I maintain the anti-trans folks have gotten way out over their skis. No matter how many laws they pass, no one wants the world they're trying to build. Castles made of sand

But also, why are you trying to get out of reading? This isn't a homework assignment. It's a book you decided to read!

I see the "anti-Zionist movement" is having a normal one. On a serious note, if this sort of attack is becoming normalised, this country is entering a very, very dark place.

>> Reform Judaism's website shows clear links to 'Israel' 1. Reform is one of the major denominations of Judaism 2. If your standard for a good Jew is that they do not now and never have had connection or affection for the modern state of Israel you cannot be anything but an anti-semite.

Allison Riggs for SCOTUS, by the way.

The @wsj.com comments section never fails to deliver @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social

complaints about "purity politics" (much like calls to "tolerate free speech") are never politically neutral, as *all of us* believe there are lines that we (as a society or political party) should not cross. the reality is that each of us simply wants to draw those lines in different places...

it's a weird reversal given that "less wars in the middle east, but protect Medicare funding" was the biggest way Trump differentiated himself from other republicans and probably the single biggest reason he won the election bsky.app/profile/aubr...

This honestly seems like a Producers-esque "trying to lose" scam. Like someone in the admin is going to make a lot of money on betting how big the Democratic majority will be?

I'm not digging up the "worst person you know just made a good point" pic but...this is Bret Stephens on the White House ballroom. And it's a solid point.

"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.

"Voice actor who plays Gene Belcher rescued from a fiery car crash by Kelly Ayotte," my husband read from the kitchen, and I assumed this was a weird April Fool's mad lib he came up with, but apparently it's true.

The vibes could be so much better.

Yeeeeeee.

I turned on the Artemis II launch. My three-year-old saw the rocket and said, “Wow.” So that’s already worth it.

I'm not saying that this is the only factor of the vibesession, but I do think a lot of people going, "Oh, I actually have to budget and can't afford every luxury" is a part of it. Combine that with influencers selling aspirational lifestyles constantly, and people will feel like they're behind.

No he doesn't and you'd be better off directing your impotent angst somewhere useful.

Is Alex Vindman running a real campaign for Senate, or is he just vacuuming up donations? Because I think it’s plausibly winnable with the right candidate.

Here's a spicier take. If you're on the left, an idea that it's gonna be really important to understand going forward is that, if you create a tighter labor market and higher wages for low-skill workers, it will cause prices of low-skill labor-intensive goods and services to rise (and that's ok)

Biden admin was highly competent, but I think it's also true that teenagers didn't "witness it". Current environment is terrible especially at conveying information of competence. If it's good and working, it isn't news.

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

I'd hate to be cooked by John Roberts of all people, but this administration deserves it.

so many contextual misunderstandings. when you say "radical life extension" I imagine Nigeria or South Sudan moving up to 85yrs old life expectancy, not some wet nazi weirdo living to 150.

I think it's important for people to understand just how shocking anything but a 9-0 would be to the legal institutions, and those of us calling SCOTUS a third house of congress effectively will be entirely vindicated in pushing for further electoral influence on SCOTUS irt expanding the court.

Even if that were true (and it's not), it's the height of judicial arrogance to think the court, not Congress, should create those new exceptions.

originalism, i am told, is supposed to respect popular sovereignty. but here we have two “originalists” who insist that their language games — and that is what this is, a language game meant to extract meaning where it does not exist — ought to control over a sovereign act of the people.

I'm really annoyed by this dooming. These Census projections almost always turn out to be exaggerated, but even if they aren't, these same dynamics are also responsible for Georgia, North Carolina, and Arizona moving into the purple column.

The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.

Immigration now Immigration tomorrow Immigration forever

Plus, the media in a Harris presidency would have been completely emboldened to tear her apart. Perhaps a strong economy would help her approvals stay above water for a while, but they'd find something soon enough to nail her with.

It’s important to recognize how Democratic leaders in swing states actually behave.

Honestly cannot think of a time I knew less what was going to happen at court than I feel ahead of oral arguments on birthright citizenship tomorrow. The fact that this is getting a full hearing instead of a 9-0, per curiam, benchslap is already beyond disturbing.

I think Kagan is trying to do a kind of constitutional politics here: hammer the principles and the conservative justices will follow them in the future. But it doesn’t work and legitimates bad outcomes. KBJ offers another (better): hammer the politics and delegitimate.

flagrantly unconstitutional, and probably likely to get blocked.

I am personally offended as an LGBT person by replies like that that imply none of us have careers, understand systems, or learn how to get by even when we're disadvantaged. It's people walking around begging to be seen as the biggest smol bean in the universe and it's so deeply depressing

I am convinced there is a sizable percentage of this site that not only can't read, they want to punish people for suggesting they should

Once again, this site has a significant problem with people who cannot distinguish between "here is what the law is"/"here is what happened" and "I endorse that law/what happened."

*screaming in rage* BUT THAT'S NOT A MINI EGG THEN IS IT

My only real Newsom take is that with a Democratic trifecta he would be probably fine, maybe even a good president. The second they lose the trifecta though, he genuinely would be willing to throw constituents under the bus in a way that Obama and Biden just weren’t

Roy Cooper just waltzing into this Senate seat because the GOP isn't even bothering to try is just the funniest thing to me.

"The two parties are the same."

I would simply adopt Approval Voting instead of waiting around until FPTP feeds my country to a wolf polling at 25%

"Our country can only be secure if the land around us is completely barren" is, uh, crazy.

Pretty compelling essay from Daniel Biss in The Nation, in which he reiterates his support for -The Block The Bombs Act (strongest arms embargo on Israel legislation ever unveiled in Congress). -Unilateral recognition of the State of Palestine. -Naming and shaming AIPAC intervention in elections.

I think this is pretty well-established. I think Rosen, Gallego, Slotkin, and Baldwin also owe their Senate seats to the switch.

Unfortunately, SCOTUS, even talk therapy can be deeply harmful. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me think I deserved it.

They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...

The current 6-day Jeopardy champion works at a housing tax credit agency in New Jersey and for his banter with Ken he just looked directly at the camera and said "New York, California, shame on you, build more housing" and folks when I say heroes walk among us

This video creates the impression that car-pedestrian crashes are whimsical mishaps, so here’s a detailed description of what actually happens when a person operating a vehicle negligently strikes a pedestrian, in this case a toddler. sfstandard.com/2026/03/03/m...