its been puzzling to me how Israel/Palestine became a big Queer culture thing "Queers for Palestine!" when Russia Vs Ukraine did not, with Russia's aggressive anti-LGBT domestic and now foreign policy, vs Ukraine which passed domestic partnerships and debated gay marriage since the war started

April 30, 2026: Big Tobacco donates $5 million to Trump's super PAC May 5, 2026: Trump's FDA loosens restrictions on the marketing and sale of flavored vapes

*Jake Tapper, madly, desperately going through the Biden WH visitor logs for the 7812th time, looking for something, anything*

Make no mistake: in California, our democracy is working as it should. But our President is doing everything in his power to make you doubt that with constant lies. His baseless, anti-democratic rhetoric has no place in our electoral process.

Honest to goodness, there was a time not so long ago when this would have been a massive scandal.

...Oh.

I had more to say about Platner, but I think David Frum captured most of it here for now: Cut him loose. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Is it the phones? New NBER WP this morning with Zeke Hooper: we estimate the diffusion of the iPhone explains 33–52% of the decline in US births from 2007–2011. #econsky🧵 www.nber.org/papers/w35310

It's weird right now seeing so many of the same people who are still tearing down Becerra and refusing to unite behind him AFTER he won the primary in California, also insisting everyone must unite behind Platner in Maine BEFORE the primary has even happened. I just can't even with these people.

Jeffries: It was in the Oval Office. And the guy—the president—was literally falling asleep. I couldn’t believe it. Now, we’ve seen this happen in Cabinet meetings before, but the cameras are rolling, this Cabinet secretary is talking, and he’s falling asleep. Something is really wrong right now.

For the last fifteen years, we've been continually reassured that the rise of the far right was driven by the global economic crisis, or COVID, or inflation, and would inevitably recede when these phenomena receded. Meanwhile the far right continues to advance. Time to consider other causes.

I'm sorry, I legit do not understand why so many people have made Platner this martyr figure for progressivism when he is, by all accounts, just a dude with no political experience or history of activism who also seems deeply shitty and will likely lose?

Not sure how to get across to everyone here that our view of gender and masculinity is actually very unpopular, however normatively correct we may think it is.

if you think that people who date men who keep guns and blade weapons around and brag about doing war crimes who come forward with abuse allegations about those men need to have progressive views in order to be taken seriously, you're essentially saying dudes like that have free reign to abuse

Meanwhile, Graham Platner is a Nazi tattoo bearing, illegal AR-15 owning, domestic abusing, rape fantasizing, nepo baby war criminal mercenary. He, in a very real way, is the physical embodiment of everything they despise about the United States of America - bloodthirsty, patriarchal colonialism.

No. It's not a "maybe". Believe women ffs

The woman who accused Platner of abuse/etc, Lindsey Fifield, has a lengthy post at the other place, FWIW:

Republicans think all progressives are hypocrital power-grabbers who secretly agree with them. The fact Dems support Platner despite his abhorrent tattoo and allegations of IPV, just bc they want to win and bc he says all the right things, entirely undermines the moral framework of the left.

Keith Edwards, one of the first reporters of the Swalwell accusations, is saying WaPo and NYT are about to drop stories on Platner sexual assault accusations. If there are credible accusations here - we need to stop him. It's going to be a bleak few days leading up to the primaries on the 9th.

Cops are great

He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing

During their terms, both Biden and Trump faced inflation problems. Biden passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Trump made a gas crisis. People will look at this and say that the parties are the same

BREAKING: We're suing the Department of Justice for demanding a New York City hospital turn over private medical records about trans youth who've received gender affirming care. The goal of these baseless subpoenas is clear — pressuring providers into dropping patients and obeying President Trump.

we are so fucked 🙃

The vibe shift of Trump 2.0 was not as big as the media wanted to be, but it was still very real. Not a lot of mainstream Pride stuff any more.

This weekend the former head of Trump's Border Patrol, Gregory Bovino, attended a summit with fascists from around the world who are calling for "Weimar solutions" and it for some reason has received almost NO PRESS COVERAGE.

If this was a woman or a Black/Brown man this campaign would have never gotten beyond a damn YouTube video. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

“The Graham Platner Campaign” has been a performance art piece. We thank everyone for their engagement with our work.

Well thank God Harris lost, right?

🚨🚨🚨🚨Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips reads horrific account of a young woman after giving birth from the Epstein files Trump Epstein reading room. WHAT DID GHISLAINE MAXWELL DO WITH THE BABY? “Close your eyes”

Hereby drawing attention to the decency, integrity, and dignity of Andy Kim

It speaks so badly of our attention economy that John Fetterman is the topic of endless conversation for being an unhinged jerk, while Andy Kim from right next door gets such little hype for being a decent human being

Male homeliness epidemic 😔

it would be nice if this were true but when said out loud, "the death of male friendship and the decline in civic institutions and third spaces is solvable via orienting your morality correctly" is just not plausible

i think, end of the day, the real problem with Bluesky is that most of its users are here *because* they want to be in a bubble. and they can tell themselves that it’s just about not being around Nazis it supporting Musk, and that’s part of it, but also there’s a palpable desire to be ensconced.

We couldn't keep Obama's JCPOA because it was negotiated, finalized and signed by a black guy. So we're going with total US surrender 'cause Trump knows the art of the deal. Sheeeeeesh!

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

Worth taking a few minutes to watch this one. Open the comment section on posts from Jewish creators or allies and you'll see it! Even Sesame Street had to turn off comments on their Jewish American Heritage Month post! 🎥🎙️3jewmoms - DFW Mothers Against College Antisemitism

Here are the people who Trump has "lifted" off of food stamps. Look in their eyes. Closely. Trump chose to do this.

I do not say this lightly. This dude is breaking the admin. He's literally living rent free in Miller's brain.

this is happening

Official data is in today, and US solar power generation continues to grow rapidly, up 22% compared to this time last year!

Every American should be disgusted by this.

THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE THAT WE CANNOT EXPLAIN. The economy is not in a recession. The economy is not worse than 2020 or 2008 or 1979. Whatever is happening here, it cannot be plausibly attributed to people’s real lived experiences. There is some other factor causing this collapse.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR PEACEFULLY PROTESTING IN THE BLM PROTESTS & PROTESTING ICE OR DETAINED NEEDS TO APPLY TO GET MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZATION FUND. IF YOUR CLAIM IS REJECTED YOU HAVE GROUNDS TO SUE.

i remain convinced that part of our problem in this country is that our taxes are unnecessarily complex and a pain in the ass to file, both of which heighten negative sentiment

This is how you deal with trash

exactly one Jan 6th protestor received proportionate punishment and she received it on Jan 6th

However appalled you are by this, it’s not enough. It’s a frank statement that Trump and Trumpists are above the law and need not even plausible excuses to loot your tax dollars. It’s a total failure of our civic institutions.

Georgia, it’s Election Day. You have the chance to send Miracle Rankin and Jen Jordan to the Georgia Supreme Court. They are extraordinary leaders who will fight to protect your rights and uphold the rule of law.