Born and raised in Wisconsin, escaped and living in Minnesota.
If I am not making Mastodon a better place, who is?
"On Monday, local law enforcement officials announced that they were weighing whether federal agents should face criminal charges, including kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, over the detention of Mr. Thao on Jan. 18."
This absolutely should go forward as a case. And we need to prosecute Jonathan Ross.
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social
I also think it makes sense. If your sense of self worth suddenly and dramatically improves, I’m quite sure it drives many changes in your life.
We live in weird times.
"For reasons he said were “inexplicable,” Howard Lutnick acknowledged visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s island seven years after he claimed to have severed his relationship with the convicted sex offender, according to lawmakers present for the Commerce Secretary’s closed-door testimony Wednesday."
A lie is lie.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/06/howard-lutnick-commerce-epstein-00908865
"Accordingly, President Trump's conclusory allegation that Defendants had contradictory evidence and failed to investigate is rebutted by the Article and is insufficient to establish actual malice."
Friendly reminder: Trump wrote a special note to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday book.
And Melania does not get a pass.
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/13/trump-lawsuit-wsj-dismissed
How many people who have studied JD Vance’s “career” really expected him to make any progress?
At this Super Bowl, it’s Iran 1, JD Vance 0. #loser
I love Dave Chappelle and I am a supporter of NPR (specifically Minnesota Public Radio). This interview is well worth your time. And it's great that Dave Chappelle is an NPR supporter.
That said, the virtue signaling of some of the hosts drives me batty.
“I don't think about Americans' financial situation."
This should surprise no one.
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/13/trump-inflation-economy-polls-biden
On the campaign trail, Trump vowed that a manufacturing revival would "happen fast and beautifully," and when he imposed sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners last April he predicted they would make factories "come roaring back."
But a tariff on Chinese-made brass instruments -- currently at 20.4% -- has not deterred Conn Selmer, which is following rivals that shifted production to China years ago to cut labor costs.
"[24] states give citizens the constitutional right to sponsor initiatives. Last year, legislatures in those states passed 51 bills restricting citizen ballot measures, according to the Fairness Project, which supports progressive initiatives. Between 2018 and 2023 they had passed, on average, 34 restrictive bills a year."
100% of the legislatures that passed bills restricting ballot measures were controlled by Republicans. Think about it.
“The MAGA crowd is made up of dumb people—like, super dumb people. And they fall for it.”
https://archive.ph/2026.04.21-110133/https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-maga-girls/
"U.S. President Donald Trump touted the operation as an urgent crime-fighting effort, targeting violent illegal immigrants. But the upheaval disrupted the regular work of the federal authorities charged with protecting public safety, according to the records and interviews with 10 current and former officials from state and federal law enforcement agencies."
The damage to my city from the Trumpites will last a long time.
I would argue that Clarence Thomas - long term - has done more to help liberals than any other justice in American history.
From overturning Roe - which essentially guaranteed abortion access to much of the population by enshrining rights in state constitutions to revisiting precedents which then hands the left opportunities to revisit "settled law" (such as Citizens United).
Is he a good and smart person? Mmmm. I don't know.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5834309-clarence-thomas-civility-concerns/
Remember when the president called "affordability" a Democrat hoax?
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/10/cpi-inflation-report-march-2026.html
iMessage is the devil.
“No one knows what we stand for anymore except that we loathe Trump with every bone in our bodies,” the consultant added. “That’s not lost on anyone. But what else?”
I’m glad someone else recognized what I have been saying for 2 years: Democrats have not learned their lesson after losing all the chambers and being against Trump is not a long-term strategy.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5846189-democrats-trump-redistricting-midterms-economy/
This story is so awful. The White House's comment is: “Being in detention is a choice."
Remember when the president and Republicans told you they were the party of families and also only targeting hardened criminals for deportation? Read this story.
The Democrats *STILL* have not learned their lessons in the last 10 years. As a result, it is growing more and more unlikely they will take the house or the Senate this year.
These incompetent and feckless bafoons have had 2 years to create a message. And all they came up with "We are anti-Trump".
It is dispiriting.
Here's the advice:
Democrats need to win elections. They need to appeal to Americans. It's just not happening right now.
And Claude is really useful. But it’s also really dumb.
Toolbox Pro is so cool.
WTF New York Times? WTF?
It seems like they are trying to anger me every day with frivolous garbage. I want to cancel my subscription so bad, but my wife won't let me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/style/easter-egg-roll-melania-trump-ralph-lauren.html
