My kinda vaguely reactionary preference is in genre fiction but goes beyond to other medias, even some sports fandoms: so many progressive groups have a mindset of “memorize all apologetics for our love, know all critics’ mistakes and villainies, defend with relentless vigor”, and it SUCKS.

Part of why I hate on CNL so much is because I do think a hardline ~Georgist, pro-immigrant, urbanist organization would be an enormous asset to the democratic party. Instead I see something desperate to trip over its own shoes and blame the left. It's pathetic

they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American

You thought he was C-3PO, but it turns out he was R2-MeTooed

Is this Lewis jumping, or being pushed?

WaPo's editorial board pines for a world that no longer exists: one in which liberals can be cowed out of responding to GOP tactics by accusations of "hypocrisy." That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.

My condolences to those of you who have been forced to learn about Scottsdale

The psychotic 2024 Immigration Bill where we gave Republicans literally everything they wanted is a good example of this.

All the complaints about her campaign are basically stupid nitpicks and the people convinced they’d have changed EVERYTHING by adjusting the words in her ads or whatever are out of their minds. Trump’s support was built out of years of irresponsible false nostalgia for his hellish first presidency

Yep. We simply don't have the capability to stop Republicans from being execssively evil at this moment. That said, you can message that a heck of a lot better than Democrats have. (See DeLauro's abhorrent statement)

80% of the political posts on this site are some variation of a combination of these two mutually exclusive tenets: 1. i would simply not be in the minority 2. i would simply not do anything necessary to achieving the majority

incredible photojournalism. I'm in awe.

“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said. “Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back. “Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”

they are executive branch employees, their courts do not require the defendants to be offered legal representation, they do not have juries, they are an abomination

It should be legal because my preferences and values don't need the force of law, and also I'm judging you for sucking up cocaine like it's sugar.

where is the lie, I ask you www.foxnews.com/media/jd-van...

Cabbages were the model trains of the ancient world. Send skeet.

They're slowly learning. Once you've paid the danegeld, you'll never be rid of the dane.

Ah yes. DADT, a policy opposed for not going far enough by noted liberal radical and Air Force Major General *checks notes* Barry Goldwater.

YOU CANNOT BE A UNITED STATES SENATOR IN PRIVATE

There are 2 types of manufacturing support engineers. Those who want an answer, and those who want a solution.

Absalom Jones was and is a legend of Black History, Episcopal history and American history. His legacy will never be erased. Born enslaved, he was a co-conspirator in helping form what we now know as the “Black Church”. St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in Philly is his church.

like, I’m aware enough to know that telling the caucus “we’re gonna stand unapologetically for pathways to citizenship over deportation” will cause hisses and howls from marginal members and worry about future GOP negotiations. Tough! We’re putting a foot down, and we’re not alone!

Trafficking 16 year olds is a crime in every civilized state on Earth (and in the Union). And more beside, it's morally repugnant beyond description in mortal language.

DIB NEEDS DEMAND STABILITY SIGNALS OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME NOT JUST A ONE TIME CASH INFLUX

Look, I'm record as saying our defense budget is too low. But this is psychotic.

the thing is that even the most monstrous governments possible contained a lot of people doing unambiguously good and necessary work because the modern state does a lot of things. there were civil engineers under Stalin

almost needless to say, but most lawyers and law firms do not have these problems! not even public defenders have to worry "is my client suddenly in a Louisiana prison, with no warning"

"This is how men behave." Nope. Don't drag the rest of us into your world, creep.

No, this is just 60s/70s New Left bs that turned into Reaganism. The Federal Government is good. The Republicans are bad.

another victory for “large, faceless institutions are Good, Actually”, many such cases

If you are a professional sharing a household with another professional you likely make more than $206,900/yr, making you better off than 80% of American households.

If your household, not you, all of the income earners in your household, make over $130,500/yr, you are better off than 60% of American households.

Genuinely pretty damn good. The GOP still holds both chambers, SCOTUS, and the vacant Resolute Desk, so this is already quite a lot. But it also massively limits the potential evils of DHS. #8 would allow AGs like Kris Mayes to sue concerning the concentration camps.

I cannot emphasize how much sous vide is both fancy and cooking on easy mode. The give on the cooking time is measured in hours.

But... WHY.

Genuinely, why hasn't this promoted contempt hearings?

Charismatic speakers do not speak "like regular people" they speak "like how regular people wish they could speak."

If I were to condense down Lessons of Zohran into 2-3 principles, it would be something like 1. Do the actual work, hit the actual doors. 2. Have a real-ass film production team, with a vision and confidence 3. Love my bean-counters, we need you elsewhere, but: we're picking for real-ass charisma

Just want to reiterate that before WW1 the idea that you would even have to have so much as a passport to cross a border was seen as a hopelessly backwards relic of serfdom "Borders" in the Bible are not at all the "borders" constructed by the 20th and 21st centuries

I’ve said before that Trump is the perfect distillation of everyone you hated in high school whereas Vance is the perfect distillation of everyone you hated in college. Vance’s problem is that high school assholes will never identify with college assholes.

... I didn't even know this was possible without Depression level economic collapse.

broadly, the capitalist class seems like they are under this mass delusion that power in liberal democracy can be exercised overtly without backlash and i really think they are going to find out why that’s not the case soon.

turns out when Bezos suggested "democracy dies in darkness" it was a goal, not a slogan

"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years

I read the Post daily as a kid. That Post is dead, and Bezos is slowly incinerating the corpse.

Oh cool. We've got full spectrum Psychological Warfare going