Same.

Shout out to @mattnegrin.bsky.social, an early observer of the Flanaganiac phenomenon

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Our June issue is here, featuring @joanwalsh.bsky.social on Peggy Flanagan, @brycecovert.bsky.social on pregnant workers at Amazon, @davidfutrelle.bsky.social on the prediction marketfication of everything, Corey Robin on capitalism's long revolution, and more!

The radio host said Hakeem Jeffries should "get [his] cotton-picking hands off of Virginia" And this Republican congressmember, Jen Kiggans, enthusiastically replied "That’s right. Ditto, yes, yes to that” Retire bitch

“[W]e need a Supreme Court that is prepared to uphold a structure of laws that protect democracy in our country.” A tour de force from @sifill.bsky.social on why we need an expanded/constrained SCOTUS to save our democracy (& smash lawless white supremacy) open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

"they're here to kill us all" - strong words from the country's most brain dead senator, a highly-coveted and hotly-contested title

Democrats are doing something we've been begging them to do, so please pay attention.

Source: Peace talks faltering over Iran's refusal to investigate Hunter Biden, create no-show oil jobs for Eric and Don Jr.

There’s something so chilling about being a former politician on one’s death bed, having a clear portal to an existential, cosmic perspective on the meaning of life, and counseling everyone to ask for less. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

What keeps me sane is getting to profile emerging national leaders, and Minnesota's Peggy Flanagan, Ojibwe and Irish Catholic, is one of the most inspiring. Thanks to @thenation for giving me the time! www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Had the genuine pleasure of talking with @joanwalsh.bsky.social about Virginia things this morning www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Why are we here, everybody? Why are we here?

Full piece here: www.ms.now/opinion/medi...

ICE: “Any claim that there are subprime conditions at ICE Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma are FALSE." If that’s true, let our health inspectors in to investigate the 3,500 complaints about worms in food, being served raw meat, refusal to give medication, and much more.

"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence..Many ideas that enjoy enormous popularity among billionaires—cryogenic immortality, disregard for punctuation, the Antichrist—have scandalously been excluded from our labs and classrooms."

When Wisconsin women thrive—and when Wisconsin moms thrive—our families thrive, our communities thrive, and our state thrives.  After years of fighting to get this done, I was proud to sign this expansion into law for our state. captimes.com/news/governm...

All my Maine friends support him. I might well if I lived there. But they need to do their due diligence and check dumb shit like this. Where are you, Bernie?

I am tired of Democrats conceding that the only answer for racist laws is that we have to vote more and harder and better. That basically means Black Democrats, as well as Democrats of other races who live in multicultural districts. But mainly Black Democrats. 1/2 www.thenation.com/article/poli...

100% recommend Virginia's Dem-majority legislature do some version of this

This is the University of Central Florida. So many people really have no idea how much kids hate this shit.

If AOC is on one side & Cenk & Ryan Grim & Marge are on the other side it shouldn’t be difficult to figure out who’s speaking the truth & who’s a fucking Russian stooge asshole.

Yeah, I'm going to be optimistic. No time or space for doomerism right now. Tell it to your shrink or your friends or your cat, or scream it into your coffee mug, but keep it out of my yard. Thanks.

The three dissenting justices have the goods: "...today the majority has broadened the meaning of the word 'election,' as used in the Virginia Constitution, to include the early voting period. This is in direct conflict with how both Virginia and federal law define an election."

FEMA’s top official said that the “vast majority” of calls were answered during the deadly Texas floods. But new data indicates that the agency failed to answer 58% of the calls, and the average wait was 61 minutes at the peak.

Thank you, Zohran!

Every single time someone makes this claim they should be forced to provide just one (1) example of where this has happened.

A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.

Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate.

I would not single out Obama here (and the article actually doesn't), but this diagnosis is basically correct. The last three Democratic presidencies have really failed to react appropriately to the threat of a movement that has been radical since long before Trump. (1/n)

Biden's presidency and the aftermath we're living through should be enough to destroy the "let's the turn page, let's look forward, let's move on" mantra that has animated centrist Democrats for decades now. Accountability matters. There has to be a reckoning.

“.. Homes with foreclosure filings jump 26% in first quarter ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/hous...

"Phantom center" is brilliant.

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

Oh, I forgot to skeet out my newsletter on Friday. I tried to put the destruction of the VRA in context and I was *once again* forced to defend James Comey against my will. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Above all, Dems/libs should deal with Trump, the media, SCOTUS, Trump-friendly oligarchs, knee-bending institutions and more with this principle in mind: "We will not submit to being governed by unprincipled actors. We are taking notes, and you will pay a price." www.offmessage.net/p/dnc-sue-cb...

It’s May Day, and I am on vacation. What is the protocol here!

standing ovation after King Charles sings the praises of NATO and says "that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine"

I think it's a terrible thing for Republicans to accuse the Tea Party of being responsible for the 11 assassination attempts on Barack Obama is what every Democrat should say if a reporter tries to help the regime run this play.

Come, Let Us Celebrate What A Sh*tty Few Days Bari Weiss Has Had by @evanhurst.substack.com, whom you should be following www.wonkette.com/p/come-let-u...

I hate-read that New York Times story about disappointed Trump voters, even though I am on vacation, and now I hate myself. I could sit here all day and repost all of your witty posts but instead, I think I will go take a long walk!

Franceska also expected to be paying no tax. None.

Reading some of the replies from the NYT focus group, and I just can't fathom being one of those people and believing the things they say. "I thought he was the lesser of two evils." Ye gods. How evil do you think Kamala Harris could possibly be?!? Tell me you hate black women without telling me.

It's not my story to share but I actually saw him do something close to this to other women years ago when he actually had a semi-legit job. He is just an awful creep.

I’m glad the food went to far more deserving people.

Trump is directing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prioritize cases of discrimination against white men, but commission staff are "struggling to find complaints with merit"

I’m going back on the Nation Cruise this December, sailing across the Western Caribbean and analyzing what I hope will be the Democrats’ huge wins in the midterms. Please join me and an amazing group of speakers. There’s even a 10% early bird discount until April 30. nationcruise.com/pricing.htm

HARDER: What are the health harms of this repeal? ZELDIN: It could be 0 HARDER: You think doubling the amount of mercury pollution is going to result in 0 health harms?

At the risk of getting ahead of myself, I think congressional Republicans might force a short-notice vote on Trump’s palace ballroom, and that it’d be a terrible omen of the usual suspect Dems defected to provide them bipartisan cover. www.offmessage.net/p/do-not-aut...

In any assassination and terrorist event, it's important to have factual clarity about what happened. Alas, as with two earlier assassination attempts, Trump insists on muddying the water by lying. www.thenation.com/article/poli...