The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.

Wurman's supposedly "obvious" proposition is also, of course, the stated foundation for Buckley's opposition to civil rights in the 1957 "Why the South Must Prevail" editorial. Is it racist?

"God finally got tired of this war-mongering piece of shit" has an appealing explanatory value.

real jizz heads: one gotta go, what do you choose??

This interview/conversation was SO GOOD.

Jacob Lawrence : 'The 1920’s . . . The Migrants Cast Their Ballots' , from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence , 1974 Serigraph in seven colors plus white on domestic etching paper

It's interesting that a Supreme Court with so many Roman Catholics on it takes such a dumbass Protestant approach to interpreting legal texts.

the feds have done more to harass americans angry over good and pretti’s killings than they have to investigate them

the truly enraging thing is that sam alito will never face this question from a member of the public. we have allowed these people to create a wall between themselves and the people they rule over.

John Roberts' Constitution forbids any attempt to proactively ameliorate racial discrimination and racial inequality, but permits open racial discrimination as long as there is a facially neutral explanation available, even if it isn't remotely plausible. This, my friends, is "Colorblindness."

NPR News these days relies on such utterly stupid pro-establishment political assumptions. No actual thought is evident in their flippant categorizations beyond "will conservatives of 20 years ago yell at us for this?"

Still thinking about “inadequate swimmer Robert Maxwell” from Singer’s profile of Trump. www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

The Trump administration is directing taxpayer dollars to president’s supporters. The government was winning this case. It had already won a dismissal. Berenson was appealing. Rather than fight, the government gave him $150,000. That’s taxpayer money.

don’t think i have ever seen a politician as feckless and cowardly as starmer

cursed AI Fifa map

You know who isn’t getting radicalized? Shape-note singers. Embrace social singing of 19th century folk hymns and avoid the pitfalls of right-wing extremism.

Otter statue, Egypt, ca. 664–30 B.C.E.

it's Friday Night

"Chorin'," say the worms.

California Dems suck so bad.

Once Frank dies, people are going to insist that you can't say bad things about him, which is why it's more important than ever that you say all the bad things about him right now. Time's running out!

"... researchers found that a patchwork of state, federal and local policies allow data center operators to avoid publicly disclosing their actual water use. California lawmakers tried to address this last year, but California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the measure." calmatters.org/environment/...

New from me: Five years ago, I criticized a San Francisco TV reporter for getting her facts wrong. Ever since, she and her allies have alleged that I was part of a conspiracy to end her career. That narrative just got a boost with her new book, which is being promoted by some powerful tech people.

The simplest long-run solution to the gerrymandering wars is a federal law expanding the House and electing members by proportional representation. Alabama has more Democratic voters than Hawaii. Massachusetts has more Trump voters than Mississippi. None of these voters deserve to go unrepresented.

it’s just a way of talking that we need to get comfortable with, soon

Muhammad Ali and Cleveland Williams, Nov. 14, 1966 Photo by Neil Leifer

It would be nice if the Democrats had a different mindset for 2028 and beyond.

silhouette looks like someone trying to get the most out of their toothpaste

this line from alito’s opinion, that the question before the court was “whether compliance with the Voting Rights Act should be added to our very short list of compelling interests that can justify racial discrimination,” is truly orwellian

it makes a slippery ring

it makes a slippery ring

Birds: on the whole, smaller and much less terrifying than dinosaurs.

Amazing piece and great thread:

"unfortunately," mumbles the game theorist, refusing to meet your gaze "our state of the art models for Madman Theory did not anticipate a scenario where the madman was an incredibly stupid giant baby"

"heaven is art history" pictured: ET without skin

Full-on luxury race gay space communism, is I think the correct order of those words that name the thing I now demand.

IMPORTANT ARTEMIS II HOT SAUCE UPDATE Thanks to Carlie Kollath Wells’ reporting out of Axios New Orleans (which I confirmed via email since there are two versions of the article out) …. WE HAVE OUR LIST. It’s these 4 pictured, plus Heinz Hot Taco Sauce! www.axios.com/local/new-or...

Heading for that “Canticle for Leibowitz” zone?

Of course he did, there's that old song "The Holes of Jesus" to help remember them all. How many holes did Jesus have? How many holes had He? One for the Heav'nly Father, From which our Lord did pee. etc. for the rest of the holes

Of course he did, there's that old song "The Holes of Jesus" to help remember them all. How many holes did Jesus have? How many holes had He? One for the Heav'nly Father, From which our Lord did pee. etc. for the rest of the holes

It's still funny that the leader of America's Christian fascist movement is so inept with Christian idioms.

Bizarre headline, deck, and first four paragraphs for an article that's really about Trump's politically toxic rant about not funding childcare, Medicaid, or Medicare. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

In the future, everyone will be a bottom for 15 minutes.

I know there's a lot going on But what the US is doing to Cuba is unconscionable

Never gonna vote for this douchebag who calls people "gay" for the yuks.

UNGA vote map

Putting together an analysis of all the anti trans laws over the last few years and there's never been anything like this in US history. The total number of state laws passed in 5 years (300+) approaches the total number of Jim Crow laws (400+) passed over a 100 years.