The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.

if isaac chotiner was trying to pick a fight with me, i would just keep walking. you'd have to be a fucking idiot to be named ben smith and pick a fight back! 🤷‍♂️

why are they called long distance relationships and not spaceships

deni avdija puts quinten post on a ride through trail blazers history

"Trump develops real estate so he must know how high rents have gotten in New York" fucking listen to yourself

MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down TRUMP: Uh huh MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade? TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom

I have no feelings on the Cavs but this is so cute youtube.com/shorts/R9_iB...

you know what we call software that autonomously installs malware? Malware.

2005 me: I love literary journalism, I love writers who bare their souls 2025 me: Stop stop oh my god please stop

i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”

lol, what a loser

as I've gotten older (and hopefully wiser), I've come to realize that I probably don't want to *be* on a highway to the danger-zone

might be no truer example of this

We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm. Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.

Threatening to yank federal funding unless a state agrees to impositions on what its state-law, state-funded programs do was the whole point of why they got SCOTUS to strike down mandatory Medicaid expansion. They never really mean it about states' rights, but sometimes it's particularly flagrant.

i think it's very bad that "agentic disinformation network, agentic nation-state level black hat, agentic revenge porn at scale" all occurred and were funded before "AI PowerPoint slide deck creation that actually looks nice" got solved

this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card

You can't have people in leadership positions who stab you in the back and then turn around and say oh well, let's move on and do nothing about that, really you're the problem for complaining about it.

I swear to god if they fix Bivens but only for members of Congres...

I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city. I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.

this essay is as wonderful as it is infuriating

Being well-liked and charismatic and having policy positions the majority of the electorate agree with might work in New York City but that doesn't mean it will work in places where every day is opposite day

"Breaking: Sexless, godless freaks leave homes for first time to support socialism"

There's a very real possibility the incoming NYC mayor has seen your nudes

50% of lawschool admits are there for the one-in-a-million opportunity to make an argument like this 👇

“.. There were no counties or cities (as of writing) that moved right relative to four years ago. On average, they instead moved 13 points to the left.” @pbump.com #Virginia www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...

This is like the Mt. Rushmore of "I'm not watching that shit."

The same people who claim the left is obsessed with “purity tests” will spare no energy finding left policies and ideas that the Democratic Party must publicly and unequivocally repudiate

LAWYER: where were you on the night of the murder ME: in the desert LAWYER: and who were you with ME: a horse LAWYER: and what is the name of this horse HORSE: (from back of courtroom) *does throat cut motion* ME: uhhh he didn’t have one

Thank you Kash Patel 🙏

Blake Wesley fan club checking in 🫡

The NBA Cup begins today baybeeeeeeeeee

flagging this because, in particular, I find it fascinating how the idea that "politics is downstream of culture" was so widely mocked in years past, but the American left is coming around to it more & more (which is good because it's obviously true!)

the thing that REALLY pisses me off is that these "swing voters" they're targeting...**DO NOT** pay attention to politics until 1-2 weeks before the election! this means you're pissing off your ACTUAL base voters while throwing suitcases of cash into the bonefire and tanking your credibility

sobbing as mom makes me smoke a whole pack of baseball in one sitting

I fucking hate Windows 11, and I will get back at Microsoft for shoving this garbage operating system down my throat if it takes me the rest of my life.

A fun exercise is to see if workers at tech companies get humanized as much as their work does

Portlanders only have one decision to make in this November's special election, and it’ll determine the future of the city’s parks. We recommend voting "yes" on the new parks levy. ⁠

live picture of Graham Platner and his pundit supporters

FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON BABY GO BLAZERS

Turns out govt was just the friends we made along the way.

Los Angeles, CA - Felipe Caceras, who is a member of the rapid response network in Los Angeles, tells me that the TikTok streamer, Nick, is part of a pattern of media and protesters receiving violent treatment from both LAPD and federal authorities in LA and throughout the country.

the average American millennial man is not Tom fucking Ripley, what a preposterous thing to write...

the media has made a huge deal about Neutrality and Not Editorializing and it all falls apart when you realize they are too afraid to publish a factual description of the video Trump posted