Swalwell is 45 yrs old. He was in 5th grade when Clarence Thomas's hearings made sexual harassment at work a major issue. He would have been a junior in high school when the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal broke. His entire political career comes after how those events changed workplace relationships

ngl six minutes of no contact with anybody on earth sounds like a pretty good deal to me #ArtemisII

Incredible.

You must learn to hate the aristocracy as much as it hates you. It changes shape, tosses aside old husks like "divine right of kings" and "bloodlines" and slides right into slick new shells like "meritocracy".

The City of Pittsburgh just passed legislation banning cooperation with ICE. The vote was unanimous. 🎉🎉🎉

I've taught European history for thirty years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we Americans have front-row seats.

On one hand, the way the Iran war is playing out is a heavy-handed, almost theatrical illustration of the point Adam makes here. On the other hand, the same strategy—tougher, harder, more violence, more cruelty—has failed over and over again throughout human history, and we still haven't learned.

This is the truest truth of all the truths (and there aren't many).

I think a lot of Bluesky users are in the demographic of “people who simply will stop using social media entirely if all the text-based social platforms that aren’t run by unrepentant Nazis (like this one) go away,” myself very much included

I got lots of problems with these people but one of the biggest complaints I have is none of them know any of the pop culture references they keep using in memes. This guy literally threw the detonator out the window so no one would die

Again, all I'm asking is that any Democrat who wants my vote support 1. Reverting Trump's anti-trans policies, 2. Commit to fighting against the future erosion of trans rights, and 3. Support legislation codifying trans rights into law. Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable

Just a reminder that the senator who sponsored the bill which became law with broad bipartisan support that states a president cannot pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval was … Marco Rubio.

1/ It's not just that unilaterally paying TSA agents is illegal. It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.

if you write a headline that says "More X say that Y," clippy's nerd cousin should pop up and start screaming until you clarify whether you mean "more X say Y than previously," "more X say Y than say Z" or "X are more likely than some other group to say Y"

This is one of Jason Isbell's first performances of "Dress Blues," if not his first -- when he was still with DBT, a year before his solo debut. It's one of the most haunting things I've ever heard. I ripped it from that video to a mix CD & listened to it *thousands* of times. Shivers every time.

That “all hope is lost” content you’re seeing everywhere isn’t helping you stay informed. It’s training your nervous system to freeze. In this week's vid, I break down what’s actually happening in your brain when you consume "we're effed" content—and also what to do instead. bit.ly/4lJFORo

I've said it before and I'll say it again: It's not purity testing or unfairly punishing someone to say that when only 100 people in the country get to hold a job, you can and should find 100 people who haven't done this. Or the other thing. Or the other thing.

I personally think that if you have a lack of self awareness this incredibly high, you should not be leading the Supreme Court, and should instead be in a safely padded room and offered nothing more dangerous than plain yogurt.

Dune 1: Go White Boy, Go Dune 2: Oh Dune 3: Oh White Boy, No

You mean the China who has a strategic alliance with Iran, and the Japan into whose post-war constitution the United States forced an article renouncing their right to wage war?

Couldn't have been happier with both best actor wins. Jessie Buckley was a revelation, and Michael B. Jordan can do anything.

While we're speaking about Ryan Coogler, time for me to remind everyone of who are his Cinematographers: Fruitvale - Rachel Morrison Creed - Maryse Alberti Black Panther - Rachel Morrison Black Panther Wakanda Forever - Autumn Durald Arkapaw Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Also, be sure not to spread this video of Justin Fox, the other DOGE bro who revealed that he's a malicious moron who caused incredible destruction. Do not hurt Justin Fox's reputation just by linking Justin Fox's name to the sworn testimony Justin Fox gave about what Justin Fox did.

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

He's never met a shady, reckless company he didn't like.

Give kleptocracy a whirl instead, for a little break. It seems the two can not only coexist, but be symbiotic.

Jeanine Pirro was only prosecuting Jerome Powell because Donald Trump was unhappy that Powell didn’t want to cut interest rates The federal judge quashed her subpoenas because Pirro’s office had no evidence to show Powell committed any crimes That’s the system working as it should Pirro is a joke

Murdered six years ago today. bsky.app/profile/greg...

The emerging cases of AI psychosis have shown that all it takes to drive some people completely insane is to put them in contact with a sycophantic chatbot who always agrees with them. Now, what does that tell us about billionaire CEOs surrounded by sycophantic people who always agree with them?

America is learning what it is like if FoxNews ran the country. It is quite ugly and disasterous.

The average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. did hit $4.84 in June 2022, but by Election Day in 2024 that was down to $2.94. It's now up to $3.36. www.macrotrends.net/datasets/359...

Hegseth ignored military officials when he slashed offices that limit risk to civilians

NEW: Democratic turnout surged in Mississippi's U.S. Senate primaries Tuesday—coming within about 7,000 votes of matching GOP turnout. About 156,000 Democrats voted on Tuesday—up from just 87,931 in 2018, the last midterm Senate primary. Scott Colom says it shows he can beat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Certain dudes are still upset with me when I said in 2012 that here in the US, being a straight white male is living on the lowest difficulty setting of life. From here on out I'm just going to refer them to these DOGE staffer depositions, and then tell them to go fuck themselves.

This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after. It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.

JUDGE GRANTS TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, HALTING PROGRESS ON WILLIAMSPORT, MD. DETENTION WAREHOUSE.

I just heard about it recently, and absolutely lost my temper hugely when I found out they'd stolen my rep/identity! If there is a class action lawsuit -- I hope -- I will post about it and I hope many of us leave a smoking crater where these smug thieves used to be www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

They attacked the burn treatment center in Tehran before unleashing the fires of hell on the city. They are truly the epitome of all evil in this world x.com/UnboundedVoi...

It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first – putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.

"Fire hurts," complains arsonist www.texastribune.org/2026/03/06/d...

Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)

BREAKING: BONNIE REPLACED WITH CLYDE

this should be the end of the Gavin Newsom 2028 discussion. the party has spoken, full stop

These are not the words of a national leader or professional soldier. ThIs is a freshman during fraternity rush hoping to impress and slowly summoning his own erection in the process.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

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<insert "this is fine" burning house meme>

Everything about this story is a perfect distillation of the moment.

it's surreal how Witkoff's talking points about Iran are just warmed-over Bush talking points on Iraq ...

I remember this in grave detail because I was on my way to ninth grade in the Philly suburbs went it went down and I was listening to it on the car radio, horrified. How quickly we forget.