God this is such a fucking bummer. The thing they think DEI is is actually what they are. Bari Weiss's talents are: getting rich people to give her money, and cosplaying as a "journalist" by using centrism and faux objectivity language to obscure her persistent bias and sizable incompetence.

YES. We have literally ALL been chanting this, nonstop, IN UNISON, since fucking 2016.

Where are the stories about the man? Is he also getting death threats? Are people questioning his ethics re the need to make a living?

TODAY ON OA (12/19) -how eugenicists, "progressives", and the Klan teamed up to base the American visa system in old-timey racism -how Trump is bringing back 1920s-style "national origins"-based immigration by executive order -a British deli tries to trademark the concept of vegetables

Today's episode of Opening Arguments with Christopher Blackwell is our 2nd interview with an incarcerated author in as many months. I am so proud to be part of a show that is committed to sharing the human voices of those harmed by our most inhumane law & policy directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Big thanks to @seriouspod.bsky.social for having me on to talk about Trump's threats to nonprofits — and a bunch of other, uh, fun stuff.

@openargs.bsky.social Just listened to Matt’s Thanksgiving episode. It was fantastic and uplifting. Thank you!

This week's conversation with author, jorunalist, & convicted murderer John J. Lennon calling in from Sing Sing is one of the most interesting we've ever had. John's new book has so much to say about the true crime industrial complex, and what it is doing to us all www.amazon.com/Tragedy-True...

ngl It would be pretty funny if Bill Clinton turned out to be a total boy scout in this and that KEN STARR was the guilty one.

I don’t know that I believe Schumer engineered the vote, but I guess either he did and those senators took the fall essentially, or he didn’t and that means he couldn’t control his side. Either way, he needs to be fucking gone yesterday. He can go live with the goddamn Baileys

Schumer needs to be gone. There is no world in which this vote makes sense. Either you should never have shut the government down, or you stick to your guns until getting something. Why the fuck do you hold out for a month to ultimately get fucking nothing? This is why people view dems as spineless.

I can’t believe the first thing I thought was “he’s not even doing it right.” What a stupid, stupid world full of idiot fascists ruining our lives. Can we just not

This is so fucking pathetic

This is how mainstream media framing consistently helps the racists. What is the “criticism” NPR is referring to? You’d think Bad Bunny did something wrong that might have invited criticism. The “criticism” is just… racism. Racism is the word you’re looking for.

Fucking abolish ICE. And prosecute them.

Wow. Just wow.

Are you fuckin happy now, FIRE and you other fake ass free speech warriors? This single event was more verified firings over speech than you featured on your dumb ass website in 20 years. Because of the regime you enabled with your bull shit. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

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Oh this is how we’re doing science now? Ok cool “Thomas Smith to link brain worms to being a pathological lying animal murdering sack of useless nepo baby dogshit in a suit.” I guess I just did a science, make me health secretary.

Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

You cry censorship now that someone was taken off air by government pressure for saying something extremely minor and basically true but WHERE WERE YOU when these other people faced social consequences not from the government for saying disgustingly false racist and/or sexist things? Hypocrite.

They’ve designated antifa as a terrorist organization. In response I’m going to double my monthly donation. WHO’S WITH ME?

The strategy sure seems to be “If we just give the fascists the authoritarian nightmare state that they want, then they’ll leave us alone.”

I've always been someone who is very bothered by when things don't make sense. Falsehoods and lying and irrationality are just extremely hard to deal with. I'm sure that's a lot of you but it isn't everyone. Does it feel like this era is almost being engineered to kill us? Is that by design?

Well the evidence as they've presented it would strongly indicate that he killed Kirk because of Kirk's anti-LGBT views. I didn't think the memes on the casings were compatible with that theory, but it reads like those were completely unrelated and just something he was doing on a separate occasion.

This person is not well. Holy shit.

