1/ Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction. It COMES FROM (still happening) illness. Illness caused by COVID. Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching. SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain. This is still happening.

A Department of War (Studies) should only exist at King's College.

Judging by the amount of asinine content about GenAI in other social media sites, we urgently need AI literacy courses in all schools/universities.

America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative. Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?

the passive voice in the text over the image is unacceptable

I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc

In Bovino's upside down world, there is no difference between an armed gang member preying on others in his community and a guy working 12 hours a day washing cars, flipping burgers, or installing sheetrock to feed his family — and he wants you to hate and fear both men equally.

TIL @wtopnews.bsky.social runs ads for CPB. What a shame for an otherwise good radio station.

Who among us hasn't called a lawmaker in their secure office to beg them to vote against releasing a bunch of materials that show involvement in sex trafficking?

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

As the father of a 14yo girl, I would challenge anyone who argues that "teen girls are almost women" to come say this to my face.

I wish we had more AOCs and Crocketts and less Schumers and Fettermen.

Can regular people also get $1M every time law enforcement obtains their phone records or does this apply only to the already wealthy?

BBC is now laying blame for the shutdown squarely on the Democrats. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Great guy we have for a president.

Chicago's ICE resistance just showed the world that everyday Americans are good and fearless in fighting for their communities But our cowardly elites -- especially Senate Democrats -- still don't get it My new column on America's great disconnect www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

This payment should come out of the cops' retirement fund. The taxpayers should not be paying when the police abuse their power.

Every Veterans Day, we hear lines about “the price of freedom.” But it’s worth pausing to ask: which freedom, and for whom? Not every war fought in America’s name was about defending us (e.g. Vietnam, Afghanistan). Their freedom mostly involved raining US bombs. Perspective matters.

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think. New piece from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

Schumer is a horribly ineffective leader.

The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.

Aged, respectively: 67 81 61 78 67 80 68 With an avg age of 72 -- and zero Senators from MD (hardest hit state) -- these Democrats are out of touch and have to be primaried.

Greenblatt and the ADL will respond with "she doesn't mean it." At the same time, Columbia and Cornell will enjoy the fruits of aligning with Trump's ideological camp that includes Candace and Fuentes.

@wtopnews.bsky.social this is who you're running ads for.

ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant” He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

It would be impossible to overstate how deranged and fascistic the US government’s social media accounts have become. Protect “the west” against Spanish speaking Catholics?

Trump continues to spew his racist messages about South Africa.

When democrats win back the house and senate they should defund the DHS and use all that money for SNAP, healthcare, and free ice cream for everyone, except the DHS/ICE/CBP employees who will get one turnip each.

So this is what Melania referred to with her "I just don't care, how about you" jacket.

One thing that surprised me was how easily major institutions -- supposedly beacons of truth and knowledge -- caved to the whims of an authoritarian.

Happy FSTL day to all who celebrate

FIFA has a long and well-documented history of corruption, so awarding a "peace prize" to a corrupt president tracks. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

How much did this trial cost and how many sandwiches could this have paid for?

This is appalling. There has to be a way to hold massive companies accountable for *knowingly* facilitating & profiting from criminal behavior. And yes, I understand the value of Section 230, but here we have a trillion $ company that profits by letting its users get scammed. Has to be a better way.

The single biggest question in American law today is: Are lies a get-out-of-laws-free card? Can the government simply lie to grant itself new powers? And is everyone else under an obligation to act as if obvious lies are true, or at minimum, that they might have merit and deserve respect?

Mike thinks being the Speaker of the House is like a "best boss" mug: honorary feel-good title that means nothing and conveys zero powers or responsibility.

Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?

This should be a bigger story.

The BBC is trying to play both sides here. I could've helped them with my grocery bills -- I am shopping the same amount (and brands) of items, from the same store, every Friday, for the past two years (a bit OCDish, I know). I am at an 11.3% increase YoY.

I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

The GOP is destined for an epic shellacking come 2026.

The SCOTUS will hear the tariff case tomorrow. Now, IANAL but I know that the President has no authority to levy taxes. And tariffs are taxes on US businesses and consumers.

Reminder that Dick Cheney shot someone in the face with a shotgun and that someone apologized to Dick for putting his face in the way of his shot.

ICE is thug trash.

The Democratic Party has many faults but alleging that the party’s declining popularity or success is rooted in some sort of global leftward ideological drift is pretty funny.

We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.

It’s been FIFTEEN YEARS and the media is still letting Republicans pretend they have some super-secret concept of a hidden plan to maybe consider a covert proposal that could theoretically be implemented in a hypothetical simulation of a Congress run by people who are not actually clowns.