Ben Kittelson

Love this, makes my Budget Analyst heart happy

I was going to say Cigar Thoughts' very own Jacson Bevens but now that feels insulting

if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.

Bauer, who is 49, struggled to maintain her composure as she described the day early this month when ICE showed up in force outside her school. Agents had been circling the school since December, seemingly learning its routines, and they arrested some parents just before the winter break. But this time, agents leapt out in riot gear and began entering the apartments just across from the school, where many students live. “We had to lock down and keep the kids inside, and parents linked arms to block the school entrance,” Bauer said. “We had a student who was looking out the window and saw them break into his apartment and just sobbed, ‘That’s my house. That’s my home.’ And we shut the blinds, but it was too late.”

The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.

Yes. Moral leadership is more important than whatever priors the polling can confirm.

He’s talking about farming in 1989 but could easily be about half a dozen other things including climate change

“We have bought unconditionally the economists’ line that competition and innovation would solve all problems, and that we would finally accomplish a technological end-run around biological reality and the human condition.” - Wendell Berry

the way i read this i thought the article was going to be about how Rubio has been beefing with Calibri for years

My wrapped is “Ben finds out about MJ Lenderman and also reaches new levels of parrot-headedneas”

what if the conspiracy theory explaining the reason for the last dumb war was the actual reason for a new dumb war.

You are not wrong, Rogue One just stands out in the disney era because the other movies have been more bad. It's a decent action flick in comparison to the sequels and prequels.. a low bar.

My kid got a Kramer-in-Seinfeld level sitcom greeting at daycare today. A cheer went up when we entered the classroom and they yelled her name.

I assume she must be a toddler physical comedy phenom

do work -> ai feedback to turn it into ai slop -> repeat step one

a new circle of hell is getting feedback at work that is clearly written by AI

Tar Heel also has to be up there

Arguably the reason to focus on "kitchen table issues" during the election was because the fascism stuff was all theoretical at the time

Now? it's not theoretical. POTUS and his war secretary just told the military leadership they plan to use the military on the enemy within...

*as masked officers escort me into an unmarked van*

"The American people expect us to work together in a bipartisan matter. And I thank my republican colleagues for agreeing not to use excessive force in their round up of political opponents."

"Inflation is hurting the American people which is why we need to cast the deciding votes to fund a government that is actively hurting the American people by sending masked thugs and military into cities, upending our public health, and undermining the rule of law."

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu:

“Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”

Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities

It is called the executive branch because the execute the laws of Congress, not because they get to make up their own laws.

This happens all the time at the local level too, people are surprised when a mayor can't just waive a magic wand and make things happen. Democracy requires building buy-in

*log on*

*uninstall AI add ons in every program I use*

*repeat endlessly until one of us dies*

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illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.

COMMENTARY: It takes a great country to admit its mistakes. The Trump administration's new signs at Colorado's National Historic Sites reflect weakness and insecurity.

oh so he's big and energetic/smart as heck.

We had a Pyrenees mix and I think that dog was smarter than most people I've met

NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:

“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”