I maintain that this man's entire existence is elaborate performance art to call attention to the elite impunity problem in this country in the most garish way and it's still not working

Looks like Cassidy sold American children down the drain to vote for RFK Jr. for nothing.

And all solutions are offered in other countries and the only reason we don’t have them is that Dems refuse to hit a button somewhere.

I don't know where this bizarre idea that China has universal health care comes from, but it very much does not by any normal standard. It has a highly tiered system that brutally discriminates against rural patients and imposes often crippling financial costs.

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

and since I’m here. every time one of you fourteen emojis in the username having, cynical replies to everything posting, following six thousand accounts asses starts in on the south, I wanna Clockwork Orange you with the footage from the original march in Selma

"As social life migrated onto platforms optimized for engagement, visibility, and emotional reaction, questions of truth increasingly became filtered through identity, emotion, and social validation rather than through slower institutional systems of evidence, authority, and debate." That's... bad!

Jesus Christ this is the most chilling thing I've read in ages. The "new understanding of truth" described here is not new in any way, it is basically a return to pre-literate dark ages & the inevitable result is going to be fascism.

To answer the q in the headline it can be both

never thought i’d tell a democrat to stfu and stop stealing bill kristol’s valor but here we are

It's the similarity in the photos that floors me.

My governor has gone full Fetterman, and we have no idea why. We sane people in Colorado would like to apologize for believing this asshole would stick to his beliefs after elected. But now he's leaving so his true colors are showing.🤷‍♂️ Never go full Fetterman...

Thirty Helens Agree—Lupita Nyongo is hot.

Thirty Helens agree—it’s ageist violence that ‘Kids in the Hall’ sketches aren’t readily available as gifs.

very funny but to be an entire "news" organization like the free press and applying more scrutiny to the mayor's wife's listening habits than the entire IDF

This is utterly batshit crazy. FFS it's way past the time of some 25th amendment. He belongs in some mental institution babbling away every day. Absolutely he is projecting. His every accusation is a confession. Thank you for your attention to this matter, LOL!!

Republicans refused once again to help everyday Americans, and now they’re going without health insurance.

You might notice for instance that Zohran Mamdani generates a lot of the "embattled fuck up" stories written about him and Donald Trump gets a lot of the "here's why his biggest fans love him" stories. It doesn't seem related to their actual popularity!

Stop calling the leisured provincial gentry "working class"

When Donald Trump asked on the campaign trail if we could imagine Kamala Harris dealing with President Xi, we didn't realize he was asking if she was capable of the same fawning and flattery he would perform.

this is antisemitism, not critique of a sovereign nation’s policies

The most accurate portrayal of the pro-Jim Crow, white nationalist Roberts Supreme Court I've seen yet.

a thing that's striking about the aftermath of the callais decision is that it (1) completely disproves roberts's "i don't see race" view and (2) a lot of the south just has not evolved at all from 60 years ago politically, which is horrifying

I'm willing to bet working class queer folks and working class Black folks, of which there are many, don't allign on the same sorts of things but aren't treated as though they speak for the entire economic group the way the white working class is.

Well that's the entire problem, the media largely spends it's time staked out the diners in the reddest parts of the state while ignoring the possibility that other parts of the working class aren't cooked on far right propaganda.

Which also reminds me of the Southern Confederate legitimacy problem. No reporters go around asking Black Southerners what they think of the same shared Southern heritage because caring about Black people's opinions is "woke". Segregationists have won that.

I find it very strange that we unequivocally equate "nonviolent" with "less harmful." Attempting to overthrow the democratically elected government is a hell of a lot more harmful than many--perhaps nearly all--violent crimes, and should be punished accordingly.

“At a time when attacks against our democracy, civil rights, and the safety of immigrant communities are rising, @brucespringsteen.net did not shy away from naming the hard truths, stating plainly to his fans that the work of @unitedwedream.org is more urgent than ever.”

First he abandoned Ukraine and now he is abandoning Taiwan. Sucks to be a democratic friend of the USA these days.

❗Reuters says Ukraine is shifting from military aid recipient to global defense-tech innovator, with Western governments and firms seeking access to its drones, Delta battlefield network, air defense tools, ground robots and combat-tested analytics. #Ukraine

NEW She was deported without her toddler. Then ICE blamed her for his killing. wapo.st/4wyzH7u

Good morning We’re still in a war with Iran He wants to invade Cuba next Gas prices up 50% Food prices up Trump has to go

I’ve recently learned that not even desecrating the graves of our Pearl Harbor dead is enough to change MAGA minds.

America is for sale. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Cleaning up Orban’s corruption in Hungary is a huge task after he looted their country for years, and it is certainly something we can watch unfold and learn from.

The Senate fell one vote short of formally shutting down the war with Iran, with John Fetterman casting the decisive vote.

The Trump administration is lying again. They’re already drilling and moving forward on Trump’s giant gold “Independence Arch” before Congress even approved it, just like they tore down the East Wing for Trump’s gilded ballroom project. That’s the MO: do it first, lie, deflect. 1/2

For the first time since 2017, the San Antonio Spurs are heading to the NBA Western Conference finals.

Anti-voting group released a sweeping new “model laws” handbook that urges lawmakers and election officials to restrict mail-in voting, eliminate same-day voter registration, conduct mass voter challenges and empower officials to deny/delay certification. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🇺🇦 Ukraine just hit Russia hard: One of its largest drone strikes in months set the massive Ryazan oil refinery on fire and struck military targets across multiple regions. The refinery — which processes 17 million tons of oil per year — is located just 110 miles from Moscow. 🔥Keep going, Ukraine!

Mark Ruffalo: “We’re watching this degradation of journalism through political pressure happening at CBS right now. They brought a war criminal on 60 Minutes the other night. Netanyahu, they gave him their 60 Minutes platform” @markruffalo.bsky.social

Trump returns from China trip, claims "fantastic" deals. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-retu...

Ok I'm a basketball fan and I just realized I've been conflating the wizards (an NBA team) with the generals (the team that loses to the Globetrotters) MY ENTIRE LIFE

Thanks, Supreme Court. You're waking up the majority and radicalizing us. You're becoming more illegitimate by the day. Bring it.

Ah, yes. Fewer air traffic controllers is the answer. www.reuters.com/business/wor...

JFC. (You are not going to get through this quote without swearing. Trust me.)