Their approach with the cartels was to blow up boats, then claim they had cartel people in them. Getting away with that has emboldened them to think they can maybe start bombing cities, and claiming they had antifa in them. No proof or due process required.

Nandor voice: “Fucking Asana…”

A strong breeze struck me from one side, then the other, as I followed the twists and turns of the windy, windy path.

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.

Am I right that discovery for this case could be incredibly damaging to Trump? www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

I agree this is a moment when we all need to work together in getting the temperature down, but that doesn't mean excusing hate speech. Charlie Kirk did not support free and open debate. He supported engaging in bad faith as a monetization strategy and otherwise suppressing free speech.

This should go without saying, but Trump is not opposed to political violence. He’s opposed to violence against his political allies. He is either silent about, or approving of, violence against his political enemies.

In his Oval Office address on political violence, Trump lists the attempt on his life, the Scalise shooting, and attacks on ICE agents. He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.

“It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” Charlie Kirk

As an American Express “member”, I get occasional emailed offers. Most of them are of no interest to me, but this year there was one for a $5 credit on gas purchases over $60. I use gas, so this sounds like a good one. Sign me up. 🧵 1/n

Excellent thread. I'll just add that there's a long history of blaming liberals for reactionary political dynamics that were cultivated by coordinated political campaigns by the far right. There is no law of nature that produces "backlash politics." It's politics (and propaganda) that produces it.

I really enjoyed this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social pod about Covid & MAHA, but one thing it repeatedly revealed is a habit of liberals that drives me crazy. A short 🧵.

One way to reduce crime would be to have checkpoints that you have to pass through in order to leave your neighborhood. You know, like what these same people tell you “15 minute cities” is leading towards, and scream hysterically about.

PSA: if everyone stands a few feet back from the baggage carousel, everyone can see what’s coming better, and it’ll actually be *easier* to grab your bag when it comes by.

Drove past Best Road last night, and couldn’t help but think of other names that would work in that neighborhood. Good Street. Average Court. Median Boulevard (two-for-one pun on this). Then it struck me that Mean Street would go great with those last two!

Me (54 years old): I gotta get some new music. [proceeds to get everything released after 1995 by Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Genesis, Dire Straits and Melissa Etheridge]

there’s a phenomenon in politics where on certain issues the general public is genuinely deluded about reality, and if you don’t buy into that delusion the political media will accuse *you* of being out of touch

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

This is an early symptom of what I think will be the most serious long-term damage the Trump administration is causing. People will no longer trust the government as a reliable employer, and opt for private sector work instead. Best minds will go elsewhere, further breaking the civil service.

I respectfully draw the good representative’s attention to decades of the Ohio Valley coal plants sending their smoke straight up to southern Ontario and Quebec.

Funny* how the people screaming about slippery slopes wrt personal liberties, moral decay, crime and the like somehow managed to completely miss noticing the slippery slope to fascism. * disappointing but predictable

Important 🧵.

Holy crap, this is brazen. Just straight up changing the Constitution to something that better suits their purposes.

I feel like a lot of my “what should I have for lunch” questions would be solved if taco trucks, hot dog trucks, etc. roamed around like ice cream trucks do.

There are a number of companies betting massive amounts of money on AI being successful. Are there any companies betting massive amounts of money on AI being correct?

Why do we call them farts, and not blasts from the ass?

In which the President of the United States of America suggests that there is no way to ever verify anything as true.

So many excellent points all through this 🧵

Government of the people, by the corporations, for the billionaires.

Any suggestions for things I should include in the letter I send to Trump declaring the unilateral deal between us?

I want to live in a society where all charities, school bake sales, hospital fund raisers, all that kind of thing, cease to exist, because everything that should be funded already is.

Can’t wait to start seeing the hot takes about how Toronto’s current air quality issues mean that all the work done in the past few decades that led to us not having “smog days” anymore was wasted effort and money.

If the Epstein files are released and Trump’s name is in there, his supporters will say it’s proof that they were doctored. Given that they are open to the idea of the files being doctored, if they are released and his name is not in there, they can then not reasonably use that proof of innocence.

Do people not realize that the very concept of minimum wage is inherently capitalist?

During these unprecedented times, it’s important to remember that, although rare, ‘precedented’ is a word.

Weird that the FBI wants people to report circumcisions, penile enlargement, boob jobs, lip filler, etc. What’s next, collagen, Botox, tummy tucks?

This is a welcoming account. 🏳️‍⚧️

Good advice……

Wonder why the Trump admin would think that white supremacists would assimilate easily into US society. Real chin scratcher.

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

I always assume you’re an only child until I meet your sibling, and I just now realized that I have also always assumed that all popes are only children too.

For no particular reason, I'm picturing what the conservative response would be if Carney had lost in his home riding and the Liberals asked somebody else to step aside to give him their seat.

Looks like a minority government for the Liberals, a near complete collapse for the NDP, and a dramatic reversal of fortunes for the CPC from where polls had them a couple of months ago. 🧵

Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever they aren’t going into universities’ endowments they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research

Robert Stanfield crying in his grave.

Inspiring to hear about all the peaceful protesting that happened all over the USA last weekend. But I have to wonder, how long until right-wing agitators start infiltrating, causing property damage and initiating violence, just to discredit the movement?

As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵

How much is Bill Gates paying LinkedIn to have them suggest to me every single week that I should follow him? Is it more or less than Barack Obama is paying for the same service?

Hey NBC and Seth Meyers, y’all need to book the largest possible venue in D.C. on April 26th and do a competing fundraiser and comedy show that actually celebrates the First Amendment. Televise it. Make Amber Ruffin the central act. Send a message that free speech is non-negotiable.