I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.

trying to plan out the logistics of a family road trip. feeling, as I often do, like Grant before the Vicksburg campaign

merry christmas to everyone except andrew cuomo's donors

i don't really think you need to save too much benefit of the doubt vis a vis the journalistic integrity of olivia reingold's editor

2026 is the year we're finally getting through this tub of bay leaves that expired two years ago

Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...

i ended up getting a shot-clock-violation on my "heroes and monsters" picks, but fortunately @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social had the same thought and wrote about juries www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

family is just a term for the viruses we choose to share together

the kind of situation where you might, in other contexts, say they've lost the clubhouse

I can’t condone the last minute shopping but the man did know how to get something in just the right size…

on this day in 1864, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman gave President Lincoln the early Christmas present of Savannah www.battlefields.org/learn/primar...

like doing a reboot of The Insider, with a Hallmark Christmas movie's idea of a campus conservative shoehorned awkwardly into the script

Heading into 2026

Shea Wigham as Roscoe Conkling. does what it says on the tin.

the audacity of referring to James Garfield as "Jim"

we've got to stick together like three wipes when you only need one

nice argument. unfortunately for you i have already portrayed you as the passed out and drooling sleeptime bear and me as the alert, confident and powerful throat cooler koala

Some of these redactions are almost like modern art

Elise Stefanik to continue running from office

one of the most society-affirming stories of the year

you never want to be in a cycle where people are litigating Hitler, but with respect to his leadership...net-net ...correct me if I'm wrong...he died in a bunker and then his country was divided up, right? that's never a good sign

Bring Back Open Hand Slapping

it's reasonably plausible that they could happen to be at an event together, that he viewed more as a chance to talk to sergey brin or whatever, but isn't that the kind of thing that should compel a bit of reflection with hindisght?

singing "Get your kicks! With the New England Revolution!" quietly to myself www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

nigel tufnel-ass economics

szechuan peppercorn bagels kind of work actually

The internet sucks now because everything needs to result in the maximal outcome so instead of seeing the Coldplay couple and going “lol pretty funny” we end up with this, everything is Qanon, everything is the Inquisition, when the fun of it should be “well, never have to think about this again!”

MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok

there's a a bit of time left but it just feels increasingly clear that the ship is going down, and you can see in the choices people are making for the better (ACA vote, Indiana), and worse (Groyper bullshit!) that people are starting to think about which lifeboat they should be on

libraries are so great, man. every time i'm in there with just my kid i think "wow this is all for us!" and every time I'm there and there are *lots* of kids I think "wow, this is all for us to share!" who invented this

kids, this is what you call a perfectly baited hook [utterly sincere/complimentary]

appreciate the explanation from a future judge that it is "improper" to weigh in on things that are "debated"

we're replacing Olivia Nuzzi w/ Olivia DiNucci in 2026

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes! Yes! YES! YES!!!!!

Nicely done job by @annamerlan.bsky.social on a very difficult subject given how thin skinned Benny is for such a tough guy alpha male www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

you might think "okay, but we don't have anyone named 'Moderate Democrat,'" and that shows a lack of imagination. there was literally a civil war general named "States Rights Gist."

it's caramel popcorn season motherfuckers

the brutal aesthetics of MAGA 🎵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya. The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved. @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy www.propublica.org/article/keny...

This quote from Ben Smith in Mother Jones' profile of Benny Johnson. Honestly, great call from the haters. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

it feels so good to decide at 4:30 that you're just gonna order pizza instead of making dinner. it's like taking the rush you get when you procrastinate and literally eating it.

i have never successfully remembered where "Jacksonville State" is

they should have a little parade

well, it makes sense if the purpose is to endanger e-bike users!

while it's bad for the world it's very funny to take over literally the biggest media in media and act like your audience is FP readership

trying to eat more rotisserie chicken in 2026

You’re still trying to find the millennial Tom Hanks. I told you we can’t do it, and we can’t do it. Now, what we might be able to do it is recreate him. Recreate him but make him British.

I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

On the second point—please read @eamonwhalen.bsky.social on Royce White www.motherjones.com/politics/202...