What it *will* do is reinforce the appearance that politics is all a game to them, that they only oppose each other on the clock like the cartoons with the wolf and sheepdog. Save the genuine condolences for your private calls to the family. Release the boilerplate statement to social media.

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

Mamdani is the blueprint that all politicians should be following: 1) Asking what government can do to improve people’s lives, even small/simple things; 2) Then implementing it as expediently as possible It’s really that simple.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

The world’s first trillionaire took away our Ebola response capacity, gave us screwworms, hollowed out our government so he could pay less taxes, and condemned millions of the world’s most vulnerable people to death.

imagine drawing a crowd in the middle of the night to watch them remove your name from a building

Burke definitely would have been a shoe in for Commerce Secretary in the Trump admin

My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/

Minute Maid lemonade is crazy What do you mean “this contains 0% juice” Juice is in the name… you suppose to aid the lemons not abort them

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

My heart broke to see Americans fighting Americans in our streets yesterday. As I saw ICE agents tackling civilians and firing pepper balls into the crowd, I was overwhelmed by how broken we’ve become. We cannot normalize this violence. Here’s what happened at Delaney Hall: THREAD

Ever see a spiderweb and think, “Idiot, you’ll never catch anything there”?

I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.

Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother! youtu.be/sRqvpVnL3Us?...

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Blasting “Killing in the Name of” in my Kia Forte as I pull into the Target parking lot to pick up my new glasses.

"Bluesky will never be Twitter." Then how come I look at it every morning and it makes me sad, hmm? Explain that.

We already KNOW how to make super babies, you eugenicist creeps! And it's all the things you fucking fucks are fucking up! THREAD!

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

fiddling as rome burns ❌ watching mma as america crumbles ✅

4-dementia chess

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE TAGGING ME IN ON THE VATICAN / PENTAGON BEEF HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

In case that first one isn't clear above

My three-year-old was watching the president's address when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why can't I understand what the nice orange man is saying?" And when I told her "Because America elected a narcissistic sociopath in steep cognitive decline," she started crying.

Watching the Artemis launch and thinking of this song… youtu.be/Q_UjVpIdxWs?...

This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.

Perfect

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

A big takeaway this year has to be that Sinners and One Battle After Another were big, artist driven, swings bankrolled by WB whose future is ultimately unclear. I like living in a world where people like PTA and Ryan Coogler get to make the films they want to make with those resources.

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast. They’ll play this in museums in future. (🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

Roberts Courts legacy is to make it harder for ordinary people to engage in the most basic form of participation (voting), for that participation to matter (letting gerrymandering stand), while removing any constraints from billionaire influence on politics

The emperor is being interviewed stark naked, insisting he has a magic outfit that only the wise can see. The journalists play along, not because they believe him but because *he'll* say they're fools if they can't see it. So they go on and ask him about military strategy and ignore his exposed dick

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Historians looking back on the 2026 midterms and trying to explain how the Democrats managed to thrash Republicans will point to many causes—but let me suggest that they should pay attention to these two words right here: "I guess."

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Blood Brothers by Mr.Fish

scrawny 18-year-old about to fall out of an army helicopter over tehran: this is so epic. this is totally sigma, right babe? AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe

Shouts to the Zamboni riders at tonight's Sirens game!

Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting. She had some things she needed to get off her chest

Ten glorious years of a guy who has mostly been the president and always been the main character of American political life doing posts like this and everyone trying to figure out what cable news segment he saw, misunderstood in the way a dog might misunderstand a crossword, and made into policy.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime

hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.

We made it

Trump to Americans: The day of reckoning and retribution is coming Trump to Iranians: Help is on its way!