“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

It remains unbelievable that amount of credibility offered to him by pundits and the national media writ large, as if the last ten years—or, hell, his entire public life—didn’t happen.

US and Iran are said (passive voice) to near (aren't at) a framework (not a deal) for future negotiations (to talk later) In other words, they can't even agree on what to hold a meeting about. Peace reigns! All rejoice!

I’m running for Congress for the same reason I wrote this oped: the billionaires won’t save us — they’re the ones stealing our money! Let’s reclaim what’s ours. Support my campaign with a $5?donation here: secure.actblue.com/donate/elect...

Ah! Well. Nevertheless,

Ugh.

Hey @nytimes.com, I already reported this earlier this week. And the G650s you mention? I reported on those in FEBRUARY. You credit NBC News and WSJ for first reporting parts of your story. Please credit me, too.

it's so cool how comfortably employed legacy journalists can just follow a bunch of independent journalists, rip off their stories, and still pretend they are better than the rest of us.

adulthood is just a series of reminders to replace various filters

It is not your fucking job to decide that you asshole!

The New York Times has a complicated relationship with telling the truth about the powerful, especially 45/47.

It’s all kayfabe and fake drama and fake disputes, all designed to get everyone to not know what is true

it is, among other things, incredibly striking to see that roberts was so solicitous of the burden the clean power plan might put on fossil fuel executives, when, a decade later, he is indifferent to the way trump’s moves have thrown hundreds of thousands of lives into turmoil.

Learn whatever you want about "law," it doesn't matter because GOP Justices blew up the entire process of deciding cases based on chats with rich friends and stuff they watched on TV. That was the entire basis on which SCOTUS switched to the shadow docket.

Well this is nasty on a myriad of levels (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Hail to the thief

Peace when markets are open War when markets are closed

Tree law is so entertaining because it's two opposite situations with the same problem. 1. people mistakenly thinking they can do whatever they want to their property. 2. people mistakenly thinking they can do whatever they want to other people's property. Unifying: always some fucking asshole.

True! Fun fact: They did this because someone leaked Robert Bork’s rental history during his confirmation battle.

The Plot to Enslave America

A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Fascism cannot be appeased; this is a core assertion of resistance liberalism." Good overview here of the new anti-Trump counter-mobilization and the deeper forces driving it:

This report came out today by minority staff of the House science committee on how three NASA missions were aborted due to NASA illegally following the FY26 president's budget request instead of congressionally approved budget. Very important reading. 🔭🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/staff-report...

I'm going to need a follow up video of how much money she wins.

Strong turnout continues in Northern Virginia, as the region has been rapidly closing the turnout gap with the state's redder areas this week. Since my last update two days ago, 116K new voters overall; and the biggest jump in turnout has been (again) in the 8th, 10th, and 11th districts.

Damn, I love this comic.

Mood. Ring. For. Rich. People.

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Remarkable.

I'm ok with this.

This is what happens at concentration camps

I don’t often use the overextended word “iconic”, but as the adage goes, there are a hundred thousand songs about falling in love, but there’s only one song about the boys being back in town. musically, lyrically, & sonically perfect, it’s as good as rock n roll gets.

I do think we also need to have honest conversations about how it’s not as simple as “go to therapy”. Cause all therapists aren’t good ones. We say every day it’s a lot of dumbasses with degrees. So while saying go to therapy is a start, also be honest about the long process it is to find a fit.

It shocks me how many businesses still don’t seem to get that Trump’s cultural revolution did not actually happen

to hesitate on this while trailing by 20+ in a Democratic primary

I think part of the reason the Pope thing is hitting so much is that modern life is so devoid of *any* morality, any system of right and wrong that is not completely hollow and fraudulent, which hits as halfway sensible and opposed to Trump and those like him, feels absolutely revolutionary

Caitlyn never thought…🐆

there is this too, they’ve become so insulated that they think this is a relatable freak out topic the country is flipping its shit about grocery prices and they’re like “whomst among us does not have a second penthouse in New York City”

I see a million tech moguls complaining that media coverage has become "anti-tech" like some kind of spontaneous vibe shift, and regrettably few wondering if, maybe, the issue is that a bunch of the tech industry became less worthy of being positive about over the past several years.

This section of the @washingtonpost.com really captures why women are enraged right now and how the system keeps allowing women to die and be assaulted. I’m HOT today so here’s a thread explaining why.

Amazing that Apple's approach to anything even approaching consenting porn is "not on your life, you filthy pervert" and its approach to nonconsensual porn is, basically, "well, what can ya do"

The right has strategically placed operatives at positions of influence in major social media and tech companies the same way they had a program for decades to place right wing lawyers in clerkships and judgeships and right wing reporters and editors at mainstream papers. The Plot to Enslave America

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to obtain access to Rhode Island's unreacted voter file. In these cases nationally, my law firm is now 5-0 and DOJ is 0-5. Not sure how Harmeet is going to explain this to her "boss." www.democracydocket.com/cases/rhode-...

Let there be no question that moving off of fossil fuels means freeing ourselves from the shackles revealed by Trump's Iran war. Anyone arguing for keeping a fossil fuel economy wants us all in chains and at the mercy of a dying, inefficient way of doing things.

Behind every great woman is a man plotting to drug and rape her without getting caught.

A) we don't own anything now B) the stuff we don't own doesn't work and can be taken away at a moments notice

I got to the last line and literally choked on my bagel

Trump's pardon spree quietly drained $113 million from the Crime Victims Fund, including a $100 million BitMEX fine. Shooting victims lose.