I hate these people so fucking much, man years of whining about "weaponized DOJ investigations" and they're just going down the enemies list launching frivolous bullshit because the bossman says so

The same Trump-appointee who fucked with the Broadview 6 grand jury is the one going after E. Jean Carroll.

Arby's beef and cheddar. There is something about that sauce. (Never again, though. Darn celiac.)

In the end we were just his latest casino and whatnot.

BREAKING 35 former federal judges move to reopen Trump v. IRS in an effort to kill the $1.776B slush fund. Doc buff.ly/1065CA7

So happy the Times is just letting Dave Fahrenthold cook with this one. Like a dog with a bone. Remember all those looseleaf lists of organizations Trump hadn’t used his fake charity to give to?

“Is trump racist” is an actual debate people have

It's worth remembering that this is the Facebook post that got Suzanne Swierc fired. I have undying disdain for the many institutions that engaged in a moral panic over Charlie Kirk.

Advice to @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social - don’t pivot on trans and don’t ignore it. You’ve been doing pretty solid on it. Fire back. Tell these freaks they’re not going to make this election about their weird obsessions with kids private parts.

today I learned that the James Talarico "six genders" thing refers to him listing six different combinations of X and Y chromosomes (XX, XY, X, XXY, XYY, XXXY) that occur regularly. that isn't even lefty in any way, that's just a factually true statement!

American politics is bananas. I can’t believe there is a whole generation growing up to think that it’s normal for known criminals to win party nominations and public office.

I'm just going to say this once tonight: There are over 30 million people on Texas. As of the last count I saw not even 1 million people had voted for Paxton. Fewer than 7 million voted for Trump in 2024. I'd like to kick all 7 million of them one by one but I'm not writing off all of Texas.

My husband just had the pleasure of watching crowds heckle this monstrosity as it passed through our neighborhood. “Words cannot describe how vulgar it is.”

if Talarico pulls it off (inshallah) i don't want to see anybody even ENTERTAIN the idea of putting his name in any proximity to the number between 2027 and 2029 that motherfucker should be cursed with ancient binding magicks to keep him within Texas' state borders

I’m still thinking about that NYT profile on Paxton that explains why his crimes actually help his power grow, because he can just keep insisting he’s being politically targeted.

I get the sentiment but this use of "moderate" to mean "not an insane criminal" is kind of absurd. Cornyn is in no sense a moderate Republican! He is a standard-issue conservative who's never bucked the right on anything, nor Trump for that matter. It's not about policy. The depravity is the point.

One thing that won't get enough attention about John Cornyn's loss to Ken Paxton is that, no matter what happens in November, Texas Republicans just willingly gave up seniority in the Senate, one of the most prized currencies in federal politics. Let me explain what I mean... (thread)

Unnoticed by whom?

"Lincoln Memorial weigh-ins" has me thinking about loading my pockets with rocks and walking into the nearest lake

I dropped everything to draw this friend

Yay! Congrats to Janet Voight at the Field who has described a new species of deep-sea octopus from the Galapagos! Microeledone galapagensis! #molluscmonday www.fieldmuseum.org/about/press/...

This makes fair maps sound as bad as gerrymandered maps. Fair maps are a win for voters and for democracy, not for one side.

Republicans love to defund the police when it's white-collar crime.

Donate to his Super PAC? He'll boost your online casino. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll pardon your crimes. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll appoint you to a government position. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll grant you favorable regulatory rulings that help your business. Everything is for sale.

The arc of history is long, but it bends towards the Vatican including a LinkedIn clip art of a woman in a hijab under "The true human being"

Aside from voting, jury duty is the one other form of direct participation in democracy we have. Show up and do your part. It’s never been more important.

This is a truly astonishing story about how the incompetence of Trump's political hacks makes them unable do the most basic tasks.

“Is that a roller coaster being built behind the White House?” I asked myself before remembering that, no, the real answer is an MMA ring.

This is so depressing. Maybe it's always been low-key evil and I just didn't know, but it was a beloved family road trip stop for many years. It lost its charm when they replaced table service with computer kiosks, and then things sharply went downhill from there.

Reminder: Abolish DHS.

I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4

Let @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com illuminate this situation. www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...

I got curious about this quote, so I looked it up. It's a paraphrase. Here's the original: "When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on." —George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia.

Do people understand yet that this was never about reasonable concerns. That no compromise would ever be enough for them. They want to be able to actively discriminate against us. They want us not to exist.

Can’t believe that Andy Kim is in two of the most haunting pictures of the last few years.

Bitching about paywalls is a surefire way to ID yourself as an internet rube

Most Orwellian war of my lifetime

Oh shit.

An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Six years ago, the world watched in horror as George Floyd was brutally murdered. We honor his memory by continuing the fight for racial justice.

i cant believe tom steyer is the first dem politician (that ive seen) to proudly and forcefully make this correct and obvious counter argument to the bigotry but im glad he did

Why we need DEI, to counter misogyny like this (and even more so for racism):

This is the way! Democrats who avoid talking about trans people hurt themselves in addition to trans people. You lose every argument you don't make.

Boys should be encouraged to play with baby dolls and kitchen/housework-related toys. How else are they supposed to learn that these activities are not just for girls?

The manifesto left behind by the San Diego mosque shooters dedicates only a few paragraphs to the shooter’s hatred of Islam but pages and pages to their hatred of Jews, which would seem weird if you were a newborn baby deer who knew nothing about Christian Nationalism

Dear news media, Do not give the Trump regime credit for opening the Strait of Hormuz, if it happens. I know it's hard to remember things that happened less than 3 months ago, but Trump's illegal war closed the strait in the first place. Sincerely, Mark

tldr: there is no deal

Even before DHS existed I felt the word "homeland" was super-racist-and-xenophobe encoded, so I'm sure it was reassuring, just to certain kinds of people

Tired: Celebrating 1776 by giving guys attacking America $1.776 billion Wired: Celebrating 250 years by giving Iran $25,000,000,000