This. This right here:

The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus. We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

Today is the 23rd Anniversary on the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I wrote this 13 years ago, as a reflection for a church service during which family members of the 9/11 victims shared a similar message. I post it again this year.

Counsel: "So, when you said 'these children cannot be removed from the country' you didn't actually mean these children cannot be removed from the country. I mean, your honor, we clearly understood that order meant 'you can remove them if you want to'

The official White House line is now that those dirty Democrats must’ve been hiding some serious dirt about dirty Democrats in the Epstein Files and that’s why the much more transparent Republicans won’t release them now and uh Trump might pardon Maxwell too?

I hear it is International Cat Day. I love a good faux holiday, so here are the cats who will be part of our house in a week.

Finally, a united nation.

I know facts are slippery things, but Russia was booted out of the G8 FOR INVADING Crimea. And Trudeau wasn't PM at that time. Not sure what this particular example of his idiocy bothers me so much.

Lots of folks are expressing dismay over having to cheer on Gavin Newsom. So remember: We are loyal to the policy, not the politician. Oppose those who do the wrong thing, even when they are otherwise good people. Support those who do the right thing, even when they are loathsome shit weasels.

All I know is I'm out if it gets to leaked D pics.

This is like the Iliad, if Homer shitposted.

This.

Republicans are about to kick nearly 9 million people off healthcare but I’m very glad CNN isn’t letting that distract them from promoting Jake Tapper’s book

Hats off to Sen. Hassan. How she didn't immediately say "Are you fucking KIDDING me?" is a mark of some ninja level maturity and decorum.

Guy is embarrassed he was caught being too lazy to read a piece he was too lazy to write.

It's a trifecta. Banal, cruel, *and* stupid.

I'm headed out to the "I put food in bag and pay" store. I'm excited that in the olden times they coined a word for it. I may start using the word groceries moving forward. Show everyone that I'm a renaissance man.

Once again Trump makes it clear he's never in his life been to the grocery store.

Last time I looked at the Constitution they are literally the people who define the proper function and role of law in this nation.

The 4th circuit is NOT HAVING IT. "We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."

Because he is not legally able to be deported to El Salvador. You violated that order when you send him there you utter and complete piece of slime.

Thank you. Neither silly nor trivial.

If nothing else this lets me know how truly slow macro fund managers must be. Because "in the last few days" is coming very very late to the game.

Happy “Trump raising taxes on everyone day.” You’re celebrating it whether you like it or not.

Brilliant!

This.

What the actual fuck.

Casar: "To you knowledge, has Ms Piggy ever been caught trying to funnel billions of dollars in government contracts to herself and to her companies? ... Elon Musk has."

Someone had to spend a breeezy 80 dregree afternoon in the backyard reading @scalzi.com "When the Moon Hits Your Eye. Thank goodness today it was me!

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

I mean honestly that doesn’t sound like someone you should be sending war plans to, Pete

A billionaire's mother wouldn't call social security if she didn't get her check. Well, hey, she certainly represents the average American on social security. I mean don't we all have billionaire sons we can call if our check is late?

You don’t need to leak false information. If it is false, you are just making it up. So either it is a leak of truthful information or it is someone making something up.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in a rare public statement: “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”

Jeff Douglas has updated the "I am Canadian" ad, and it hits hard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...

Somehow this situation is only getting stupider

Presidents Trump and Musk are already working hard to bring down the cost of stocks to a level where average Americans can afford them again. I imagine groceries will not be far behind.

Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.

Can't imagine why this seems so appropriate this morning. Also, I now want his book "The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead"

It matters! Keep pressure on, keep calling your representatives.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

The man who would be king.....

My dad was a Federal Magistrate in Yosemite who once took a 2 am call from Justice Kennedy (then on the 9th circuit) telling him to go down to the jail and release an Italian diplomat who'd been arrested for groping a hotel maid. He told the Justice he would, in the morning. He'd have loved this.

For fucks sake.

OK Legislative Branch, the Judiciary has located its conscience and its cojones and is saying NO. It is your turn to step and play Balance of Powers.

Absolutely, but also, isn't purchasing overpriced coffee after standing in a long line our right as Americans?

It's basically this: Over the last 15 years, deeply alienated and lonely internet trolls, amplified by influencer grifters and algorithms trained to increase time on metrics by stewing division, convinced huge swathes of American men that every facet of modern life is feminine and, thus, bad.

NASA, I will remind you, is <0.5% of the US budget. LESS THAN ZERO POINT FIVE PERCENT. This is like trying to save disk space by deleting a text file when you've got a gigabytes of music you'll never listen to. More proof that what Musk and DOGE are doing is a lie.