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secretly human, she/her, beloved soulmate of @da_mar_mar.

[Steven Brust, pjf @StevenBrust]

"For ours are the hands on those machines
Just think for a minute of what that means.
And the time has come when we'll not be fools anymore."

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

On this July 4, dont forget that the Declaration of Independence asserts a right to revolution!

[The DreamCode Oracle @TheDreamOracle]

@NancyMace
Yes, Nancy. The Declaration is an indictment—of King George III. It’s literally a breakup letter with receipts, drafted by guys who were tired of bowing to a monarchy that taxed them, quartered soldiers in their homes, dictated their laws from across an ocean, and denied them basic freedoms. You know—the kind of stuff you’d think a self-proclaimed American patriot might know. Maybe crack it open sometime, right after you graduate from Genesis 1:1.

It’s honestly impressive how loudly you can broadcast that you’ve never actually read the founding documents. The Declaration of Independence was quite literally a list of charges—a legal and moral indictment—against a king who refused to recognize the colonies as anything but a cash cow. Jefferson even wrote it like a lawyer prepping a court case: facts stated, charges presented, and intent to sever ties made plain.

And here’s the part that should hit a little too close to home for you and your party, Nancy: that list of grievances? It wasn’t about being too governed, it was about being governed without accountability, without recourse, and without representation. Sound familiar? Because that's exactly the type of authoritarian nonsense many modern Republicans have been flirting with—executive overreach, voter suppression, religious lawmaking, and absolute disdain for democratic norms.

The Founders wanted liberty, but not the cartoonish version your talking points reduce it to. They didn’t want a government of unchecked billionaires or demagogues dressed in populist cosplay. They wanted self-governance. Freedom of religion—not forced Christianity. Local control—not centralized tyranny. And taxes? Yeah, they hated unfair taxes—but they weren’t anarchists. They just wanted a say in how their money was spent. Representation.

Libertarianism in its original form wasn’t about “I don’t want to wear a seatbelt” or “nobody can tell me not to poison rivers.” It was about resisting a monarch who didn’t give a damn about consent of the governed. And now here you are, shocked that a Black man like Hakeem Jeffries read the Declaration of Independence and understood the assignment better than half of Congress.

So yeah, the Declaration reads like an indictment because it is one.
It’s supposed to be.
It’s the foundational protest document of this country.
You’d think someone who constantly clutches the Constitution like a Bible prop at a campaign stop would’ve noticed.

But I get it. Reading comprehension isn’t as flashy as outrage farming. And the moment someone actually quotes the founding documents without the Fox News filter on, it sounds like heresy.

So maybe next time, instead of being outraged that someone recognized what the Declaration really is, maybe sit down and read it. All of it. Even the part where it says governments derive their power from the consent of the governed—a concept you and your ilk should really spend more time reflecting on.

[Steven Brust, pjf @StevenBrust]

Can confirm.

[Steven Brust, pjf @StevenBrust]

This is SO on the nose!

[ŞŴ€€Ŧ ΜΔŘŽƗƤΔŇ @da_mar_mar]

Just saw “The Play that Goes Wrong” very funny and interesting. Loved it!!!! Laughed so much, I was crying.

[ᒎᗩᗪᎥᗴᒪƳᑎ 🦜 @jadieko]

@da_mar_mar Lololol you cook amazingly.

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

"Non-citizens don't get due process" without due process there are no citizens, you are whatever the closest ICE agent says you are.

[Steven Brust, pjf @StevenBrust]

In a previous life I was a subatomic particle. Well, part of me was.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The richest 3 people have more money than the poorest 4 billion.

But the problem (according to those richest people) is the poor people.

[Art of the deal @artdaniels]

@theliamnissan @MAGAMichelleS69

[Morag Mitchell @MoragMitchell3]

I just read this on Facebook:

Someone asked "Why do many British people not like Donald Trump?"

Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response:

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[ᒎᗩᗪᎥᗴᒪƳᑎ 🦜 @jadieko]

@da_mar_mar I can’t leave you alone for a hot minute

[Steven Brust, pjf @StevenBrust]

I got hit with a short story idea: a guy goes back in time to the Garden of Eden and gives Adam a gift of camping gear. Although, as a writer, I'm not really comfortable with first person present tents.

[ᒎᗩᗪᎥᗴᒪƳᑎ 🦜 @jadieko]

@MintamenaPie Loved that scene, felt like Kristen was making a statement of “you pretty good, girl, but watch the pro show you how it’s done”

[Ryan Lackey @octal]

Filed in "photos which are terrifying if you know what they are, nonthreatening otherwise."

[ᒎᗩᗪᎥᗴᒪƳᑎ 🦜 @jadieko]

@MintamenaPie