John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...

We amended the Constitution so the people instead of state legislatures elect senators because the old system resulted in corruption and dysfunction, and now we have a system where state legislatures functionally decide the composition of their House delegations before a single vote is cast.

Been thinking a LOT about how tough it is to stay grounded in the present with fluidity of memory, the constant flow of new and changing information and steady churn of decay and renewal in everything. Just being present as a modern human is more work than it used to be.

Effective comedy has its roots in an ability to understand and articulate the human experience, and poke holes in authority. It's not surprising that people who choose to make their living doing it are, on the whole, more empathetic than usual.

Jesus this is an on-point statue right about now www.bbc.com/news/article...

I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.

A real banger from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

Today's newsletter also had a long riff on Benjamin Franklin, and why he might have thought Hakeem Jeffries' refusal to do his constitutional job of impeachment might get Donald Trump killed

I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.

You ever think about how the Mafia boss in The Rocketeer has higher ethical standards than everyone who attended the WHCD

I would be remiss not share that this episode has @karlbode.com who is a great, great journalist in the tech space.

lol the shooter has a BLUE SKY ACCOUNT, well here’s one excuse that won’t work:

Mark Jackson's picture on his 1990 NBA hoops card was taken on the night Lyle and Erik Menendez (pictured) used their deceased parent's credit card to buy themselves courtside seats

It’s all woven so tightly within the framework of abusive relationships that once you understand the dynamics of it you’ll never stop unseeing it. It also makes it easier to never relent to the absurdities of his enablers. We are sick of Trump’s shit and we don’t have to pander to it.

I was writing jokes for Amber Ruffin when she was supposed to host the White House Correspondent's Dinner last year, but then she got fired for saying bad things about Donald Trump. I think tonight, I shall post a few of them here.

Happy Miss Congeniality Day to all who celebrate!

no

if you replace "claude said" with "a random stranger on a forum said," you'll correctly calibrate the level of authority and trustworthiness you should give it

Ahem:

It needed to be said, and nobody says it like @reckless.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/podcast/9170...

Any Dem who runs on a platform of ending every single government contract with Palantir, then hiring a team of experts to undo the damage these fascist dorks have done to our infrastructure, communications and personnel, not only has my vote, but has my donation checks and volunteer hours as well.

if there’s one thing i expect a CIA officer to know, it’s whether or not a given election is gonna be fair #voteyes

found this stupid drawing again from the bowsette years

“What makes a man turn neutral?”

My King: Larry.

Your visitation shall receive such thanks As fits a king’s remembrance.

Tapping the sign.

>unarmed pleasure vessel inexplicably capable of running a blockade What did he know?

Model of sobriety and duty.

WHO THE BLOODY HELL ROUTED BLUESKY’S SERVERS THROUGH QUARKGPT

Exactly one year ago today:

"Magyar wasn't engaging in a policy debate... His framing was Viktor Orbán and Fidesz are a criminal organization and we need to dismantle this... he connected the impact of the criminal organization to these rural Hungarians' experience." @ambpressman.bsky.social on how Magyar beat Orbán.

do you want "Catholicism but american" we invented that, it's called Episcopalianism and it's even more woke. all the priests are lesbians. good luck

ICYMI: A rider whose career has been defined by near-misses won the biggest race of his life, at a time when he was supposed to be declining and his opponents have never looked stronger

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

Orban achieved a level of authoritarian consolidation unthinkable here and they still successfully got rid of him. Never let the doomers have the final say.

no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

Orban eating shit feels wonderful. Hungary can move forward and the Eurozone can finally feel like a coherent bloc again. A great day.

Clocks are incredible because our best scientists couldn’t crack how to make a Sun Dial work at night for centuries.

Been living ‘hamlet/village’ life for too long and now our neighbors are up in arms about a traffic circle. I consider them ‘nice things’ and living with a bunch of elderly doofuses is sure fire way to ensure you can’t have nice things.

Longest ride on the most beautiful day of the year yet, now I can eat pretty much whatever

Artemis is a part of the American identity, but its the one that us the complete other side of the bullshit grift side. It’s fucking beautiful and tragic that its not most of who we are. But it’s good that it’s still part of who we can choose to be.

like jury duty, the prospect of assuming the governorship should loom over every adult in the state

Everyone else: Everyone else: Everyone else: Me, at a sudden press conference: I would like to clarify that the dump truck full of bodies is not registered to me.

The Framers declined to expressly forbid cannon-based relocation. This silence is deafening. Under the venerable doctrine of expressio unius est kaboomius, the omission must be understood as deliberate. Had Madison wished to prohibit international ballistic ejection, he would have said so plainly

It’s not even satire….👏👏👏

Today is so best of times, worst of times. On one side the hell that is the Trump Presidency and all its psychotic bluster. On the other Artemis is just sending back pictures of the moon and its just gorgeous, and serene. Look at that magnificent sight you bastards!