Machine Gun Tomaselli

“Nowhere on this earth does the flag of truth fly. The barracuda taking pain tranquilizers and devouring angels…Goddamn it all. -Jack Micheline

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

A great piece on how reading COVID-themed novels shows that our culture has never really properly grappled with what the pandemic meant https://t.co/106eoebrg1

[bridget d. ginley @bridgetDginley]

What an amazing shot. I sure miss working there

[Machine Gun Tomaselli @MichaelTomasel2]

Gooey piles, baby!

[Zappa's Wisdom Trooth @s_trooth]

"Talking 'bout your hemorrhoids baby!"
🎼🎶🎶 FZ

[Machine Gun Tomaselli @MichaelTomasel2]

@RaminNasibov To Kill A Mockingbird

[Lindsay Ballant @lindsayballant]

Look at that Radical Fringe Left crowd

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

can we please just hire china to save new orleans

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

When a journalist finally pushes back on your lies to your face

[Exhibit C @exxhibit_c]

It’s so ironically funny that Hillary got destroyed by an outsider in the 2008 primary, rigged the 2016 primary so that wouldn’t happen again with Bernie, just to lose the 2016 general election to another outsider

[Machine Gun Tomaselli @MichaelTomasel2]

Rosie and I agree.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Rosie O’Donnell on Trump: “If you grew up in New York you knew he was an asshole and a liar from day one. He is a con man, he is a narcissist, and he is a psychopath if you ask me”

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Bob Dylan broke out the 'Basement Tapes' classic "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" for the first time since 2012 on the second night of his summer tour https://t.co/ohEPxt4usR

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

The magnitude of what just happened may take some time to sink in.

This is the first time Iran has struck Israel after Israel struck another country's territory (that is, not Iran).

This means that the battle lines have been moved.

Iran's deterrence had already been restored in the sense that Israel knew that any strike on it would be responded to.

But now, Iran has proven that it will also respond to Israeli strikes on Lebanon.

This is the first time in decades that a regional power has the means, capacity, and willingness to put hard power against Israeli military maneuvers or aggression against a third party.

Read full analysis here: https://t.co/CPawJ4TYdr

[BESSEMER SAINTS 🛠️🍻🥨 @realBSaints]

The 150 -capacity club is where rock n' roll really lives.
Not in a museum.
Not in a stadium.
We already know what a city without them is like; we lived it for a year + change; + it was miserable.
If you really love rock n' roll, find a small club + keep it fed. 🍻🍻🍻🍻

[Cigarette Nostalgia @CigsMake]

You used to be able to smoke cigarettes in a room full of children during Christmas time

[Doug Henwood @DougHenwood]

Yeah but it’s the hoodie too

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

Bro really wanted that cheeseburger

[FLAVOR FLAV @FlavorFlav]

BOSS up and Fight the Power ✊🏾
@springsteen

[Kevin Finnerty @timeimmemorial_]

knicks fans leaving san antonio

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Entering month 6 of the Mamdani mayorship of NYC and Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, and Murder is down an astounding 21%.

And he did so without "Adding 5000 new cops" to the streets. Instead, he's invested in public safety with free childcare, accessible infrastructure, and better funded schools and libraries. He's proven once again that if we want safer communities, we must invest in People—not Punishments.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Powerful piece, highly recommend reading. Democrats need people like Platner if they are going to come to terms with the true nature of our country, with what we have done to people at home and abroad, and pull together the coalition needed to heal and reshape it.

“A tiny minority of Americans (6%) ever serve in the military. Of these, only 40% of veterans have ever deployed to a combat zone. And of those deployed, only about 10% participated in actual ground combat. I am one of those, and so is Platner. His pathology: a combination of traumatic stress, substance abuse, impulsive decision-making in the past, and deep anger at the moral injury he sustained wearing the cloth of this nation, is something this country ought to consider when it sends its young men and women to war. The question before Maine is not whether Graham Platner is perfect. The question is whether the United States Senate, the state of Maine, and the country as a whole would benefit from having his voice in the room when decisions are made. The answer is yes…”

“A democracy that insists on perfection will eventually find itself represented only by people skilled at hiding their flaws.”