The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.

The guy who’s been threatening to withdraw the US from NATO is potentially provoking a conflict within NATO?

“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster

This is fantastic and please, everyone in the US please read that last bit and turn it inward.

Take it from a Filipino, even if you despise the current rulers of your country, you will live to regret the day the United States comes in to remove them

Reminder that “before Trump, who could have known Americans are so full of hate” is a slap in the face to every person of color, every LGBTQ+ person, every person who talked about being the target of hate & constant microaggressions. They were shouting from the rooftops. We all *should* have known.

Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.

I usually stop eating when I’m stressed, but you better believe I dipped into our emergency stash of Girl Scout cookies tonight

How should America's occupying forces govern Venezuela? We asked four unvaccinated MAHA moms at an Amway party in Jacksonville.

There are several steps before impeachment: I would start with refusing to appropriate Defense and State without testimony from Hegseth, Rubio and Bondi. I mean if I was John Thune I would have encouraged Donald Trump to wait after January 30th. But as we all know, January 6 is a trigger for him.

Exactly. These are not the same thing. Either this was a highly kinetic police operation or the US now runs Venezuela. If it's a policing operation, sovereign power of Venezuela doesn't come in as a package deal.

To sitting members of Congress: Stop telling us what Trump did. We know that. Start telling us what you’re going to do about it, and then do it. You are the only people with legal means of stopping this. Stop talking and do something, or step aside in favor of someone who will.

Literally fuck every government intelligence analyst who isn't picking up espionage act charges under Trump for leaking this crazy shit in advance

look man at that point you get yourself arrested it's not as though "signing up for the military" didnt carry risks, you just thought they'd be mortal rather than moral

To me, this sounds like the first tangible sign of things going wrong for Trump’s (non) plan. But I’m a former intelligence analyst and this a glass half empty kind of guy.

As Americans, we’re focused on what this means for us and for our country. Let’s not forget the people of Venezuela, who have just been invaded and bombed, their leader kidnapped. They might be glad he’s gone but THEY should determine their future instead of being plundered by wealthy oligarchs.

And there ya have it… Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum calls on the United Nations to step in to stop Trump. She says Trump broke article 2 of the charter of the United Nations.

There is no one more qualified to say this. It's real. Verified account of Reality Winner.

She’s not even pretending to clutch her pearls anymore

Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

“Irony” isn’t nearly a strong enough word

I don’t know if people outside the US understand how powerless the US electorate really is. Once we elect someone to federal office, we have no means of throwing them out of office. Only Congress can remove a sitting president, member of Congress, or Supreme Court justice. And this Congress won’t.

Also while I'm up and it's 4am, just gonna acknowledge that the rest of the govt has enabled all of this by refusing to hold DJT accountable for anything, or obey their own ethical directives re: his flagrantly illegal behavior.

CHF and spray tans do not mix. All the money in the world can’t make a vain, petty man look better when he insists on using the shitty spray tans that haven’t been a status symbol for 40 years now.

FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot. That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.

Iron Butterfly has entered the chat

Trans communities warned for years about the NYT's transphobia, but the specifics of how this was ordered were often shrouded behind corporate hierarchy. No more. Sweeney lays out specifically how the highest ranks of the NYT rigged coverage in favor of anti-trans bigots.

I’m imagining the reaction of conservative Texans to being told the People’s Republic of Austin will hold the line against socialism and OMFG that’s hilarious

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As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.

My hope is that enough legislators will have hidden their balls (rather than simply cut them off and handed them to DJT) that when that turd finally passes, they”ll flush him and spray some deodorizer rather than obey his instructions to trap the stink and charge Americans a fee to breathe it in

MF forgets open enrollment ended weeks ago. The horse has left the barn. The solution is no longer premium subsidies, it’s cash for ACA enrollees because people accepted ridiculous deductibles in exchange for “affordable” premiums. We’re already locked in.

Every TV in this nursing facility is set to the same football game but they’re all ever so slightly out of sync with the rest, and it’s oddly nauseating.

So you’re saying the very wealthy should finally pay their fair share? Because taxing a handful of billionaires would cover the preventative care for every American.

Just watched Spy High on Prime, and it reminded me that years ago I was in a room full of lawyers, and i had my laptop's camera physically blocked. They all made fun of me, but over the next few hours, one at a time, they all very quietly covered their cameras as well.

Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming www.avclub.com/isiah-whitlo...

It's good she's doing this, but what a gigantic farce and an embarrassment for our entire profession that we're forcing a graduate student to waste precious time away from her studies to battle the Republican grievance machine on her own.

I have my coffee

A record number of manatee sightings were reported in South Carolina this year www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...

Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.

Trump has made the Kennedy Center into the moral equivalent of playing Sun City during apartheid.

I mean, the math works if you count all the people they're trying to kill an/or deport

They need to bring back customer service. The minute they were sold to a private equity firm, they started focusing on merchandising instead of food, and the quality has declined significantly.

R fell last night and is unable to tolerate any weight on her left hip. Y’all, make sure you’re getting enough calcium and doing some weight-bearing exercise. Keep your bones as strong as possible. Future You will be so very grateful.

If you’re anti-Gavin Newsom and pro-MTG 2.0 you need to ask yourself if you’re actually an ally or are just cosplaying

Not just parents. Gen X, the forgotten generation, is turning 60. We’re not just caring for aging parents, we’re caring for our partners as well. And as the first generation of Americans to have a lower standard of living than our parents, retirement anytime soon isn’t an option for many of us.

as promised: I'm back and I have Opinions fozmeadows.substack.com/p/against-ai

No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.