Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.

Me in one image.

A police stop is enough to make someone less likely to vote, recent research has found. "Voting is a reflection of our belief that we’re part of the system, that our voice matters."

The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

One reason we failed in the past is bc we didn't build up popular opposition to the crimes, whether it's torture or drone-killing or even attacking Congress. Now is the time to do that, not after Dems retake power.

Go Chuck!

Marc Dunkelman tells @johnavlon.bsky.social that Mississippi’s reading “miracle” wasn’t magic; it was ditching a failed progressive curriculum and embracing phonics. The state jumped from 49th to 3rd in reading.

Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair. Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.

We have failed a generation by letting college tuition skyrocket & saddling them with lifetime debt. I had over $100k in debt after my education. We need to make public college free & have 1000 new trade schools.

South Park psyops 💯: Pete Hegseth is a fucking douche What you gonna do Now everybody's laughing at you Your kids are gonna hear this And their friends will watch it too

Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.

A grave historical mistake that the leaders of the Confederacy were not tried and hanged.

This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.

Another one is headed for the exits. Read @cheetah.bsky.social on why Mike Johnson is watching dozens of his colleagues quit: bit.ly/3Y3zI3b

The American public is being subjected to a disinformation campaign by our own government. The HHS Secretary, NIH Director, and FDA Director are knowingly and willingly passing along utterly false information about vaccines. Every Republican supports this, without exception.

not so much uncharismatic as anticharismatic. all the charisma within a 10 mile radius ups and leaves as soon as he starts speaking.

Abraham Lincoln, 1855. www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...

Via Anna Barrett: An Alabama lawmaker pre-filed a bill that would streamline the process for formerly incarcerated Alabamians to get their voting rights restored. https://ow.ly/9HT450XxPaP

"I don't see how you can look at both of those angles and conclude anything other than Democrats, at least from a political point of view, won this shutdown."

We are glad to see this from Alabama Democratic Party Chair Randy Kelley about @dougjones.bsky.social running for governor. #DougForAlabama

It is a bit alarming, when rereading Machiavelli's The Prince, that it lands as reportage rather than political theory. However, I find great comfort in the fact that they are really effing it up.

Democrats "don’t have to mimic the class bully. They just need to grow more comfortable in their own skin." lnk.thebulwark.com/4p5YcFc

The entire world can clearly see that Putin owns Steve Witkoff and yet Witkoff is the one that Trump wants leading the negotiations on a peace deal. If Putin owns Witkoff, and Trump doesn’t care, that means Putin owns Trump - either directly, by proxy, or by stupidity.

Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is. There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”

That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.

“More explosive early [GOP] resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.” I've been telling you guys for awhile now that House GOP are livid with Johnson Read this:

Via @timhenderson.bsky.social and Stateline: In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. https://ow.ly/vQMu50XwVs6

Quiet part, meet out loud.

Who benefits when working people fight each other?

James Comey: "I know that Donald Trump will probably come after me again. And my attitude is going to be the same: I am innocent, I am not afraid."

I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired. If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.

So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together. #DougForAlabama

93 years ago, Stalin instituted a man-made famine in Ukraine to break its resistance to Soviet occupation, killing millions. Now, Putin’s war and weaponization of hunger once again threaten Ukrainians' survival. We honor the victims of Stalin's famine by supporting Ukraine today.

"The former U.S. senator faces significant disadvantages, but cracks in Republican dominance offer a glimmer of hope."

I dunno about everyone else, but this admin feels significantly deflated now compared to the beginning of the month. The election & the big Epstein emails release I think had a lot to do w that, but its noticeable that they seem palpably weaker now &, imptly, most of them seem to grasp that.

It's unclear how many times Marco Rubio can do this--hastily convene all of Europe to present a counteroffer that Russia will inevitably refuse, only to have the Russians throw a few more bribes onto the funeral pyre of the Western order and with those bribes rope in a few more venal Trump flunkies.

“Home Deport”. $HD

Former Senator Doug Jones will enter the 2026 race for Alabama governor. #ALGov www.al.com/life/2025/11...

"That's the sort of Stoic Declaration of Independence....it falls on us, knowing that Thomas Jefferson didn't exactly mean what he said, to put real meaning to those words, get closer to it in each generation." @ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:

Not to minimize what it took to get there, but not only were the charges against Marimar Martinez (shot by CBP in Chicago) dropped, but they're keeping her car to investigate the goons in the incident.

Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