Normal operations. The court did some tortured legalism on behalf of the rich.

It's a distraction for sure, but probably meant to keep you from noticing some really petty grifting. They're proud of the genocide in Gaza. They would like you to notice that.

Is shooting one person a mass shooting?

I heard from my mom last night that Putin directed Iran to tell Hamas to do the 10/7 attack. It was calculated to divide the US so we would be less effective in supporting Ukraine. This led to me yelling for two hours, which I don't feel good about, but I'm tired of explaining that when examining the world you have to strive to find plausible explanations for why things are happening, not something as fucking stupid as saying the people of Gaza were perfectly satisfied until a bunch of outside agitators got them stirred up.

Edit: She actually doesn't watch MSNBC. This is NYT brain. She used to be fine with criticizing media that promoted the war in Iraq, but doing that now means you're just like Trump.

Nightmare blunt rotation: your mom

I'm alone right now, and I'm really dreading my next human interaction. Do I smile and laugh, or do I act really off-putting and ask when Biden goes on trial for genocide now that Trump's done being tried for doing paperwork wrong?

It's worth noting that this wouldn't be necessary if the government of China didn't have broad support and legitimacy.

AP news wrote a lot of words when they could've just said Stalin shouldn't have stopped at Berlin.

Edit: Also, I'm overflowing with tankie energy right now.

Wait, you're not gonna post your hog?

This is really weird. I just read on quora that Russia has almost no tanks left. I'm not joking.