The President of the United States says he doesn't care about your financial situation. Meanwhile, his net worth has increased by several billion dollars.

FWIW this is why, in The Originalism Trap, I say it's imperative for us to reject the idea that the Court has a monopoly on constitutional interpretation we can push for an emancipatory vision of the Constitution instead of the Supreme Court's neoconfederate nonsense bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

My god this is dumb. Not even addressing the concerted right wing attack on Fauci and the CDC, the anti-vax crap, the disinfo, the utter lack of understanding about how science and medicine work. And great job picking a name for a show that already exists. Really helps your SEO.

Notice that this characterizes Charlie Kirk’s murderer as a “radical who espoused extreme transgender ideology” even tho Tyler Robinson is a cisgender white man and the only (maybe) transgender person in this case is a witness who is cooperating with the prosecution and went into witness protection.

It's hard to believe, but this really is the official position of our country's Very Serious Financial Analysts: "it would simply be too horrible if the strait stays closed, so ... [closes eyes tight, taps heels together] ... it won't!"

Once again, they insisted Obama was a narcissist because he used the pronoun "I" in speeches too much. But this? This is fine.

Happy Dungeon Crawler Carl day to all who celebrate

Not really the point, but in what world does Trump get attack someone for being fat? His chubby, McDonalds loving ass ain't exactly svelte

one theme running through toby's essay that i think deserves more emphasis is this: reactionary centrists like starmer are simultaneously bullying towards their own supporters and grovelling towards their opponents. it is this abject lack of self-respect that makes them seem so weak

This is what they think they got on AOC. Century-level high on your own supply right now. Those court decisions got them juiced.

This is excellent:

The Democratic default is: "We can't do that because what if xxxxxxxx happens?" The Republican default is: "Just do it because we'll win, and fuck everyone."

He’s so close to getting back to this

But as the Supreme Court tells us, unless he spells out the N-word aloud in pig Latin five times while simultaneously applying his hand makeup with his eyes closed, one can’t call this tirade racist.

One reason FDR's court-packing plan failed to catch on is that the Supreme Court was perceived by many Americans as apolitical and therefore a victim of unwarranted aggression from the president. This court, however, is nakedly partisan. And any Democrat in power should be saying so early and often

every warning light on his dashboard is blazing

He’s more incoherent lately, obsessed with dumb pet projects, double swollen hand bruises, and so so sleepy. Circling the drain.

The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.

Harris/Walz would’ve won if those fucking establishment consultant hacks had just gotten out of the way and let them say “These freaks are weird!” every day for three months and you’ll never convince me otherwise

Part of the problem: there are no Dem-aligned media organizations that can run a story into the ground the way Fox News could back in the day, and force everyone else to run second-order stories on how politicians/etc are reacting.

“Inevitable” The automobile was inevitable b/c the PEOPLE wanted it The personal computer was inevitable b/c the PEOPLE wanted it The internet was inevitable b/c the PEOPLE wanted it The smartphone was inevitable b/c the PEOPLE wanted it AI isn’t inevitable b/c THE PEOPLE DON’T FUCKING WANT IT!

Even the WSJ doesn't publish this kind of thinly veiled drivel

I wasn't as plugged in (being in high school and all) but did the Bush admin do this with Clinton? Just blame them for every little thing going wrong years after that admin was out of power?

"The rest of the state is conservative!" Okay, but this one part isn't, and you're screwing those people over because 1. you're racist, 2. you only believe that Republicans should be in power, and 3. you don't care about democracy.

What's happening here is that "conservative" is being used for white, just like segregationists claimed that Jim Crow laws applied to everyone equally but benefited racial majorities. I hope trying to gerrymander out Clyburn in a 47% district gets that across.

Just two conservatives hanging out, being wrong about shit, lying about actually being liberals.

What if you made an entire senate office out of cringe?

It sure the fuck is not your job to even be concerned with teen boy sperm count. The fuck is wrong with these people?

*sits backwards on a chair* kids, let me tell you about one of the greatest nights on twitter, they called her the Throat Goat of Hollywood and she became First Lady...

“For the good of society, your son will work in the trades. Oh, my son? My son will be a titan of politics and industry. For the good of society, your daughter will be a tradwife. Oh, my daughter? My daughter will host a lucrative rightwing podcast.”

This goes hand-in-hand with Dems running on bipartisanship. Does the GOP ever want to work with the left? Do they ever ask Dems for help on crucial policy or do they call them commies, enemies and pedos instead? We tried this in 2009 and it resulted in a lot of mediocre, watered down legislation

The VRA and Virginia decisions should be a learning moment for Dem opponents of zero-sum street fighting against Republicans. There’s a lot in this piece about what these corrupt judges revealed about themselves and the institutional right. But this is the key. www.offmessage.net/p/republican...

important thing to note here is dr oz cites a current american replacement rate of 1.5, which is not true. the american replacement level in 2025 was 1.79. interestingly, the white replacement rate is in fact at 1.5 though

They're not going to stop with trans. They've realized that they can get away with just about anything if they claim to be protecting "the children." If they roll back gay marriage, they won't stop there either. There is no fucking accommodating these people, they must be defeated & marginalized.

Needing to win by 4 points nationally to get a bare majority in the House of Representatives due to partisan gerrymandering is (1) unfair, (2) a sign of America’s democratic backsliding, and importantly (3) doable.

The good news is that Dems have been running up the score in special and off year elections. Trump and GOP policies are toxic and its a super easy story for even a mid-level communicator to tell (illegal Iran war + tariffs + rich tax cuts = higher gas & everything else).

Yesterday was National Train Day, so here's a map of the Midwest overlaid with France's high-speed rail network. Haters say the US is too big for HSR, but there are many regions perfectly suited for it. A network centered on Chicago could connect Milwaukee, STL, Detroit, Indy... even Nashville!

This man's brain is pudding. He has absolutely no idea what he's talking about and his advisor is a brain damaged environmental lawyer pushing bullshit for clout while getting people killed with bunk medical science.

two things. 1. when the trump administration says that something is “illegal DEI” they are saying “you don’t deserve this” 2. the practical effect of destroying the VRA is to make it nearly futile for these americans to get relief from congress

Outkick's brand of shitty right wing sports rage bait sucking eating shit warms my heart.

🔥 HAYES: “You get the pattern here, right? One after another… so there’s no Black members of Congress left in the states of the old Confederacy. They want a New Jim Crow, now they have a blessing from the Supreme Court.” #Tennessee #Memphis @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

Sure sure, but have you considered that the things you want to do are wildly unpopular and have made the country actively shittier? Not to mention you're abdicating your responsibility as a check on the rampant corruption in the White House?

The "everyone is 12" theory remains undefeated.

I just want one reporter to ask these people what specific readings they did to understand the Founders' intents. Where did your oaths come from? What did you think when you read those specific words? I'm tired of motherfuckers who haven't done the intellectual labor running their fucking mouths.

Saw a video of an influencer blaming high food prices on people with SNAP benefits (most of whom are children, veterans, elderly, and the disabled). People who don't know WTF they're talking about really need to STFU.

Under President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.

I used to be a WaPo Opinions video editor, and if a video didn't have 100 views within the first five minutes of publishing on Youtube, I would've considered it an embarrassing failure. Fortunately didn't happen much!

Man has really gone off the deep end in the past six-seven years.

'it's really OK for them to be loyal to the person that appointed them' should be all Democratic Senators need to hear from Trump to categorically oppose Trump's judicial nominees