Mitch McConnell

I’m uninterested in having a Platner debate here so don’t @ me; what I do want to highlight, however, is how stunningly ignorant @mattyglesias is (and many more) about the methods and ideologies of the white supremacist movement. 1/17

The key trait of successful and domestically peaceful democracies that Orr does not mention is that they protect minorities. The example I always cite when this subject comes up is one very close to my heart; the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. 1/6

To understand the law in question you need to understand that "Commonwealth citizens" = "British subjects". These were people who had been and indeed in 1971 still were British subjects. Taking the right of entry away was a big step and it came with protections for those who were resident here.

Let’s see the precise text of Mahmood’s claim that Parliament can let her deport one man without giving her the power to deport (any?) others. Though that sounds like Parliament making individual decisions - a Bill of Attainder - not law.

AMEN. And imagining they're going to pull the Mail voters. My dudes, *you had a 100+ seat majority. YOU DO NOT NEED THEM*. What you need to do is not take your base for granted and bleed them to the Lib Dems and the Greens. Honestly, even my landlord's dog has better political judgment than Labour

ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.

"Can you give us an example of a time you had to adapt and accommodate rapid change?"

RIP Bonnie Tyler

It's a heartache learning this news. Rest in peace, Bonnie. youtu.be/lcOxhH8N3Bo?...

All right, we need to treat this the way we would have treated a Russian spy network during the Cold War.

This was GW Bush's band of murderous thugs, and we should abolish ICE before it turns 24 next year. *Stop rehabilitating that waste of carbon-based molecules and his administration*

Posted to Instagram by @jemartisby.bsky.social Reflecting on these makes me realize there are a lot of churches that would claim not to be Christian nationalists but look more like the right side than left. Scroll through. Share. And credit @jemartisby.bsky.social

Honestly, to everyone who's like, 'Why don't they tell him off', this is EXACTLY like managing my father and evangelical men I have worked with. If you're saying that, you haven't dealt with a malignant narcissist. Count yourself lucky.

"There's not a shred of proof!" Yes, there is. You just don't want to listen to it. You've marked her testimony as fundamentally not believable. Instead, you could treat it as normal testimony in the ordinary course: is it believable? is it consistent? is it credible?

It is only when the crime is rape or sexual assault or harassment that suddenly, thinking people fail to understand that a woman's testimony is evidence. They say things like "there's no evidence!" Yes, there is. Her testimony is evidence.

Lemme explain what the words BELIEVE WOMEN should mean. They don't mean you have to believe women no matter what. They do mean that you have to treat women as a source the same way you'd treat a man.

Exactly this. Americans are all 'duel at dawn' until it comes to removing their own fascist leader.

The satisfaction that NATO leaders would get from doing that would be offset by the consequences of doing that. Unlike Donald, the real adults in the room have to consider what a vindictive toddler with massive power would do in response to being told he's a ignorant asshole.

That’s rich! The US elected a man who caused an insurrection and is a known collaborator with the most notorious child sex trafficker the world has ever seen. And now it’s up to NATO to deal with it?

Have Americans tried telling him it's unacceptable & removing him, rather than expecting someone else to do your work for you? You couldn't even confront a handful of KKK types in DC on 4 July. General strike? Germany in 1989 or South Korea in 2024? A military w/ integrity removing him?

I got to my car and started looking through my bag for my phone. Couldn’t find it. Sighed heavily and started walking back towards the elevator to go back upstairs and find my phone. On my way I texted James to tell him I I was coming back up to get my phone. Let that sink in for a moment…

Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum we can accept from a democratic nominee. We need tribunals, prison time and beyond.

Another grown man debasing himself to appease the host of the apprentice

Graham Platner is a good looking sexual abuser with a drinking problem. So why hasn’t Trump given him a cabinet position?

Ok, who knew that 'forget-me-not' was also known as scorpion grass?

Would that do us the favour of turfing out Shabana Mahmood in a delicious moment of irony?

You do you, Matty, but we'll always remember you believing that Trump would be to the left of Hillary. So excuse us if nothing you say is anything we'll believe.

Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey on Clacton: "The Chancellor has the power to stop Farage's cynical ploy. I've written to her this morning urging her to act. "Farage should not be allowed to resign until the investigation into his dodgy dealings has concluded. The people of Clacton deserve the facts first"

Too many people are going to university says father of *checks notes* four graduates/uni students. These people are fucking ridiculous

For some reason, this article came across my feed just this morning, and Paul Wiltshire strikes me as the kind of person (likely a Tory) who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

You're welcome.

Belgium mock Trump after beating USA in World Cup

Oh, bewaquf, do feel free to resign. It's what everyone wants.

and yes it is their opponents because if you think US Soccer wasn't involved in the backroom dealing I have a great deal on this bridge in SF for you

Colombia is like if the Harlem Globetrotters specialised in missing shots

I just conducted an oversight visit at an ICE detention facility in Kentucky. The stories I heard are heartbreaking. They're tearing families apart and spending billions of taxpayer dollars to do it. This cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Personally I think attempting to stoke a pogrom is plenty disqualifying but what would I know

Incidentally as per usual the mission of the Church is not to make you feel good about yourself and all the therapy in the world can’t fix a conscious refusal of grace but as a nominal convert from the world of prosperity crap you can’t expect him to know that

So by actual traditional Catholic reckoning the sin of despair is a variety of pride by which you believe your sins make you way too special for God to ever forgive you, not the all-consuming fear that you’re a malicious loser. But he’s almost becoming self-aware, I guess.

Truth.

Hey, @support.bsky.team, can you tell me why, when I click on Mitch McConnell, I'm getting linked to stories about Graham Platner? Could you do a little better than that?

Belgium head coach Rudi Garcia says that US forward Folarin Balogun approached him after the final whistle. "I told him it is not his fault, he’s not the one to blame. I really appreciate the intention and I appreciate this player."

Which is exactly what conservatism is.

Absolutely. He'd think I was starstruck but I'd just be super on edge worrying about how he's gonna find a way to casually say the n-word to me

Despite every third person now being a short-form content creator, editing still feels wildly underrated. It's incredible that people are dedicated to a craft so tedious. Automation be damned! See also: Marcia Lucas (who subbed in for Thelma Schoonmaker when the latter couldn't work for Scorsese)

The older I get and the longer he works, the more I truly believe that Sally Menke was the genius behind Tarantino, and everything he's made since her death bears this out.

“After it ended, the Belgian team’s social media account had a message to the U.S. on Twitter: “Overturn this.” Perfect. #WellPlayed #Belgium