Hi can anyone help I’m just trying to figure which side is more responsible for the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk by a 22yo, is it the one that wants gun control? or the one that worships guns as their religion and is responsible for them being easier to get than health insurance… no idea need help

They absolutely never cared about free speech. It isn’t actually bad to want to fire people for their despicable views. The real issue is that for a brief moment, racism, sexism and homophobia were beyond the pale. Now you get fired for not crying hard enough for a racist sexist homophobe who died

We need to have an honest conversation about the violence happening on BOTH sides of the far right

This was before we knew who did it and it sure was exactly correct

Hey. I know there’s no point in even saying it. I know. I’m going to say it anyway. I can’t help it. I’m actually going to yell it. REMEMBER WHEN THEY PRETENDED TO CARE ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND PEOPLE NOT GETTING FIRED FOR EXPRESSING THEMSELVES. They never cared and some of us knew it.

Ok just to get this super clear… HE WASNT KILLED FOR HIS OPINIONS IT WAS NOT A LEFTIST WHO DID IT IT WAS A 4CHAN TYPE SHITPOSTER WHITE 22YO MORMON DUDE WHO BY EVERY INDICATOR WAS RIGHTWING OR NIHILIST

Left media personalities are getting fired, not even for cheering Kirk’s death but for just being mildly critical of him. Right wing media personalities are talking openly about killing people on the left. This asymmetry needs to end.

I am a huge fan of Ezra so I read this and tried to give it a fair hearing. But I largely just don't get what the point of it is. I guess I would say this: If Charlie Kirk was practicing politics the "right way," what does Ezra even think is "the wrong way?"

Jesus. Unbeatable

“But he was a father!” So is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and MAGA cheered him being sent to a literal torture prison BY MISTAKE

I am not and am never encouraging violence. I am pointing out that if Charlie Kirk were alive to give comment on this shooting, his position would be that it was completely worth it in order to preserve the right of every American to be able to have instant death machines as toys.

Wow

Are you fucking kidding me with this. Unreal

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN APPARENTLY. DO YOU SAY APPARENTLY FOR EVERY SINGLE EXECUTIVE ORDER? BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE THIS EXACT STUPID FUCKING SIGNATURE. CAN YOU STOP BENDING OVER BACKWARDS WITH FAKE OBJECTIVITY FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T EVEN READ NYT ANYWAY? IT’S WORSE THAN USELESS.

Oh. My god. It’s always so much worse. What age would you say roughly is being depicted by this image? Remember how hard he denied it? This is exactly what was reported except it’s even worse.

we need a label for UK politicians who endlessly "empathise" with fascist concerns - let's try a US one my latest with @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

This is a perfect example of why I never get my hopes up for anything ever. Why would good things happen? What a dumb idea

NOW ON YOUTUBE & EVERYWHERE YOU GET PODCASTS! Is this the most corrupt thing the DOJ has ever done in public? How many helicopters could someone could forget purchasing? OA's got the most extensive breakdown of DOJ's bizarre hang w/Epstein accomplice #GhislaineMaxwell yet youtu.be/vqMXN-IgFoU?...

OA EXCLUSIVE: @seriouspod.bsky.social has cleaned up and stitched together the best version of the audio of Ghislaine Maxwell's bizarre DOJ sitdown available to the public, just fyi for anyone who enjoys their lies in the highest possible fidelity youtu.be/fghaerQY6oA?...

This week on Vapid Response Wednesday: The Boston Globe is wicked frickin' stupid, kehd! We review two consecutive opeds from Matt's hometown paper on why DC needs a police state and Trump needs a Nobel Peace Prize youtu.be/P8FymX_92L4?...

I know I’m a broken record, but this fuckin newspaper… They cover a deliberate attempt to frame a former president in the most neutral, calm demeanor… it’s insane. Look at how they talk about the “Biden’s age” scandal and then look at this. It’s atrocious. THEY ARE FRAMING A FORMER PRESIDENT.