“There are no ‘distant’ conflicts when human dignity is at stake.”

Pope Leo XIV

Rescissions package passed by a single vote. Devastating but we fight on in the Senate. This cannot become law. Millions will die.

"When one of America's most respected political journalists treats talk of forcible annexation as just another campaign promise to be analyzed, it moves the window of acceptable political discourse into terrifying new territory."

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental attorney who has spread misinformation and falsehoods about vaccines and their safety, to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

pour one out for the suckers who built electronics factories in Mexico under the theory they’d be avoiding tariffs on China. The real alpha is moving to a country Trump doesn’t know the name of, like Malaysia

Universal 25% tariffs on Canada & Mexico would hit ~$900B of US imports, ~30% of all goods brought into the country, including pretty devastating impacts on US energy, vehicle, & food supply chains

Prices for gas & groceries like tomatoes/beer/cabbages would jump significantly

People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.

A majority of voters voted for a man who legitimately hates the core ideas and institutions of our republic.

Introducing a thought I have: Plastic Water Bottles.

A “Plastic Water Bottle” is what I call any problem that we see as super evil despite the fact that there is an extremely similar bigger problem (plastic soda bottles) that we never think about only because we’re simply more used to it.

Not my ass getting choked up watching ordinary citizens fighting for their democracy

Genuinely makes me sad that history is filled with so many incredible fascinating stories yet the most popular history show on Netflix is some dipshit looking at old civilisations and just going "looks like they used secret technology or magic to build this"