2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1017+ words) As we move closer to mid-term elections, the Trump administration continues to lie about election integrity, sowing the seeds for bullshit “rigged election” claims should the GOP fail to win the elections Trump wants them to win. It doesn’t matter…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (313+ words) Pick your favorite zombie movie or television show and you’ll eventually be confronted with dialogue justifying the killing of the zombies with the idea that they are no longer human. “They aren’t people, Rick. They’re just bodies. We have to…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (403+ words) There are multiple things this administration is incapable of doing: winning wars, curbing inflation, not acting like Nazis, wearing shoes that fit them, etc. But if there’s one thing it’s most known for, it’s the unwillingness to take a loss…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (717+ words) Every government does stuff because it can, not because it needs to. But this current administration has been far more opportunistic than most, doing constitutional recon in areas of unsettled law right up until a court rules that it can’t....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (291+ words) Comedian Jimmy Kimmel‘s planned Thursday interview with Texas Senatorial hopeful James Talarico didn’t air on ABC broadcast TV because network lawyers were worried about Trump FCC censorship and reprisal. Instead, the interview will air on the late-night show’s YouTube…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (165+ words) All he had to do was wait and he wouldn’t have made a fool of himself. Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican elected coroner in 2007, told Lancaster Online that the baby died at home. “I believe it was the 18th of August,” he…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (682+ words) One of the natural side effects of flooding the zone with hastily hired, poorly trained immigration enforcement officers is an increase in violence and rights violations. Christian Castro may not have been a new ICE hire, but he’d been there…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (458+ words) In addition to the $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros merger just being foundationally bad for creatives, labor, and consumers, the Ellison family-owned company’s executives just keep demonstrating why they’re not really the kind of folks you want dominating the lion’s share…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (588+ words) Too Much Free Time It would be nice to go a day or two (or three-day weekend!) without being apprised of some new awfulness from this administration. Since that’s not going to happen, let’s check in with the latest shitshow!...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1729+ words) I am never asking the monkey’s paw for a federal government that defends fair use again. So, look, you’re right to be skeptical about the DOJ weighing in regarding the big OpenAI copyright case filed by the NY Times. You’re…...