I continue to be amazed that they didn't see this coming. Ostensibly Philly is up next. To poorly quote the Blues Brothers...everyone hates Nazis. It's up and stuck. Summer is going to be ugly

Also if we give “normal” people who supported Trump ann”off ramp” Are we giving the people who warned about him repair? Are we giving the people who risked ostracization , personal and professional loss to reject him the same aid back into society ?

True, but there has never not been an off-ramp. I mean, lots of the people that oppose Trump today, supported him before. Seriously. It's not even an issue.🤷🏿‍♂️ The issue is when people still want to hold onto the hate that lead them to support him, but want sympathy because they got burned too.

San Francisco is going to give families making under $230k free child care for kids under 5. It is nice to see that good things can still happen. www.sf.gov/news-mayor-l...

New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.

insofar as regional identity is one of the things driving pushback, Philly seems like a bad target also insofar as i've met people from Philly, Philly seems like a bad target

I told someone I ran a nonprofit and they went into “not an expert but going to ask you questions as though I am an expert in nonprofit management” conversation mode. Not what we do. But the masculine “technical business” performance. Like it was time for brandy & cigars talking stocks & politics.

You know a part of adult social convos I don’t like? You mention something you do or enjoy, and so many men will start asking you about your technical knowledge. “I like pinot noir.” “Oh so do you prefer a Central Coast pinot, or an Oregon? Have you been to the…” B*tch, I enjoy things.

This is why our stuff falls apart and the market for consultants, boutiques, and specialty sellers is booming. Remember when people pointed out that “the economy” was becoming banks and rich people Venmo-ing each other and counting it toward the national income? Nothing for you, you, and me though.

This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.

Looking at graphs that show the median age of owner-occupied housing was 23 in the late 80s, but it’s around 40 now. “Buy a house” they say, when that shit is nearing its expected lifespan before you consider yourself “middle age”. Someone look at the apartment supply because…

When guys use the 0.5 zoom to take a pic of it

In my day job I see this often. And it makes me think of a James Baldwin quote about reading, and how many people just dont read.

I would read a reflective essay from any signatory of the Harper's Letter? Why did they sign? What do they think now? What have they reconsidered? What did they get wrong? Nell Painter, Cornel West, Loretta Ross, Mia Bay, Reginald Betts...

This made a "it's all about class not race" white dude i knew really angry. I told him to argue with himself.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, acknowledged Saturday that thousands of Iranians were killed during more than two weeks of unrest in the country.

Have helped guard a local mosque during their Friday prayers. Been very cold but Somali restaurant offers us delicious, warm tea constantly. Members expressed much gratitude & confidence this ugly time will pass.

I have homework for men

oh so Zimmer fully KNOWS what he’s signing up for and signaling to everyone

Folk making money off MLK weekend parties — esp white folk or non-Black folk putting someone else’s faces front and center for the optics — doesn’t sit right with me. I don’t like the “diversity calendars” and dates anyway, but it feels like it’s an easy guide to not eff it up and yet

God, look at that well-funded public transit

part of the problem for schumer and other centrists is that they think ICE is awesome *on the merits.* Like, they aren't compromising on ICE funding; they actually love deportations, believe that lawlessness at the border or whatever nonsense is a real problem. 1

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It works. Checked today and already had that one account blocked.

How long til the stress-related heart conditions start hitting *those people* who are VERY unaccustomed to dealing with high-stress situations and been in it for almost a year now?

Less than $15k from the goal!

BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — US judge rules federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.

Lynwen Brennan, new co-president of Lucasfilm, has been with the company longer than Dave Filoni. She started in 1999 at ILM, later became the president of ILM and helped solidify it as the gold standard in visual effects globally. Let's celebrate her promotion with Dave 👏

You want to go to hell at 65mph or 100mph? Dems will get you there at 65 but hold their heads high because they followed the law and precedent or whatever.

Congress could change the law, too, but yeah, training and cameras, sure. They tried that one in 2020 and we have 5 years of evidence that it didn’t work.

Grindr math.

I heard from two people who were shocked that the Washington Post editorial board published an extreme anti-trans screed full of lies. It reminded me: While I and every other journalist knows WaPo no longer has an opinion section in any real sense, no normal person noticed when it was destroyed.

This might be the excess of habanero sauce on my lunch talking, just go with me here: What if “insurance pools” but for groceries? Everybody pays something, some eat more, some eat less, everybody gets what they need. Healthcare fails people without pools, etc etc. I feel like I hate it already.

Indians 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Indians

Some of the most frustrating people to work with (day job and otherwise) have been people who had their racial and political awakening around 2020. They’re like people who go to the gym, lose weight, and get so far into fitness that they tell you all the time how they used to hate themselves.

You know how a certain foreign head of state is like “he just does whatever we want, we don’t actually have any leverage on him” and left folk often point this out? Do they also see conservative folk being like “Dems listen to consultants who advocate for us — and pay for it. Helluva deal.” Becuz…

Probably. Dave focuses on the “hope” theme, accessibility to young viewers, and Jedi. Andor was the, forgive me, “dark side” of what enables hope, a bit more serious than your avg kid or YA fantasy series made for a mass audience, and had zero Jedi just people doing the work.

big strong savvy gavin newsom apparently doesn’t even have the wherewithal to stand up to ben “i have never satisfied a woman in my life” shapiro

The Insurrection Act is not "martial law." It doesn't displace civilian law, it doesn't suspend habeas corpus, it doesn't alter or suspend state and local government, and it doesn't make anything newly illegal. It allows using the military to enforce existing law, it doesn't change what the law is.

I dunno bruh. These are the two worst movies by IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes score; ST V is the worst ranked theatrical release. Giving William Shatnispants total control of the franchise maybe isn’t a good idea.

Made sure they matched after that debacle last time. 😂

One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

Database of protes… Anyone remember what these same folk were saying about Common Core a decade and some ago? www.npr.org/2013/07/01/1...

Walz statement reads like his foreign policy answer at the debate. Or his service records thing. It’s like it was written for him. Or like he’s all bark n no bite. Sad.

🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide. He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.

Something that sticks out for me: There are no visuals, no imagery, no rhymes or alliteration that people can latch onto. They are writing talking points for others, but in *his* press voice. Aiding someone’s lackluster biases without giving them tools to navigate the world is a comms failure.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Someone go to the clock app and tell them that the Great Western Forum was a commercial center and open market for Pacific Rim trade. Jk dont use rim or trade they’ll get distracted. “The world trade center processed all global contracts between any two or more countries.” Let’s just do chaos.

The Cook Political Reports rates 18 races moving towards the Democrats.