“U.S. District Judge John McConnell accused the administration of withholding SNAP for ‘political reasons.’ “ This is an insane statement. When a judge issues a ruling, it is no longer an accusation.

Is anyone talking abt Evan Myers’ Shabbat excuse that “for many Christians Fridays are a special day of prayer and abstinence” to commemorate “the death of Christ”? I dunno what cult Heritage Foundation is running but WTAF, that is not a thing. Christians famously mark the sabbath on Sundays. And—

“Wall to wall coverage of salacious complaint that turns out to be baseless, followed by maybe a single brief story about the dismissal” happens all the time and it drives me nuts. www.vulture.com/article/tiff...

the message that people should take away from sandwich guy is that getting blackout and picking fights with cops always ends well. I am a lawyer* and this is legal advice** *this is disputed by the bar, whose legitimacy I do not recognize **for the court of life, before which all are plaintiffs

I realize it is not the most useful piece of analysis but I feel like we don't talk enough about the plain fact that a relatively large chunk of the country has just kinda lost their minds

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Bill Gates is a bad person who has done many bad things and we should talk about it more

It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.

Controlling women is a psychotic fetish. To protect scapegoated groups, we must demand/normalize basic income paid for with common sense taxation with the rich paying their fair share. They will pit us against each other more and more as jobs continue to disappear

"Should the right be trying to roll back the entire feminist era? Or is there a form of conservative feminism that corrects liberalism’s mistakes?" What is "the entire feminist era"?? Is he saying women shouldn't vote? What the good lord.

There was a time not very long ago where someone writing a piece like this would be forced to issue a public apology at the very least. What the actual fuck man.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...

1.1 million is greater than the populations of Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

🧵Brian Straw is one of the folks charged, along w/ Kat Abughazaleh, w/ felony conspiracy to impede federal officers in Broadview [Chicago]. As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing. If you can help, pls do.

Don't stay up too late tonight. Max loves you.

Aside from the screeching racism (TIL NYC is the capitol of Israel), seeing NY Daily News insist that we can’t have free buses when MTA spent *$1 Billion* on fare evasion in 2024 seems to confirm that rabid bigotry rots the mind, even at math.

Have a feeling handing Mayor Mamdani an ultimatum is a poor idea. Especially if the ultimatum is "reverse your entire platform and renounce your integrity".

I was unaware that NYC mayor is the nation's top diplomat

Don't snitch tag, not even to dunk on or drag people. Especially not when there's a power differential. Trust that if people wanted someone involved in a thing, they'd've tagged them already.

Representatives of Germany's Nazi Party, now known as the Alternative für Deutschland or AfD, are now routinely in Washington for interaction with their counterparts in the GOP, seeking pointers on how to further develop their movement into a governing party... and to raise funds.

No idea why people would be hesitant to speak to her

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

Just a little vent art. #pissontheirgraves #art

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Big results in PA's Dauphin County, a swingy area that's home to Harrisburg. Dems won judgeships in the county for first time in 33 years; one of winners is the first Black woman judge in county ever. They beat the Republican DA who was looking to become a judge. www.pennlive.com/elections/20...

Action Alert! We want the government open, but only with restored ACA subsidies. Call the following Senators 👇 & demand any deal includes iron clad, in-writing agreements on subsidies that are more than a promised "vote". prospect.org/2025/11/04/t... @5calls.org

As the face of the “progressive prosecutor” movement steamrolls to a 3rd term, let me be the millionth person to note that when that movement loses elections it’s billed in national media as a crisis for the left, while the movement’s high points, of which there have been many, are largely ignored.

There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office. Democrats swept all 13. That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular). They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.

“Jessica Tisch got her start at the NYPD in the Kelly-era Intelligence Bureau building dossiers on Muslim extremism.” @awinston.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/welcom...

Tucson also elected a democratic socialist to our city council last night. Glad she’s my councilor.

To be clear, it is genuinely bad, at a time when neo-Nazism is making a comeback in American political discourse, that we do not have a watchdog organization on antisemitism that can be taken seriously. But the ADL has not behaved in a way over the past year that is worthy of that role.

This is absolutely the right response at this point. The ADL has abandoned its right to be taken seriously as a voice of the American Jewish community. Politicians should absolutely meet with a diverse array of Jewish constituents. But the ADL must be ignored and dismissed until it loses influence.

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They don’t. The crashouts have been absolutely wild.

if the jury is served sandwiches is that a basis for appeal?

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

It's not only Cuomo who got trounced here, it is Third Way and Ezra Klein, Bari Weiss, No Labels, David Brooks and Bret Stephens, the Lincoln Project, the whole great hulking mass of horrible politics knowers

"The ADL’s efforts highlight a troubling contrast between the multi-racial coalition that worked tirelessly to elect Mamdani with the people who’ve been taught to fear him. Where we see a pocket of blue sky for the first time in a year, they see an apocalypse. I don’t know how to reconcile the two."

Marcia Kramer, political correspondent for CBS asked Mamdani if he held his presser at the Unisphere because apparently in 1947 the UN signed some pact creating Israel in that park and I'm sorry that woman's brain is cooked He picked it b/c he reps Queens hard and it's iconic to the borough

Call your senators and tell them you will beat them with their spines if they back down now.

Anyway I continue to think the nuclear block sucks. Guy spent all morning ranting at me about how Mamdani is bad for sharing a consultant with Platner and then blocked me and played the victim to his followers, who can now no longer see the full convo to learn the truth.

huhhhhhhhhhh now this is some fascinating updated research. the idea that cults usually survive their prophecies failing, due to cognitive dissonance, seems to not pass the sniff test after all this is the 2nd article this author has written on this topic! preprint here: osf.io/preprints/so...

You're welcome, America.

Some more shots of the two gorgeous coyotes I saw a few weeks ago #mammals #coyotes

Bahahahahahaha

bonus: i always forget that this song is great cuz it dunks on Cuomo before dunking on Cuomo was cool

The utter betrayal.

heyyyy the great @marisakabas.bsky.social has a new post - which includes one of my photos! i'm a grown up photojournalist now! www.thehandbasket.co/p/zohran-mam...