My expectation for this is they'll make a big show of rolling out the goon squad outside a handful of locations, the states will seek and likely get emergency injunctions, and meanwhile the whole spectacle will only motivate way more people to show up and vote in defiance than are scared away.

"Get that kid in Pennsylvania some more firearms training." —my family's resident Evelyn Normielib, when asked recently what she'd do with a time machine

there is a kind of person that would dunk on this, but this sort of reflection over a seemingly tiny thing is exactly the sort of civic virtue that we need to be encouraging more of

Ice will probably have fewer guys come November than now

while we're all complaining (justifiably!) about bad moderation decisions on this website, I have an item to add to the wishlist: election dooming should be behind the Adult Content warning, because it is masturbation

It's not even a matter of moderation, liberalism, or whatnot here in 2026. It's a simple matter of perceptional acuity, even if this test is one many Dem pols seem to fail: *Do you know what time it is?* Spanberger appears to know what time it is, and appears to govern her choices accordingly.

One of the several reasons I am almost certainly unelectable in anything less than a D+1 billion district is that, in addition to thinking that we should not deport anyone, I think there is a compelling additional reason to not deport violent criminals specifically.

The irony here is that I think the only way one plausibly achieves truly leftist goals in the United States is by using some milquetoast-seeming Will-Stancil-esque liberal as a trojan horse for them. I am not particularly a socialist, but the only way to socialism in America is 'Sewer socialism.'

“we’re going to Get Tough on illegal immigration” [10x the number of asylum judges, massively cut citizenship time requirements, abolish ICE and CBP, etc]

*throws open club doors* You’ve discovered Sad Trombone Karl is a clout-chasing liar who peddles disinformation! Welcome! Come on in! Drinks at the bar, karaoke at 8pm! Invite your friends!

Pam Bondi—probably one of the more psychologically normal (derogatory) of the bunch. Basically a careerist, easily corruptible, but not a true believer. In another life, would have stabbed her best friend in the back to make Regional VP of Sales at an insurance brokerage.

After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all

“durr this is white flight because asians” is the explanation you come up with when you’re barely sentient except for your gutter racism

I'll compromise with the raw milk lunatics: we won't add any scary chemicals to the milk, I promise. We will just heat it—not even to boiling, just get it a little bit warm—for a really short time, like less than a minute, to kill all the toxins. I think we can all agree this makes sense.

hey, we have provincial southern cities of a million people here, too

as a not-enough-sleep-getter, I am telling you that you people do not get enough sleep

This Reddit post is my personal Roman Empire, I think about it multiple times per week

The thing you really truly have to understand about white American evangelicals is that their faith, such as it is, is more of a license to justify antisocial, selfish, or otherwise deleterious behavior than it is a moral or ethical code that limits what they otherwise would do.

Guys, the dumpster fires are to "raise awareness", duh.

I frequently feel that my 2026 political analysis is hamstrung by the fact that I have normal and positive relationships with my parents

if I were an academic astrophysicist, I do not think I would sign my extremely distinctive government name to statements that come flashing-red-warning-lights close to defaming a lawyer whose one defining personality trait is that he never, ever, ever shuts up

Gillis is the kind of guy who in a healthier academic job market would get tenure at a small liberal arts college in Ballsack, New Jersey, solely because when he applied for a position the other faculty were afraid if he had to find work out in the world, he would hurt himself.

I almost admire Gillis, in a way. He very confidently and earnestly states some of the silliest ideas I've ever seen a human being express, undeterred by ceaseless mockery. He has done this on every social media site I participate in, with the possible exception of LinkedIn, my entire adult life.

no matter how annoying discourse on here can get, it never gets this bad

Yeah: we need a normie inclusive counter revolutionary movement against fascism. Like, I'm sorry that we are coopting the work you've been doing for the sake of Marxism-Leninism, but your choices are now get on board with broad antifascism or become irrelevant.

It is the position of the Bluesky left that propaganda of the deed is good, as long as nobody sees it or hears about it and the propagandist doesn't suffer any consequences.

"Can I prove it? No" Then shut the fuck up.

Sky back yesterday and now this, we're getting the whole band back together

Many affordable housing proponents support mandates on the premise that they produce more affordable housing than voluntary incentives, even if they kill housing supply overall. A recent paper by Lebret et al shows this premise is false. (thread)

It's been a while since a phrase in an official communication from any kind of organization made me as angry as "We don't stop deportations, we do harm reduction."

you can get, for a fairly low base price (actually, they'll find you much of the time), an unruly "autonomous agent" that will keep you occupied. it is incredibly adaptive, learns quickly, and finds most efficient ways to manipulate humans to do its bidding.

It's been a real banner day for the "the purpose of protest is to emote" crowd.

I have some Opinions about Valor Christian High School that I will be keeping to myself at this time.

I've said some pretty mean things about Americans and American voters on this website and I literally cannot fathom how low an opinion of us you'd have to have to think some DHS scumfuck murdering someone trying to vote would make us LESS willing to toss the assholes out.

tankie scum get rekt

I see people being like “I’m not providing my resume, you just have to Google me and if you did you’d accept my authority and shut the fuck up,” and then I google them and don’t know exactly what it is that’s supposed to shut me the fuck up.

Since I posted this, I have received an answer: one of the worst accounts on this website, an ostensible journalist, has posted on this website that Will Stancil "fucking sucks" and his evidence was screenshots of two left-punching tweets, one of indeterminate vintage and one from nine years ago.

I would ask the people talking about the "Will Stancil redemption arc" to state clearly what exactly they think he needs to redeem himself for

Will Stancil is the perfect litmus test for whether you have genuine values or just like left-wing aesthetics. He really doesn't deserve the vitriol and is a good guy.

A really good political litmus test for elder millennials and GenXers is to gauge their sentiments in re the Battle of Seattle. If they are still, in Common Era 2026 on the protestors' side, they understand nearly nothing about the modern world and should be disregarded.

who is this diva

When anyone implies that Bad Bunny isn't American, you know exactly what they mean and there is negative value in pretending they mean anything else.

Or maybe they want warm weather and a good football team to cheer for, Helen.

Conceding for the sake of argument that the "office and idea of First Lady" should not exist, I would suggest that there are better and worse ways of destroying it and having it filled by a callous nimrod is one of the worse ones.

it’s difficult to overstate how much the next generation of Republicans is worse we’re seeing a little of it bleed into the current admin with their social media interns but basically every young person actively engaged in Republican politics is a psychotic freak who should be exiled from society

The central moral question of today is very simple: do you recognize that these people are Nazis? I can work with nearly anyone who says ”yes”. If you equivocate, I don’t have much use for you.

Since the day after the 2024 presidential election, bitcoin is down and the US has lost 78,000 manufacturing jobs.

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look