Jesus: Hangs out with prostitutes. Doesn’t judge. Talarico: Hangs out with prostitutes. Doesn’t judge. Seems like he is taking the positive parts of Christianity.

I’ve read many first person testimonials about human rights violation regimes and atrocity survival. We are about to have a lot from the US.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Me at a professional dinner: *Spends dinner chatting with very nice historian of Native Americans named Brian* Me at the professional thing: *Sees cover of book. Looks familiar. Is that War of A Thousand Deserts?* Oh. OOHHHHH. Really enjoyed getting to know Brian Delay without knowing it.

I see lots of people talking about trials and consequences for these monsters. But we should also be thinking of reparations for the victims.

I was going to say I have no words, but the words I have are for the Democrats we already have in office who simply said, "well at least I tried," when ICE refused them entry (illegally) at the gates of detention centers. They have legal power to force the matter. Time to grow up and use it

She's trying on sheep's clothing to see how it fits.

“We are totally doing illegal things”. Thanks. That will make things easier.

A good thread to help those who did not grow up in right wing or far right culture understand the ways that the right (and articles such as Douthat’s) references so much RW or Evangelical cultural knowledge that builds up and supports the things that from outside seem like obvious folly.

The jury in the Sandwich Guy trial — aka 12 Hangry Men — is in deliberations.

👀👀👀 Weapons of Mass Digestion

I hear there’s another NYT editorial about why something that famously sucks under capitalism sucks bc a disempowered group now has a little more power. Shocking, NYT, you don’t say.

We must stop this terror. Please imagine that this goes on for years. Decades. What kind of trauma are we passing down. Btw, this is the trauma that has been meted out to Black Americans, LGBTQ+, Americans, and other minorities to varying degrees throughout history. So imagine THAT trauma as well.

When I'm trying to explain to white people about how their own will willingly shoot themselves in the foot if it means the ricochet will kill us, I tell them the story of Don Seigelman and the Alabama Lottery.

Think about the long term effects - if you are summarizing your emails or docs, let's say misinformation trickles in a (very low) 5% of the time. Every day, bit by bit, you are adding incorrect info - like static or glitches - into your mental picture of the world. How long can you trust it?

You could deconstruct this for so long. But I have things to do. Fortunately they won’t include ruining workplaces.

Carve it on your heart: when they say they hate "liberal feminists", they mean they hate women

Looking past the idiocy… This is a telling statement of both why clear hypocrisy by MAGA is not seen as hypocrisy and why it is appealing. For the latter it simplifies a complex world. Do this and you are in. While not actually true it gives the appearance of simplicity and finality.

Did Douthat ruin journalism? And can firing Douthat fix it?

Part of my piece today is about how the right sees women as inherently liberal in their disposition—part of their nature they need to be saved from by being forced back into the household. So, what I’m saying is, these slight headline differences don’t mean much.

the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from

This applies to so many things.

let different people be different; stop treating women as some sort of moral prosthetic for men. you weirdos.

Reporter: “What do you think of the cabinet throwing Trump and Vance out and making you president? Do you think that Donald Trump is unfit for office?” Johnson: “I don’t know. I haven’t seen that. I’m very busy, as you know.” “Are you, now President, still afraid of Trump?” “I’m very busy.”

For all trans friends please circulate this for their safety.

A few random things i am enjoying these days: Show: Star Trek TOS Book: Slavery’s Capitalism: A New History of America’s Economic Development Music: Mozart Snack: Kimchi

He has an amazing ability to express the complex necessities of good governance—including its sometimes contradictory impulses—in a simple way that still expresses the challenge and clear solutions. Consider: He notes the need for continuity when he emphasizes experience yet he calls for new ideas.

It’d be great if soldiers knew that this is caused by Republican unwillingness to function as a party that must compromise and that their goal is higher healthcare costs, but I am concerned that the only thing getting into the military bubble is Fox News. I’d love to hear otherwise.

This is it. It’s why they’ll spend so much of that money to keep power. It’s why you see Dem billionaires assume that their voice matters more @mcuban.bsky.social They believe that they should be able to say more because they have more. Well…no more!!!

So they want the government to insure that they never lose money cooking the planet and making everyone dumber, costing hundreds of thousands of jobs and making energy costs skyrocket. It’s a no for me, and hopefully Democrats wake up out of their AI/Crypto nap and start opposing this shit.

Thank you Lindsey! We celebrate with you.

comuppanceism 😈

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Deciding to validate people’s racism is a choice. Try this: “no. They are doing nothing wrong. I will not check on them based on your discomfort with their skin color.”

“Your presence is perfectly legal and appropriate, Ms., it’s just that we’re racist.”

TONIGHT should send a clear message to all those elites - the people who run Big Law or have been in charge of elite academic institutions who decided to bend their knees last 10+ months - Americans coast to coast are paying attention & thankfully their brains haven’t been cooked by X. #NoKings

Hate crimes are more than murder because they are meant to be a coercive message to a group. It’s helpful to recognize this as something different than civilian death in war but instead a coercive measure. A message sent. If Palestinians display humanity—even as children—they will be killed.

It turns out people desperately want to believe in something; and that “something” is empathy. .

Gets me every time.

New favourite example of structural ambiguity

Too early for final results, but we're seeing — once again — losses for conservatives in school board races in multiple states. Stay tuned.

I get the Mamdani love, but Lander is solid gold.

Blue Tsunami, friends.

But she apologized!!!

This post gives you a sample of what class with me is like. Pop culture references at least 25 years older than the audience.

“Gee, Mrs. Anti-Fascist America. I’m just here to pick up the Dem. Party. You look beautiful today.”

@maddow.msnbc.com: “every Democrat that did not endorse Mamdani is going to regret it” 🔥🔥🔥

New statement from Chuck Schumer: “Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”

AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.