It's darkly funny anytime one of these consultant pamphlets comes out about how Democrats can scientifically carve up the electorate to eke out a win, meanwhile the current president spent the campaign swaying on stages, giving 45 minute speeches about who's nice to him. Riding in a garbage truck

even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media

I think this framing falls prey to the idea that if only X had been done differently, the case might not have failed—unfortunately, as the article itself indicates, there was really no option but to bring the prosecution in South Florida. sometimes you just lose.

Bari Weiss has been head of CBS News for less than a month and already top leaders and talent are jumping ship: -Claudia Milne, head of standards and practices has left -John Dickerson, anchor of CBS Evening News, is leaving deadline.com/2025/10/john...

The measles vaccine had been widely available in the U.S. for four years when Joe Rogan was born. In the decade before that, it did in fact kill 400-500 people every year, and hospitalized tens of thousands more.

How I imagined how this happen. ANDY REID: Yeah, that's the only way to do pork ribs right. Let me hook you up with my pig guy. What's your phone number? Bradshaw gives him his number, and when he gets a text back he thinks it's Reid but Reid has already given Bradshaw's number to his pig guy.

BREAKING: The full Fifth Circuit decided that it will be rehearing the case over West Texas A&M's effort to ban a charity drag show from campus. The panel, on a 2-1 vote, sided with the student group. The Fifth Circuit decided to go en banc even after the school didn't seek en banc review.

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

Heartened by the return of one of the classic Trump bits, which is when he sways faintly and says "I'd like to see low IQ [person of color he saw on TV] try to pass the test that's regularly administered to me by medical professionals, the famous unbeatable Test To Determine Extent Of Brain Trauma,"

SCOOP: Brad Lander is telling allies he's planning to challenge Rep. Dan Goldman www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Rep. Burlison's congressional district (MO-7) gets about $4.8 billion in federal spending that comes from taxpayers, but if he wants to reject that on behalf of his truly independent and freedom-loving constituents, he can send it back anytime.

the next thing I want to hear about Nazis is about the Blues Brothers sending them careening into a ravine

One overarching takeaway from this piece by Jack Goldsmith is that members of Congress and 2028 aspirants need think creatively about accountability for the lawless killings in the Caribbean. Likely significant hurdles to domestic criminal prosecution. www.execfunctions.org/p/the-venezu...

Olivia Reingold is Bari Weiss's Milhouse. We don't have to think about it more than that.

People don't understand the incredible journalistic training it takes to use your phone to record what the president says and then write it down. You have to stay really quiet so you don't mess up the sound. Also, spelling.

Reminds me of this classic from a few years back:

More from our long-running, Pulitzer Prize winning series: repetition of dubious and illegal things Trump says.

It's very troubling if you find a cognitive test difficult.

knew immediately this would have an abysmal 'to be sure' paragraph

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. How corrosive it is that public figures are--more and more shamelessly--ripping the copper wiring out of the walls. Integrity is for suckers. Abusing power is fun. Caring about anything bigger than yourself is lame. An elite class of evil toddlers

lol

Turns out all the woke Hegseth got rid of was the only thing keeping the aircraft in the sky.

CNN editor-in-chief Mark Thompson, following a While House meeting, sought to soften the news network's coverage of President Trump's demolition of the East Wing, claiming viewers aren't that interested in the story, according to the Status newsletter.

One thing about Brian Kelly is that nobody likes him

"If something evil is popular, is it still evil?" is basically the defining social question of our time.

"Lord make me chaste but not yet" is like one of the only things st. Augustine ever said that you could also imagine Rodney Dangerfield saying

The replies really drive home how fucking stupid these people are. No data… just vibes. I think the actual number (remembering a W. Bush era study) is around $1.30, but the point is that those benefits create a market for food that otherwise rots. So it helps farmers, and truckers, and retailers.

yes

Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for. Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.

Yeah this is completely deranged. Among other things: - a billion dollar payment - Much more aggressive anti-diversity rules than required by law, including arguably forbidding stuff the Supreme Court explicitly said was permissible in SFFA (Cont)

How does the Times know Trump was joking rather than describing the state of things? They can't commit to describing outrageously racist language as racist, or calling a situation that checks every every box on the "genocide" form is genocide. I'm surprised they'll conclude floods are made of water.

I think about this a lot.

All in all, I don't know Brian Kelly taking the LSU job was the best thing to do for his legacy.

This is a huge test of our democracy. What happens next will set the tone for 2028. We have arrived at the moment that everyone has been warning us about. We are about to learn if the few guardrails remaining will prevail and if a man who has done so much damage will leave office peacefully.

Orphan Annie: Hardcore conservative, pro-Business Plot Popeye: Lifelong Democrat aligned with the party's labor wing Dick Tracy: Thomas Dewey Republican The Shadow: Conservative but internationalist. FDR voter thru 44 Dagwood Bumstead: Largely apolitical, votes for whomever his wife tells him to.

I once did standup before my friend's hardcore band took the stage and somehow that wasn't a worse opening act decision than this.

Dudes have seldom rocked harder than this dude

South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days. That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

The Bears made this extremely unexceptional DC their head coach and everyone was like "Okay, I guess. It's the Bears, who cares?"

George Will’s observation that most of the staff at the National Review hated Nixon until it was established that he was a crook is the skeleton key to the next 50 years of American conservatism

I don't think this fella should have a gun and a badge.

Theory one: Trump is going nuts/senile Theory two: The difference between resisting briefing from qualified professionals and not even having qualified professionals around really makes a difference - Trump's information environment is pure garbage now. I'm all in on theory two.

Sounds like it’s the GOP that’s playing politics with people’s livelihoods. Hold the line, Dems.

complete batshit insanity

Elon Musk heard the title of Cory Doctorow’s book and decided it was a dare.

1. They usually don’t pay people to work 45 days before courses start, so, you know 2. But also, if I have the previous term’s syllabus available, they’re welcome to it 3. And I am not scared to show my syllabus to anyone.