Pinocchiogles is pretty good.

This is a point that I wish Dems would hammer aggressively everywhere. They didn't "lift people off" jack shit. They kicked off people who needed support. Also, food prices are increasing.

OK, so... this isn't going to happen, but "we're going to shoot crypto-bros into space" is the best possible sales pitch for SpaceX.

I've found this to be one of the most fascinating sagas in American culture right now. Fender is the dominant American brand in guitar manufacturing, but they're basically lighting their brand on fire to attack mom-and-pop builders over a design Fender hasn't trademarked. guitar.com/news/industr...

One of the things that has really accelerated Trump's deterioration with the middle and right (he has lost significant traction among GOP-but-not-MAGA identified voters, and collapsed with even right-leaning independents) is that he doesn't listen to explicit signaling from the congressional GOP.

I'm glad he mentioned this, because this is *by far* the most interesting autopsy that has ever been written about a Presidential campaign, and ultimately its core finding (appeal to non-white voters) was totally ignored in favor of Trumpism, which got Trump elected twice.

Understanding David Frum requires recognizing that he has spent his entire career among white evangelicals. That is the morass that swallowed the RJC and the GOP Republicans, people who didn't understand that the rising GOP likes David Duke more than David Frum. His only refuge is hating Muslims.

The best argument against releasing the autopsy is that the people who write these autopsies are predictable dipshits and we knew this is the kind of nonsense they’d say.

I generally like @repvindman.bsky.social But this is an utterly indefensible vote and saying “I supported it because I support parents rights” is trash. vindman.house.gov/2026/05/20/v...

Worth adding here that Judiciary Committee includes Tillis and Cornyn. (Also Moody, who probably doesn’t want to have these votes either.)

They added an update that at least one prosecutor spoke to a juror outside of the jury room, which is pretty bad. We’ll see how bad the whole grand jury transcript looks… I’m going to guess very bad.

I want to teach a seminar on modality that pulls apart "necessarily, persons who hold/manifest the belief that same-sex activity is sinful necessarily have negative attitudes towards gay people," b/c TBH... this passage illustrates the practical consequences of being sh*t at metaphysics.

We're getting to the point where these votes on crazy Trump demands could really hurt incumbent GOP Senators no matter how they vote... Collins, Moody, Sullivan, Husted, Cornyn, even Ricketts know they're going to get whacked either way on this stuff, but it's going to get worse, closer to Nov.

Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...

NYT: "no one has ever thought of teaching ranching at university" Every ag school: um, would you like to meet our cows NYT: "No, not like that. More romantic. More dilletante. Ugh, we're not /farmers/."

There is an oft-repeated truism that most American Jews are “pro-Israel, anti-Netanyahu”. Today’s poll shows that nearly 1/4 of American Jews do not support Israel as a Jewish state, in other words, are not recognizably Zionist. It’s well past time to rethink our assumptions

Extremely relevant today - our new report on the state of the rule of law in America brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-t... Most notably, 91% of legal experts say Trump's DOJ provides favors or benefits to his allies, including 56% of legal conservatives. Findings thread below; please read & share.

Prong 3 all day every day

"Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic." 🎁 article

At this point, the hypocrisy meter could power Musk's Mars Mission.

They’re really did a digital weekend at Bernie’s with Frederica Wilson. This is really gross. I guess I’m glad she’s back, but JFC retire.

The more he publicly discusses his politics, the more it is clear that Bezos is not very smart and can’t read the room.

This is a point of obvious asymmetry in the media ecosystem. When it’s about Democrats, it’s seen as a monolith among young people. For Republicans, it’s a divide. As a matter of fact (borne out in polling and cases), the reverse is true. The young GOP just are overwhelmingly white supremacists.

This says the former sheriff and current Congressional candidate threatened to charge the woman he was sending dick pics to. This is not the first time Lamb has used his position as a lawman to smear those who have come forward with accusations against him.

Crazy that there's three impeachable/corruption stories on just one current news screen...

Here are the stories of some of the human beings who died horrific deaths from preventable disease because Trump and Musk and their flunkies decided to murder them by gleefully destroying USAID and the entire global aid system:

Barney Frank hated trans women so much that he single handedly destroyed the fundraising base for National Stonewall Democrats because they opposed a trans-exclusionary carve out to the ENDA. He was also infamous for groping.

Over 1.3k comments, overwhelmingly in support of the student/against deadnaming. Overwhelmingly from locals and Mississippians. Transphobia isn't as popular among regular people as our political class thinks.

I dunno, Jeff. Let’s try it and find out.

Like Musk buying twitter, this is a brand-destroying decision.

Yeah. There are a lot of economic indicators and they range from “very bad” to “incoming asteroid.”

People defending this woman claim she’s only talking about Zionists, not all Jews. If you’re cool with her rants about how Jewish billionaires control Hollywood, run human trafficking networks & need to be put in internment camps & castrated because she also uses the word ‘Zionist’, you are an idiot

Great thread.

I guess it's good that people are finally starting to retract endorsements of this absolute 🦇💩 nonsense. Some groups haven't actually retracted endorsements. @citizensimpeachment.com scrubbed the FB page (results still show up on google, hence attached receipts), but it's still on insta.

A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr: In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation. Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3

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Yup. Good on Talarico. We really don’t need a Marjorie Taylor Blue.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war after GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, defeated in primary, switches to support it.

This is a critical point. The Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting was motivated by Great Replacement conspiracy theories. The Mosque shooters were also antisemitic conspiracy theorists. White supremacists tie bigotries together. They don’t (pardon me) discriminate.

NEW: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) offered amendment to block Trump’s newly-established $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded pot of money from "making any payments to convicted child predators" Multiple pardoned Jan 6 rioters have been accused of child abuse Amendment was blocked

Again, this is why it’s good when Dems challenge with serious candidates. The fact that Dems had a contested, profile-raising primary makes Talarico a visible candidate who can beat Paxton (as Crockett would’ve been too, had she won). Run good candidates, because the GOP nominates nutjobs.

One thing that must be a focus in tech is engaging employees at these companies and saying, “look at what the company is doing with your work.” It does make an impact, at Palantir and many other companies.

So… the T1 phone is a Chinese-made Wingtech Revvl 7 Pro 5G in a gold-colored case with something that’s almost an American flag on it. But it costs $300 more and has a worse plan attached. Peak Trump. youtu.be/8d8EojYVtCs?...

There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

Nobody is born Islamophobic. Islamophobic children are made and will continue to be made in a society that treats Islamophobia as a bipartisan norm and even sometimes social good. Islamaphobic children with access to guns are made possible by an Islamophobic society that loves guns.

In a way, this is a perfect illustration of AI in higher ed: administrators adopted an AI “solution” to a non-problem in order to make their lives easier and ultimately screwed over a large portion of their students.

If you can make a decision about whether it’s open or closed, then you don’t control it. Trump wants it open, but it’s not, because we don’t control it. But Navarro, the worst economist in American history, needs to push on futures markets.

Bush 43 was worse than this in ‘06, but not with the same “very strong disapproval” numbers. It’s also only May, and the trend line for Trump is straight down (while Bush actually improved slightly in the late summer).

Rep. Ogles: "Muslims don’t belong in American society," Rep. Fine on "mainstream Muslims": "I think you should destroy them first" Sen. Tuberville: "The enemy is inside the gates". Rep. Roy posted "No more Muslims" on his social media. None of them censured by Democrats. No penalty.

The significant majority of non-Christian houses of worship in this country have private security. (As do many Christian Churches, especially Black and Latino churches.) But this administration won’t investigate white supremacist terrorists. So they throw the onus on those targeted by terrorists.