No matter how often I watch the England women's rugby team, I'll always do a double take at the phrase "Cokayne, the England hooker" (Yes, her name is pronounced like the drug)

I have bad news for the people of Bengal

Almost all religious leaders who are speaking at today’s government-sponsored festival of Christian nationalism are evangelical Christians. None are from Black Protestant churches. They’ve got two Catholics & a Jew as tokens. No Muslims. No Hindus. No atheists. I miss the Establishment Clause.

Partisan poll observers are legitimate and legally protected. They’re also quite limited. What the RNC is talking about is voter intimidation. It’s not legitimate, & its goal is the opposite of “election integrity.”

The Fort Sumter imagery is appropriate. Some will say it’s not politically astute, & I don’t really know. But it’s the right historical metaphor. (It’s “salvo,” not “silo,” obv)

Your occasional reminder that Americans don't speak English.

This is true, but, as I’ve said, it’s a secondary problem. The bigger problem is the Court thinks it’s its job to make this call in the first place. If Congress thinks racial discrimination needs to be addressed through its 15th Amendment power, the Court shouldn’t 2d-guess legislative judgment.

The ICC’s work is important. The actions (& inactions) of many states towards the ICC have been shameful. Our imposing sanctions on the prosecutor is scandalous.

If you’re thinking securities trading isn’t part of his official duties & therefore could be the basis for prosecution, remember the SCOTUS Six said you can’t use his official duties even as evidence. So his knowledge of impending regulatory actions might be inadmissible. As the Framers intended.

To recognize the 80 years of our constitutional history in which only white men could vote, I propose we have, like, 12 years when only Black women can vote. If you disagree, I say: Let’s see how it goes—we can always extend it later.

Black and white TV is dying. Color TV struggles to be born. This is a time of Munsters.

"America was not a democracy until we passed the Voting Rights Act" A white oligarchy ruling the South based on disenfranchisement is what MAGA wants to return to - but we all need to say clearly, gutting the VRA is not a partisan attack but an attack on democracy, period.

I don’t like cricket. I love it.

Angry at those who keep pretending it’s all just about “economic anxiety” and “polarization.” Angry at the fact that we are constantly asked to come up with exculpatory tales, to please not call those pursuing a political project of re-segregation racists - so mean! - or segregationists.

Fellow American sports fans: 63-0 in 2.4 overs is like a pitcher facing 10 batters, getting no outs, & giving up 6 home runs.

The Rise and Fall of the Second Reconstruction, 1964/65 – 2025/26 Putting the end of the civil rights era in historical perspective: How it transformed the nation, how it was toppled by a raging reaction, and what comes next. My attempt to capture the significance of this dark moment:

Amazinge how the manye techbro "defenders of civilization" on X clamoringe about the importance of understandinge the Odyssey (which thei do not: thei are wronge & racist) are also the same people yn favor of dismantlinge classics departmentes and humanityes researche. Illiterati. Fuckinge amateurs.

Fellow American sports fans: 63-0 in 2.4 overs is like a pitcher facing 10 batters, getting no outs, & giving up 6 home runs.

Robinson called on attendees to participate in political parties, naming 4. (He is a member of Advance, banned from Reform, unwelcome in Conservatives). Led chants of support for Elon Musk, who did not take part this time after calling last year for pre-emptive violence while predicting a civil war

Eurovision in a nutshell

Many people are asking (This is definitely an IYKYK. You have to have done one very particular activity today to get it.)

I wonder if other countries are having a debate about whether or not to send their espionage trainees to the U.S. because the newbies will return full of false confidence about how easy the job is

I been saying this for 20 years or more. If KBJ weren’t so good, I’d say Biden missed a trick by not putting me on the Court. But she is SO good.

Here in London, a violent nationalist has held a rally today to say that the only people who belong here are white British Christians. Back home, the administration & is acolytes are spending the weekend celebrating the message that I & millions of others aren’t real Americans. Such fun!

Johnson is defending insider trading & self-interested legislation. Politicians could put their money in index funds or blind trusts if they need extra income. Letting them trade individual stocks is necessary only if they “need” to make above-market gains illicitly.

It’s such an admission, isn’t it? “My personality is not acceptable to an entire hemisphere of women. It must be the women’s fault.”

I’m either in Hell or reading a website that does low-quality satire. Those are the only places where this headline could exist.

A thread 🧵 as my contribution to the “Nolan has traduced Greece by having darkly lit scenes instead of sunny white-sand beaches in the new ‘Odyssey’ film” discourse. It’s a makeweight addition to the “OMG, Helen has to be Nordic, not Black” freakout.

every crises is a mid life crisis when you’re just mid

Just want to mention that the Odyssey mostly takes place outside of Greece. 90% of the plot is about how, after Greeks won a foreign war, it took one of them FOREVER to get home. FFS, where do the illiterate right-wing culture warriors think the English word “odyssey” comes from?

The then-German chancellor’s son was a year behind me in college IIRC. Some Americans may not recognize how powerful a statement this from Merz is about our standing in the world. But for a CDU chancellor to say this publicly, we’ve fallen a long way.

Looks like I’m not going back to the Homeland this year

I love this country

The history of my part of London is colorful. We on the other side of the river hosted London folk who were looking for a good time. We were sex workers, pickpockets, thieves, gamblers, confidence tricksters….

I’m either in Hell or reading a website that does low-quality satire. Those are the only places where this headline could exist.

I give this analysis the respect it deserves in the light of the subtlety of my president's insights in general, and his expertise on British politics in particular. (I think Starmer is, shall we say, rather more than halfway through his period as PM, but not bc Trump says so)

I think if I were a legislator voting to get rid of all the Black legislators, I’d feel shame. Sometimes, I really don’t understand other white people.

Not the MOST important aspect, but Netanyahu abuses the phrase “blood libel.” The blood libel is a specific, horrific lie about Jewish religious practices. It’s led to pogroms. Even if Kristof were lying, it wouldn’t be blood libel. Netanyahu uses “blood libel” like Trump uses “fake news.”

I’ve lived around coots for most of the past 20+ years. I always look forward to the spring, when they build their nests on rocks in ponds and canals & hatch their little ones. Them & the swans.

This should bolster the beleaguered Sir Keir: The IBA thinks the UK is a "middle power!" That's a definite upgrade.

Another plank of my 2028 platform Calling on Congress to repeal the Comstock Act

The police shouldn’t bother. SCOTUS will overturn any convictions under the Free Exercise & Free Speech Clauses. (I’m joking. But I’m not laughing.)

This is an impeachable offense Even if Trump had never done anything else wrong during this presidency, this would be grounds for impeachment

Not the MOST important aspect, but Netanyahu abuses the phrase “blood libel.” The blood libel is a specific, horrific lie about Jewish religious practices. It’s led to pogroms. Even if Kristof were lying, it wouldn’t be blood libel. Netanyahu uses “blood libel” like Trump uses “fake news.”

One reason we need to pack the Court so all of these partisan payouts can be declared illegal - and all the monies clawed back from the MAGA recipients.

Chevy Chase 1975-76 voice: Generalissimo Trump is still losing

If the Dems take either House of Congress in November, they should spend a good chunk of 2027-28 having hearings on voting rights, gerrymandering, and the ethnic cleansing of certain states' Congressional delegations. For at least three reasons:

I'm sure this was stressful & not fun for a lot of the people stuck in traffic. But, still, this is the kind of thing I want to see on the local news. I'm Team Goose.