Recently, Ta-Nehisi Coates said, “Well, they’re killing people in the streets. I don’t like to say I told you so, but I saw this coming years ago, and they said I was being too alarmist. But it’s consistent with what the United States is as a country.“
Sonny Burton is set to be executed by the state of Alabama on Thursday. There is a direct line between a government that murders its own citizens and the devaluing of life abroad. The sin has always started at home.
Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
The cruelty is the point. It’s easy to be cruel when you don’t believe the person on the receiving end of your cruelty is as human as you.
What are you too takeaways from it?
Two-thirds. Two-thirds. I will never forgive us for continuing to arm the Israeli military.
Can’t wait to hear what yarns dementia grandpas spun tonight. 😩
The state of our union is incredibly fucking embarrassing.
A whiteboard leaned against a shelf with many trinkets. On the whiteboard, it says “When you look at a blank page, think of who you love”
In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work
"Clicktatorship" is fucking phenomenal.
This rules.
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Ten glorious years of a guy who has mostly been the president and always been the main character of American political life doing posts like this and everyone trying to figure out what cable news segment he saw, misunderstood in the way a dog might misunderstand a crossword, and made into policy.
The gall of this bitch.
“The machine swallows life and spits out convenience.” Omar El Akkad
Both are excellent!
Are they unaware of the sociopath energy they reveal again and again?
This is wisdom.
Doing things the "right" way, burning out and then realizing there is another option, coming back and winning it all with no fucks given? Yes please tell me that story forever.
Imagine being too imperialist/neocolonial/openly rapacious for the Catholic Church
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What possessed my youngest child to purchase this monstrosity, name it Jimmy Carter, and congratulate me on becoming a grandmother since it’s her baby?
Parenting is WILD.
I wanted the episode to keep going! It was a such a lovely conversation.
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“Almost half of young Republicans surveyed see Jews as a threat to the American way of life.”
Yep, antisemitism is totally a both-sides issue. Right? Right??
Wow.
Yes. They should do this.
ME: Lord, I just pray that you send a hedge of protection.
GOD: Say less.
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
