Respectfully, if you’re saying that neither Ken Martin nor anyone else at the DNC *even knew that Costello was on the ballot and still running* when they decided to publicly endorse Platner, that would be even more damning than if they knew about him but did so anyway.

Dear ATP players, this is probably the only chance any of you will truly have to win a slam, all that's standing in your way is a 39 year old man and serial choker.... and rest assured you will all be judged if you let either of them win it.

she isn't an accuser. she won her case in court. he was held liable for sexually assaulting her. she is a survivor of being sexually assaulted by the president of the united states.

It’s worth saying this over and over again so we don’t make mistakes like we’ve made in the past — everyone in the DOJ involved in this must be fired, prosecuted, and if relevant disbarred. You could just quit. People have quit.

Solidarity with E. Jean Carroll and all survivors who face legal retaliation and criminal prosecution for speaking the truth. This is both remarkable and utterly unsurprising. Survivors have been jailed, retraumatized, harassed, and sued into silence for far too long.

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

Black tape on your lips like you're actually being silenced when you're the one that wields power and did it in a way lots of people don't like and they're allowed to express that distaste, actually

It's been said a billion times already, and it still can't be said enough: I don't see how US democracy survives if blatant, intentional lying remains cost-free

What’s that you say? I couldn’t hear you because I was watching this clip of Piker celebrating Adam Schiff being targeted by the FBI. www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/co...

I think the big issue, which no one really wants to deal with, is that most voters are stupid and are getting stupider.

He ran on "theyre eating the cats, they're eating the dogs" and on the late great hannibal lector. His campaign stops were rambling and low-energy, and he won anyways, which makes me think the electorate wouldve been equally checked out on a perfect campaign by harris

After her win at #RolandGarros, Oleksandra Oliynykova took the mic again, for a growing crowd of global interest, and railed against the war in Ukraine and the tennis players and organizers she sees as complicit in its continuation. Free at Bounces: www.benrothenberg.com/p/oleksandra...

How about this explanation… even for folks doing reasonably well in this strange economy, they can see the worst people in the world just raking in money in the ugliest of ways, and they know they’ll never be able to compete with that, and that their money will be worth less and less over time.

deserve what exactly? LGBT rights being pushed on them? yes, yes they do deserve that. and in fact Uganda's first kill the gays bill was not a reaction to American foreign policy, but inspired by American evangelicals touring the country stressing the importance of being homophobic.

Democrats have provided reflexive & unconditional support to Netanyahu & Israeli governments, even as they undermined the values we claimed to stand for.   It's time to end taxpayer-funded support & condition arms sales to end the occupation & salvage a 2-state solution.

(seriously, folks, Piker's gonna turn on you sooner or later. You know this in your bones, you just don't want to admit it to yourself because you have a parasocial attachment to, ultimately, a Bro Streamer who's convinced you he can magically unite the Chuds and the Socialists.)

en.tennistemple.com/actu/naomi-o... Tell it, Naomi!

I really wish that we had this much discussion of the presumption of good faith when we were talking about the extremely well-researched and historically grounded work of Black scholars.

If they'd waited until it was official, their stance could've been to shrug and say "Well, he's the nominee now, so sure, I endorse him barring any truly horrific behavior being revealed..." which there's a strong possibility of happening given his MASSIVE list of red flags already.

There's also a purely practical reason why Martin/DNC/all who've jumped on the Platner bandwagon should have waited: If they'd waited until he was OFFICIALLY the nominee, then if/when even worse stuff is revealed, they would've had at least *some* plausible credibility to walk it back.

People need to understand that political frameworks like "the Elites don't understand or care about Us, the People" are NOT the kind of politics that results in a better world for trans people! I mean, good heavens. That's how you get TRUMP! You really don't want to go down that road.

The Americans Trump got killed* for no reason. (*that we know about)

In this thread, I explain, among other things, why Dem centrists and Dem progressives are two sides of the same coin: they both believe Trump voters didn't really know what they are doing and therefore, we shouldn't scold them. I explain why that's wrong, morally and politically.

28. And if that's the case, are they really vulnerable? Sounds to me like they are choosing a Republican for the express purpose of stopping the crime of "those people" getting what they don't "deserve."

24. While that Dem is busy trying to restore & expand access to the American dream, the Republicans invariably arouse anti-Black hatred & other bigotries to such heights that "the people" believe they are witnessing a crime when a woman does well, as she surely stabbed a man in the back to do so.

