I always thought America was one country 🇺🇸
But Americans on X keep saying
"Well in MY state it's totally different"
Texas. California. New York. Florida.
It sounds like 50 small countries in a trench coat.
Is that a fair way to think about it?
Please quote-tweet with your state flag! 🙋
USA. A breakfast counter. The waitress recommended the biscuits and gravy, and when the plate arrived, I thought something had gone wrong in the kitchen.
I say this with shame. The dish looked like a construction site after rain. Pale mounds. Gray ladle-fall. Speckles I could not identify.
In my land, the eye eats first. A meal is arranged like a garden. This meal was arranged like weather.
"Is it… finished?" I asked, carefully.
"Honey, that's what it looks like."
The man beside me was already eating his. He did not look up. "Just try it."
I am a man who has charged hillsides at dawn. I raised the fork. I tried it.
I must now formally apologize to the biscuits, the gravy, the waitress, the kitchen, and the entire breakfast tradition of the American South.
It was magnificent. Warm. Peppered. The biscuit drank the gravy the way a field drinks rain — THAT is why it is shaped like that, you fool — and every mound I had insulted was a soft fold of comfort that my homeland, in eight hundred years, never once thought to invent.
"Well?" the waitress asked.
"I judged it," I confessed. "By its appearance. I am ashamed."
"Everybody does, hon."
Everybody does. A national dish that forgives you for doubting it. It expects the doubt. It waits for you on the other side of it.
Do not judge the gravy by its face. Judge yourself, for hesitating.
I order it every Saturday now. I no longer see the construction site. I see only the garden.
It was a garden the whole time. The eye must be trained.
She would not have bombed Iran.
She would not have illegally attacked Venezuela.
She would not have destroyed the economy.
She would not have pardoned criminals, drug traffickers, and traitors.
She would not have supported Putin's Russia.
She would not have slept in the Oval Office.
She would not have an affected hand.
She would not have cut the SNAP program.
She would not have used the DOJ to attack her political enemies.
She would not have given money to foreign countries.
She would not have abandoned American farmers.
She would not have prevented the release of the Epstein files.
She would not have destroyed American democracy.
She would not have trampled on the Constitution.
She would not have abandoned the fundamental rights of citizens.
She would not have deployed American soldiers against the American people.
She would not have destroyed the White House.
She would not have enriched her family through government influence.
She would not have lied about her health records.
She would not have played golf.
She wouldn't have asked people to cheat in future elections.
She wouldn't have said "Quiet piggy" to a female journalist.
She wouldn't have invited Putin to Alaska.
She wouldn't have appointed an administration of incompetents.
She wouldn't have done everything Trump did.
Sunday’s fights at the White House promise a violent show and a chance for the president to project power and reconnect with young men. https://t.co/yl3P0NGmrP
The world’s first trillionaire made a pedophile rapist the president of the United States and then personally made sure starving children couldn’t get food and medicine, with 14 million deaths projected from his actions alone. He’s possibly the most evil person in history.
They wore red hats for him.
They wore ear bandages for him.
They wore diapers for him.
They wore garbage bags for him.
Now they cheer wars, shrug at high gas prices, call inflation “freedom” and are totally cool with pedophilia.
MAGA are the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet.
Normally you wouldn’t increase the likelihood of US casualties by announcing something like this ahead of time, unless you are bluffing to use it as a negotiating ploy, you are stupid, you don’t really care about the troops, or all three.
One top military officer provided a plausible explanation, behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, The Intercept has learned. In the briefing, a high-ranking officer on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff stated that some of the people killed by the U.S. military may have been the victims of human trafficking.
If the governments job isn’t to secure even basic shit like clean drinking water for its citizens, what’s its actual purpose?! THIS IS WHAT WE WANT OUR TAXES PAYING FOR
MacFarlane: Are you concerned that the lies being espoused about California’s voting are specifically designed for November 4th, 5th, and 6th, when the House majority could rest on California’s vote count?
Aguilar: It’s pretty clear to all of us that Republicans are laying the groundwork to do anything to hold power. That’s what this is about.
Still can’t believe the bastard killed the great vibes we had going in the city, shut down midtown, shut down the outdoor fan watch party outside of MSG and ruined business for many bars and restaurants near MSG tonight just to take a nap in a suite with Dolan
Pussy ass bitch always walks out of interviews when he’s called out on his lies. Then he reverts to name calling. The good part is watching the lumbering fat fuck struggle to get out of his chair. Have I ever told you guys how much I hate this motherfucker?
With the confirmation that the Ticketmaster Queue is not actually random, it raises a deeply concerning question: Can Ticketmaster now pick and choose exactly which accounts get first access to high-demand tickets?
Because there is zero transparency into how their queue algorithm actually operates, it feels like anything is possible. For a company already facing intense scrutiny over its business practices, this lack of clarity only fuels the belief that the system is rigged against everyday fans.
🚨 Current weather forecasts show a 65% chance of rain and a 39% chance of thunderstorms during the UFC White House event on June 14 😬
(via @accuweather)
Things most Americans agree on:
Groceries cost too much.
Tariffs suck and make no sense.
Congress and Presidents shouldn’t trade stocks.
The debt is a mess.
The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good.
Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that nobody wants and have never been explained.
Americans are exhausted.
AI is like my new best friend that also might be trying to take my job, my ability to think for myself, and my humanity in the process. Yo like I love you, but WTF, but I still love you.
Diversity is actually awesome! The opposite is boring AF.
Canadians are super fucking cool.
Mexicans are chill.
Putin isn’t a good guy looking out for America’s best interest. Rocky IV and Miracle are great movies.
Good neighbors are a blessing.
Freedom of religion and coexistence without having to blow each other up is probably a good idea.
We all question, are we alone in the universe?
We all fuck up along the way.
Epstein didn’t hang himself.
The Trumps and Epstein were best friends for decades. It’s like Bert trying to tell us Ernie was just an acquaintance in the same social scene on Sesame Street back in the day.
The Cowboys suck. Go Birds!
Things we’re told to fight about:
Me.
Laptop.
Vaccines.
Transgenders in sports.
Pronouns.
That’s the joke.
It’s been what like 4 years now and these morons still think we just give Ukraine cash smh
Ukraine aid has never been us just giving them straight cash….for the millionth time….when congress approves aid for Ukraine that money goes to AMERICAN arms companies to make NEW weapons to replenish AMERICAN stockpiles and we send Ukraine the old stuff 🙄
Russia is considering lowering the country’s working age to 12 and reopening Soviet child labour camps to solve the country's job crisis
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