How about: without Soviet support the Viet Cong and North Vietnam would have been defeated

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

…and show some gratitude to those who really belong here, you Marxist scumbags,“ he added

Gosh, imagine how it must all look from Latin America Brazil? Tariffs because they jailed one of Trump’s buddies Argentina? Bailout because they elected one Venezuela? Bombed because they have a leftist dictatorship El Salvador? Invited to White House because they have a rightist one

Vice President JD Vance calling former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau a “dipshit” is real mad libs energy

You’ll forgive us for demanding to see said evidence after *you literally just misinterpreted and politicized the bullet messages immediately after the last major incident we had, 2 weeks ago*!

OK, no that’s just about enough internet for today

The shooting press conference in Dallas is bananas. The FBI, ICE and Ted Cruz are following JD Vance and Kristi Noem in placing 100% of the blame on the left for the murder of immigrant detainees.

Just had a discussion with two poli sci colleagues about the chances of authoritarian consolidation in '26-28. Amazing how much opinions vary. Some don't even see a serious risk. Some think the risk is high. I am in the middle -- they likely try but fail.

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

This is a key point: We need to recognize how dangerous, how precarious this moment is - but without perpetuating the Trumpists' assertions of strength and dominance. The gap between their authoritarian aspirations and the reality of American society remains vast. That's where the counter happens.

currently at a D+43 margin in the AZ-07 special election, which if it holds will be a swing of 21 points toward Democrats since Nov 2024. at 80% reporting. however the precise margin lands, it's gonna be another big Dem overperformance election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-09...

After all the ridiculous contortions by MAGA apologists to argue it was just a private business decision, Trump comes right back and makes more threats of retaliation against ABC for bringing him back!

Who CNN is quoting credulously. Come ON. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/o...

Lmaooooooo

Always a strong sign that you’re the party of peace

It‘s Jan 2029, the inauguration of President Pritzker is next week. Dems control both houses and are preparing an expansive domestic and int’l agenda. The world still faces devastating wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan. Are we still holding this line?

How it started // How it’s going

So let me get this straight: you thought the sitting governor of California was, what, going to have you offed somehow -- you, the head of the Department of Homeland Security? And he chose to have his interns announce that publicly in advance to millions of people on his Twitter account??

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in UCLA medical research grants. The grants were suspended over allegations of campus antisemitism, use of race in admissions, and recognition of transgender identities.

Milk is liquid

Since Advil + other NSAIDs actually ARE something you have to be cautious about during pregnancy, the practical impact of putting Tylenol in that category too is to make pregnant women suffer

Pressure works

Class this week in “The Politics of Antisemitism” is on religious motives and drivers. One of the two req’d readings is “They Killed Our Lord: The Perception of Jews as Desecrators of Christianity as a Predictor of Anti-Semitism.“ Why does the world have to keep being relevant to my classes?

Add me to those saying it’s crucial to acknowledge anti-authoritarian successes. Harvard and NYT are fighting in court instead of folding. Pritzker and other IL leaders kept Nat. Guard troops out of Chicago. Grand juries reject frivolous charges; many lower court judges uphold the law. And more

That's a LOT of current/former Disney talent. @thr.com $DIS www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

Spoke to a friend who’s pretty high up (one rung below C-suite) in a Fortune 500 last night and he estimated that ~50% of his time is wasted on strategizing and planning around Trump 2.0 capriciousness

“Behind closed doors” being the most important words. fortune.com/2025/09/21/b...

Trump, at the memorial, says where he disagrees with Charlie Kirk is that he hates his opponent and doesn’t want the best for them

Gee, I wonder what state actor it was…

Yanno, I’m starting to think they were never that sincere about the whole Burisma thing

Counterpoint: yes it is, though.

Very dangerous situation, especially with the moon reportedly joining Cambodia’s coalition of the willing

Tom Homan accepted a bag of cash in exchange for govt contracts

Up! We have a case of shame and coverup. The thing our press most knows how to skewer

Trump criticizes Pam Bondi for not charging his adversaries quickly enough, in a Truth Social post that looks a lot like a DM. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

I want to know if it was a suitcase of cash or bags. People are very visual. The “gold bars” definitely helped damn Menendez

Are we doing an anti-war yet?

Nothing is inevitable. In either direction. Hope and work.

vote choice among indian american citizens in 2024. these folks are not MAGA / trump fans

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

I‘m concerned people may not get competitive authoritarianism

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

President Trump plans to add a $100,000 fee to H-1B visa applications in the administration’s latest crackdown on a system it says is used by tech companies to avoid hiring American workers.

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Cool study many of us missed a few months ago strongly suggesting that social media discourse can generate offline violence, looking at India and the Hindu nationalist heavy site Koo @sschutte.bsky.social

Someone just run the survey (field?) experiment and tell us, I’m so sick of this discourse

"Because someone died, we have to take away your rights" -- the same pretextual rationale that authoritarians always use

the media be learning

Just a D House candidate and prominent online commentator getting thrown fairly roughly to the ground in an anti ICE protest