17. For all the talk of animosity between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and its centrist establishment, both sides agree on this myth: "The people" can't fail; they can only be failed. To shame voters for their self-destructive choices is to fail them.

6. That's no way to build a big tent, because once the mess is cleaned up, they go back to the Republicans. Politically, it's better to say "you hurt yourself – don't do it again."

If there was a single medication that reduced risk for heart attack and stroke, reduced depression and addiction, lowered blood pressure and reduced cholesterol, and helped you lose weight while decreasing appetite … you might consider “putting into the water supply,” literally or figuratively.*

I mean it sure looks like we wasted billions and many lives and lots of diplomatic credibility for nothing, but at least we can be sure those 160 schoolgirls won’t build a nuke

Then they're not "swing" voters, they're just Republicans

Trump makes big threats he transparently fears to carry out Trump lies that there’s major progress in peace talks, lies that Iran is making concessions, media reports it as fact Iran reiterates its position, contradicting Trump’s lie Trump makes big threats… How many times do we have to do this?

THE STRAIT WAS OPEN AND THERE WAS NO WAR BEFORE TRUMP DID ANYTHING MY GOD

BREAKING: Iranian state media says that the Strait of Hormuz will stay under Iranian control despite claims by Trump

PALLETS OF CASH

This whole adventure was bananas. More bananas, possibly, is how little critical coverage the bananasness of this whole debacle has garnered. Especially considering how unpopular the Iran war has been.

"The message from Ossoff, both internally and externally, was that he will stand beside Bottoms as they both campaign as their party’s standard-bearers for the next five months. Bottoms and her team feel the same way." archive.is/jU5K1

Trump and the press convinced Americans that the Biden economy (which was solid) was a world historic disaster AND they repeatedly told the public that Trump would fix it on Day One. Instead, everything has gotten much worse actually, so the bottom fell out on soft numbers. bsky.app/profile/whst...

John Brown was hung for treason. Robert E Lee was not. If you want to know why our country is breaking right now that’s a pretty good start to the troubles.

I think basically a lot of people are mad and basically are tired of directing that anger at Republicans for most of the last 40 or so years. So they keep trying to find new Democrats to be mad at instead, which of course leads to Republicans winning. Rinse, repeat.

I also just want to say that the very notion of an autopsy is itself flawed. The 2012 GOP autopsy has taken on this mythic quality, but remember that it was essentially thrown in the trash with Trump, who won. Elections are won and lost for millions of reasons that don't have clean answers.

I'll have something coming out about this eventually but to say this killer was motivated by just "nihilism" is wrong: The killers glorified neo-Nazis They promoted Siege and ideas like "accelerationism" Their influences were ripped out of a "Terrorgram" documentary. www.cbsnews.com/news/san-die...

This is not an autopsy. It's a 20-year look back and lamentation. In fairness, an accurate autopsy would conclude that America is filled with a whole bunch of gullible, if not outright stupid, people, but that a critical mass of those people are neither partisans nor reliable voters.

If you are a Colorado resident, please feel free to contact your Colorado house representative and ask them to call a special session of the legislature to impeach Jared Polis.

We will never surrender our freedom. And always put the Constitution over the Cult.

No, what undermines his "credibility" as a pro-Palestinian advocate is that he has never once even claimed to be a pro-Palestinian advocate in his life and openly hates Arabs.

VoteVets has made a big mistake and endorsed "The Nazi Platner". I will be unfollowing VoteVets and blocking them. #NoFuckiningNazis I no longer consider myself a "DNC Democrat" since the Chair and Central Committee capitulated to the 🐀👉👌 Socialist infiltrators and endorsed The Nazi Platner. Fin

But yeah, this is why the dream of a rugged populist white guy who’s going to stick it to the wokes but leftistly is a never-ending quest.

the thing is, it’s not even about this! it’s never been easier in history to learn how to cook, any cuisine, cheaply and efficiently. it’s about complaining about having to do so, which i approve of, especially for young people! i just don’t have any need to make it any deeper than that!

The social media nexus of the vibecession isn’t entirely that performative affluence made people feel poorer. It’s that social media radicalized natural social messengers of Biden’s progressive economic policy into rabid anti-Biden (and later Harris) attack dogs.

Some (white) progressives won't believe "the people" elect Republicans not in spite of the Democrat's success but because of it. Prosperity is inextricably linked to race. Their story insists "the people" don't know, but truth is, they do, & they have acted on that three straight times since 2000.