Religiosity naturally trends downwards in societies that allow it to be optional, because being raised without religion is very "sticky," values-wise, and roughly half of those raised in religion discontinue it upon adulthood. More on this weird and concerning hoax. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdsP...

Even when they're basing these claims off surveys, the survey answers do not match with the butts in pews when counted. It's called the value-action gap, or the say-do gap. When asked, ppl give the "right" answer, not the RIGHT answer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-a...

They keep pushing this "ZOOMERS ARE COMING BACK TO CHRISTIANITY IN DROVES!!1!" story. You should be suspicious by now.

everybody wants authenticity in politics to mean something, but it doesn't mean anything. people have wildly different ideas about who is authentic depending on their partisan commitments and level of engagement (as well as personal preferences.)

The first 3 words are "Authenticity is measurable," which is an oxymoron, and it only gets worse. The Hunter glazing sucks. As someone who fought addiction, I think he is actually a great spokesperson for addiction. But he's no political savant, and we shouldn't treat him as such. 1/

Excellent long read from Noah on Fetterman, Ezra Klein, NYT weaponization, and why focusing on polarization instead of fascism is bogus framing.

you wonder why AI writes that way, and the answer is that people love it

The "consequence" of sex without pregnancy is *joy*. Sex isn't incomplete without punishment, you weirdo prudes.

it's barely coherent clichéd drivel! wtf? how do people read this and decide hunter biden is a genius? what is happening?

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My latest YouTube video is up! This one's about why moderate politicians are having a bad time

If I'm reading his (solo) concurrence in Mullin v. Doe correctly, Justice Thomas does not think that any noncitizens have due process rights to remain in the country, under any circumstances. He has hinted at this position in prior cases, but this makes it official.

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people really do not want to hear that hunter biden, famous ethical paragon, may have used ai to write a slop garbage post.

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Here’s how I realized I had long covid. I got sick but improved. A month later was Christmas. I did all my usual activities - baking, hosting, good solid walks. On New Year’s Day I collapsed getting out of bed, couldn’t get up for a week, and never, ever got that level of energy back.

Hey so this new KOSA/KIDS Act proposal has a little note in it that creates a whole new special Trump-appointed team to regulate the internet. So no more Congress votes. No more checks & balances. Just whoever the president picks to decide the future of YOUR internet. You aren’t mad enough.

You’ve barenaked your last lady

I am delighted that Jean Valentine wrote a blues poem and it is exactly what you'd think a Jean Valentine blues poem would be like.

yeah, it can, and more importantly it needs to prepare to do so in future.

yes it can

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It's shameful how many people act like it's okay to spout antisemitic smears if they are aimed at Jews who are critical of Israel.

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Dan Goldman's campaign shows that not even focused anti-Trump messaging will win, primary voters want bolder stuff now

I think that if you want to beat the left in a D primary, probably right now the thing to do is to focus on attacking Trump, not act as if Ds winning a D primary is the real threat to the nation. 1

The Mamdani administration is going to put out an excellent "we froze the rent" video.

I mean, I do not think he is giving an accurate account of events here, but I do think there was probably a real girl who liked him - we've all made bad decisions in life - and who got to see herself described like this by a guy she thought was her friend.

every time I see this I think how the girl it's about probably saw it, and how she felt. what a graceless little shit Douthat is and how absurd it is that the NYT has forced this talentless hack on the public sphere for two decades plus

the project of douthat's life is to bring back franco to execute anyone who watches porn.

AOC's been an extremely successful legislature. the infrastructure bill owed a lot to her argument for the green new deal. calling her "little girl" is extremely racist. (and intentionally so, I'd guess.)

suozzi didn't have much of a challenge, is one downside this week. but maybe next round...

credit where it's due; that's a good response.

I think Jeffries' response here is actually pretty good, but here's a better alt I'd suggest if I were on his staff: Democrats are a party that has room for a lot of disagreement; so are Republicans. Democrats disagree about economic policy. Republicans disagree about whether Hitler was bad.

I haven’t seen internals for NY-17, but this pivot to a stump speech feels pretty desperate. Cait Conley is centrist Dem who got support from Max Rose and Ritchie Torres. “She’s a scary socialist!” is a tough sell.

He said plainly that he’s acting on behalf of Trump. Seems like a clear cut case of the President instructing a Cabinet Secretary to interfere in an election, I.e. a crime.

Schlossberg finished a distant third, 25 points behind Lasher and Bores. He was closer (20 points closer) to stunt candidate George Conway than to second place.

i do think this is actually the perfect response insofar as it illustrates how these dorks actually just fantasize about getting to be the bullies in high school

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We are in a full on dictatorship, rivaling the most entrenched ones in the world. Anti ICE activists, who printed a zine, are labeled “terrorist” and sentenced to 30-100 years in federal prison. By this metric we’re all targets. Genuinely chilling. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I do appreciate the decision to go with centrist death's head Tom Suozzi as the art here.

Jesus Christ. Run your own fucking campaign how you want. But don't go out of your way to give Republicans ammo against Democrats running in other districts. Such stupid assholes.

Look I don’t always agree with everything Ben (or Kat!) do or say but the real enemy is and will remain the gang of fascist thugs that are trying to ruin all our lives in pursuit of a pathetic, shriveled version of an all-white America. I’d happily die on the barricades next to them, opposing that

don't douthat

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Trump's attack on the constitution has been significantly less successful than the Supreme Court's attack on the constitution.

Vance's book also makes it clear that his grandmother was a bigot. It's supposed to be funny because she hates Polish people, but given her grandson's trajectory it is pretty disturbing.

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.