Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)
BREAKING: BONNIE REPLACED WITH CLYDE
this should be the end of the Gavin Newsom 2028 discussion. the party has spoken, full stop
These are not the words of a national leader or professional soldier. ThIs is a freshman during fraternity rush hoping to impress and slowly summoning his own erection in the process.
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.
Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.
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<insert "this is fine" burning house meme>
Everything about this story is a perfect distillation of the moment.
it's surreal how Witkoff's talking points about Iran are just warmed-over Bush talking points on Iraq ...
Fair enough. I should have left that out of the observation. It's more the capitulation to "alternative facts", along with consolidation of media ownership.
I didn't mean to say it did (although someone might want to remind this administration). What I meant to imply is that the creation of "entertainment news" inside that shift in the late 80s pushed traditional news in the same direction. 40 years later, here we are.
I remember this in grave detail because I was on my way to ninth grade in the Philly suburbs went it went down and I was listening to it on the car radio, horrified.
How quickly we forget.
I wrote a documentary episode about this a few years ago. Anytime we say "this isn't America" to some new horror, we are erasing history.
He took $10 billion from the US taxpayer to set up a “Board of Peace”
He’s bombed 8 countries.
He’s presided over the killing of American citizens by ICE.
He’s given billions to DHS despite a record number of deaths in the camps
Now he’s started war in the Middle East.
If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.
It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.
Imminent threat, domestic terrorist, and national security threat are phrases that don’t mean anything anymore.
Time is a flat circle.
Literally at least half of the WGA hasn’t worked in three years and somehow the best they could do for an adaptation of a toy is THAT guy.
I’m sure even if they were dead set on hiring a straight white male, they’d have binders full of candidates with no abuse allegations against them
Neither option was good for the industry, but this is worse for humanity.
This is a solid move from @booker.senate.gov and @kim.senate.gov.
This is a federal bill (the "End Warehouse Detention Act") that would stop warehouse detention in its tracks by creating a prohibition on using taxpayer dollars to fund warehouse detention.
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@miketrose.bsky.social Watching the new episode of Shrinking, and there's a scene in the cold open that made me think of our pre-performance ritual in the wings. <strikes an inspector Javert pose>
If our representatives aren't going to do anything about this, we have to.
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
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Well, now they’re coming for the prosthetics, wheelchairs, and oxygen tanks.
They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.
Jeffries thinks “rope a dope” is when you let your opponent punch you in the face again and again until he gets tired and collapses all on his own
Thanks for the commentary!
Trump's speech was under two hours, which bolsters the thesis that the leaks about it being more than two hours were meant to work the prediction markets
Reminder: undocumented people don't get to vote, cannot register to vote in this country.
