"Jesus Christ, everything's got an app these days. This fucking toothbrush has an app." My 21yo, learning how to use the electric toothbrush he asked for and opened tonight (they all get to pick one gift to open on Christmas Eve).

I want to ask the flipside question: what will it take for wealthy progressives to fund the infrastructure and entities needed to identify, support, and sustain emerging voices on *our* side of the aisle?

Turns out there's no such thing as being a little short for a storm trooper.

Ever have that nagging suspicion that a small group of wealthy elites are using their hoarded riches to fuck the rest of us? Thanks to Trump, there's never been a better time to buy and sell influence in America! www.instagram.com/reel/DSoFOUG...

My old "boycott Tesla" bumper sticker was getting kinda lonely, so I got some new ones to keep it company thanks to @teslatakedown.com and @dissentpins.bsky.social #TeslaTakedown dissentpins.com/collections/...

House Democrats are undermining the party's chance to run against Trumpian graft by prioritizing the protection of their own corrupt incumbents. Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social makes the case for @prospect.org. prospect.org/2025/12/23/h...

“non-fascists who stay on X do so for a simple reason: they have a completely faulty understanding of how power works in the digital sphere and operate according to mental models of social media that simply do not match reality.”

Why would anyone think Trump did something shady and repulsive with young woman while hanging with Epstein? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I think we have established that Bari Weiss is an odious person. But wait... it gets worse. She's an admirer of Bukele and his concentration camps, and thinks its funny that people get sent there. zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...

Gbye Ziggy. I'm sorry you were in pain. Rest easy.

"Thanks to Weiss’ censorship, it may very well wind up being the most-talked-about CBS News story this year."

i can't believe the number of people in my life who are enthusiastically using Chat GPT for therapy, to analyze text conversations with partners, get advice on disputes with neighbors etc. it's just autocomplete! it doesn't "know" anything and can't give you advice! please please don't do this

CBS pulled a fully vetted 60 Minutes investigation three hours before air. The internal explanation leaked—and confirmed the allegations. I break down what happened, why it matters, and what it says about press freedom right now. 👇 youtu.be/mQu6UHhgbCE

Would have loved to see her launch with this but I'll take it. Getting off Elon's Fascist Funhouse should be the easiest win in the world for any Democratic campaign.

Pretengineer and securities fraudster Elon Musk in 2019: "If you buy a Tesla today, I believe you are buying an appreciating asset, not a depreciating asset," Electrek 2025: Tesla Cybertruck (incel inside™) is going to be a $35,000 truck in 18 months, expert says Hate to see it… $TSLA $TSLAQ

What she wants more of is Stephen Miller on camera explaining why it’s good to torture immigrants

Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it

Wow— “Government silence is a statement…If the standard for airing a story becomes ‘the government must agree to be interviewed,’ then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.”

As long as Bari remains in charge no one should be considering CBS as a credible, fair and balanced news network.

Finally saw Fantastic 4 on the plane. Thought it was pretty good! My favorite little detail was the quiet Back to the Future reference, which was subtly but delightfully handled.

Tesla just accidentally told us a lot about the current state of car sales and the disaster that is their robotaxi program and the state of the company's ai. None of it looks good for Elon. #TeslaTakedown www.instagram.com/reel/DSihOKU...

MAGA understands the importance of chasing young voters. Whereas Democrats continue to bizarrely just take them for granted, making the same mistake they did with a lot of other voters in 2024. Older Dems will keep voting for the party no matter what, so the Dem focus does need to be on the young.

We need more Ricks in this world.

these documents are more blacked out than Pete Hegseth on New Years Eve

I try not to be a “you must study [such and such]” guy because people have their own processes, but I realllllly think people resisting ICE need to read up on Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act in the 1850s. The parallels are staggering, and strongly support @jamellebouie.net’s claim.

This is even more embarrassing than Jake Paul 😂

personally getting very irritated by the unbelievable arrogance of the data boys

It took 70k clips and likely millions of prompts to create a shitty AI-generated Coke ad. It took a @wsj.com columnist 140 prompts to convince an AI vending machine that it was a Soviet machine from 1962 and everything should be free. We're gonna beat the machines www.instagram.com/reel/DSgA6Zh...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces on Saturday stopped a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, two American officials told The Associated Press

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

How was your year? Probably not as good as the year the 500 richest billionaires had. www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...

the only thing Matt Yglesias is good at is getting everything wrong. if he says it's not going to rain, bring an umbrella. beyond that, ignore and/or shame him, that's absolutely it.

I was unfamiliar with Sean Casten's game prior to this thread, but I am HERE. FOR. IT. Just a straight takedown of the ludicrous snake oil of popularism and the Yggy crowd's shameful push for Democrats to abdicate anything resembling leadership in pointless pursuit of the median voter.

In case you were wondering, it took me less than 3 minutes waiting on the curb at SeaTac to be mad at Seattle drivers again 😂

One nice thing about flying on Friday night the week before Xmas is I can not buy internet and also not worry I'll land to 37 emails I need to answer

Check out the story Bloomberg is advertising on a digital billboard in Washington Union Station. Interesting topic choice 🤔 www.instagram.com/reel/DSdYE-3...

🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. " h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social

Elon is 100% aware that he could be in some real trouble if Democrats take the House. He bought the White House for less than 1% of his net worth in 2024. He'll spend whatever he has to in 2026 and 2028. It's up to us to make his money toxic. #TeslaTakedown

Years ago, we published a list of principles for a progressive foreign policy at @winwithoutwar.bsky.social. It's funny seeing that now used in a hit piece, but since there seems to be some renewed interest, check it out and if you like what you see, head over to winwithoutwar.org to join/donate!

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. Genuinely no idea how to interpret this one 🤔

I’ll offer a supplementary interpretation: Bluesky Elders are disproportionately people who really really really hate, resent, and/or fear Elon Musk taking over their social spaces and the big explosion of Bluesky population coincided with Elon Musk taking over the country

A fundamental problem is that many Democrats believe good policy sells itself. They don't. We have to sell them. Relentlessly, aggressively, effectively, in every possible venue. Otherwise people either don't really think about it, or Republicans take the credit.

given rising global populism — and tendency to demonize people with little power in society — worth reflecting that the hero in Australia's mass shooting was a Syrian refugee, and the key witness in the Brown University shooting was a homeless man

You don't have to give your email or anything to vote. #TeslaTakedown

Fitting for a guy who launched his political career by saying Barack Obama's birth certificate was fake 🤷‍♂️

Fitting for a guy who launched his political career by saying Barack Obama's birth certificate was fake 🤷‍♂️

it's objectively funny that you can hear someone repeatedly shouting "Darnold sucks" on the broadcast as clearly as if the guy were in the booth.

There is no debate over conspiracism on the right. They all believe in the Great Replacement. They all believe that the legacy media intentionally skews their reporting to harm the conservative project. They all believe that Dems buy votes and/or rely on ineligible voters.

don't worry everyone, Puka didn't know what he was doing with the antisemitism, he was just innocently hanging around with some guys he shouldn't have been. you know, neo-Nazis. he's just a kid, hopefully it's a learning experience. that's what the broadcasters told me anyway.

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...