Massie: "I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is gonna get embarrassed because he went to Rape Island. That is what they have coming. In fact, they need to be on the other side of bars, a lot of them."

A queen

I thought it was just me 😭

Oh wow. Anyone who frequently interacts with mentally ill individuals (Yes, public defenders and defense attorneys, I mean you) needs to read this thread. The random all caps words and strange underlines in handwritten screeds won’t be automatic tells in this brave new world we are building.

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

RFK Jr.: ‘The President Having Sex With Children Is Fine From A Purely Nutritional Standpoint’

Look, sometimes posting here can be a grind, but you have to jump in feet first and everything will come out fine on the other side

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

if you really want leadership to take you seriously on the primary front you've got to knock off some prominent figures - remember when Eric Cantor went down to Dave Brat? this is going to be an uphill battle but I'm glad he's going for it

I refuse to believe politicians are forgetting how rancid MTG is. Sure we can have a big tent but we do not need to welcome someone like her. Please everyone get a fucking hold of yourselves.

Today appears to be a draft a reply then delete because I don’t want to actually join that discussion day.

A discussion sparked by a piece whose opening argument was that Larry Summers was the tragic, rational victim of a feminized woke mob

I was a criminal defense attorney in Florida for many years. Consensual sex between a 22 year old teacher and 16 year old student in Florida is punishable by Life in Prison. People REALLY need to not admit to Life Felonies on social media. JFC.

Just to pick up on this: One reason my mates and i loved playing Star Wars as kids was BECAUSE it threw out all these references to events that weren't explained. We were used to adults around us doing that IRL about WW2 or whatever. So it didn't feel weird. It made the universe feel REAL.

I got an actual "Your silence on this subject is deafening" message this AM, so, super-quick: Nobody here owes anyone commentary about anything. This is a public park. It's full of interesting people. We hang out here, make friends, and chat, and then we leave to do whatever it is we do. That's it!

Apropos of nothing, thinking about the power outages we suffered while living in Gujarat.

Be kind. Pass along. Share with a friend.

@stevenmarsh.bsky.social I feel like you could do something amazing and/or appalling with this lede.

Here it is, from @clairewillett.bsky.social

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com

Happy 55th Annual ‘Oregon Blew Up a Whale’ Day, to all who celebrate

Shout out to everyone completely demoralized about the state of the world who still manages to get out of bed each morning. And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.

Maxwells compliance with Trump also has to be viewed through the lens that Maxwell could reasonably assume that Trump ordered that Jeffrey Epstein be killed while he was in prison.

this is correct. like unironically completely seriously yes this is what happened bsky.app/profile/robj...

SCHUMER: Well, I—for one—am touched by this act of generosity. Perhaps one day, all of humanity will know the saying “Be welcoming of Greeks bearing gifts.”

THANK YOU, Veterans! On Veterans Day, I’d like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to every Veteran in Georgia and across the nation who has served our country with honor. As the son of a veteran, I couldn’t be more thankful for your service and sacrifice.

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

That said I am lifting up the Senators who I KNOW fought, like my own @vanhollen.senate.gov. We need to press those Senators to demand a different kind of leadership internally. There’s still a lot more work ahead and we need the leadership to be chastened.

I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.

Evergreen.

This is nice. I needed some good or at least not-bad news today.

There will be some "Wow you can't make these people happy" sentiment but what's really happening is the Dems are beginning to reap the consequences of not really believing in anything. Choreographed maneuvers, too clever by half talking points. People have just had it

In 1932 the SPD Germans really showed everyone with the "We'll see how this Hitler guy does in 1936!" strategy.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

@ossoff.senate.gov This is pretty basic. I sincerely hope that you are being unfairly maligned by these rumors that you are surrendering. Please fight for us. If you aren’t going to fight for us, step aside for someone who will.

Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”

Absolutely disgusted with @ossoff.senate.gov . I thought he was better than this. I hope we see a primary challenger who will actually fight for us.

Left messages for Ossoff and Schumer. Told Ossoff that I expect better from him, told Schumer that I’m sure this is just a rumor to make him look bad because you would have to be crazy to give up after the last protest and the Tuesday polls, but I won’t give any money until he’s gone if it’s true.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

I just got this as well, report it and do not click the link!

As I block someone on TikTok: If you use Generative AI, I don’t want your opinion on anything. It means less than nothing to me. Your taste is rancid with the corruption of billionaires and empty of thought and interest. You are alike in critical thought to a rock on a lake shore.

haha @swapnakrishna.com texted the group chat this exact thing this morning and we have been celebrating tbh

Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day to all who celebrate. Five years now since the funniest political moment of my entire life.

if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.