It's very important to understand, fascists don't just see hypocrisy as a necessary evil. It's not that it's an unintended side-effect. It's the purpose. The ability to enjoy for yourself the exact thing you're able to deny others, because you dominate, is the whole point.

One of the two NPR public editors who’ve taken a critical look at Totenberg’s close friendships with Supreme Court justices over the years made a similar point. It’s a good point! www.npr.org/sections/pub...

I read ~20 press releases from Dems & progressive groups that hit my inbox on the birthright ruling. They all sound exactly like those shared above. "Applauding," SCOTUS "reaffirms," "victory for rule of law," etc. Not one warns how close this was to a loss, or makes the case for SCOTUS reform.

For once I didn’t vote early and . . . there was hardly anyone there. Admittedly a slightly off hour, late afternoon east village.

Mitt Romney bears more direct responsibility for Trumpism than any other Republican politician. People were flabbergasted by what he was saying on immigration in 2008 and 2012 until Trump vindicated the strategy. Then Romney rebranded himself as a statesman. www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...

He’s not having a stroke, he’s just “resting his left side”

This part seems so on-point. Years ago I dated an investment banker for a bit and he told me about one of his colleagues, guy who kept $10 grand or so in cash in a desk drawer and would look at it whenever he felt a bit down.

here's the first known case of a civilian victim of an AI-assisted attack by the US military, and the provenance of the intel input is already a blackbox Record keeping feels like a small matter, but it's vital to accountability, and it looks to be a mess www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

“The democrats need to be more culturally normal” fucking you first, Gavin

Time for my weekly check in with crunchycat — youtu.be/GyhV4Au3KAI?...

Terrible framing by @theguardian.com here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... New Yorkers know the NYPD is self-alienating. When they cover their badge numbers at demonstrations for example,

If conservatives are upset with coverage, one must re-configure the paper so they never for a second feel like they are condescended to. If libs are upset with coverage, they’re stupid and can’t read.

After a string of ICE murders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries proposed reforms — and $11 billion more for ICE. Including reconciliation bill funding, the Schumer-Jeffries plan would give ICE a $30 billion budget, higher than all but 15 militaries worldwide: www.stephensemler.com/p/democratic...

from: jeeevacations to: tons of people lets do ssome crmes on my islan the finest sleuths of online: the real plot is a code hidden in a catalog

Wondered this morning whether former NYRB editor Ian Buruma is in the Epstein files. I am much more of a LRB woman. Of course he’s in there; prominent astrophysicist / groper Laurence Krauss asked Epstein, upon news of Buruma’s departure, www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

This panopticon bullshit is fascist in both intent and effect.

Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

sending love (and a cold compress) to this frog 💚 www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Good local reporting on that explosion in TN. You’d think people working with explosives would want to look after their own safety but the place has a history of serious accidents and violations. www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

@washingtonpost.com In what sense are senators who voted for an anti-vaccine cabinet member “vaccine defenders”? This framing is misleading and muddled. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...