Rep Tom Suozzi: “Very simple. Putin is a dictator. Zelenskyy is not.” What’s so hard to understand about that?
Had a conversation with a non political person whose buddy works for the forest service and was 10 months into his job supplying hard to reach parts of a national forest and was fired. The guy talking to me was like “I don’t really think my buddy’s $50,000 salary is gonna balance the budget.”
most people know someone who works for the federal government in some capacity and even the assholes who think all federal employees are moochers tend to make a personal exception for their buddy Jim everyone is going to hear stories of how cruel and capricious this is
DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b Annual increase in deficit: $900b Cuts to Medicare: $880b
They’re cutting Medicaid
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs? MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
this is true. i watched thunderball a little while ago and was struck by how terrible it was *from the jump*
one of my favorite running storylines in culture is that people treat JAMES BOND as a franchise full of classic, beloved movies that has only recently lost its way, when the reality is that literally almost every single movie in the history of the franchise sucks.
Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.
I'm using using Dropbox to upload some large files after a long time not using Dropbox and the experience is reminding me why I haven't used Dropbox in a real long time
I’m strongly in favor of mushroom thumping Mushroom friends, what do we think
My signature “tap tap cronch” mushroom ASMR compilation with >70 million views across platforms #asmr #mushrooms #mycology
In my video about this I made the case that knowing there’s a 3% chance an asteroid will hit us is amazing news because at any other point in history we would have no idea at all. But it also sucks: modern life is too full of things to worry about that, previously, we just wouldn’t know existed.
Welcome to the Blueskies,,,, Rhiannon Giddens,,, and get her tix for the newly located DC show 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
The Anthem tickets: www.ticketmaster.com/event/150062...
Doing stand up again after a 10 year break has been thrilling, and I couldn’t be happier to record a brand new stand up comedy special for Hulu. My second one ever? First in 12 years! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
Every citizen who is forced to enter name/email into a form to access public wifi has a duty to make up something breathtakingly vulgar.
Happy Anniversary to one of my favorite characters, John Economos, created by John Ostrander and (?). And in a strange coincidence today also happens to be the birthday of the actor who plays him, my pal Steve Agee. Here he is in Season Two of Peacemaker, out in August!
Amazing scenes. There’s a reason Trump/Elon love the executive orders and the king routine, and part of it is: they don’t have the votes to do it constitutionally.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE PULLING THE VOTE ON THE BUDGET RESOLUTION. THEY DON'T HAVE THE VOTES!
A fairly common interaction for me lately... Me: you can't trust this person, they lie incessantly. :proves particular lie: Friend: Ugh, fine, you've convinced me. I guess I can't trust anybody, this is so frustrating. Me: No, actually, you can trust many people, just not this particular one! 1/2
The US is intending to remove the "X" for gender on passports. I have non-binary friends and don't see why they have to pick an option that makes no sense, or how "X" harms other people. So I commented on the Federal Register. martinfowler.com/articles/202...
Flu infections are the highest they’ve been in nearly 30 years, and flu deaths this winter have surpassed COVID deaths. In today’s episode, we dig  into some viral trends. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/3Qxzk9y
I wondered when judges would start bringing up the major-questions doctrine in relation to drastic DOGE cuts!
In her opinion, among other bases, she finds that OMB's order likely violates the "major questions" doctrine. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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