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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

"Facts, as some conservatives like to say, don’t care about your feelings. But MAGA supporters are a deeply feeling bunch, and they definitely care about their feelings over the facts." @jillfilipovic.bsky.social

Every time there's a shooting conservatives lecture liberals about not politicizing it, and then they immediately politicize murders by inventing facts wholesale: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Speaking ill of the dead is controversial, particularly when it was a violent death. It’s edgy; it’s sensitive; best avoided in most cases, etc. Baselessly making another person’s murder *about yourself,* and then approving of it, is a different thing. That is delusional, narcissistic, sociopathic.

The mass expulsion of immigrants because of their religion is bad, actually, and profoundly un-American and anyone calling for it should be censured and removed from office.

Well, the pursuit of knowledge had a nice little run there

Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.

A core difference between today’s left and right is that while there is no shortage of vile lefties on social media and podcasts, many of the most vile right wingers are in elected office and in the White House.

If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump. Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com

ISIS, but make it AI, what could go wrong

slate.com/news-and-pol... @slate.com @jillfilipovic.bsky.social Crockett. Talarico. Texas.

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Ambitious conservative women trap themselves: Beholden to an ideology of meaningful work as a male birthright / support as a female obligation; ambition as a male asset and a female defect. There's only so high you can rise in a movement that believes in a man-on-top hierarchy at home and at work.

"The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide ... in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms."

What do Democratic voters want their party to look like? A Texas primary might tell us: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Wealthier families are getting their kids off of screens. Poorer kids are very online. We are radically exacerbating inequality by turning reading, physical fitness, and normal attention spans into luxury goods. jill.substack.com/p/the-real-d...

If this essay starts to make you question yourself, just stop reading and forget about it.

This is a profound, powerful essay about the human condition, what we need to thrive, and what’s being taken away from us.

If a stranger told you they were raising their newborn on advice from the chat robot you'd rightfully contact child services

“Conservatives have long mocked liberals for being snowflakes. But being unable to emotionally cope because your neighbors speak a different language is about as fragile as it gets.”— @jillfilipovic.bsky.social

it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools

Just flat-out unabashed racism, not even trying to hide it any more.

calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for

Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...

Mike Johnson -- who is, yes, theoretically a lawyer -- has not had a chance to look at the American Constitution because he's been very busy lately, folks, he just can't see everything, gosh, how is he supposed to know if it's wrong that the president called for the execution of congress members?

What happens when liberals, who actually want a strong public education system, make some epic screwups? A diagnostic and a plan for change: jill.substack.com/p/the-libera...

This administration official is right insofar as this is offensive… but the idea that it’s not “what we came here to do” hmm

Counterpoint what if politicians just adopted all of the policy positions I think are best

Don't be chickenshit. bsky.app/profile/npr....

Here's clinic protester Mark Baumgartner, arguing that that women need to be jailed or executed because...they flip him off and don't like being harassed bsky.app/profile/jess...

Incredible commitment to being the most disgusting people on the planet.

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

Ok but hear me out: His emails.

Is it possible that the NY Times fired Landon Thomas Jr for an inappropriate friendship with Epstein but then just didn't like... look at the emails he exchanged with Epstein in his work account?

from: [email protected] to: [email protected] Your Amazon order is expected to deliver today. This email was sent from an address that cannot accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message. from: [email protected] to: [email protected] wwhere’s my ordur.. im a pedophile btw

Wow so many reporters breaking that classic journalism adage, "never make friends with the pedophile."

A few years back I participated in research into migrant detention camps in Libya, EU funded and not, East and West. The results were horrifying, results this piece glasses over. There were literal slave auctions going on, along with other rampant abuses. news.sky.com/story/this-i...

Interesting how these men never take aim at Viagra

The Trump administration is a regime of restoring male power. That includes being a pedophile protection racket covering for men who sexually abuse girls. jill.substack.com/p/the-dogs-t...

Editorial note for anyone writing about Epstein, there is no such thing as an "underage woman."

Today's Must-Read by @jillfilipovic.bsky.social 1/2 "She embodies many of the best aspects of the Democratic Party: its diversity, its feminism, its insistence on making life better for ordinary Americans. But her career has also been emblematic of the party’s worst impulses: its disconnect from..

The headline from @jillfilipovic.bsky.social is perfect. “I hope Senate Democrats publicly criticize and shame their cowardly colleagues who sold out the party and the American people.”

support whomever you’d like, but what is frustratingly dishonest about this take is that actual issue — the thing critics have identified as the problem — isn’t the decision of the 21-year old to get the tattoo, but of the judgment of the 40-year old who still has it.

When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.

I really love this piece by @jillfilipovic.bsky.social & it’s a worthwhile read for everyone on entitlement, impunity, & ego, raising an important question: “What do we owe each other as a country?” #trump #whitehouse #nokings open.substack.com/pub/jill/p/w...

check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

This was once the kind of shit we cited to differentiate ourselves from authoritarian countries. It’s just who we are now.