Nate Rathjen

It was nice when former or wannabe authoritarians fleeing justice went to Russia instead of Florida. That felt better, as an American. At least Assad still picked Moscow.

Concern level red, 4 out of 5 pearls clutched

this is hilarious, I am not kidding when I say the universal hatred of RasenBallsport runs deep

it's confounding and infuriating that absolute losers loudly complained their way into somehow positioning themselves as Strong Manly Men, even though the entire right wing platform is entirely constructed from incessant whining

Average Trump scandal: many people dead after uncontroversial government program illegally cut by doge for nonexistent savings Average mamdani scandal: he’s playing BASKETBALL with his FRIENDS

oh gosh whomst could this quote possibly be talking about I have no idea

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge extends court-ordered block on Trump's renovation plans for historic public golf course in Washington.

It is genuinely weird that Trump has spent his whole life surrounded by extraordinary wealth and still has the absolute trashiest, tackiest taste imaginable.

he saw an ottoman in the crowd and lost his train of thought it happens

The Big Three

Reuters: COMEY HAS MOVED TO DISMISS CASE -COURT FILING

boy howdy those clowns are super mega extra out of material aren’t they

The political media is visibly chafing at the current situation, where Republicans are glaringly awful, fucking everything up, running deviant candidates everyone hates, and Dems are just being normal & winning. The force is out of balance. They are viscerally eager to go after Dems about something.

Election Officials Warn That Ballots Tied To Stray Cat Unlikely To Arrive In Time https://theonion.com/election-officials-warn-that-ballots-tied-to-stray-cat-unlikely-to-arrive-in-time/

*BOLSONARO: FEDERAL POLICE REQUESTED I GIVE THEM MY PASSPORT

El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

Big 2021 NWSL Championship at 9am local time vibes

an R+10 district at *not even a tossup* is frankly staggering

this is a pretty good explainer of what is yet another consequential foreign election

We absolutely have to get game 7 now. The WNBA finals doesn’t deserve to end on a Thursday at 2:30pm b/c men’s egos are fragile!

Remember that time a week ago when the Bucks moved their home opener to accommodate the Brewers?

big failure from the NBA to not get two of its teams to move one (1) regular season game. the NBA owns 42% of the WNBA (functionally more, since a lot of NBA owners own teams) and should be invested in wanting the league to grow, even at minor expense to its more popular product

uh, can't the Hawks play at 12:30pm ET

it does seem like this moment changed whole election and maybe the modern history of Brazil? crazy stuff

imagine fucking up so bad that the Plain Dealer, which decided to restrict endorsements to downballot races earlier this year, changes its own policy just so it can publicly say that you suck

in ohio this is basically like being shunned

In Brazil, it appears that voters who opted for eliminated first-round candidates roughly broke even in the runoff (even if the candidates leaned right). But the big difference was: Millions of voters who cast 'null' or 'blank' ballots in the first round then voted for Lula.

honestly I want this level of party in 2028

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

In the last week, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, has gotten his first cell phone and a fourth term.

between serbia, brazil, and hopefully november 3, a good reminder: voting works it’s not the end, there’s always work to be done after the vote, but if you want to beat the motherfuckers and keep them out of power: vote your asses off

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

lula

this is genuinely among the most surprising election results this century 😱😱

Serbia, 56.0% sample of CeSID / Ipsos parallel count: National parliament election SL-*: 52.0% (+52.0) SNS+-EPP: 39.3% (-8.8) SPS/JS+-*: 2.3% (-4.4) SVM-EPP: 0.9% (-0.8) NDSS/PKS-*: 0.8% (-4.4) PDD+-*: 0.8% (+0.8) SDP/CDP-*: 0.5% (+0.5) ... +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/serbia

adding a preemptive “shut up Lianne” while we’re at it 🤦‍♂️

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered a nationwide two-hour extension of voting in today’s presidential runoff, moving the close of polls from 5pm to 7 pm Brasília time.

hoooo boy they must have gotten their asses thoroughly kicked to concede this early

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

my main takeaway from the cheesecake factory thing is that I remain extremely sad we never got an obama versus trump general election matchup obama would have broken him in half, rural dipshit whispering powers or no

Disgusting behavior from an ex-president, refusing to defend the microwaved pasta bowls of the world-renowned Tummyache Factory.

i'm old enough to remember when obama had to disavow salad as to not alienate the heartland

I, for one, think it’s great that the online right has decided to make the president‘s expensive and largely illegal renovations to the White House the focal point of the election

"Don't be a sap, Dad. These are just crappy knock-offs." "I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's Magnetbox and Sorny."

It’s really not that hard to say this!

lmao even DataRepublican is like “uh folks we need history e-day turnout or we are capital-F Fucked”