Powerful Americans only know how to escalate.

From CNN:

When non-violent protesters are met with intense physical suppression, “that tends to create a kind of  outrage effect that then generates more protests,” Jackson said.

“I think everybody can understand in this moment that the reason all these encampments suddenly popped up all over the country is because of what happened at Columbia feeling so egregious, and so sudden, and so unreasonable.”

Holding hands, #Biden and #Netanyahu destroy #Gaza and themselves. #genocide

From the Guardian:

Despite the pressure coming from the Biden administration, there is little sign of the Netanyahu government changing its plan to destroy Hamas – whatever the cost in death and destruction in Gaza.

The immediate risk is to the city of Rafah, where Israel is launching intensive airstrikes and planning a full ground offensive. Rafah and its immediate surroundings are sheltering about 1.5 million people, many of them in flimsy tents, while food and clean water are scarce and medical support is minimal.

Fuck both of these war criminals.

Old man Biden can’t stop this #genocidal maniac Netanyahu w/o shutting off the weapons. #ceasefire

From CNBC:

Biden has said he is trying to get Israel to agree to a cease-fire, but Netanyahu is “giving him hell” and is impossible to deal with, said the people familiar with Biden’s comments, who all asked not to be named.

“He just feels like this is enough,” one of the people said of the views expressed by Biden. “It has to stop.”

No one wants these 2024 candidates because they suck ass. #Trump #Biden #Haley

From CNN:

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will lose Nevada’s nonbinding Republican primary to “none of these candidates,” an embarrassing defeat in a contest that did not feature former President Donald Trump on the ballot.

The outcome likely reflects many GOP voters’ preference for Trump in a state that gives them the option to express their dissatisfaction with all of the candidates on the ballot.

Is Trump dead? Is he in jail? We can only dream.

Wow, pinhead Eric Adams did something creative.

From the Guardian:

New York City has sued 17 charter bus companies that transported migrants from Texas, the mayor, Eric Adams, announced on Thursday.

The lawsuit, filed in New York state court in Manhattan, says the city is seeking $708m from the firms because that was the cost it incurred to house the migrants and provide services to them over the past two years.

Excerpt 2:

But Adams said the transportation companies had violated a 19th-century New York state law that requires anyone who transports a needy person likely to seek government assistance from another state to cover their expenses.

Jesus Fucking Christ, it only took two decades for a Democrat to take a page out of a Republican playbook to do the right thing.

A lot of these law enforcement shitheads are stupid, lazy and kinda evil. #ACAB

From the Guardian:

Hacked police files show US law enforcement agencies for decades received analysis of incidents in the Israel-Palestine conflict directly from the Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli thinktanks, training on domestic “Muslim extremists” from pro-Israel non-profits, and surveilled social media accounts of pro-Palestine activists in the US.

Boy that sounds way less than professional, what a total crock of shit.

Norfolk Southern crashes another one!! Fucking go deregulation…. #incompetence #firebuttigieg

From CNBC:

Hours after a 28-car Norfolk Southern train derailed Saturday in Springfield, Ohio — the third incident for the freight railroad in just over a month, including the toxic disaster in East Palestine, Ohio — internal emails show railroad officials making broad safety adjustments for rail cars.

3 for fucking 3!!! Make those trains crash on time, you go boyz!!!!

Norfolk Southern makes the trains crash on time! #incompetence #deregulation

From Yahoo News:

STORY: In an emailed statement, Norfolk Southern said the train that derailed near Springfield, Ohio was not carrying any hazardous materials and that no one was hurt. It said about 20 cars of a 212-car train derailed as it was traveling southbound near Springfield, without giving any cause.

The accident occurred a month after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, about 180 miles (290 km) northeast of Springfield, sending millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment and forcing thousands of people to evacuate from the area.

Great job on the no bad chemicals on there fellas, lookin’ forward to the next crash!

Looks like large company advertisers think Bro Musk’s Twitter sucks ass. #genius #rightwingshitass

From Yahoo News:

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc reported a drop of about 40% year-over-year in both revenue and adjusted earnings for the month of December, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter.

The report comes after several advertisers slashed their spending on the social-media platform after Elon Musk took charge of the company on Oct. 27, resulting in a 71% drop in advertising spend on Twitter during December, data from advertising research firm—Standard Media Index showed.

It does beg the question of whether Albert Einstein would have been able to run Twitter. Or maybe a third grader would have done a better job than Musk.

I said it once as a joke but it does appear that Musk bought Twitter because he was lonely and he wanted a posse.

Voted against Covid measures, got long Covid. Ain’t that ‘Merka. #incompetence

From Huffpo:

Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) attributed his decision to retire due to the long-term effects of COVID-19, telling local newspaper Tulsa World that certain symptoms were still affecting him day-to-day.

Inhofe voted against multiple coronavirus aid packages meant to help Americans at the height of the pandemic, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act approved overwhelmingly by 90 senators in March 2020, and the American Rescue Plan in March 2021.

You can’t make this shit up. Once again you have shitass nutty masculinity ending up as a form of suicidal tendency.

Elon Musk bought Twitter because he’s lonely.

From the interwebz:

He gathered a team of engineers and advisors to find the reason behind the falling engagement. The Verge report said he called the issue “ridiculous” and added, “I have more than 100 million followers, and I’m only getting tens of thousands of impressions.”

One of the engineers offered a possible explanation that the public interest in his tweets is waning. The engineer also showed data from Google Trends, which showed that compared to last April – when his popularity was at a peak of 100 – he is at a score of nine.

The engineer also said there is no evidence that Twitter’s algorithm was biased against him. But Mr Musk did not take the news well.

“You’re fired, you’re fired,” Musk told the engineer, according to the outlet.

I’m telling you, this could be a spot on take, he looks like a lonely ass motherfucker with very few friends.