Talked with @thetonymichaels.bsky.social about the Supreme Court and Tuesday’s election results. My stance on other cities’ elections remains unchanged: “I don’t give a shit. Who cares?” A firm — dare I say conservative — devotion to localism.

Trans women weren’t what made your life unaffordable. Neither was “DEI.” Woke didn’t increase your insurance premiums. LGBTQ acceptance isn’t why people have been laid off. The people who used demagoguery to win your votes are the people who are making your life worse.

“Kirk believed in subsidiarity: that power should stay as close to the people as possible. Not be handed to an executive with a whiteboard, a war room, and a mission to rescue your kid from a suspiciously empathetic math problem.” tinyurl.com/4ktxvnnx

A president who fires the people tasked with reporting how the country is doing isn’t just avoiding criticism. They’re undermining the foundation of democracy itself. An informed electorate is the backbone of the democratic system.

Russell Kirk Wasn't the Culture Czar You're Looking For Quoting Kirk to justify state-run virtue training is like quoting C.S. Lewis while building your own Ministry of Truth. It’s not conserving tradition, it’s embalming it and parading it around like it’s still breathing. tinyurl.com/LondonSubKirk

Welp. 🤷🏼‍♀️

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

How long until we see Disney change its language? I guess at least it didn't comply in advance...🙄

I will not have my tax dollars pay for this. I will not have my tax dollars pay for fascism. We need to make more noise

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Dalai Lama

Wednesday at 7pm EDT, @alanaevans.bsky.social will be chatting on X Spaces! A bill introduced to define “obscenity,” potentially removing 1st amendment rights, Nala Ray’s simpering at Charlie Kirk, HB 2112 in Arizona, what APAG is doing. Join the convo! @fsc.bsky.social @mikestabile.bsky.social

So MAGA is raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for a woman because she said a racial slur? Fuck it. Burn it all down.

Dear ICE Agents: When your parents told you that you could be anything you want when you grow up, they didn’t mean masked kidnappers.

I remember when Republicans used to lecture Democrats about how they needed to stop expecting the federal government to fix all their problems… and Republicans were right about that. Then Republicans chose a president who ran on nothing but promises to fix all their problems.

Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?" Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."

April 19th Nationwide We Rally once again , fighting for our Democracy, Upholding our Constitution & Bringing back POWER TO THE PEOPLE. We will not let this treasonous, authoritarian Rule be allowed within OUR COUNTRY. We will not let this pass , because WE ARE NOT A MOMENT, WE ARE A MOVEMENT. ✊🏼🇺🇸✨️

They’re in such a cult bubble that they can’t understand why so many free-thinking people voluntarily give of their time to oppose him.

Ready for the United States electorate to get over this populism fetish. Get hot for guardrails, not sledgehammers. If a politician stood up and said, “I’ll ask Congress to pass legislation putting more limits on executive power,” I’d canvass for them until my shoes filled with blood.

The most pressing question in my mind is whether any of the BothSiders learned their lesson in 2024

"For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire." Thomas Paine

I’m no economist but I’m pretty certain this roller coaster is very far from over. And I sure would like to get off of it.

So the stock market is hemorrhaging and the bond market has gone into convulsions. Republicans in Congress are just hemming and hawing instead of wheeling out the crash cart… My degree isn’t in economics, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t great.

The Swedish government is now seeking to criminalize the purchase of adult content — equating OnlyFans subscriptions with "the purchase of sexual services," which is already a crime. Anti-trafficking say its the logical extension of their Nordic Model, which was pioneered in Sweden.

Why do I still use Twitter? Well…

Also, also, also, populism is a threat to liberal democracy and I don’t think that Democrats should be trying to embrace it as an answer to Trump’s populism. Let’s just stop all that. We don’t need it.

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say I honestly think we should hang onto this whole liberal democracy thing we’ve got going on. I get that it’s slow and cumbersome, but it’s actually pretty rad and maybe we all should stop voting for people who want to just wreck shit. 🤷🏼‍♀️

"We aren’t going to wake up tomorrow to the sound of the blaring war rig horn from Mad Max. We are still a rich country, with momentum carrying us forward. But in ways that will soon be perceptible and eventually be undeniable, things will get worse."

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in a letter shared with members, has requested a one-on-one debate on the House floor with Speaker Mike Johnson on the budget.

This is the Attorney General…

BREAKING NEWS: In a shocking statement, Karoline Leavitt confirms the Trump Administration is taking steps on a pathway to deport AMERICAN CITIZENS to El Salvador. This is absolutely insane.

One Supreme Court decision to send a case back to the lower courts to be filed in the proper venue and one ruled against on standing (which means it can be refiled by parties claiming damages). Neither ruling is a resounding win or loss for the Left or Right. Breathe folks.

The Democratic Party has a whole lot of tacticians, but not a single strategist to be found.

Justice Coney Barrett is shaping up to be another Justice Day O'Connor.

Liberal democracy with a mixed economy has been a system that works pretty well so far. The countries with the highest standards of living share these features with us. I know there are tweaks that can be made to improve on the system, but burning it down seems pretty extreme.

Okay. Buckling up to read this entire Supreme Court ruling on the Alien Enemies Act with a couple lawyers. When both the Trump administration is celebrating, and the ACLU is also expressing optimism, I expect that this is more nuanced than the administration would like us to believe.

I now listen to men monotone about the economy for about an hour every day. The Trump administration has officially turned me into my dad.

To mate, a male spider deposits sperm into a small, sticky web that acts as a little jizz package. He then uses his pedipalps (his little mittened hands) to gently deposit his tiny, sticky sperm box into the female’s genital opening before running away… Just like Elon Musk.

I guess we’re all going to be making our next iPads out of common household items in the garage. Hope it works out.

The founding fathers were smart to put mechanisms in place to rein democracy in so that the country would not be driven by the tyrannical whims of the masses. If they were to examine the current state of our country they may conclude that we are suffering from an excess of democracy.

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To mate, a male spider deposits sperm into a small, sticky web that acts as a little jizz package. He then uses his pedipalps (his little mittened hands) to gently deposit his tiny, sticky sperm box into the female’s genital opening before running away… Just like Elon Musk.

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Is this who we want to become?!