What's wild is that he just talks about the ICC like every American is duty bound to nullify any federal laws and constitutional review to submit to an illiberal soapbox. Wild stuff. www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025...

Brutal gender gap here.

Greta's team is wasting a lot of valuable state resources. Put the entire crew in jail for 6 months and see if they want to try this a 3rd time.

This is actually a surprisingly kind discussion, especially when they get to Chinese Democracy. They basically say "In the early 1990s Axl heard Faith No More and NIN and said 'I want to impersonate that.' And then he took almost 30 years with that impersonation. But it's still kind of good"

Im cool with dunking on Ben Shapiro. Heck most people over 5’8 can dunk on him. But if your first shade thrown is how he cancelled Candace Owens then ooh this is probably not a perspective that interests me.

A weird thing to think about is that if Trump ends up ruing the USA his rise to power really is more like Hugo Chavez than most others. Most authoritarians seize power. But occasionally the voters are like "Yeah. Let's just burn civilization to the ground".

On crime MAGA is all talk. Except on illegal immigration which really should be a low priority. if they actually planned to do something based like triple the size of the Missouri prison system I’d be tempted to flush democracy down the toilet and vote for them. Glad I avoid this dilemma.

Democrats do not really need to win the Pittsburgh metro area to win statewide elections in PA. Breaking even is good enough. (Philadelphia metro much different story ofc)

What do I like about the Saudis? That they don't like Iran. And they helped bankrupt the soviet union with that cheap late 1980s oil glut. What do I dislike about them? A lot.

"Toothpaste and soap will make our oceans a bubble bath So let's avoid an ecological aftermath" The Beach Boys 1971 'Don't Go Near The Water'

yeah but this is no longer cutting edge cannabis maga. I want Trump to announce that smoking weed cures autism.

"Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?" Abba Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! 1979

A real problem I see with Ezra Klein is he has the right idea that Democrats need to move to the center but he still talks about it in a weird way. Just not quite right Do Dems need a progressive Charlie Kirk? No idea. It wouldn't make any difference though either way.

Wrong. Everyone loses raw IQ points every day from the age of 25 onward.

Dems absolutely should throw everyone under the bus. Until they can be sure that their bus runs faster than the maga bus

Have no idea where Kasparov is coming from here at all. The main goal for the Democrats in this negotiation process is to preserve healthcare access to low income Americans. Something Gary really doesn't care about.

Need to learn more about the governor of NJ, he seems cool. Is he a good public speaker? suspect not. But this is great.

In all seriousness, I do support anti cat calling laws if they can be reasonably enforced and distinguished from other harmless behaviors. I'm not a woman so it's not a cause dear to my heart but it is a specific type of harassment and men who do this are generally not nice guys.

Solid. He didn't endorse completely unrealistic gun control.

I do believe antizionism is antisemitism. I do believe all western countries should prioritize immigrants who aren't antisemites. That isn't necessarily a ban on any religion, but yes ideas have to be filtered.

I get the argument being made here but I am with the NHS on this. Antisemitism isn't caused by first cousin marriage, Einstein himself did it. Many hindus do it and generally don't pray for the extermination of Israelis like other demographics.

There is no objective definition of fascism. So I'm not going police your usage of the term as incorrect. But I suspect your ex thinks you're a fascist. Occasionally. So just live with that if you can.

Mississippi really is doing great things in K-12 education. But it's only impressive if you view things through a realistic lens. www.the74million.org/article/ther...

Apparently Tennessee started to become a kind of sunbelt job growth state in 1970s. But took an odd reversion in the 1980s as the factory jobs like clothing, rubber and textiles would just go overseas. back to being a rural stagnating place. until 1990s when Nissan got the jobs coming back.

Ok so apparently Trump wants Tony Blair to run gaza. I'm a fan of Tony so maybe. I would have gone with Iron Maiden's lead singer but ok, why not. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I used to be a skeptic of hate crime laws but now I'm a strong supporter. As long as we can distinguish between real hate crimes and talking smack in a bar fight with a few racial bars. That is not actually a hate crime.

