[Frantz von Papen voice]

compare and contrast the threat to national security from a handful of Islamist terrorists and this

if you are a political opponent of donald trump, he will encourage his followers to kill you. if you are a political ally of donald trump who ever disagrees with him, he will encourage his followers to kill you. for some reason we can't speak about this plainly

every elected official they interview in this article, except derrick van orden who they lead with for some reason, had their death threats instigated & encouraged by donald trump. the country doesn't have an incivility problem, it has a maga death cult problem

So 1) yes, but 2) I think there is a danger here in assuming that 'authoritarian relapse' within the Status Quo Coalition is a USA-exclusive problem. *Most* coalition members have a major right-wing authoritarian party. Your defense policy should assume any one state could relapse at any time.

it might! the Maverick sells really well

like two thirds of truck owners never tow anything. most of those that do tow a couple times a year. that said the F 150 is on the less offensive end of modern trucks imo

watching some Ye Olde Thomas the Tank engine and the narrator is … George Carlin?? funny old world

huh! imagine if Norway controlled SWIFT and the global reserve currency

Roger Marshall charged his patients 18% annual interest on their unpaid bills. His bakery bill for $678.75 was due six years ago. At 18% interest compounded annually, the total he'd owe would be at least $1,800. Marshall just paid the bakery $1,300—far less than what his patients would owe.

Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.

a really big question i’m sure is not getting enough attention is whether or not we can make the public telephony system defensible against AI. if not we may be reverting to a society where the only secure mode of authentication is to appear somewhere in the flesh.

the Slate EV truck is like this. starts at 25k and you can fit it out like a small SUV

US Big Tech putting its thumb on the scale for Flávio Bolsonaro.