Being able to read isn’t just about being able to sound out words and literally understand a meaning of each one. It is also about being able to use context clues to obtain meaning from a text and make sense of its message.

Chantal has great insights. She's funny too.

So I'm reading about how most people in Ohio oppose deporting Haitians. Sadly, it won't make a difference. Just like it doesn't make a difference whether most people in Red states oppose abortion restrictions. It only matters when they stop voting for Republicans. And I don't think they'll do that.

This is the most important thing a lot of you need to get into your heads.

9 years ago, NBC gave this woman $20 million a year to host a morning talk show and be one of the top faces of its news division.

Old enough to remember my grandmother being shocked that Nixon "lied to the American people." How quaint, I suppose.

He keeps trying to do his Iran move: lose badly and insist it’s a win by some metric that doesn’t make any sense. But the algae is so tangibly obvious, it isn’t working.

I’m aware that it’s really boring to keep saying over and over “This is really bad and we’re not sure why it’s happening” but sometimes that’s how bad things are.

Inflation going from bad to Warsh?

One of the strongest messages my dad was getting from his all-day everyday Fox News viewing was, "You don't have to change, nothing is your fault. Anything you aren't happy about was done by the Other."

One reason I’ve never respected conservatives is that they literally make no sense, thay make my brain do a Star Trek crashout

Everything usually gets around to race or gender.

Daily Reminder: SOCIAL SECURITY IS OUR MONEY!

Social Security is earned, not given. We paid into it our entire working lives. Speaker Johnson knows how unpopular cuts would be. That’s why these conversations happen behind closed doors instead of out in the open. We earned these benefits. We’ll fight to keep them. #HandsOffSocialSecurity

Josh Hokit just ended his post-fight speech at the White House UFC event by yelling "Michelle Obama is a man!" A disgraceful spectacle through and through

They made up rumors about not being helped adequately because of their voting record and being targeted by weather machines then they voted in Trump who put Noem in charge to actually refrain from helping.

Yes! Oliver Willis has been making this point for years as well. We have to sell our values and ideas or we’ll never win elections consistently enough to make lasting change.

There’s a reason they’re targeting libraries. They don’t want you educated. They don’t want you to have a nuanced view of history. Or to read novels that will give you empathy. Or to know about inspiring women, Black or LGBTQ people. They want you intellectually small and easy to manipulate.

I can think of one guy

He just barely manages to avoid saying it in public, but guaranteed he doesn't just hate Mormons. He's also the kind who'll go on a rant about how Catholics are idolaters, and all the other denominational animus greatest hits normal people haven't thought about within living memory.

The folks who are apparently all-powerful and capable of rigging the election gave Spencer Pratt a lead just to toy with him, like a predator giving its prey a head start just to rub it in.

I guess they got the non-woke president they were looking for.

I just want to know why in the HELL people just cannot let other people live their lives in peace? NOBODY IS FREE UNLESS EVERYBODY IS FREE, and I begin to suspect only stupid people cannot understand this.

They say we have to compromise, but it's always compromising on the character of the candidate, or women's, Black, or trans people's issues.

The dudes who most bitterly think "I deserve women" are the ones least capable of either being happy with women or making women happy.

Truth.

And let me tell you, the evangelicals love him.

This is an all timer.

One of the things we need to do in the restoration, is make it harder for demons to do this kind of anti-science shit

So for the first time I get to experience just a little (very little) of how it feels to be attacked by the GOP just for who I am. I’m an older cis guy who goes to an evangelical church (long story). But I’m also a vegan, which has now become the latest front in their never ending culture wars.

No, the reaction would not be muted.

Black folks have been talking about this since the Orange Demon took office. A lot of y'all seem totally ok with everything happening to Black folks in this country, because 🦗🦗🦗. Y'all aren't protesting what happens to us at all. Not even the loss of the Voting Rights Act. Why is that?🤔

So anti-trust is no longer a thing if you’re a rich Trump supporter.

Mom cat leaving her human to babysit so she can sleep 😴

If they said the shit about my family the way Republicans talk about Obama/Biden’s wife and kids, you wouldn’t catch me laughing it up with McConnell or Boehner. Triple that for the Clintons.

Once again, with emphasis, “Imagine if President Obama had posted this. Fox would run with this for years, with Franklin Graham appearing regularly to intone how disrespectful this is to Christians.

““My mother did not give her life. Her life was taken and it shocked the nation enough that they passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965,” he said, adding that the Supreme Court and Trump administration were “working tirelessly to go back to the ‘60s.” “It’s disgusting,” he said.”

Great article. I feel so bad for the families of the martyrs. And I feel angry.

I’m sorry……..2nd Class Citizens?

Agree with Oliver with the caveat that you must be a real Dem. No throwing LGBTQ, immigrants, Black people, Jewish people, Muslims or anyone else under the bus. One team.

Tom, this is your greatest post since ... er, your last great post.

When I was in my 20s, one day I hiked 30 miles on my thru-hike of the AT. These days, I routinely hike 10 miles, but these outings tire me. Now the cult that was once the GOP thinks Trump could do 50 miles? FIFTY?? There are moments when the absurdity of these syncophants is intensely clear.

Exactly. This is not how FDR delivered the New Deal. Not saying we need something that expensive but we do need to make investments in a lot of areas. Implying we can go that for no cost is bad economics and bad politics.

Honored to be joined by Rep. Jasmine Crockett and leaders from California’s Black community, labor movement, and faith communities for a powerful morning in Los Angeles. And a special thank you to Dulan's Soul Food Kitchen for the delicious breakfast. @jasmineforus.bsky.social

I’m calling this the reverse gerrymander: pulling Red State voters into Blue States in a losing effort while weakening their hold on Red States. Go for it, Fox!

Love to see it. Time to enter the Becerra Era!

The security guard is a hero. And now 8 kids have lost a father. Anti-Muslim hate is wrong. We’re One Team or no team. There’s no middle ground.

NO cavalry is coming over the hill to save America. WE are the cavalry. Our vote is our weapon against corruption. Our vote is our stand against evil. Our vote is our voice, our future, and our freedom. People died for this right. Don't hand your power away through silence or apathy. Show up. VOTE.

True. Sadly, a lot of it is fueled by non-stop propaganda.