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This site is for intrusive and stupid thoughts, so let me just say: Palmer Luckey out here lookin' Straight Doonesbury. My man on that Zipper-Zonker Harris wave. Ignorable has-been, on purpose.
October 1, 2024 at 10:32 PM
This site is for intrusive and stupid thoughts, so let me just say: Palmer Luckey out here lookin' Straight Doonesbury. My man on that Zipper-Zonker Harris wave. Ignorable has-been, on purpose.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
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never a good time to fedpost but now is a particularly bad time to fedpost
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
never a good time to fedpost but now is a particularly bad time to fedpost
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Meanwhile, in Venezuela:
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Meanwhile, in Venezuela:
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He's only partially in charge of a 40,000 member paramilitary force that is primed to be insubordinate and potentially violently so; it behooves him to get on camera with their dear leader viewing him favorably, and forestall the installation of the leader's paramilitary in his streets.
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
He's only partially in charge of a 40,000 member paramilitary force that is primed to be insubordinate and potentially violently so; it behooves him to get on camera with their dear leader viewing him favorably, and forestall the installation of the leader's paramilitary in his streets.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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I should note that these are assuming we're asking about *Americans* killed. If we include other countries, it really is just a three-way race between Hegseth (war), Musk (famine) and RFK (plague), with Musk way out in front right now but steadily losing ground.
It sucks, s'what I'm saying.
It sucks, s'what I'm saying.
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I should note that these are assuming we're asking about *Americans* killed. If we include other countries, it really is just a three-way race between Hegseth (war), Musk (famine) and RFK (plague), with Musk way out in front right now but steadily losing ground.
It sucks, s'what I'm saying.
It sucks, s'what I'm saying.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Honestly, one of the great American poems. Arguably the great American poem.
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Honestly, one of the great American poems. Arguably the great American poem.
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Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
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Hot take incoming: we should amend the Constitution to remove the requirement that the president be a "natural-born" US citizen, because that legally establishes two classes of citizenship, even if only for two offices. 1/
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hot take incoming: we should amend the Constitution to remove the requirement that the president be a "natural-born" US citizen, because that legally establishes two classes of citizenship, even if only for two offices. 1/
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BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
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Sorry Americans but if you think you can fund a welfare state without putting a single cent in it yourself then you have actually discovered why you still dont have a welfare state.
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sorry Americans but if you think you can fund a welfare state without putting a single cent in it yourself then you have actually discovered why you still dont have a welfare state.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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if you have any ability to do so this is the time to contribute to your local food bank
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
October 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
if you have any ability to do so this is the time to contribute to your local food bank
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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my hot take is that the fantasy that’s being catered to with videos like the one going around is of participation in a seamless, infinite, directed loop where the player and computer are constantly updating each other. which is where I think a lot of the satisfaction in systemic video games is. 🧵
this is stupid but at some point i think we have to confront the fact that there appears to be a not insignificant demand for videogames to be the holodeck, an infinite virtual playground you can basically live in. except even holodeck programs were actually written by someone, right?
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
my hot take is that the fantasy that’s being catered to with videos like the one going around is of participation in a seamless, infinite, directed loop where the player and computer are constantly updating each other. which is where I think a lot of the satisfaction in systemic video games is. 🧵
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Civil rights and freedom. Pluralism and nonviolent protest.
The values Americans cherish are under assault by Donald Trump.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and California will keep peacefully pushing back against the Trump Administration's authoritarian takeover.
The values Americans cherish are under assault by Donald Trump.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and California will keep peacefully pushing back against the Trump Administration's authoritarian takeover.
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Civil rights and freedom. Pluralism and nonviolent protest.
The values Americans cherish are under assault by Donald Trump.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and California will keep peacefully pushing back against the Trump Administration's authoritarian takeover.
The values Americans cherish are under assault by Donald Trump.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and California will keep peacefully pushing back against the Trump Administration's authoritarian takeover.
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They're closing 17 miles of the 5 freeway near Camp Pendleton to let Vance and Hegseth shoot munitions over the freeway.
5 Fwy to shut down due to event involving live ammunition at Camp Pendleton, CHP says
A 17-mile stretch of the 5 Freeway will be shut down Saturday because of a military event involving live ammunition at Camp Pendleton.
abc7.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
They're closing 17 miles of the 5 freeway near Camp Pendleton to let Vance and Hegseth shoot munitions over the freeway.