MAMDANI, on Bill Ackman: “.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!" @casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC

Aside from principle around endorsing the winning of the Democratic primary as a leader in the Democratic Party, and of staunch opposition to bigotry. Why do you as a Dem want to be seen as putting a finger on the scale for the AI Willie Horton, Muslims loved 9/11 guy?

Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

Yesterday Fresh Air did an interview with Robert Draper, who has covered Charlie Kirk. And this section on Draper's relationship with Kirk said a lot to me about modern access journalism, and the soft coverage we've seen in the wake of Kirk's death.

I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT

One of the most interesting aspects of generative AI’s assault on the creative industries is that the so-called advantages are not genuine productivity improvements or cost savings. Instead, the killer app is theft

As the Border Patrol heads to the Bay Area, Nancy Pelosi today said local law enforcement may arrest federal troops who break California law. The idea comes from San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins who says she will prosecute them. W/ @kellen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

Incredibly disturbing. This shit needs to be legislated and fined out of existence.

As important as it is to resist Trump, it's equally important for us to impose consequences on those who capitulate to his regime.

yes, when a party leader does nothing but shit on his party's mayoral nominee and refuse to endorse him from his perch as party leader, any reputation he had up to that point as a team player for the party is completely and irrevocably trashed

The Affordable Care Act became law in 2010 Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic

“It is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries. Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.” www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...

you can’t really call this anything other than cowardice

Schumer, Jeffries, and Gillibrand need to condemn this filthy racism now.

meanwhile, on the fair and septic isle:

Yes. I fundamentally think he wants to demolish the entire White House and make a shitty tacky version of European palaces.

Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history

Credit to a follower of mine following up on this: Few more stores are posting notices similar to this one stating that prices/change will be rounded up to the nearest 5 cents due to the penny being discontinued

You can either leave, or you can start talking about what the platform has become and directly engage with the trash that's proliferating there. But simply pretending it isn't happening is making you a willing accomplice in the spread of cartoonishly evil far-right extremism.

JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS STILL ON TWITTER: You have pathetic engagement. You get tens of likes on major news stories. You exist for one reason only - to validate the site and enhance the profile of the tens of thousands of neo-Nazis to whom the site owner steers massive engagement.

just saying the slur would have cut a dozen words off this post

Just got this email in memory of Daniecal. My heart goes out to her and her loved ones. I couldn't not make a post on here honoring her memory. www.herdegenfuneralhome.com/obituaries/o...

I have two thoughts: 1) The difference between his trolling and the Twitter trolling of 2009-2013 is that his trolling was crafted to impress white audiences, not just antagonize Black audiences. That's the difference between him and the general anti-Blackness that could be found at the time.

"Keep your head up. I put $100 on your commissary."

This is very sad news. Eugene was a Charlottesville icon. Civil rights organizer. (He led he fight to desegregate the schools.) Affordable-housing innovator. Exceedingly generous to all with his time and, to the poor, his money. Successful businessman. A kind, loving man. We'll miss him terribly.

the extraction class desperately wants to turn the internet into a badly automated ouroboros of engagement slop that shits ad money with no pesky labor but researchers across three universities found that the more LLMs are trained on clickbait slop, the worse and more "hostile" the models become

I need the next Democratic President to eminent domain Mar-a-Lago and raze it to build an IRS headquarters dedicated to white collar crime.

They are addicted to the dopamine hit they get from engagement there even though it is increasingly artificial

Why didn't Lindsay and Elektra do horse stuff together? That would've bridged the divide better. #WifeSwap #RHOSLC

Todd, this is Housewives. Move around. #RHOSLC

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

Heather is trying to recruit Meredith to be anti-Lisa, but is pushing too hard. #RHOSLC

I hope the fact that Olivia did confessionals means that their relationship is growing. #RHOSLC

Britani needs some serious therapy. She needs to be yelling in a hole with Iyanla somewhere. #RHOSLC

Britani just started making out with Jared in front of her daughter?!?!?! What the hell?????? #RHOSLC

the soup/suit man may not exist but the haitian mortician with a brand new coffee machine does !!!! #rhoslc

Love that the clip the editors used was Heather REACTING to Lisa calling her the whore of BSU. #RHOSLC

I couldn't be friends constantly having to tiptoe around you with what I say. Like, girl, these jokes are going to fly. #RHOSLC

Now I don't know whether she is gassy or not, but Mary is certainly always full of hot air. #RHOSLC

Angie is a great hostess. Always a little snacky-snack at the ready. #RHOSLC

You are on different pages because you are on different credit lines. #RHOSLC

Todd hates Bronwyn. #RHOSLC

They can't afford an extra cherry? #RHOSLC

I feel like Bronwyn dresses so much more dolly little girl in Todd scenes. #RHOSLC

THE LAKE OF SALT. #RHOSLC ❄️

anyway, the old House has no real role in seating the new House. the Clerk of the House (this guy) presides over the first session until the Speaker is elected, but has no formal role in seating the new members. he just records the quorum and counts the votes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_M...

Lawsuit points out that if Johnson can delay swearing-ins indefinitely, he could essentially deny election outcomes by burning through a chunk of the newly elected lawmaker's term