CBS and Fox are both effectively state media at this point. The internal immune system is still fighting it at CBS, but ultimately the directive to protect the administration will outweigh any journalistic concerns.

I endorse this Canadian propaganda. Until the US government demonstrates an ability to be responsive and effective, it's difficult to make the case for our system of government.

No painting could be a better representation of Internet opinions, as the speaker in the painting believes he's speaking truth to the masses, but really he's just forcing everyone to hear his terrible take (not rebuilding a school that burned down to save on taxes).

Sadly, they're right. Due to volatile US leadership, allies can no longer rely on the US Nuclear Umbrella. The world is about to get more dangerous, and nuclear risk about to grow, because our president doesn't like democratic allies and decided to squeeze them for a couple extra bucks.

If physicists prove existence is not a simulation, but I'm too dumb to understand the rationale, am I still obligated to accept their conclusions?

I have no idea what might be in the Epstein files. But the framing here - that an incomplete tranche of *heavily redacted* files somehow exonerates the powerful and wealthy - is exactly why mainstream media has lost all credibility.

Youth delight in rebellion and transgression. When liberal society (rightly!) expands the boundaries of what society will accept, what remains unacceptable is only the outlandish. Anyhow, Nazi Youth.

If Democrats have a window to passing anti-corruption legislation - and could do so in a way that would undermine the GOP House Speaker - and the Democratic House Leader chooses to torpedo that effort, it doesn't just raise questions, it answers them.

At a certain point, the volume of outlandish actions overwhelms your nervous system, and it becomes impossible to register shock. But seeing so many egregious acts listed together really hammers home what a dystopia this is.

every article about Elon that doesn’t start with the fact that he starved thousands of children to death is malpractice this man should not be walking around free let alone as a respectable member of society

The strikes are obviously illegal regardless of location, but this is a WILD breadth of strikes.

I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned. Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.

this has always been the most baffling and depressing thing about the political hellscape we have lived through in the last decade there is nothing there at all except a rapacious, all-consuming need for praise, no humanity at all, nothing but a carnival barker's ability to work the crowd

The Supreme Court's use and abuse of the Shadow Docket is *how* Chief Justice John Roberts legitimizes Donald Trump's authoritarian takeover of the government. Me, in print for a change, in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean. I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.

Accurate. What I use this platform for: 1) Gaining information from smarter people 2) Seeing funny things 3) Shouting into the void Persuasion does not happen, either here or on X, and posting is not meaningfully impactful action.

It's very clear where social media, and specifically FB/IG, stand on fascism.

Any vote of 116-2 in the UN means something horrific is happening, and everyone agrees except the two countries perpetrating the horror.

Will Hardy is either going to develop the best effort culture in the NBA or give himself an aneurysm in the process. Maybe both.

The Supreme Court has decided that the only recourse to Executive Branch corruption is through the ballot box... ...but also that there's no way for voters to determine if any corruption has taken place.

This shit is so embarrassing.

As noted in the dissent below, the end point of this rapid descent into unchecked Executive power will be an Executive Branch that replaces most government employees with ideological loyalists. This project is already well underway, from the FBI to the military to regulatory agencies.

I don't have a crystal ball, but if there was a betting market for the future of America, this is where I'd put my chips. 👇🏼

Very frustrating and unexpected to see this from my home state Senator @hirono.senate.gov

A really nice figure of population and partisan malapportionment in national legislatures around the world from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...

This thread seems important. I'm curious if this phenomenon is uniquely American or is universal for that age cohort in the digital era. Are we washed as a country or as a human civilization?

“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”

All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days

Not the most important part, but I especially hate Hegseth's effort to redefine America as "the homeland." I've lived here all my life. Never called it, or even heard it called, "the homeland." Strong 1930's Germany vibes, presumably intentional. GTFO with this un-American BS.

An excellent article as well. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”

This list is correct if completely inverted.

Trump has murdered at least 83 people with extrajudicial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats. He needs to face consequences for this. His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.

Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.

A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)

This is a great piece

Supremely important and well-argued perspective. Democrats' admirable compassion becomes a liability if they fold when the GOP threatens suffering.

"This should be an accountability election for the commentariat that keep telling us the wrong thing about what’s going on in America." www.weekendreading.net/p/election-d...

my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.

In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work." The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting. And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.

Absolutely correct

This is the most optimistic end of analysis I'm willing to entertain: Democrats are developing "fight" as a muscle. They're not there yet. But they practiced here, and will get better in the future. And in the meantime, we can see more clearly which elected leaders do or do not have a fight in them.

There was nothing gained from this shutdown. Government workers went through tremendous hardship, and the Democrats accepted less than a return to the status quo, with no pushback to the ongoing lawlessness, and health care premiums set to spike. From pure optics, Democrats capitulated.

Fucking awful. Heartbreaking. Indefensible. These people, mostly children, die needlessly, for reasons known only to the most selfish people in the world.

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

If outside moderate factionalists really want to disclaim this outcome, they should seize the whip hand in demanding accountability. Immediate new leadership elections, mid-session resignation for all Dem capitulators who would be replaced by Dem governors. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

I'm angry and frustrated, not least because I've lost faith in the Democratic Party. In a two-party system, that means I have nowhere to channel my frustration in a constructive way.

I can't emphasize enough how immobilizing it is to potential Democratic voters to simply decide to give up. These numbers will look far worse a month from now. Nobody wants to back a loser. And that's all the Democrats are offering.