i'm not holding anyone's hand when i say this, but when a book's goal is to make you feel uncomfortable and then it succeeds in doing so, that doesn't make it problematic. that's the book delivering on its promise.

not everything is a comfort read.

found my people in the likes and reposts here

It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.

Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers

oh this is a big mystery

if we make it through this one thing i know is i don't want to hear another goddamn word about the constitution from conservatives

This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"

USAID Fraud Allegations: Fact vs. Fiction

Fact
Inspector General’s Investigations:
- USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.

i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

Vive la résistance

Muting all the words. Nothing that happened today is telling us anything we didn’t know.

"Hope, I know, is a fighter and a screamer."

Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan."