My latest essay… mo-husseini.medium.com/eating-dream...

Sound on for the raucous birthday celebration

On the plus side, there will be a statistically significant bump to the economic data once all of our Soros checks clear and we start spending our No Kings paycheck. . . . . . (Is joke, nerds.)

Literally NOTHING about being Israeli or being Palestinian makes you either better or worse than any other large group. There is a bog-standard distribution of angels and assholes in both.

Man, they got that jet painted fast!

The Great Writ (aka Habeas Corpus) has been a core and foundational bulwark against tyranny since BEFORE the Magna Carta. The Roberts Court will soon find itself standing limply between the Caesar they empowered and the Rubicon. Alea mox iacietur

“Do you not have a nice Blue suit?”

At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if you told me Pete Hegseth was in a SCIF streaming to Twitch.

Entertained by that people who r self-confessed "provocative" commentators or who take pride in "owning the libs", or who (just a random example) r proud of being "Politically Incorrect" are such fucking babies. You got played, ya dolt. Get the fuck over yourself. www.mediaite.com/news/bill-ma...

Is there a German word for the disappointment of waking up and scanning the news for a longed for event only to see it hasn’t happened?

Breaking News Anonymous sources confirm that Pete Hegseth shared battle plans on Roblox

i do not, in general, have a positive view of organized religions. They are too often a way for folks to unquestioningly contract out their moral and ethical thinking and (historically) tools of control and manipulation. That said, I am sad to hear of the passing of Pope Francis.

One of the best (and disturbing) things I've read in a bit (by the ever-awesome @joshtpm.bsky.social at @tpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scotu...

Florida shooting reporting proving the point:

This is kind of fascinating (at least as a scorecard): 1/27 He has refused his assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. True

Seems like as good a time as any to say that at least I took it seriously. I wish enough other people had. mo-husseini.medium.com/wake-up-and-...

"When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in..." "Oh... sorry. It already came." "What?" "Yep. Already here." "But I was told there'd be signs..." "Yeah, sorry about that. There were signs. You just missed them."

My latest piece on Medium: An Open Letter mo-husseini.medium.com/an-open-lett...

Just spitballing here, but what if we made certain categories of folks wear something... (some kind of colorful badge or patch maybe) so that ICE could identify them and ship them off with greater efficiency? /sarcasm We are weeks away from this kind of thinking.

American innovation at its best

word of the day: dedollarization noun /ˌdiːˌdɒləraɪˈzeɪʃən/ (British) /ˌdiːˌdɑːlərəˈzeɪʃən/ (American) The process by which a country reduces its reliance on the US dollar in its financial system, foreign trade, or reserves, typically in favor of other currencies or a national one.

I think one of the greatest and most bizarre ironies of the MAGA approach to governance and financial policy is that they are (counter-intuitively and very much against their desires) bringing about the end of any international sense of American exceptionalism...

The only time I will deadname is “Gulf of Mexico”

It's so deeply insulting and disrespectful that President Zelenskyy would come to meet the President of the United States in combat fatigues. He should followed MAGA protocol and dressed like a desiccated Peter-Pan has-been cosplaying as Elvis cosplaying as a washed-up NASCAR driver.

So many of the least equipped to weather the coming turmoil are about to get the economy they voted for. We're on the threshold of a punishing, painful object lesson on the self-defeating impact of isolationism, protectionism, and tariffs in a global economy. Buckle up, buttercup. It's gonna suck.

I think it is entirely possible that the knuckleheads in the Admin want Greenland for it's agricultural resources. "It's says 'GREEN' in the name, dumbass!"

They are going to fucking break Social Security into a million fucking pieces and then complain that it's not working and that we should get rid of it. It's not some subtle 7-dimensional Space Chess game. They're playing tic-tac-toe.

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Just got added to a group chat with JD Vance where he's rating IKEA couches for the grippiness of the gap between the cushions.

if you’re every feeling bad about a decision that you made… reminding yourself that at least you didn’t buy a Cybertruck is a good way to put things in perspective.

It is certainly indicative of ‘something’, that MAGA politicians are… …stepping up to condemn attacks on Tesla vehicles…. …while cheering on with foam-mouthed-glee the attacks on their fellow citizens. Priorities, I guess.

I post as something like therapy. Getting ideas out of my head and into words is helpful in that it allows me to 'move on' from the thoughts. I am humbled and gratified when it resonates with folks and I'm always happy to discuss ideas and arguments. That said... (continues below)

Hmm... it's almost like when Zelenskyy said Putin wasn't trustworthy he wasn't lying. Strange.

Teslauntergangsfreude (n.) /ˈtɛzlaˌʊntɐɡaŋsˌfʁɔʏdə/ Etymology From Tesla (company name) + Untergang (downfall, collapse) + Freude (joy).

If it's not entirely obvious by now: Netanyahu neither wants peace nor a resolution. Netanyahu wants to maintain his grip on power. Hamas neither wants peace nor a resolution. Hamas just wants to maintain its grip on power.

Chief Justice John Roberts enters the FO stage of the FAFO cycle. "Look, when we said you could do whatever you wanted without consequences or judicial overview, we meant 'to other people.'"

More of this, please and thank you (gift link) wapo.st/4hCaa4E

We will remember:

It’s abundantly clear that Chuck Schumer is neither Palestinian nor Jewish… In my experience, we’re both pretty good (maybe too good) at fighting for what we believe in.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

As a Palestinian, I have been authorized to decline Trump's offer to trade Chuck Schumer to our team. We've got enough problems and our "shitty strategist" quota is filled, thanks.

Harry Reid's literally lifeless corpse would be a more effective and inspiring leader of the Senate Democrats.

I'm deeply shocked to hear that Senate Democrats have capitulated and that the caucus is currently discussing the best way to cradle Trump's nuts as they blow him to completion. #VichyDemocrats

"So our plan is to ceremonially pretend we oppose the CR by suggesting a vote on our proposal which will absolutely fail, and then we will roll over and support their proposal but give our members the ability to pretend they opposed it." NO! Shut it down. Just like they do. #FuckingToddlers

There are precious few problems (read: none) that this country is facing for which the solution is "Rahm Emmanuel"

It's gonna be interesting watching folks trying to explain 'stagflation' in the months to come... Escalating egg prices AND recessionary trends FTW!