In effect, the Supreme Court ruled that only it could decide issues on a national level. And then, with thousands and thousands of people waiting in limbo for resolution of many legally disputed Trump orders, the justices went on summer vacation, not to return until October.

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I think one reason some tech people are unwilling to grapple with DOGE’s failure is that it would require acknowledging that their entire belief system about government — and in some ways broader worldview — was wrong.

"Why does Massachusetts have a 9-0 Democratic delegation. Its a clear gerrymander." Maybe its because I had to draw THIS to get a district that was just Biden +1%.

I honestly hate that we've normalized the idea that all opinions are valid. I think we should get back to telling ppl that they are ill informed & ignorant.

this stat made me laugh so hard: the median age for CNN's audience is currently 67 years old, making it the youngest among the major cable news networks.

Can men also start getting their hair cut like this again cause fades look ugly asf

Political environment feels post-9/11-ish. Those of us who came of age politically after 9/11 (so late Gen X/early millennial) have sometimes been more critical of cancel culture because we experienced that period when it was the right doing the canceling.

I'm not a late-night TV guy (I find most of it cringe) but the gov should not have the power to withhold licenses from TV corps as punishment for the content of their speech. If Biden had blocked Fox's sale of 21st Century b/c he didn’t like Tucker, that would have been wrong

The pure lack of balls U.S. institutions have with Trump at a 42-44% job approval rating is unbelievably embarrassing

Obviously the Kimmel thing is really bad, but it also emphasizes how these hard right-wingers are the biggest and whiniest crybabies I've ever seen in my life. All that bloviating just to throw temper tantrums at the mildest of criticisms.

He hasn’t seen the heights of 45% approval in ages. He’s the least popular president in living memory. He’s getting everything he wants because we have feckless selfish elites, a useless corporate media, and no opposition party to speak of.

Yes, there has been a stream of political violence recently, but it is not coming from partisan zealots. - 70% of perpetrators were not registered to vote; 12% were independents - 67% never explained motives for their attack publicly - 75% did not draft a manifesto

It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones. It’s the phones.

I’ll never forgive everyone for being such weak bitches this time around. Is there anyone on the planet with the balls to tell him to go fuck himself?? Sheesh

Remember kids, wearing a mask in a pandemic is literally 1984, but military occupation of US cities is totally chill and not authoritarian at all, actually.

So, an AI “band” who cite us as an influence (ie, it’s modelled off our music) have just overtaken us on Spotify, in only TWO months. It’s shocking, it’s disheartening, it’s insulting - most importantly - it’s a wake up call. Oppose AI music, or bands like us stop existing.

“The president can cancel congressionally mandated funding” is going to go down as one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in American history. They just totally removed the power of the purse from Congress, stripping it of most of its power

The part of Orwell's 1984 that everyone forgets is how human music has been replaced by soulless, machine-generated pop songs. The AI attempt to take over the film and music industries is an attack on the human spirit. Boycott AI actors. Boycott AI bands. Support human artists.