“derek dooley will work with president trump and fight insider trading” is a real sentence brian kemp just said in a tv ad

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

this is why you shouldn’t let (most) people not from the south write about the south

The PEPFAR program saved lives at home and around the world. It has had a demonstrable, positive impact on the lives of millions. It did ground breaking research on an illness that killed far too many, undermining societies and cultures. It is the best of us. And these bastards killed it.

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Holy shit this piece will melt some eyeballs. Writer argues Dems need to take drastic, even once-unimaginable tactics in response to Voting Rights Act being gutted. He writes: "Patience is the enemy now" and we have to stop asking people for it. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits.

The relevant portion of the Jason Collins discussion

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

virgnia foxx is one of those low key members who has been abjectly horrible her entire time in office. a total degenerate.

this is a great episode. something @alexkirshner.com said made a light bulb go off for me, and that’s that he was surprised alabama didn’t wake up and punch back after getting rocked by indiana. (thread!)

I bet this shit hits so hard if you’re Lane Kiffin

“driving a ford bronco around braves country is as easy as driving up to truist park” so, not easy then

this episode made me think not just bc of the real estate revenue being reinvested but also genuinely being the first time (even as someone living in atlanta) i’ve heard anyone speak in such glowing terms about the battery

the reason democracy works so well is that we settle issues via the ballot box. once that avenue dries up because one party wants to entrench themselves in power forever, people start looking for alternatives

What did people think he meant when he said Republicans just had to elect him this one time and then they would fix it so no one had to vote anymore? Like what other explanation was there?

So according to the Virginia Supreme Court, Republicans can just rebroadcast, retransmit, or give accounts of games without the express written consent of Major League Baseball and Democrats somehow can’t?

and relative to what similarly situated professionals make, even members of Congress are woefully underpaid. do you want more working class people to serve as federal legislators? you need higher pay. there is no escaping it.

Yup. Your job as regular person is not to parse whether particular policies are 'realistic' or 'possible.' You are supposed to actually demand what you need to live a dignified life.

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I used to have political convictions but then I got scolded by John Roberts. That’s an important part of his job. Now I see that it’s time for me to listen and learn.

Just a reminder that all of this was set in motion by our supposedly moderate chief justice declaring in 2013 that southern states were so unracist that federal oversight was no longer necessary. This is his life’s mission, and he was never moderate.

Folks, ask your parents about Atlanta in the 70s

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is this surprising??? 🤔🤔🤔

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White Republicans in Mississippi will vote to gerrymander Black voters out of political power in the same old capitol building where their ancestors voted for insurrection and Jim Crow. The past is never dead—it’s not even past. Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.

In December SCOTUS claimed it was too close to election to block Texas gerrymander but now allowing Southern states to straight up cancel elections to resurrect Jim Crow

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this is a great piece and i'm also somewhat annoyed because it means i have to rework the piece i was writing for next week www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...

Having all the cards is, famously, not the goal in Uno.

is that a threat

living in a state folks consider a lost cause really helps you see that a lot of "progressives" are just as happy as MAGA to see people suffer, as long as they get to pick who it is.

great day to vote early in the democratic primary! (not for either keisha though!)

of the past let us wipe the slate clean

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Lot of reactionaries truly believe in their hearts that immigrants and trans kids get the secret good healthcare from companies that love paying for claims.

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people fucking died for the voting rights act. to wave it away with a magic wand is just so grotesque

It’s the 250th year of American independence, and the Pope and the King of England are reminding Americans of their revolutionary values, principles, and ideals Somewhere, John Adams is confused as fuck

The kid knew it was gone.

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In case you think I only make fun of the House, please behold the world’s most deliberative body, the Senate

‘Disappointed’ ‘Surprised’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Dogs Who Were Given a Bath After Being Embraced and Told ‘It’s Time for Your Bath’

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oh we’re talking about flagrantly disregarding the social contract, huh gee whiz no idea who’s doing that

auburn juuuuust missed this in 2005 with ronnie and cadillac bc of cedric benson