It's unfortunate, but yeah even the US will eventually recognize Palestine. Luckily, palestine will still not be in the room with us. Palestine will become the noncountry that everyone pretends exists just as Taiwan is the real country that everyone pretends doesn't exist.

Pritzker should publicly call for outlawing the Chicago teachers union. An embarrassment.

I always cringe when fellow Israeli supporters try to claim that Palestinians are largely recent immigrants from places like Iraq who came in the 1920s or 1890s. That is just doing what the other side often does by making stuff.

Maybe I'm harsh, but I feel like celebrities should either just go full maga religion like Gwen Stefani and Catholicism or be "money is my religion" like, the vast majority of them.

Which was more cringe. The 1960s/1970s era white celebrities dabbling in Hinduism. Or the post millennial celebrity interest in kabbalah.

Remember the whole will smith Chris rock “controversy”? One side said “It’s wrong for a public figure to assault a comedian who told a joke he didn’t like.” And the other side was “yeah but it’s so based and authentic”.

Is Minnesota a midwestern state or progressive state

After two days of research I have come to the conclusion that Abba really is underrated and supertramp is appropriately seen as a 3 good album band whose legacy is about where it needs to be.

Sorry but a sequel to the Social Network seems very questionable. The first movie was a classic Sierra Madre tale. What would a sequel be? Zuck practices MMA ad watches Facebook become a place for silver america to share grandkids photos and maga memes? Not seeing why anyone wanted this.

You sort of have to understand the context here of why this is dangerous. If he had been arrested for simply using the N word against blacks, I would say "European hate crime laws might be bad. But that doesn't mean they're creeping authoritarianism." It's just a different way of doing things. But

Abortion is a good example of the Left winning the cultural war and losing the political one. But the Right realizes this issue is dangerous and even in states like Nebraska they are vulnerable if they lean too far into it.

Bloomberg is a kind of example of a politician with fewer bad progressive ideas but more unrealistic good prog ideas. His 2020 campaign centered around climate change/gun control. So...take away people's guns and SUVs. Good luck with that. Aside from that he's too short to be president.

If Phil Collin’s ex wife told me she was downing I also would not lend a hand.

I too am upset Jerry Jones hasn't sold the Cowboys

If you put yourself into harm's way and try to enter a war zone bad things may happen. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Who was the better palindrome.

It's actually wild that anyone sees the broader point here as controversial tbh.

Ofc a funny thing about Kamala is Matt Yglesias really liked her 2009 book Smart on Crime, which was written before she knew she would be a presidential candidate and so it's not irradiated with left/lib jargon and nonsense.

Kamala was an "I act like I have nothing to say and will coast by as a visual" type of candidate. No that does not mean Bernie was the answer. Preferable would be someone who kind of instinctually knows the weakness of the other candidate, quick witted but comes across as ordinary. Like Kimmel

Some boring advice to young men starting out with a family and a career. It's good to make money. Your wife and kids will appreciate it. But.... ooh boy watch out if you have to take a job that involves a lot of traveling or being away from home. :-| Sometimes a bad trade off, avoid.

The disconnect on how Bluesky completely forgets about the fact that some autistic people aren't high functioning is bizarre. My grandnephew is severely autistic. Someone or some institution will have to take care of him his whole life.

A pattern I’m seeing with mass shooters. Most are under 40 and male. And none are licensed attorneys, physicians and tenured professors. Perhaps it’s not just the guns but the person who has access to the guns.

Gavin Newsom is helping to exterminate trans people, says the nation. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I got the intolerance label on a post for pointing out: Some autistic are extremely disabled. It would be nice to fix the issue of excessive nerdiness for the high functioners. Don't think abstaining from Tylenol will solve this ofc. But I'm speaking hypothetically. Bluesky gonna bluesky