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According to video analysis by the NYT, Alex Pretti was holding a PHONE, not a gun. His gun remained concealed until ICE illegally took it from him. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
"Past or present, it’s not the leaders who disappoint me. It’s the led."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Opinion | We Are the Bystanders This Time
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Trump has his own Afghanistan now.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Trump can't run this country, but he thinks he can run Venezuela now too?
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Trump says Congress was not notified in advance because they have "a tendency to leak."
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
It's a wonder that Rubio can breathe with his nose so far up Trump's ass.
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
More idiocy from Trump: first he says "the Monroe doctrines," then after correcting it to singular, he says, "Some people are calling it the Don-roe doctrine now."
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
What the fuck is Trump saying? "Mental institutions aren't as bad as insane asylums, but we got 'em both." 🤨
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
My favorite albums of 2025, in alpha order (1 of 5):

Oren Ambarchi, GHOSTED III
Antibalas, HOURGLASS
Bearjaws, HISTORY OF A NEW ART
The Beths, STRAIGHT LINE WAS A LIE
Billy Nomates, METAL HORSE
Jonathan Blake, MY LIFE MATTERS
Boris, DRONEVIL -EXAMPLE-
Peter Brötzmann, THE QUARTET

#music
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Why else would you want to demolish and change parts of the White House unless you planned to stay there forever?
October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Lisa Murkowski: "The Congress is adrift. It’s like we have given up."

LIKE? You DID give up--about 37 weeks ago.
October 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I bet face separation REALLY hurts
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Nexstar just caved, not long after Sinclair. KIMMEL WINS.
September 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
[artwork by Rebecca Chew]
September 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
From the NY Times, the response of someone in a survey when asked to explain why they are "against Democrats." Is this person stupid? Or just being fundamentally honest? 😄
September 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump was telling only part of the truth when he said he hates his opponents: he hates his supporters too.
September 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hegseth commemorates D-Day
June 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Moron assaults an illiterate man and then attempts to foil his testimony by...writing a threatening letter to Trump and pretending it came from that man. 😡

fox11online.com/news/crime/m...
Milwaukee man framed immigrant as would-be Trump assassin to prevent testimony: Officials
Officials say Demetric Scott admitted to impersonating Ramon Morales-Reyes while writing letters threatening to assassinate Trump.
fox11online.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Serious question: Does EVERY. SINGLE. ad break on MSNBC include a commercial for "Dell AI with Intel"?? I think I've seen or heard it 10 times in the past 45 minutes. 😡
April 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Along with all their other forms of incompetence, apparently no one in the WH can read.

"The Trump administration’s reaction appeared to be based on a misinterpretation of internal plans being considered by Amazon, rather than a final decision made by the company."

apnews.com/article/amaz...
Amazon is not planning to break out tariff costs online as White House attacks potential move
Amazon is not planning to list added tariff costs next to product prices on its site — despite speculation as well as fiery comments from Trump’s White House.
apnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
RIP David Thomas of Pere Ubu.

This is one of my favorite DT moments of all time--a full-on blast of David's erudition and amazing sense of humor.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuoB...
PERE UBU - 01 My Theory Of Spontaneous Combustion
YouTube video by Dig it! Dusty Grooves
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April 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Breaking news from Upside-Down World
April 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Trump is now releasing executive orders targeting private citizens for DOJ investigation simply for expressing themselves.

Fuck Donald Trump.
April 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Eddie Glaude on MSNBC, characterizing Trump voters: " 'We elected a felon because we didn't want to elect a black woman. And now we are willing to throw our republic away rather than to have had that happen.' "
April 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The tariffs can have knock-on effects for US businesses that have nothing to do with hardware. For example, websites that sell ads to international companies are likely to see a dropoff in ad revenue: why would those companies advertise to us when we can't afford their products?
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM