I feel like J. R. R. Tolkien tried to warn us about this.

The rise of Mamdani as well as the continued appeal of AOC has made it abundantly clear: our country is desperate for hot, young politicians with a backbone

Waking up and choosing violence today. The New York Times is once again running a former friend where the bottom line is “I don’t like RFK but at least he’s trying to help out the parents of children with autism.” No, he is not

I miss when people in charge of things: A) wore any other color besides navy blue B) knew what words meant

I used to like a man in a sleek navy blue suit. Add that to the lists the GOP has stolen from us.

Exactly. The GOP wants these people procreating in higher numbers, right? So are they young boys incapable of responsible, civil behavior? Are they men ready to be dads? Or maybe, just maybe, they’re exactly who Vance wants making babies and raising up more white supremacists?

i’ve posted some version of this many times so i finally decided to make my case for it: taxing the rich is not only good for us. it is good for them. having a billion dollars is like toxic waste for your soul. we can and should remove it from them. it’s the loving thing to do!

I’m anti-anti-antifa.

Looks like a good time to buy shares in Antifa.

Not all thoughts are social media thoughts. Some thoughts are “please unpack that in therapy” thoughts.

This is the energy we need to keep up!

can’t really wrap my head around this

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

Note: this is NOT an EO, it is a National Security Directive. See article for the difference. "The Trump administration isn’t only targeting organizations or groups but even individuals and “entities” whom NSPM-7 says can be identified by any of the following “indicia” (indicators) of violence:"

Evil; it’s the only possible description.

Ms. Martinez’ lawyer says body cam footage shows the agent turned into HER car and yelled “do something bitch” before firing shots.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

I thought the one where he was a Black Panther was in poor taste

that sound you just heard was every queer woman falling to her knees in a coffee shop

Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

Neither blacks nor women nor poor people had a voice when the Constitution was framed. So it’s hard to see why we should tolerate all this whining. by Jonathan Turley

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

So say it, Hegseth. President Truman desegregated the military in 1948. That would be when the “wokeness” began, huh? Say it.

There are way too many people in power who want to legitimately make women property again for the amount of public female voices who joke about wanting to become “domestic” or trad wifey. We are simultaneously too far from and not far enough away from the time we had no say in shit. Do better😩.

"Fuck ICE" is a patriotic sentiment. Perhaps the most patriotic in this moment.

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

I knew they’d come for the archivists and librarians but honestly I assumed it would be for a reason better than “Our Special Boy wants to give his friend a sword! Give him a sword!”

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

they’re intenionally advertising to and recruiting far right loyalists. they post and reply to explicit groyper memes. they’re not super subtle about what this government is

Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy was nearly 100 yards behind a fatal crash that killed a 78 year-old man, a newly released video shows Lacy took his own life days before he was set to appear before a grand jury

I don’t know, dude, watching grown male baseball players go after umps for a horrible call but that made zero difference in terms of your team’s shitty series performance is beyond embarrassing. I’m used to being disappointed by the Padres; but the player behavior shouldn’t be it. Grow up.

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

How many tears—how much blood— must Black America shed, all while you demand we do your moral housekeeping?

It was a mistake for white people to learn about most black American slang. 😮‍💨

He’s only getting 6 months. Absolutely insane.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

MEN: *DO SOMETHING HORRIFIC TO WOMEN AND GIRLS* OTHER MEN: "HOW COULD WOMEN LET THIS HAPPEN?"

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked two journalists. We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians." "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians." "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians." "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."

Middle age is finally starting a hobby that meets all your brain’s needs, then your hands, wrists, and arms start to hurt so much you have to take intentional breaks from the hobby. And did I mention it’s about to be the season where the hobby really shines?

MIKE JOHNSON: We have to ensure that the rule of law applies to everyone TAPPER: Does the rule of law apply to people who stormed the Capitol on January 6? JOHNSON: Apparently there were 274 FBI agents in the crowd TAPPER: They were sent there to do crowd control. It wasn't a false flag operation

as far as i can tell, people are having substantive conversations about ezra’s interview with ta-nehisi, but then i’m not thomas chatterton williams, professional dilettante and, apparently, liar

Remember when we used to just have normal wood color interiors? A pox on whoever at HGTV pushed the landlords to pick gray.

it’s awesome we have a vice president and administration that live tweets shootings and then gets key details wrong, like how it was detainees who were getting shot and killed, not law enforcement