On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.

they’ll never admit it but the transphobic agenda end point is murder of trans people. the transphobe wants society alienated away from us, repulsed by us, so disturbed by us that the only thing that can enter their mind is our literal eradication

"His frustration with Bibi Netanyahu was well covered....But Biden just misread the nation’s support for Israel as an endless, fixed object, and missed how much the ongoing visuals were seeping into the public consciousness."

Today’s premium newsletter is part 1 of my "What If...We're In An AI Bubble?" series, covering the scenarios that could burst the bubble - starting with token-based billing's destruction of most AI products, and the slow collapse of data center construction. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-what...

On this day in 1985, the city of Philadelphia went to war against its own citizens. I wrote about it for @teenvogue.com back in 2020: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

LOL! Chelsea Handler lit these MAGA fools up! Tony Hinchcliffe didn’t like it. GOOD!! 😆🤣🤣 #KevinHartRoast

Cruz tried to insult AOC for working as a bartender before Congress. AOC gracefully reminded him there is nothing shameful about honest work. The real arrogance is looking down on working people. #SheShed

"The biggest donor in the midterm elections is not Elon Musk, or George Soros, or any of the other billionaires who are often thought to wield the fattest wallets in politics. It is a venture capital firm: Andreessen Horowitz."

His music was great. His mind was even better.

America didn’t turn ugly because he became President. No. He became President because America was already this ugly. That’s the uncomfortable truth nobody wants to admit.

Rod Stewart to King Charles on his visit with Trump: “Hello, sir. May I say well done in the Americas. You were superb. Absolutely superb. You put that little rat bag in his place.”

Really important info here. Thanks for the deep dive.

Me! I am one of those academics and you can be one too!

Yep. This whole thing kicked off in the 70’s specifically because of desegregation. Fuck Paul Weyrich.

"Looking back now, it’s clear that the desire to undo the Civil Rights Era — and even restore the Confederacy to a place of honor — never disappeared. It was sometimes set to the side and reshaped, but they kept the fire burning with unwavering attention."

Because of course he did. newrepublic.com/post/210174/...

The wildest thing about the release of new files on UFOs is that Donald Trump was mentioned in the Epstein files over 38,000 times.

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Someone asked a bunch of kids what the first thing was that cane to mind when they thought about Trump. Their answers are priceless. Check out the video.

Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.

BREAKING: 🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet… It reads: “Iran is 12 days away from developing a nuclear weapon.”

Codifying Roe, passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and holding members of this administration criminally accountable are important goals, but none of it sticks without Supreme Court reform.

Activists in NYC projected a message on the side of Jeff Bezos’ $120 million penthouse ahead of the Met Gala. “Shame on you, Jeff Bezos.”

Picked this up at the library today. 2 chapters in and I LOVE it.

Jeff Bezos and his wife are the lead sponsors of tonight's Met Gala. Now seems like a good time to remind folks of all the ways Bezos is shafting American consumers and Amazon workers — and how his wealth is putting our democracy at risk. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos

Sorry I didn’t post video on May Day- but I was busy arguing for press rights with an -out of control LAPD. Earlier in the day they cuffed both Alexis & William. After arresting LA Press Club attorney Weston Rowland- they arrested my colleague Nick Stern and refused to let me take his cameras.

Having a blast and whatnot at the Met Gala.

Mayor Mamdani Is Not Going To The Met,Instead He's Spotlighting Those Who Sustain New Yorks Fashion! Mamdani Says "The REAL Glamour,Are Garment Workers, Laborers,Union Organizers And The Delivery Drivers" end quote!

Oh, I *do* hope this gets back to the people who will be booking tables at all the popular and chic restaurants on Martha's Vineyard this summer.

🔥 #MetGala

The fire fatality rate for occupants of the hideous Cybertruck is 13 times higher than was that of the infamous Ford Pinto. You might want to share this data with any owners of these rolling death traps you might encounter in your daily roaming about.

Shit, my best year is this fucker’s minute. But sure, assholes, this is on me for not having hustle…

In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. That’s $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median American’s weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).

Jeff & Lauren Sanchez are the lead sponsors and honorary chairs of the Met Gala anntelnaes.substack.com/p/lead-spons...

Saying this now, just in case - - New Yorkers hated Giuliani on 9/10, couldn't wait to get rid of him - Giuliani was in the street on 9/11 bc the Command Center at 7WTC was destroyed (he put it there to be near Judi Nathan) - Giuliani killed 343 firemen by forcing cheap radios on them

Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “This is an attempt to stop majority Black communities from being able to elect representatives who look like them. Which was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act.”

Hours later, LAPD just arrested Weston Rowland, an attorney who is involved in the LA press club lawsuit against LAPD for violating press rights. Cc @adamrose.bsky.social @westonrowland.bsky.social

It’s astounding that Zelensky survived a full-scale war without ever having a ballroom.

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If Charles Manson had managed to get the proper introductions, he could have gone from real estate to reality tv to the Presidency and I think the 2026 outcome would have been exactly the same. Maybe better.

I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.

So many people urge us to vote if we are dissatisfied with our democracy. And yes voting matters. But as today’s Supreme Court ruling tells us, it’s not that simple. Not everyone who should have the right to vote can exercise that right.

Even when people do vote, republicans do everything the can to stymie progress. Or undo the results. Or flagrantly gerrymander. We have to start coming up with something better than Vote. That isn’t going to cut it.

It is hard to overstate the damage done by the Supreme Court today. By narrowing the scope of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to only cases of "intentional discrimination", an impossible standard to meet, the conservative supermajority has effectively legalized modern-day voter suppression.

Here’s my piece on the “now-completed demolition” of the Voting Rights Act in @thenation.com The VRA is the most important piece of legislation in American history. It more than anything is what ended American-style apartheid. And now Republicans have killed it.

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

A Supreme Court so fundamentally hostile to the rights of minority voters places the Court at odds with democracy itself. This is the legacy of Chief Justice John Roberts. I opposed his nomination back in 2005, and I stand by that.

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Hooe That's Filed Under,Promises Made,And Becomes,Promises KEPT, Senator Chris Murphy.......