An important thing to remember in this political moment is that most people are not as angry as the characters on social media and blanket statements on turning down the temperature and telling people to chill the fuck out will probably be received well by independent voters

as an author of a book on reparations I am intimately familiar with the move people make from "the thing you want isn't politically viable right now" to "you shouldn't want it, talk about wanting it, or even think about it" but it never stops being weird to me

This is a great example because the issue right now in left wing politics is that a sizeable portion of the left doesn’t want to make any concessions and argues that making concessions *is* compromising on principles - when really compromise is how you win.

the core of MAGA government is giving resentful mediocrities to power to act as tyrants and dominate others

These are completely consistent tweets so I’m unsure of your point. I am frustrated that people on here, rather than observing reality and reacting to it, are demonstrably unable to process facts that are politically inconvenient.

One of my great great great grandfathers on my mother’s side was taken from Nigeria to Brazil as a slave. He fought in a one few successful slave rebellions. The freedmen and women stole ships and returned to Nigeria. My family stayed there until my mother immigrated to the U.S. years later.

The IDF just ended one of the most common talking points used to claim Hamas was stealing aid from Palestinians. Now that we know Israel was not telling the truth, will the people who spread that lie here take accountability and apologize?

Uhhhhhh

Lately I just keep thinking about how much comes down to wanting better for each other and acting accordingly.

I want to go back to a time when kids dying wasn’t treated as a moment to score political points. How did we lose that basic sense of shared humanity and how do we get it back?

abundance trotkyism is better than maga maoism by far imo

the amount of contempt vance has for everyone he's talking to — such that he'll say obvious nonsense as if he's fooling you — is genuinely remarkable

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

If you were a far-right barbaric thug and saw Trump pardon people who beat cops, had child pornography, and considered pardoning those who tried to kidnap a democrat governor, you’d probably think you could do anything and get away with it. That’s the evil we’re living in.

Great article

The lack of diversity of thought here is really hurting usage. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post

Do you think @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Democrats have a real plan for this moment—one we all knew was coming the second Trump got elected again? Or are we just in for another strongly worded letter to the White House?

No disrespect to OP, but I think people need to be clear eyed about this and understand that the media/information landscape right now are extremely fragmented, more than 2020, you may see a majority of Americans believe the authoritarian acts by the Trump admin are fine and not a problem.

Everyone should speak out against the authoritarianism on display in LA

So the Elon black eye wasn't from his son but from Scott Bessent lmao

A quick thought on “smuggling” vs. “trafficking,” two terms which Bondi used somewhat interchangeably. Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked. That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: - stops states from regulating AI for 10 years, -centralizes control at the federal level -integrates all AI systems nationwide into federal government agencies. It’s not deregulation—it’s federal control disguised as progress. Classic Trump.

A bit odd JD Vance is waiting this long to defend his president? It’s now been a few hours. Why does he have to strategize about this?

Now the end game is clear

Lmaooooooo 🍿🍿🍿

I hope this idea (that Trump/Miller really believe undocs pose a civilizational emergency and most voters probably don't) helps illuminate our understanding of public opinion on this issue, which has been analyzed similarly by @rotimia.bsky.social and others. END newrepublic.com/article/1961...

As someone in this photo who just hit their max bench press goal of 250 pounds today in the gym (hell yeah), I don’t think Democrats need to “turn to the gym” to take to men. They need a real policy agenda for men and boys—and to stop sounding so buttoned up all the time.

If I were a Gen Z or millennial running for Congress, Senate, or Governor, I’d put AI policy right up there with Medicare, Medicaid, and the social safety net, because this tech is about to reshape the entire labor force.

A Missouri town where most voted for Trump is now reeling after a beloved community member, Carol, is being deported. They say, “we didn’t vote to deport moms.” But actually they did. Trump was clear. This is what he promised, and for many, what they chose to ignore.

“I feel helpless. I feel like so much is out of my control,” one former employee says as the Trump administration targets USAID, AmeriCorps, and beyond. capitalbnews.org/trump-federa...

Most millennials own a home and it is broadly not true that the late 20th century was an economic wonderland where you could buy a house and feed a family with a single blue-collar job. This nonsense is outright delusional - essentially just MAGA-style 1950s nostalgia repackaged for the left.

it literally never fails

This comes after a federal judge ruled that ICE had blatantly violated this court order. The order required ICE to give people meaningful notice and an opportunity to object before being deported to a country not their own where they might face torture — nothing more.

it's pretty damning when it's all laid out like this www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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"From this course of conduct, it is hard to come to any conclusion other than that Defendants invite lack of clarity as a means of evasion." Yikes.

Obama being more Irish than JD Vance is funny lol

I actually love sports bars and I enjoy them

I assume this is about the new $20 million “understanding men” donor project but I’d argue that instead of polling everything to death every donor would get more insight by spending one night a week at a sports bar in their city for five months, no phone, just talking to regular people.

Democratic donors treating men like an endangered species on a remote island they need to study probably won’t rebuild trust. This kind of top-down, anthropological approach misses the point: people don’t want to be decoded, they want to be understood and met where they are.

Seems like the reason why Trump keeps announcing tariffs and reversing himself is that he and the people close to him are profiting off all this.

This seems bad?

Wow an advisor to Trump Jr. was asked about the Trump family using the White House to enrich themselves and he straight up said: "We don’t actually give a fuck.” What a corrupt group of individuals. So much for the “working class” of America.

everything means the opposite for these people. freedom means your freedom to obey. the first amendment means their freedom to tell you what you can read and think.

The biggest issue right now is that as Republicans push a destructive funding bill that hurts so many Americans, destroys our healthcare system, Democrats only message is how bad it is. There’s no clear alternative, no proactive vision—just “we’re not Trump” That’s a problem.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...