Does anyone (MAGA, looking at you) think maybe Donnie - Epstein's neighbor in Palm Beach, best pal, owned notorious sex trafficking businesses like casino hotels, strip club, massage parlors, international teen beauty pageants - might be a more relevant witness?

So Gorton & Denton was run by the Greens, who in the past 18 months have turned into an electoral force to challenge the three major parties. They are led by Zack Polanski, who is young and charismatic in the Mamdani mold. They are taking a lot of pages from Mamdani's book.

YIMBY: Yes, In My Backyard! MItch Green is an up and coming bright star in the fight for equity and freedom! Go Portland!

John Brown didn’t give up on Kansas & I’ll be damned if I ever do.

The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English. He spent a year in jail for this.

(the reason it was so valuable is that the cognitive load of driving, especially driving in congestion, lowers people's defenses and makes them more susceptible to dubious but emotionally satisfying claims, combined with the ephemeral nature of live radio)

For building code - It is, as of a few months ago. For zoning, not yet

“I was honored to have been invited to the isolated cabin where Savannah Guthrie’s mother has been strapped to a cot for almost a month,” said FBI director Kash Patel

Again, this is why a coordinated strategy from the Dem State AGs is important: it places real pressure on the Antitrust Division to act with integrity during this merger.

Now is when we will find out whether the Antitrust Division has been spared the corruption that has infected the rest of the administration. They were talking about challenging a Netflix-Warner; will they challenge the much more dangerous Paramount buy, or will Trump block any real review?

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Former Prince Andrew https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-former-prince-andrew/

I had a productive meeting with President Trump this afternoon. I’m looking forward to building more housing in New York City.

NEW from ProPublica: Guards at Trump's family detention camp are grabbing kids' writing, artwork, and crayons. They've even taken one kid's drawing of Bratz dolls. www.propublica.org/article/dill... by @mckenziefunk.com and @micarosenberg.bsky.social

But at this point, you need national leaders who get that non-cooperation with Republican is table stakes until the fascism stops and the guys doing the fascism are getting Nuremberged.

you have to tell people what you want them to do and if you don't know what they should do, perhaps you shouldn't be yelling at them.

"Epstein was a predator, and he was able to use his money, power and legal connections in a way that someone without his means is not able to do. He epitomizes the two systems of justice in this country. This must change." open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Shout out to everyone who called bullshit on this guy from the jump. And not including myself here to be clear. Wish more people had listened to you.

she's confusing Senate rules with House rules. no House Dems ever vote to advance the rules when Republicans are in charge. Even the House Dems that vote to advance the SAVE Act vote against the procedural rules to advance the vote.

It's not a time for speeches or hand-wringing but for collective action at the state level. This will not end with Minnesota.

One of the best things Dems can do now is relentlessly hammer Trump’s unpopularity. They should keep relating it back to values and WHY he’s unpopular, but the basic social message that Trumpism is a Loser Club for Losers is the most powerful rhetoric they have. And it trolls him into their frame.

When Mussolini died, they hung his body upside down in the market and pelted his carcass with eggs and tomatoes. I'm not saying that such actions are to be admired or repeated, but I understand the hands who held the eggs. And I understand the minds who aimed the tomatoes. And he deserved it.

Once again a media company exploits disability to try and create titillating 'controversial' content, at the expense of multiple people who they should have been protecting instead.

I think we SHOULD radicalize children. Make them cool again, like *real* cool like fuckin siiiiiiiiick

It’s maha and anti vax meets people who sell spirituality and “wellness” to people earnestly searching. But bottom line is look for those selling the cure not the crystals. You can learn a lot by this monster’s defense of his scams.

I am not complaining about the city doing overnight snow removal because it has to happen sometime and overnight is the easiest time for them to do it in a lot of ways and I have all the respect for crews doing overnight work. I, however, am a zombie today.

What stands out to me is treating productive capacity as a political variable(!) Moving from 500 to 1,400 shovelers at $30/hr is a real foray into capacity expansion organized around a clear public standard, instead of letting the “how do we pay for it?” frame set the ceiling in advance. 1/

trump going on about corruption and then slandering somali-americans makes my blood boil

democrats should internalize that this is what their colleagues think of them and act accordingly

it is darkly amusing that costco being singularly focused on interested in a) selling a good product b) satisfying the customer and c) making money renders it a unicorn among major consumer-facing firms

🧵2/2 Congressional Democrats Have One Job Tonight I must admit I am still hoping for the powerful visual where the cameras pan the Chamber, & the mostly empty Democratic seats all have survivor photos on them.

Not the first time I've trotted this Douglass quote out. "Governments must be a terror to evildoers if they would be praised to those who do well. It will not do for a government with the knife of treason at its throat, to bear the sword in vain." [Frederick Douglass, Lecture on Haiti, 1893]

Thinking about William Henry Harrison's 2-hour speech 🤞🙏

I haven't watched one of his yet. That trend will continue. The only thing that would make me regret not watching is if he keels over on the podium.

Dude flipped off and yelled at an autoworker, loses his shit to reporters weekly. The only legitimate reason to attend the speech is to provoke him!

The horrors are legion and unrankable, but if I had to put one toward the top, it would the continued harrassment, detainment, and threat of deportation of NATIVE AMERICANS by ICE. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

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jeezus he sucks so freaking much

If it's the same Lou Scheimer who (allegedly) socked Hitler in the face, he absolutely woulda left this in.

A Republican Congressman sexually harassed a staffer who then burned herself alive, and Jeffries thinks the Democrats have a decorum problem.

the state of the union

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.” They pulled a Target.

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

I cannot stress enough how big this is. All 3 GOP-appointed Georgia State Supreme Court Justices now have challengers in the MAY 19TH non-partisan general election: Jen Jordan Nikia Sellers Miracle Rankin This is a once-in-a-decade chance to flip *1/3* of the court. All hands on deck, folks.

the democratic response to the SOTU should start with “is Donald Trump a pedophile?” and from there be entirely about the files

Trump pooped himself on live camera 17 days ago. It’s weird you get to go declare war after that imo

We don't generally extend our analysis to P.R, Guam, American Samoa, CNMI or the USVIs. But it looks like every Puerto Rican municipio is in persistent poverty.

Jeff Chang points out that “cultural change precedes political change." I think about this all of the time.

Deeply grateful to every single person organizing against these concentration camps. Thank you. I wish I had the capacity to substantively contribute to the efforts but I will at least uplift what you all are doing.

We need NYC-based authors/writers to use their skills to share the importance of public libraries in the 21st century. If this is you, write things and post them to all of your networks. Also sign a letter to the City Council: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...