interesting to learn that an indictment in an american court is sufficient grounds to remove a political leader from power

Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.

Good thing there's never been any downside to removing a foreign head of state by gunpoint and the downstream effects are always positive and predictable

Starting to think it would be a good idea to have a Congress

No

Microsoft Tells Piggies To Stop Calling It AI Slop:

Tax the rich

“it is illegal for you not to like me”

Hot take: it really was a wonderful life

"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.

“Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it.” The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won. - The Atlantic

Hot take: the state shouldn't torture anyone even if they have done crimes

Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment” Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment” Student: “I didn’t do the assignment” University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask” some days I just want to scream and scream

Started // going

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

ah this must be that right-wing populism focused on working-class voters i hear so much about

The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now. It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.

Hmmm almost as though he has picked a side?????

Crickets from the free speech bros on this, of course.

Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way. by Ezra Klein

Good morning. This story is the lead at the Murdoch’s NY Post and third lead at the WSJ and Fox News. It’s nowhere to be found at CBS News.

rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn

And in 2014, they did the same to Obama www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014...

You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...

Under House rules, a discharge petition wouldn’t get a vote until Jan-but Jan is too late. Premiums would skyrocket for 22M people, and up to 6M could lose coverage. We’re urging Kean, Smith & Van Drew to bring the petition to the floor NOW. Our Statement: www.njcitizenaction.org/discharge_pe...

If only there were some kind of system whereby we could rely not on the good will of the superwealthy but instead make them pay a set percentage of their income and wealth to a central government that could distribute that wealth. We could call it taxation.

NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food. Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.

NOTE: for all businesses complain, they LOVE this. High unemployment means they can pay workers less and workers have less bargaining power. And with the consumer economy focused on catering to the very wealthy, big corporations don't care if people are left out of the economy entirely

I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US

Incumbent Democratic leadership watching Labour implode after embracing anti-immigrant nativism

Immigration "court" is legal theater designed to disguse egregious injustices

We think this bill is a step in the right direction, but not the finish line, and still needs amendments. We support the bill while urging lawmakers to do more to deliver real, equitable paid leave protections for New Jersey workers. www.northjersey.com/story/news/n...

A majority of Americans are fearful of the rapid growth of AI and want to tax the obscene wealth of its billionaires. Yet neither political party cares much about the will of the people. Money talks. Democracy walks We need an anti-AI party. My final 2025 column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

is this bad

I loathe these euphemisms around "flexibility" and "burden" The "flexibility" that businesses want is TO FIRE YOU FOR BONDING WITH YOUR CHILD OR CARING FOR YOUR SICK LOVED ONE The "burden" here is that businesses CANNOT FIRE YOU FOR TAKING LEAVE Basic humanity is so burdensome!

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year. (Published July 2024)

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/

Hanukkah teaches us that light overcomes the darkness. May each candle lit be a reminder of resilience and to stand with one another against hate.

Things we learn: 1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban 2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal 3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants And much more. Read it.

It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!

Thank you to Sen. Britnee Timberlake and Asm. Reginald Atkins for joining us at today's press event to talk about pending bills to create Code Red protections and a Homeless Bill of Rights.

Close enough

Note who is labeling the president's vile racist remarks as vile and racist, and who is remaining silent, who is labeling them "divisive," who is nodding in agreement. If you wonder how people would behave during 1930s Germany or frankly 1930s America, you're seeing their true colors now.

Carers who do the most human work of all -- cleaning, feeding, lifting, wiping our loved ones when we cannot -- deserve dignity and economic security, not cuts and intimidation.

Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics” Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics! (The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)

The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964