The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

This horror will get worse. This is Trump’s fascism on steroids. Horrific and indefensible. “An ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital.” — NYC Comptroller Brad Lander

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

Because sometimes you just need a resting greyhound to look at you this way and make the world a better place 🐾🐾❤️

Nails it. Again. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I seem to recall that the last time WMD was deployed as an excuse to attack, that did not end well. Seriously. Angry old men with amnesia and playing with other people's lives is not helpful nor conducive to peace.

Stop. Arming. Israel. It's really not that difficult.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "Luckily, our eyes have grown accustomed after decades of Botox, fillers and extreme “work” going mainstream, so we don’t notice the weirdness and read it instead as maximum hotness. Thank you, progress!" Thank you @marinahyde, I needed a laugh today

🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.

Stop. Arming. Israel.

"... the nature of nationalist populism [...]. It is expert at turning grievance, division and nostalgia into votes. But when it comes to governing, it will always fail. It offers an outlet for complaint – and has no answers at all." 👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ffs Tony Blair. Just fuck off already.

“'100 Days of Destruction': Top Historian on Trump's Presidency So Far” Writing for Zeteo, Princeton's @zelizer.bsky.social explains how past US presidents used their first 100 days to build, while Trump has used his to dismantle, intimidate, and destroy. Read/share/subscribe:

Going LIVE with @karenattiah.bsky.social at 1:30 pm ET to talk about why her "Race and Media" was so scary, terrifying, and threatening that Columbia University had to cancel it, and how to fight back against the erasure of our stories and communities. karenattiah.substack.com/p/columbia-c...

If you know, you know

JD Vance meets Pope. Pope dies. I'd say that as far as demonstrating disapproval, Francis wins.

He’s got away with untold crimes, lies & offences. He’s achieved the highest office in the land. Twice. He’s lining his pockets on an industrial scale & persecuting his enemies for fun. But he’s still a miserable, bitter, humourless & furious man. Because deep inside, he knows *exactly* who he is.

So wait, what? Harvard told Trump to feck off and the orange combover is now saying the equivalent of "the dog ate my homework" to pass the buck? WTAF? 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️

WATCH — @carolecadwalla.bsky.social : “The Russian and American presidents are now speaking the same words. Telling the same lies. We are watching the collapse of the international world order in real time… it is already later than we think.”

Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... And is Columbia finally growing a spine? Letter from the acting president today stating that "our governance, how we conduct our presidential search process, and how specifically to address viewpoint diversity issues are not subject to negotiation." About time.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

This. Shame on us all for turning a blind eye and allowing it to continue. Call it what it is: genocide. 😞 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Exactly

Carlo Cipolla's five basic laws of human stupidity... Law One: Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation

McGovern: "How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet? ... I need a neck brace to be able to get through all this."

I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...

Crockett: "My Republican colleagues are here using today to continue pushing this false narrative of sanctuary cities harboring criminals, yet right here in DC we have a 34 count felon being harbored in the White House."

It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident. We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.

This is what happens when everyone knows gramps shouldn't be driving but no one wants to take away his keys.

Everyday I think about the fact that iceland jailed the people responsible for their financial crisis

You guys wanna see a dead body 🤣💀

Frost: They want us to believe that they are the patriots of free speech. They are the ones kidnapping and disappearing college students

Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.

Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"

Tell me again why we’re letting a 78 year old, legit smelly, odorous, frail, loser old man who bankrupted a CASINO bankrupt the country? Congress? Any answers?

Impeach Trump.

The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words "America’s astonishing act of self-harm" on.ft.com/3YjtOLV

I blame George W. Bush. He softened America up to the idea that we could have someone stupid in the White House and things would still function.

Between the spiraling economy and mass government layoffs, there’s a lot to be enraged about — but it’s important we don’t forget these insane stories disappearing from the conversation.

The man is an idiot, surrounded by syncopants, supported by a cult whose collective education wouldn't even get an F in breathing. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

For Americans who didn’t get the joy of living through the Truss/Kwarteng budget, this is the point where the government starts to call the stock market left-wing and/or woke.

At one of his frequent press conferences (because he loves being on TV), I'd love it if some reporter piped up with, "What do you say to people who call you a know-nothing narcissistic asshole, Mr. President?"

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Soooo... how many of the orange combover's arse- licking billionaires have shorted the markets then? (no need to answer, as a former trader, I can guess)