Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

This also applies to health insurance. It’s important we discuss the details of what’s happening, but you have to bear in mind that the man literally does not know what health insurance is.

I just wonder what combination of overpriced and not enough rye characterizes JD Vance’s pick of bourbon

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

What the fuck are we even doing here

oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis

Just naked bigotry, they don't even bother trying to hide anymore

If @nytimes.com can use the word “racist” in the subhed of James Watson’s obit (and they should) they could have used the word “warmonger” in Dick Cheney’s

A woman ruined my workplace By Caravaggio (c. 1602)

Live look at me in the workplace.

You can't even call Tesla shareholders a proper cargo cult though, because half the time Elon can't make the car go.

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows. Does this sound familiar? Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."

There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.

Excellent job inviting these technologies into our campuses to work closely with vulnerable young people, university administrators and edtech people. BRAVO. apnews.com/article/open...

I think Oz really believes that speaking as fast as possible will shield his bullshit from detection

Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content

Because prices are tariff-inflated? Or because this is wishcasting by a retail industry lobbying group?

Apparently white supremacy is the capitalism of imbeciles

Holy shit the end is so goddamn tacky

DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’

Long live the jury trial in America.

THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?

I'm sorry, if you throw that hat on to complement your Men's Wearhouse suit you're just a jagoff. Did these two losers decide to be Tie Twinsies, too?

We're on a roll with these sandwich puns folks

The elevation of these incompetent prosecutors illustrates the Pita Principle

Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.

It's important that everyone understand that Ross Douthat has never done anything *except* write slimy op-eds trying to smuggle far-right ideas into the mainstream. From college on. He's never had a real job. He has no skills, no expertise, nothing that would justify his position at the NYT.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point: www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

I guess he was afraid of miasmas or haints leaving the body and infecting him?

juries ftw

You can't spell "credulous" without "NYT". I'll check that spelling while the Times checks how hard MAGA has tried to keep bigots out of its coalition vs. how hard it's tried to thwart scrutiny of the bigots in its coalition.

Can we fix this problem that did not happen with something that does not exist?

Some have suggested Zohran's success is rooted *only* in cost of living. But he also ran hard against Trump's authoritarianism/ICE raids. He ran the most explicitly pro-immigrant, pro-cosmopolitan campaign in memory. Let's say it: He ran an anti-fascist campaign. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2027...

But how do the worst oligarchs on earth profit?

I wrote for @slate.com about a legendary (and violent) Tennessee sheriff who more likely than not murdered his wife and the people who want to keep him on a pedestal. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...

Someone should dress up like Bill the Butcher and go to Walsh’s house to cleanse the suburbs of his papist barbarism (is he even catholic? Who cares, those micks never change, right?)

Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.

Of course the president can’t subvert the Constitution by lying that there’s an emergency. If lying that there’s an emergency is a magic loophole granting the executive branch the powers of Congress, there’s no point to Article I. The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.

Sic semper lying racist assholes

Saw another article about municipal bonds making the rounds earlier this week. Technical but crucial topic. thebaffler.com/latest/payin...

Trump will win, narrowly beating out Roy Keane, Luis Suarez and a Milwall brick

Hey yo here’s some blue meat from me on yesterday’s election results. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

No fewer than 28 billionaires donated at least 100k to beat Zohran Mamdani. Their overt attempt to buy the election provided Mamdani with perfect talking points. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/LEnjMCa