Wow, weird how the same people who said they wanted "peaceful protests" are now Very Upset at NBA players for protesting in literally the most peaceful way possible
reporters really shouldnt be afraid to reply “thats the dumbest fucking thing ive ever heard” to a republican who says doors are causing school shootings
some dude woke up today and decided to commit suicide by cop bc the former host of celebrity apprentice wasnt allowed to keep the top secret documents he stole from the white house
Historians: Concentration camps are actually what they are
Journos: But it makes the right wing uncomfortable
Historians: Yea, I mean...it should
Journos: But it's a highly charged term
Historians: Right, that's the point
Journos: But it describes atrocities
Historians ...
This dude sheltered nearly 70 protesters overnight to shelter them from our fascist police state. He’s a goddam legend and I hope he never has to pay for another drink in dc again
Rahul saved lives last night. He ended this with an inspirational speech about not giving up and keeping up the peaceful fight. What a guy. Thank you Rahul.
#SwannStreet
#savejenny
I hope ever member of Congress saw this interview
Melissa Falkowski, teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas explains how well prepared they were and how many times they drilled for this and still there was nothing they can do
She breaks down when she begs Congress to do something
watching scotus destroy rights in a flurry of 6-3 decisions, reminding myself that republicans have lost the popular vote in every potus election except one (1) since 1988
Governors from 15 states have now announced support for Texas in its border dispute with the federal government, with some sending National Guard units.
if democrats got rid of the filibuster today they would have to get through exactly one (1) fake outrage news cycle from the right and then have two years to make peoples lives better before the next election
If you’re still wearing a maga hat after Charlottesville, and baby cages, and Muslim ban, and trans military ban, and using “Pocahontas” as an insult...then yea, people are going to assume some things about you
@UrbanAchievr
Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views
Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes?
Con: LOL no...no not those views
Me: So....deregulation?
Con: Haha no not those views either
Me: Which views, exactly?
Con: Oh, you know the ones
tune in to fox news tonight if you want to watch a bunch of vaccinated people who work at a place w vaccination requirements pretend they're unvaccinated and dont work at a place with vaccine requirements
We didn’t suspend Alex Jones or Infowars yesterday. We know that’s hard for many but the reason is simple: he hasn’t violated our rules. We’ll enforce if he does. And we’ll continue to promote a healthy conversational environment by ensuring tweets aren’t artificially amplified.
the right will defend rittenhouse and 1/6 and pass laws that you can use your car to run over protesters and democrats will condemn their own voters for chanting loudly outside someones house
what if the reason kids are depressed is bc they realize theyre living in a dying state with no hope for upward mobility and theyre expected to start their adult lives w $100k in debt and no real job prospects, but im no expert maybe it’s actually masks and zoom classes
“Ice cream isn’t dinner” they say. Ok. Well why not? No one ever tells you because no one really knows. So what’s this really all about? The answer is simple: power.
billionaire tech bros dont seem to understand people just want to read some anonymous outback line cook posting shit like “she grunk on my grink” interspersed with breaking news
hold on a sec, are you telling me the entire conservative media apparatus is controlled and propped up by billionaires who see value in targeting vulnerable groups as scapegoats for societys ills to distract from the systemic failures the rich use to enrich themselves?
Watch what happens when Tucker Carlson steps out of the conservative bubble and brings on an
@AOC
policy adviser who debunks all the conservative media lies straight to his face (spoiler: it doesn't go great for Tucker)
OUTBREAK UPDATE: Fresh whole onions causing large Salmonella outbreak in 37 states. Throw away any unlabeled onions at home. Do not eat, sell, or serve red, white, or yellow onions imported from Mexico and distributed U.S.-wide by ProSource Inc.
a 14 yr old who just had his xbox taken away for calling mom a bitch: i think twitter should make a honking sound when you log on
elon musk: interesting, looking into this
Republican senator Mike Lee blasts the Trump administrations post-Iran briefing, says they were told they could not dissent from Trump, couldn't debate it, and if Trump needed justification to go to war "I'm sure we could think of something"
Extremism on the left: Everyone should have health care
Extremism on the right: An anonymous internet commenter says 40,000 democrats are about to be sent to Gitmo for pedophilia and this is the only truth I accept
Media: These things are the same to me
im a small government conservative and my top choice for president wants to make trans people illegal and my second choice wants to force you to submit your daughters menstrual history to the state for approval
A doff of the cap to you good sir, I have noticed you are carrying zip ties and wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" shirt. Mayhaps we can engage in a hearty and thoughtful exchange of ideas on topics of varying political events in order to foster unity?
virginia tech requires their students to be vaccinated, i know its weird seeing large groups of people together right now but lets lay off the kids who are doing what we told them to do to get back to normal
ron desantis spent like $200M and all he accomplished was broadcasting to the whole world that he wears high heels inside his boots and eats pudding with his fingers
Florida female student athletes have to report their menstrual history to play: When they got their first period, when they had their last one, etc. A third party has access to that info, and parents and doctors are raising red flags
@katikokal
Fed. judge dismisses Karen McDougal's defamation lawsuit against Fox News and Tucker Carlson for saying she extorted the president.
Fox News successfully argued that Tucker's reputation is so bad reasonable viewers know to be skeptical about his claims.
id like to see the corporate research that shows businesses lose more money on shoplifting than they do on customers walking out without spending anything when they see the item they came in for is locked up in a cage and they need to find someone to get it for them
i love living in the freest country in the world where the government is forcing women to keep a dead fetus inside their body for awhile for no real reason
Target will remove some of its LGBTQ+ merchandise from its Pride Month collection after facing customer backlash that threatened the safety of its workers, the company said.
i want stories about how voters were turned off by republican blood and soil rhetoric and they were repulsed by stephen millers racist ads about a war on white people. i want stories about how handing the keys to the gop to tucker carlson and charlie kirk is killing the party
An absolutely stunning racist attack on
@IlhanMN
from Tucker. I'm shocked
She is "living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country"
She "is a living fire alarm. A warning to the rest of us that we better change our immigration. Or else"
Trust fund baby Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson, son of the fmr US ambassador to the Seychelles, heir to a fortune, man who was gifted the most coveted timeslot in cable news after previously being fired from 2 other networks....says there is no such thing as "privilege"
when youre on national tv and make fun of joe biden for calling the hubble telescope the web telescope and are doubled over with how funny it is without realizing theres a very famous james webb telescope