@PersistentIllusion

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here's your periodic holiday reminder that FUCK THE SALVATION ARMY

they're a queer hate organization. don't fucking donate to them. only shoplift from their stores. tell their solicitors to eat rocks

So let me get this straight. The GOP got rid of their Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, because he dared push through a continuing resolution on the budget with the help of mostly Democrats. So after cycling through four possible other leaders, they pick a guy with zero experience and tons of skeletons, who then proposes and pushes through…a continuing resolution on the budget with the help of mostly Democrats. Genius.

The press could tell an accurate story about how Biden's 50 yrs of legislative experience helped him pass huge infra & green energy bills through a 50-50 Senate that contributed to a robust recovery. The feedback loop of a million stories about his age leading to a million stories about polls showing that voters worry about his age was an editorial choice.

#media #biden

Dean Phillips is mounting a Democratic primary challenge for his own ego. And Steve Schmidt is in it for Phillips’ money. It’s gross and embarrassing.
This would be a good day for some old-fashioned enforcement of the subpoenas Gym Jordan (R-treasonweasel) has ignored.
Not-so-gentle reminder that the GOP isn't "the American Taliban". The Taliban are an extremist form of Sunni Islam. The GOP are not Muslim. They are Christofascist Radicalized Religious Extremists. Stop equating everything bad with middle eastern religions and culture. This is explicitly Christian extremism.

Ooo. 👀

Via Klasfeld:

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#NewYork AG #LetitiaJames wants #Trump, two of his sons, his business associates and his lawyers to be SANCTIONED for repeating 'frivolous' arguments that they already lost in the massive civil fraud case.
One of those attorneys against whom AG is seeking sanctions: Chris Kise, who's also Trump's criminal defense attorney in the classified documents case.

Developing https://t.co/Cb6OqEqjQz

New York AG Wants to Sanction Trump and His Lawyers for Repeating ‘Frivolous’ Arguments

It's the latest wrinkle in New York AG Letitia James' $250 million fraud case against Trump, his sons, and business associates

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I would just like to note I offered an explanation for "non-human biologics" in my 2010 short story "The President's Brain is Missing." Something to think about when you're wondering if those congressional hearings finally revealed the aliens among us (answer: really probably not, sorry).

Also, you can read the whole short story here:

https://www.tor.com/2010/07/12/the-presidents-brain-is-missing/

The President’s Brain is Missing

The question is, how can you tell the President’s brain is missing? And are we sure we need it back?

Tor.com

bluesky user complains about mastodon: it should not take rocket science just to join a social media.

bluesky: no media tabs, no videos, no gifs, no bookmarks, racism allowed, no report option categories, block and mute list publicly available in the user profile, mayo is a slur, no manual content warnings, moderation powered by AI, no polls, no pinned posts, no privacy setting, slow app.

mastodon: choose an instance 😩

I know that performative cruelty is popular and effective now, but I have to take a stand — barbed wire on floating barriers is just cruel, and no matter how much we want to protect what’s ours, it shouldn’t be used to keep Libertarian Party members out of of Build-A-Bear Workshop