Jonathan Gordon

@yankee_mark @ReichlinMelnick They sent him to hell on earth for nothing…and it still wasn’t enough for them I don’t believe in the death penalty but if I did I’d want it for Miller and Noem They’re sociopaths or psychopaths or whatever the right word is, even if they hide their crimes behind bureaucracy.

@LauraRbnsn Good Czar, Demon Boyars is a new one, no question

This is my favorite new version of "it's never Trump's fault." Usually it's "Trump has bad advisors." Now it's "it's not Trump's fault that he's a vacant flesh vessel whose consciousness and will is driven by an intelligent being made of pure God-hating malevolence."

@TonerousHyus Ah he blocked me. No, that’s not during Covid. That means cleaning out a bdiesel feedstock tank wearing a respirator. Fucking retard.

@riesi041 @TonerousHyus Cubans are the ultimate pick-me girls lol. Sorry, yes, people care more about America than Cuba. Imagine that, caring more about a country of 350 million than a country of 9 million.

It is interesting how the last two popes have tried to turn Jesus into a Reddit socialist. Obsessed with US domestic politics too but of course only on one side of that

@TonerousHyus Everyone is just dying to be able to claim that they’re a victim. Have some self respect.

@TonerousHyus I uh…I don’t remember him talking endlessly about the US. I’m sure he talked about us, we are an important country, but endlessly? Come on

@SewerRat89 Why did Francis talk endlessly about the U.S.? Dude was from Buenos Aires lol

@TonerousHyus I mean you do you, I’m just laughing.

@TonerousHyus Lol you’re comparing him talking about the country that he’s from (and the lone superpower) fighting a country of 90 million… To talking about a poor country of 50 million that isn’t at war that famously split from the Church a couple hundred years ago.

@TonerousHyus Yea, it’s crazy that the Pope wouldn’t say anything about the *famously* very Catholic England lmao

Interestingly, England falling into economic malaise and social dysfunction warrants no real concern from the European seat of the church but Trump saying something about trans kids is gonna rush the Pope to a microphone

@KevinRobertsTX The Republican fixation on Hungary is weird. With all due respect to them…why do yall care about them so much?

TRANSLATION: 7-term Republican Senator celebrates Hungary becoming a vassal state of the EU. A lot of swamp left to be drained in Washington. foxnews.com/opinion/sen-mi…

@bigspooper @cd_hooks He DIED for our SINS bruh

@bigspooper @cd_hooks Every time I see a reference to it, it’s got me in tears. “The pope is weak on crime.” Lololol, it’s just, goddamnit, it’s such a fundamental misunderstanding of like, the tenets of Catholicism to think that’s somehow a gotcha.

“the pope is weak on crime” is the funniest thing he’s ever said

@TimRunsHisMouth @Heritage Interesting. It was very livable when Biden was president. Trump flooded the city with national guard and ICE and…navy yard has gotten worse.

Navy Yard was a nice part of DC for about 5 years. That has come to a swift end.

@deanwball A Republican shitting on DC? I’m shocked.

My plan is to leave DC for Virginia before the next mayor is sworn in, or shortly after at the very least. DC is incredibly vulnerable. It has the following major defects: 1. An incompetent and corrupt government that does not provide basic services effectively 2. A government whose cost structure depends on taxing the wealthy at levels that approach NYC, but very very little of the charm, charisma, or pull of a place like NYC; indeed, unlike NYC, the surrounding suburbs of Virginia and Maryland are better in essentially every way, including quality-of-life amenities typically associated with living in a big city. To put it simply, DC doesn’t have the kind of moat that allows a place like NYC to shake its residents down so aggressively. For many, it’s worth being robbed by the government of NYC in exchange for living in NYC because NYC is an amazing city; DC is a deeply mediocre place at its best, so the robbery is more apparent and feels less worthwhile. 3. A metropolitan economy that is probably in recession due to the Trump Admin’s cuts to federal government staffing. This means the fiscal margin for error is shrinking. 4. An upcoming mayoral election that will almost surely see a Mamdani-esque candidate win, but because of DC’s fundamental mediocrity, she will have none of the charm or wit of Mamdani. She will just be a radically progressive moron who makes lots of mistakes, further upsets the polluted business environment, doesn’t do any good things like build housing (one metric along which DC has performed well under the current Mayor), and does nothing to fix corruption or incompetence. This new mayor will do things like build bike lanes, except that they’ll take 3 years, cost vastly more per mile than they do in Northern Europe, etc etc. The progressives will continue their post-Bernie shtick of “a very small and superficial fraction of Northern European governance, but way more expensive and worse.” So basically we are about to elect a Mayor who will performatively annihilate any chance this town had of improving itself, all in service of (1) Orange Man Bad, MSNBC politics and (2) maintaining the illusion that progressives have anything resembling a vision for how to govern that goes beyond “plow even more of the rich people’s money into the Corruption Machine.” The diagnosis below of DC politics is way more charitable to DC than I have been but it is fundamentally accurate. This place is cooked. If you are young and want to move to this area, go for the suburbs. If you currently live here, get the hell out. No renaissance awaits this place; a decade or more of decay looms.

@Jamie_Weinstein Israel has an advanced economy, its own industrial base, and one of the strongest militaries in the world. This isn’t 1967 or what have you anymore. Wouldn’t you say there is quite a bit of space between constantly “defending” them vs throwing them to the wolves?

If you want to say let's throw Israel to the wolves because it may help our economy or reduce the threat to our country, just say that. I disagree, but it's better than BSing about it being in the moral wrong for heroically fighting enemies who want to see it destroyed.

I’m sorry - the Pentagon threatened the Catholic Church, currently led by the first American pope??

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year. Many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

@TonerousHyus @BrerRabbitBurnr @varadmehta I don’t think they’d be wasting missiles on tankers. Mines, submersible drones, or Shaheds into the bridge are more likely I think.

@BrerRabbitBurnr @varadmehta Attacked with what? And how is that a ceasefire?

The ceasefire doesn’t exist.

@trickydickpol It is a war crime but it’s difficult to make that big of a stir considering we hit Iranian desal plants first (this also isn’t the first desal plant Iran has hit). It’s war crimes all over the place.

Yes but since it’s Iran you will see zero Democrats nor any in the US media calling it a war crimes Just like they don’t call Irans “control of the Straight of Hormuz” a war crime despite it being done solely by targeting and striking civilian vessels. Iran can do no wrong!