The Founders anticipated all of this, and that is why they buried throughout the constitution various secret hints and rules that would, centuries later, make it illegal to notice or get mad when a powerful and extremely dumb guy repeatedly commits obvious oafish political crimes.
Trying not to be a doomer but man this feels like a full on coronation of Trump. Dismantling his opposition during the primaries, his appointed judges stalling or dismissing nearly every legal case against him, SCOTUS granting him king-like powers…
The gunman who allegedly tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was bullied in high school and didn’t fit in with other students, former classmates told CNN. Here's what we know so far.
Neighbors across the street seem incapable of pulling in/out of their driveway without crashing into/knocking over their mailbox. I have to share roadways with these people.
*smiling serenely as I look around at the skyrocketing wealth inequality, rising fascism, ossifying political institutions, rollback of civil rights, capitalism’s inability to prioritize long term sustainability over short term profits etc.*
time for hot dogs
“I hear you. I’m mad about this [insert supreme court case] ruling too. This is why your donation of $25, $50, $100, or more to our campaign will ensure that we think about arranging a committee to maybe look into this at a later date no sooner than November 2026.”
Full court press - the Times can make a story last when they want it too, similar to how every conservative - even the "moderates" start rowing in the same direction when theres a supreme court confirmation fight.
The thing with these guys is they view communications media (speech, fiction, film, TV series, drama, you name it) as data transmission and nothing more. The Great Gatsby is a list of events and characters and if you can cut that down to 500 words, you're maximizing something.
opened Facebook for the first time in a few weeks and I had to scroll past 8 suggested posts from pages I don’t follow before I saw something one of my actual friends posted. what is that site even for anymore
I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.
If your company’s email marketing has an “email unsubscribing process” that requires me to click more than one thing, someone should go to prison for at least five years for that