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I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

People who work full time but still require public assistance to survive are not leeching off the government. Their employers are.

El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"

MAGA doesn't understand the difference between liking someone & fawning to get something from them; but they can sense it & it's part of what fuels their hatred. NO ONE (weird exception- Natalie Harp?) likes *ANY* of the Trumps or MAGA because they are amoral shills stuffed with bile & botox.

And the Oscar goes to....

CARTOON OF THE DAY H/T @sketchyrepublic.bsky.social

If a foreign leader in, say, the United Kingdom or Germany gave batshit crazy speeches featuring comments about a political ally’s ass, the New York Times would write a big story about the leader’s mental state. But when it happens in the U.S., the Times doesn’t. Why is that?

This is happening across the country and it will be completely ignored, again, because we have to pretend that everything is "normal" so we can go out and spend money in public places.

The Republicans’ betrayal of Ukraine will leave a permanent stain on American history. It’s not just Trump — it’s the entire Republican Party bowing down to Putin. They could stop this if they wanted to.

We are all seeing this, right?

Yes.WWIII was underway as soon as we could no longer rely on factual (as in (f)actual truth not “alternative facts”) information from those ‘in charge’ and the supposedly neutral, reliable sources disseminating information.

Tommy had a script and he was sticking to it, damn it! This was wonderful to watch.

Ossoff: "The crisis we must meet is deeper than this presidency. Trump's rise is proof that business as usual has failed, that our politics, sickened by corruption, is failing the American public and compromising our national integrity. And that the hour is late to fix what's broken."

OSSOFF: At a rally, the president egged on supporters who assaulted a woman demanding the release of the Epstein files. Because if you can count on one thing about this White House, it's their tireless commitments to war, inflation, and covering up sex trafficking.

“My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch the working of his lie On mine, and mouth scarce able to afford Suppression of the glee, that pursed and scored Its edge, at one more victim gained thereby.” - Robert Browning

The commitment to the bit is astounding.

There are a few dems willing to state the unvarnished truth about this immoral, classless, dangerous grifter family; I wish all dems were as forthright.

Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

1/ When a journalist puts documented evidence beside a propagandist's denial and calls it balance, the liar has already won something: credibility. The BBC just showed how this works. And the implications go far beyond Britain. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Someone should just cut together all of his remarks for a vote blue ad.

It’s not like the billionaires have ever poured money into anything that doesn’t directly benefit them.

What war? The US illegally stole the country, kidnapped the President and his wife then seized Venezuela's oil fields. They never attacked the US. There was never a war.

I also remember when Elon said he'd end world hunger.

One part of this statement is true: I do, in fact, find what Trump says not to be believable. At all.

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

Thank you, Mark Jacob! That the NYT thinks they give fair & balanced coverage ( citing Maggie Haberman!) is astounding. The admission he didn't really know he was making that they need to avoid the word "lie" because they'd have to use it so much it would be boring & repetitive is sure something.

Regardless of your ideology, your religion, or your values, all this dark money flowing into our elections should make us all sick. It's a war against democracy and freedom if mega-donors can buy influence from politicians who are supposed to work for our interests - not the interests of oligarchs.

wrote on saturday that trump was not going to let democrats avoid the question of impeachment and here we are with an offense that would have had a president impeached, removed and *at least* exiled if it had happened at any point prior to now.

Trump has picked a side in the Russia Ukraine war. News organizations should make that clear. And every single Republican running for office should be forced to answer whether they, too, support Russia, and how much of Ukraine Russia should be allowed to rule.

It was born "Artificial Intelligence" but you think "Super Intelligence" is a more accurate representation now? So now we can change representational terms in this country or be known as the enemy? Good to know.

Because *of course* there are layoffs.

There are currently 344 active FDA food recalls even with "roughly 1 in 5 food and drug safety personnel being laid off or forced out" according to the FDA’s Office of Inspections and Investigations. And they are now looking to hire over 2000 because oops! turns out that wasn't fraud and waste!

That's quite the bribe.

Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Protip to Ground News @groundnews.bsky.social: you might want to rethink using the Epstein Files as an example of a story that has two equally deserving sides in your ads (or on the site, or anywhere). I was seriously considering subscribing and that turned me right off.

If you are using the constitution as the basis to get what you want while flagrantly violating it to get other things you want your case should not only be thrown out with prejudice but you should be heavily, heavily fined. All or nothing, you gross, smug, grifting hack.

The social contract, fraying since the 1980s, is completely broken. Some people need to fully realize that and stop expecting a level of basic human decency and reciprocity from people who view you as exploitable, expendable cogs in their machine.

‘Like caring for a pet’: the app that lets you know if your neighbourhood tree is thirsty

I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.

NO ONE who was paying ANY ATTENTION AT ALL to ANY part of reality expected anything but this inescapable, irredeemable, horrific fascist death cult of an administration and if anyone expected otherwise they are a complete fucking moron, a closet racist, or both.

I think I am going to start wryly commenting into the void more often.

While conservative/establishment dems are not perfect they at least think, "I'll do some good AND line my pockets tra la!" while the GOP think, "Haha I've gotten rich, ruined the economy & the literal Earth, made people hate each other for manufactured reasons, & those morons still vote for us!"

MAGA: Morons Are Gutting America

Should be reposted every month....

At what point is it enough money?