Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops. Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.

Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵

‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation

JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.

Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops

turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale. Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication. www.vice.com/en/article/t... @drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.

Your windshields should be absolutely covered in a sticky mess of bug splats/insect carcasses every time you drive across open country forcing you to stop periodically at gas stations to use their wet squeegees to try and clean up your view of the road at night

This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working. We need new leaders in the Senate.

It’s a fully right-wing paper. WSJ has better reporting.

A jewelry auction at Mar-a-Lago as Trump’s White House fights in the courts to deny food to poor families

rosen is one of the moderates who sincerely wants a bipartisan deal, her being this angry is a good indicator of where they’re all at

I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Francisco Franco… and this guy. And he’s still at it.

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

Who’s tracking the best crash out’s? I know one of you are making a thread

I knew that Mamdani had it; he had the people and did the work, and has been the clearest and most lucid in rejecting the untenable current state of things. But the vile, bigoted shit against him was so constant, and I am conditioned to that working better than I want. This feels like an exorcism.

What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

i don’t like him, but, man, turning down $10M in favor of haterdom is an all-time, world-class, heavyweight champion hater move

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.

Seriously people are soooooo sick of this shit and showing UP.

Mira Nair, in addition to being a brilliant filmmaker, is now officially the mom of the MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY!

The Mayor is here at hand.

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

JD Vance's half-brother has lost by an overwhelming margin as he tried to become the mayor of Cincinnati. Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.

To understand what was at stake here: in VA, the AG gets to appoint university counsel. From Jim Ryan’s forced resignation to the (mercifully) reject “Compact” to the odious and bizarre “settlement,” UVA has been hamstrung by counsel chosen by the state’s GOP administration. That’s about to change.

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas (a Democrat who is the chamber's president pro tempore) just tweeted this:

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.

Also the Republican who leaked Jay Jones's texts to the National Review is on track to lose projects.statenavigate.com/25-26/states...

BREAKING: Social worker @guzman4virginia.bsky.social just FLIPPED Virginia’s HD-22! As a former state delegate, she championed legislation to uplift working families, including bills guaranteeing paid sick leave and restoring collective bargaining rights, and she’s ready to continue that work.

NBC projects all three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices will keep their seats. Republicans had hoped to oust them and undercut Dems' majority on the court. Obviously, that didn't work. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.

Andrew Cuomo being cheered at the finish line by Trump, Musk, and Stephen Miller says it all, and he will have the Election Day that New Yorkers find appropriate for such a man.

we know the big ones like killing people in nursing homes but let's not forget to recognize some of the smaller accomplishments of andrew cuomo www.timesunion.com/news/article...

His most progressive accomplishment as governor, coordinated by Lis Smith, was to convince the democratic state senate majority to give the GOP the state senate majority.

"As governor, his folksy, hopeful online webcasts drew national viewership." Wouldn't call them folksy. Also they were terrible! He wasn't taking action as people were dying! They were bringing in freezers for the dead bodies! What even is this piece?

Putting aside my politics, this goes 10 paragraphs, an embed, a photo, & a 2nd heading before any mention of the pandemic nursing home scandal or sexual misconduct allegations against Cuomo. I wouldn't have run anything with equivalent mistakes at B&RU, a sports bog I edited nearly for free.