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And still, nobody will learn the lesson that Republicans are bad for the economy.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
And still, nobody will learn the lesson that Republicans are bad for the economy.
Does anyone else ever get the sense that Trump considered winning the presidency a sorry consolation prize for not having been cast as leading man in a major motion picture.
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Does anyone else ever get the sense that Trump considered winning the presidency a sorry consolation prize for not having been cast as leading man in a major motion picture.
Yeah, but do they know Samuel Alito's version of history?
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Yeah, but do they know Samuel Alito's version of history?
Best thing about the award is that there's chocolate inside the gold wrapper.
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Best thing about the award is that there's chocolate inside the gold wrapper.
For most people, winning the presidency would be the ultimate prize. But this idiot can be dazzled by any gold-painted trinket.
If aliens ever landed on Earth, he'd sell them Alaska for a trunk full of polished glass beads.
If aliens ever landed on Earth, he'd sell them Alaska for a trunk full of polished glass beads.
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
For most people, winning the presidency would be the ultimate prize. But this idiot can be dazzled by any gold-painted trinket.
If aliens ever landed on Earth, he'd sell them Alaska for a trunk full of polished glass beads.
If aliens ever landed on Earth, he'd sell them Alaska for a trunk full of polished glass beads.
When a district is extremely gerrymandered, pols lose their seats to more extreme members of their own party, until it breaks.
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When a district is extremely gerrymandered, pols lose their seats to more extreme members of their own party, until it breaks.
It's the presidential version of the kitten chasing a laser pointer.
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's the presidential version of the kitten chasing a laser pointer.
Yup. I don't understand people who fail to realize that the rules were largely written for, and to protect, us.
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yup. I don't understand people who fail to realize that the rules were largely written for, and to protect, us.
Oh don't worry, you'll be paying taxes.
They just won't be called income taxes.
They just won't be called income taxes.
December 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh don't worry, you'll be paying taxes.
They just won't be called income taxes.
They just won't be called income taxes.
Why do we pretend that Matt is anything more that a rightwing troll?
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Why do we pretend that Matt is anything more that a rightwing troll?
As long as they keep their jobs. If they think those are at risk, they'll move.
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
As long as they keep their jobs. If they think those are at risk, they'll move.
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Demanding reform of the Supreme Court is a long game, but it doesn't begin until people start playing. Right now Democratic leadership is obsessed about norms and "respecting the court".
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Demanding reform of the Supreme Court is a long game, but it doesn't begin until people start playing. Right now Democratic leadership is obsessed about norms and "respecting the court".
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
Demanding reform of the Supreme Court is a long game, but it doesn't begin until people start playing. Right now Democratic leadership is obsessed about norms and "respecting the court".
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Demanding reform of the Supreme Court is a long game, but it doesn't begin until people start playing. Right now Democratic leadership is obsessed about norms and "respecting the court".
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain.
And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.
I'm not sure that the Roberts Court understands that if they feel free to strip people of constitutional rights, people may decide to respond in kind.
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm not sure that the Roberts Court understands that if they feel free to strip people of constitutional rights, people may decide to respond in kind.
Didn't they get around directive 4 by firing a guy?
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Didn't they get around directive 4 by firing a guy?
I know robots are tireless in science fiction, but we aren't anywhere close to creating a machine that never "gets tired". The most sophisticated ones are down for maintainance all the time.
www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-fi...
www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-fi...
USAF Spends More, But Fighter Readiness Lags. GAO Wonders Why
A new report from the Government Accountability Office says the Air Force is exceeding planned increases in fighter sustainment costs.
www.airandspaceforces.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I know robots are tireless in science fiction, but we aren't anywhere close to creating a machine that never "gets tired". The most sophisticated ones are down for maintainance all the time.
www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-fi...
www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-fi...
Right, the problem is that people are chanting "AI" like it's a magic word that solves all problems.
AI done well simply does what you ask of it more efficiently. AI done poorly can kill you.
And then there's "AI" as used by the "Everything Is Computer!" morons.
AI done well simply does what you ask of it more efficiently. AI done poorly can kill you.
And then there's "AI" as used by the "Everything Is Computer!" morons.
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Right, the problem is that people are chanting "AI" like it's a magic word that solves all problems.
AI done well simply does what you ask of it more efficiently. AI done poorly can kill you.
And then there's "AI" as used by the "Everything Is Computer!" morons.
AI done well simply does what you ask of it more efficiently. AI done poorly can kill you.
And then there's "AI" as used by the "Everything Is Computer!" morons.
They turn to "AI" because that's what lazy people do when they don't get blamed when it screws up. It was the entire purpose of Elon Musk's DOGE.
It's been clear since the start that the Trump administration was using a simple "banned" word list to cut grants and programs.
It's been clear since the start that the Trump administration was using a simple "banned" word list to cut grants and programs.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts m...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
They turn to "AI" because that's what lazy people do when they don't get blamed when it screws up. It was the entire purpose of Elon Musk's DOGE.
It's been clear since the start that the Trump administration was using a simple "banned" word list to cut grants and programs.
It's been clear since the start that the Trump administration was using a simple "banned" word list to cut grants and programs.
My middle schooler calls my high schooler "boomer", so I'm okay with it.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My middle schooler calls my high schooler "boomer", so I'm okay with it.
It is actually the Republican fantasy.
Abolish the income tax and replace all the revenue with a consumption tax. He calls them tariffs, but they're a massive Republican tax hike targeted disproportionately at the poorest.
Abolish the income tax and replace all the revenue with a consumption tax. He calls them tariffs, but they're a massive Republican tax hike targeted disproportionately at the poorest.
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It is actually the Republican fantasy.
Abolish the income tax and replace all the revenue with a consumption tax. He calls them tariffs, but they're a massive Republican tax hike targeted disproportionately at the poorest.
Abolish the income tax and replace all the revenue with a consumption tax. He calls them tariffs, but they're a massive Republican tax hike targeted disproportionately at the poorest.
I don't expect this guy to get a pardon unless he has a few million in Honduran drug money to funnel through some Republican lobbyists.
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I don't expect this guy to get a pardon unless he has a few million in Honduran drug money to funnel through some Republican lobbyists.
Nah, they've been insisting this was a "deep state" attack.
Even though Trump was the head of state at the time.
Even though Trump was the head of state at the time.
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Nah, they've been insisting this was a "deep state" attack.
Even though Trump was the head of state at the time.
Even though Trump was the head of state at the time.
That's what I was wondering.
Did he just blanket pardon everyone in the vicinity?
He didn't give each of the Jan 6ers individual pardons?
Did he just blanket pardon everyone in the vicinity?
He didn't give each of the Jan 6ers individual pardons?
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
That's what I was wondering.
Did he just blanket pardon everyone in the vicinity?
He didn't give each of the Jan 6ers individual pardons?
Did he just blanket pardon everyone in the vicinity?
He didn't give each of the Jan 6ers individual pardons?
The bribes are going in the other direction right now.
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The bribes are going in the other direction right now.