Worthwhile read. I’ve made that joke myself, more than once, and I always figured the butt of the joke was the hormones-for-me-but-not-for-thee asshole, not the gender-affirming care. But I found this persuasive.

The best way to get to the bottom of the McConnell question is for the governor to appoint a replacement. The GOP legislature passed a law stripping him of that power, but it goes against the state constitution. If they refuse to seat the replacement, take them to court. There’s zero downside.

Be alarmed. Resist fascism. Speak up. Vote.

Scary thing about Tuberville is that he is simultaneously the dumbest senator and one of the very few senators to have actual leadership experience, having been a winning SEC football coach.

It's been two months since a federal judge ruled that ICE must stop arresting people at immigration courts in Manhattan—remember, ICE grabs people who are being law-abiding and coming to mandatory immigration hearings—but ICE keeps doing it anyway. www.courthousenews.com/ice-makes-ar...

Obama is reminding us why we have to vote

@govandybeshear.bsky.social since you have multiple people telling you that McConnell is dead you should stop wasting time and replace him.

Some men will literally hold a primetime national address ranting about an election they lost six years ago instead of going to therapy.

Here we go, the full Carl Schmitt Nazi strategy: Steve Bannon calls for a "national security emergency executive order" to rig the election. They have been planning this since day one. Bannon even wrote the foreword to "Unhumans." www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

Oh wow it turns out the guy who never tells the truth and never experiences consequences for lying wasn’t telling the truth; let’s see if he experiences any consequences for lying.

I feel like the problem with liberalism is that it doesn't seem to be able to acknowledge that fascists have agency and a lot of power.

having a great time with all the other Jeffrey Epstein defenders, they're just out of frame.

A source tells MS NOW that Todd Blanche told Epstein survivors during their meeting, "The FBI has the power to open investigations, not me." "I'm just the attorney general," Blanche added.

There's nothing wrong with our elections, but there is something wrong with Donald Trump.

But instead, the people who decided this pivotal election wanted handouts.

Ben Wikler’s new book This Is The Plan asserts “the superpower of organizing…” And people in Madison, Wisconsin, are ready!

We could've had an organizer as party chair.

I’m guilty of this and it took me a few days to sit with it to understand why.

This was very helpful to read form a cis persons perspective. I’m always trying to learn. And this was another step. Thank you for taking the time. I wish we lived in a world you could just live your life and enjoy the things you love, and not have to occasionally educate dopes. But I’m glad you do.

An armed guard shot a woman over an argument outside the Aurora ICE facility. When corporate prison guards open fire on citizens for speaking out, we are in a police state. This violent act shows what happens when you embolden an unhinged system. coloradonewsline.com/briefs/color...

This “New Liberalism” conference is very interesting. But the donors behind it are right-wing libertarians. Why? They aim to drag “liberals” to the right. And here Allen just says it. “Liberal” means… halfway between libertarians (a fringe) and a labor union.

It depresses me greatly that there are people who claim to be "liberals" and say nonsense like this. I am a New Deal liberal and I do not recognize this unstrategic drivel as "liberal."

Cook County shatters air quality record, EPA data shows, as dangerous wildfire smoke envelops region

Danielle Allen pushes back, arguing that liberalism is not merely about government doing good things, but about freedom. That requires a functioning legislature, which has been lacking in the U.S. for quite some time.

Air Quality a little better today we’ve gone from Aunt Kathy’s ‘77 Ford LTD to Uncle Bill’s basement rec room during the ‘82 Holmes-Cooney fight

i personally think ezra klein is too attached to his personal brand rather than the future of liberalism

Congresswoman AOC has introduced a bill that would ban Supreme Court Justices from accepting lavish gifts from the ultra wealthy. Love that, but what I find insane is that this isn’t already illegal.

Mainers have a message for ICE: get the HELL OUT of our state. #ICEOUT

you ever think about the fact that by like 2028 the House is going to have at least 20-40 of these guys

An account with this avatar was just blocked.

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.

The president of the United States is threatening nuclear genocide on a Tuesday and posting execution videos on a Thursday. Meanwhile, @quigley.house.gov is laser focused on last month’s Gala. Republicans look at this and they see weakness. They don’t fear democrats. So this all continues.

Ken Martin is a meek introvert. Not a fighter. Republicans are not scared of him. He’s proven he can’t hold MAGA accountable. He’s in the way of progress, and wasting our time. @kenmartin.bsky.social

Elected Dems still have no plan to sell to voters. No plan to hold people accountable for stealing our data, for kidnapping and killing our neighbors, for destroying our government, for looting our treasury, for selling our federal lands… They just send fundraising texts. @quigley.house.gov

This is weak sauce

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

Preventing explosive diarrhea was apparently too DEI for the DOGE crew

If only we could be as beautiful as this fucking haunted gremlin egg child over here.

dan we're threatening to invade and subjugate and annex them and we have nukes. our violent wet fascist pedophile president is threatening to colonize them and he thinks it's funny and good

Please help us spread The Reconstruction Papers, we have got to do better. We cannot afford to have a lawyer-brained 2029 trifecta www.liberalcurrents.com/the-reconstr...

I just listened to a panel with David French and someone from the Brennan Center vociferously argue against expanding the Court. French said it would lead to “the dissolution of the republic.” About a third of the audience applauded. We need to get a policy culture that’s willing to do what it takes

One of the biggest impediments to dismantling Trumpism is the lawyers who've run the Democratic Party infrastructure for the last 40 years or so.

OK.

They’re going to kill more people

🎯🎯🎯 Many senior Dems aren’t understanding the severity of the situation. Summary: 1) A group of deprived politicians took over in the 2024 elections. 2) This hostile take over on democracy & the rule of law can become permanent with the 2026 & 2028 elections. What are they waiting for? Act!!

Why are they do DELICATE about everything!! One phonecall! “Put him on the phone right now or I’m calling fraud.”

This wasn't done because Dems still believe the Republican Party exists and that the entity calling itself the Republican Party is engaged in what is conventionally known as politics. But none of that is true anymore, nor has it been true for years, and anyone watching knows it.

Good. Republicans shouldn’t wear masks. Keep them off your filthy fucking food holes. Walk the walk, dipshits.

Beshear said essentially the same thing today instead of getting on with anything he should do