It's impressive that polls continue to favor the Dems on the shutdown when Beltway flat-out blames the entire thing on them—with zero responsibility assigned to Republicans. Here's an example from today.

Bari Weiss's CBS cant even spell Mamdanis name right in the headline jfc

when I worked for contractor lobbyists the boss was fond of saying that employer provider insurance made employees “grateful.” same thing

Here is some material Bari Weiss published regarding Covid.

So when anyone defends her in any way, what they are saying is that real world victims of medical disinformation don’t matter.

It’s all just a game to these pundits.

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

this is a common insane Korean nationalist belief. from History of Korean Gochu, Gochujang, and Kimchi:

i do think the revolt of the bosses has caught the car and they're not actually gonna like what they get

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

There’s basically one set of conditions where shining lasers at aircraft is a good idea, and that’s when the aircraft in question is actively attempting to kill you and the laser is the best thing you’ve got. We aren’t there yet, you do not want us to get there. Don’t shine lasers at aircraft.

The Texas Gravy Seals jokes embarrassed Hegseth.

How much money do you think DHS has expended so far on punishing this one man

uhhhh

my wife and son were apparently so good at the roller ball derby race game that people quickly stopped playing them (which was probably not good for the race owner)

I think the people going around arguing who counts as a real American aren’t real Americans, simple as

yup

God you gotta love Ulysses Grant

The most dangerous form of government is theocracy. 

Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.

i mean, the administration needs to deport him somewhere where journalists won't go and where he will die as quickly as possible

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

I suppose it’s the same way predators prefer cults: not only are people with a more tenuous connection to reality often more vulnerable, but the more you believe in the will of creation/God/gods, the less you believe in personal morality, culpability, etc - perhaps

idly browsing a witchcraft and pagan shop, and wondering if a certain author preyed specifically on people of this particular leaning

“Let’s debate your reporting, so it’s a matter of opinion”

The amount of money we are giving to Argentina amounts to $450 per resident of that country. But we're not even giving it to people there who need it, we're giving it to prop up Elon's pal, the corrupt President of that country, who'll then shovel some of it into the pockets of Trump's friends here.