not to go all identity politics but I think it’s also because the victims are women

i just cant tell you how important it is for democrats to bring some people on who understand how political media works in 2026 the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections

Genuinely believe Miller’s end goal is not American strength or prosperity but literal worldwide white supremacy, where billions of nonwhite people suffer (it is very important they suffer) under the boot of the white man. Which explains his zeal for a new colonialism: he thinks that’s how you do it

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

the problem with schumer’s statement is not that he says the GOP needs to act, that’s factually true, it’s that he says if they don’t they’ll hear about it *from voters* outsourcing responsibility for accountability to the general public

the entire contradiction at the heart of the last 15 years of dem dysfunction has been simultaneously insisting the only mechanism for punishing republican malfeasance is the vote while also adopting a posture of bipartisan comity with those very politicians voters are supposed to be disciplining.

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month

we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work

Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.

My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption. Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort. Performative public investigations matter.

I feel like letting every president of my lifetime get away with Unlimited War Crimes was a serious mistake

For gazillionth time, the standard you walk past is the standard you accept

Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.

They're still fighting over who gets the 20th Century, and they're burning the 21st Century for fuel to do it

The New York Times and Washington Post learned of the impending commission of a major crime and did nothing

Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state

This right here: “Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.”

Compare this to Biden leaving Afghanistan & think about what the incentives are for every American politician

“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.

The Trump regime repeatedly lied to Congress about their intention to pursue regime change in Venezuela. They didn’t get Congressional approval for regime change, but did it anyway. Demanding a briefing in response is both pathetic and nonsensical. Calling for impeachment is the obvious response.

The hack Trump has discovered is that if you escalate endlessly, at some point Democrats will stop escalating their response to you, because they’re scared of acknowledging what you are and what it obligates them to do. At that point you have total freedom to break any rule, do anything you want.

Literally fuck every government intelligence analyst who isn't picking up espionage act charges under Trump for leaking this crazy shit in advance

Yes, this is exactly the time to demand Democrats "do something." They can denounce Trump's actions as unconstitutional. They can state that he must be impeached and removed. They can make clear that all involved will be held accountable. These are the core duties of a role they all signed up for.

Some people are responding to criticisms of this as if people were saying “impeachment is obviously the right strategy.” No. The point is that “impeachment isn’t the right strategy because the GOP may start to be responsible” is an unfathomably stupid and insulting lie.

first as tragedy then as farce. then as farce again. then farce one more time. a little more farce after that. then some farce. and then another farce and more farce after

I don’t know what moment Chuck Schumer is made for, but it sure as shit isn’t this one.

And here I stand both to impeach and purge

Every reaction from any Democrat that stops short of impeachment is utterly disqualifying.

It is 2003. A captured and cowed media is cheerleading an illegal war of occupation led by a Republican president. It is 2026. A captured and cowed media is cheerleading an illegal war of occupation led by a Republican president.

The skeleton key to unlock the Trump administration is to understand that everything it does is for the sake of posting. It wants to get likes and shares. And it is specifically captured by a neo-Nazi, fascist audience that wants images of torture, violence, and murder, especially of minorities.

I think the most straightforward framing that captures the severity of the situation is that the government of the United States has been seized by a mad authoritarian regime not meaningfully distinct from Putin or Kim or, well, Maduro, and its members must be brought to harsh justice

If you let him get away with this, he’ll do it with Iran and whatever other neocon bugaboos have been lingering around conservative media since Obama first started running. Maybe Greenland but less intense because white. One of them will invariably respond in the mainland U.S. Stop him before then.

I go “US Men’s National Team” and assume it’s soccer related. Why is our World Cup team doing war crimes?

it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"

Without exaggeration this is a huge part of how we surrendered the country to the worst humans of all time - the left-of-center’s conviction that you can’t be disrespectful to stupid people to has robbed us of the social censure that forces stupid people to stop being stupid

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader

Just really fucking angry at how unnecessary this all is and the pathetic cowards who let it happen. Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.

Physician here, uh actually when you get bit by a rabid dog the number one priority is to deal with the dog

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

99 Senators for Rubio and he 100% earns the Hague in less than a year. Good work everyone.

The legal justification the WH gave us for attacking Venezuelan boats in int’l waters without Congressional approval was weak, and exposes the WH and military staff to domestic and international criminal prosecution. They have not even sought to justify strikes within Venezuela.