I quite enjoyed this bit

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me" you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

We have to destroy them

Indiana fans are now chanting We Want Bama

College hockey sickos already know all about this but even casual college hockey fans have been confused when I try and explain the NCAA/CHL situation... this is the best overview I have heard! Listen! Also: a chance for me to plug my recent article on this very topic! www.uscho.com/2025/12/24/e...

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

When the issue was forgiving student loans, there was a lot of grumbling from the older generations about it, about how they had done it the hard way (even though costs were much lower then) and the Kids Today should too. But when it comes to Kids Today doing the actual work? Meh, they don't care.

The most compelling argument for this is that Sam was once a baby raised without ChatGPT, and look how he turned out.

Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that

a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually

I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl. Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.

I seriously have no idea why you’d hire Pat Fitzgerald. He wasn’t a playcaller or strategic mind, his whole schtick was selling Northwestern Culture because he played there, and then it turns out that culture featured a brutal atmosphere of sexual hazing

What’s your favorite song about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

An all-too-common mistake is inferring the sexuality of historical figures based on contemporary standards that didn’t apply back then. For example, in the 1970s it was normal for a cop, a biker, a Native American, a construction worker, and a cowboy to be friends. It didn’t mean they were gay.

The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Unprecedentedly corrupt.

if your ideology is based on the idea that it is justifiable to prey on the weak there isn't going to be a meaningful boundary you can draw between looting from the poor and sexually exploiting kids. i don't think every conservative is a pervert but that is the logical conclusion of their beliefs

People who are scared of big cities have it backward. The closer you are to your neighbors the better you are at seeing them as human. The people who are scared of “random shootings” in the cities are also sniping lost teens in their driveways in the exurbs.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

It's interesting that wise conservative business guys implicitly understand "return on investment" except when it comes to this. It's better for YOU if your neighbor gets enough to eat so he can become your community's mechanic, accountant, dentist--whatever!--instead of lying dead in a ditch

Last night I had a dream I was at a wedding where the groom's vows were "When I'm around you, I always want to blow a crazy load" and I laughed which made everyone at the wedding mad at ME (?????)

Legally, this is no different from Iran sinking a Disney cruise in international waters and then saying "it's all good, they were terrorists carrying drugs." Which is to say, it's wholly illegal and has been for centuries. You couldn't even do this with a Letter of Marque and Reprisal.

Also my mother "OK, I'm sorry, this is going to sound mean, but I just don't like Brian Kelly." Me: "Madre, no one likes Brian Kelly." Her: "Oh, good. I feel better."

here we go.

i am so owned by the overton window shifting over to some of my personally held positions please, please keep owning me, please I don't know if I'll be able to take it

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

sorry I can't come to your thing I have a spooktacular

NEWS: Arkansas has fired head coach Sam Pittman after the 56-13 loss to Notre Dame. Your interim head coach is Bobby Petrino.

I hung out with a undergrad friend who is a very artsy type recently last time I was stateside, lives in the bay making a living as a musician, and got into it with him about this: he insisted that Trump wasn’t that bad “they were all the same” and it’s like, no, dude, they’re really not

This is the mugshot of a literal political prisoner, arrested, thrown in jail, then expelled from a public university, for yelling at Charlie Kirk supporters

Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him

btw beef production uses like 10000x the water AI does. i still eat beef so i got pissed off when i realized this but it's true and now i try not to eat so much of it

Andy Reid: so you boys are going to the college game tonight? Kelce: you know I gotta support my Bearcats! Mahomes: I must witness the child who mimics me. my Other. he frightens me and yet i am intrigued.

Reading an article titled "Why didn't Brazilian democracy die?" and a key part of the story is a Supreme Court that actually did its job

Nightmare. Five alarm fire. Trump just fired Lisa Cook, a member of the Fed Board of Governors. Trump can only remove her "for cause," i.e. gross negligence or malfeasance. So he charged her with mortgage fraud. Remember this man is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

They need a stronger word than “Sunday scaries” for the Sunday before school starts

We can't talk about what's going on without talking about the deplorable state of law enforcement in this country and Democrats can't do that until they discard reflexive rhetoric like "Of course we have to respect the police." No we don't! Not when they act like this! And you should say it!

i really think the only reason we haven't created new states — which was a common political tactic in the 19th century, see nevada and the dakotas — is that 50 is a round number

All my friends should be made to live walking distance from me. I don't care if this massively upends their lives