be cooking meth, because motion sensor floodlights blind me when I’m walking down the sidewalk.

It's not a job so much as a condition, in which the affected individual lapses into seizure-like episodes of glossolalia and a bunch of nerds write it all down

we gotta just salt the earth where DHS was