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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.

"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

Friday at last…

GOP: I can't believe Dems are trying to stop us from taking away your healthcare. Just for that, no food for you.

the fake unreasonable hatred towards immigrants is so frustrating

HUNT: The president is talking about a third term. How seriously do you take that?

GALLEGO: I don't take it seriously because he will be in violation of the Constitution and he should be arrested if he attempts to do that

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

Halo co-creator says ICE’s Halo-themed recruitment ad “makes me sick” Another Halo maker says ad "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation." ALSO: A developer whose game just launched on Xbox slams Microsoft’s silence

NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post

One: "abhorrent”

Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”

www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...

We need to bring back the second-run dollar theater

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

a) No they won't.
b) I don't want to live in space
c) That solves literally none of our problems

A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows: for Judy after she begins to suspect she is Nexus-6. George discovers a vast cavern of his clones under Spacely's Space Sprockets. 7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min. After a series of miraculous cures, Dr. Crusher takes an interest in the scientist responsible for them. Troi takes control of the battle bridge to stop a Borg invasion of Chocofudgia III. Transporter chief: “Weird Al” Yankovic. [SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Sci-Fi/Horror; 2 hrs. “Madness Of Mars.” Prince. Michael J. Fox.

#StarTrekTNG "An Imperfect Miracle"

After a series of miraculous cures, Dr. Crusher takes an interest in the scientist responsible for them. Troi takes control of the battle bridge to stop a Borg invasion of Chocofudgia III. Transporter chief: “Weird Al” Yankovic.

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

There it is.

Just a reminder that — in the middle of a shutdown — House Republicans are on a paid vacation solely to avoid releasing the Epstein files and lowering your health care costs.

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

hell yeaj

Imagine being such an asshole that millions of people flood the streets of your nation's cities just to tell you how much of an asshole you are being and your asshole response is to Sora up an AI video of you literally shitting on the people you are sworn to serve.

No Kings. No assholes.

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

Prince Andrew has been stripped of all his royal titles.

Exerts from Virginia Guthrie’s memoir, detailing her abuse by Andrew, played a role in his downfall. Tragically, she committed suicide last April.

It’s on all of us to make sure the other Epstein survivors get justice before it’s too late.

two panels of a Nancy comic by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy sees a NOTICE board and then blacks out the T with a pencil so the board reads NO ICE. Nancy smiles.

based nancy

Heading into the weekend…

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

2025 feels like that late-stage game of monopoly where you just go round and round paying rent and utilities forever and nobody knows what the rules are anymore and everyone’s just waiting for it all to end except the one player who cheated and has all the money

Friday at last…