👇🎯 Today in “Juan Linz was right & presidentialism was a grave mistake.” In a proper normal functioning democracy, all it would take is a few members of parliament crossing party lines in a no confidence vote & this would already all be over.

An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

Also I rather suspect the academic achievement gap - boys now trail girls substantially in the aggregate - has a lot to do with these sorts of attitudes pushing male teachers out of primary school education. It is bad and false to tell boys and men that they aren't and cannot be nurturers.

These absolute clowns genuinely believe that everything can be solved by being more cruel and brutal and manly and strong and that problems are caused primarily by not being those things. This applies to *every single thing.* interpretation of their actions must take this into account.

🧵 Today in "neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party"

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

I think it’s important to understand Kirk Week as a preview for Trump

One of the more emotionally affecting things of my transition was hearing of a cis woman saying it felt empowering to know that in a world like ours that so routinely hates women, there are people who actively choose to be one and find worth and value in that choice

this is what i wore today btw

Trump is clearly not fit to serve. That’s why I am co-sponsoring a 25th Amendment bill with @raskin.house.gov. Our country cannot afford having a madman in power.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

This is a story about how your phone makes you crazy when it starts to replace normal social relationships

literally every day my wife or I go outside with our daughter people go out of their way to be friendly, offer aid or a kind word, no matter where we've traveled. it's nice to remember that hostility as default mode of interaction is not destiny, much as it benefits some to pretend it is

some things about becoming a parent are radicalizing in ways I expected - e.g being reminded viscerally how screwed we'd all be if childcare and other care work disappeared. but other things are radicalizing in ways I didn't - like experiencing constant spontaneous solidarity in ways big and small

Okay I want to just pause for a minute and appreciate the *TWO* little girls hugging President Obama in this picture

You always have to pay attention to what is actually happening, not what Trump says is happening. Because Trump lies about everything. Too often media serves as Trump’s daily stenographer, passing along his propaganda verbatim.

[0004681] Ghosts killed during Fell Mood

Depriving Trump of high quality underlings by stigmatizing association with him has been very successful www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Just because Caitlyn Jenner is an objectively horrible person doesn’t mean it’s okay to deadname her. Please don’t.

Yet another sad reminder that there is a two-tiered justice system in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.

Ten years & they still can't figure this out. The only possible explanation left is that it is intentional.

Cenk’s smart enough to know that “Patriots versus Israelis” is just Die Volk versus Die Juden rephrased and that makes doing it unforgivable. It’s a play for the Fuentes set, and that he feels the need to go after that group to make money and gain followers should tell you something’s rotten.

there is this too, they’ve become so insulated that they think this is a relatable freak out topic the country is flipping its shit about grocery prices and they’re like “whomst among us does not have a second penthouse in New York City”

that they are freaking out this badly over a surtax on second homes worth more than five million dollars - the most excessive rich person thing imaginable, which doesn’t even affect most of them - really makes it clear how little attention you need to pay to the freak outs

excuse me using my phone to take a photo of my laptop screen but since we’re on the topic, as this book from 1833 neatly demonstrates, yes, gargoyle and gargle share an etymology background

Albert Einstein giving a lecture on relativity at Lincoln University - Pennsylvania in 1946 (the first degree-granting black college in the U.S.) Despite Einstein’s celebrity status his visit to Lincoln was largely ignored by the mainstream media.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now

The Art of War is very funny once you understand it for what it actually is, which is Warfare 101 For Dipshit Nobles the intended audience is exactly people like Pete Hegseth

as a horror writer, I can now confirm to you with evidence that anything can be horror, I just watched a man's face curl up in abject terror at the words "Why Is It Still Outside My House?"

Center-left parties are nothing like far right authoritarian parties

BREAKING: Senate Republicans blocked my War Powers Resolution that would have ended Trump's unnecessary, unjustified war against Iran. These cowards have had four chances to stop this chaos in the Middle East. And they put Trump's ego before America. Every damn time.

I’ve introduced Articles of Impeachment against Pete Hegseth for violating his oath, endangering U.S. servicemembers, and committing war crimes, including attacks on civilians and a girls’ school in Minab, Iran. Only Congress can declare war; his actions demand immediate removal.

Booster separation confirmed

BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren has introduced a bill that would allow you to file taxes for free directly with the IRS. The bill has support on both sides of the aisle, and would bring back and expand the free taxing filing program that the Trump administration killed off.

Heat kills Cold kills Climate control is life

part of the reason people don’t believe this is a real problem is because every republican admin spends like a drunk sailor and every dem admin gets asked why they’re not paying for it, which is another reason to imprison every trump appointee

Democrats have likely ousted the Republican mayor of Whittier, a California city of nearly 90,000 (within Los Angeles County).

I would argue we’ve basically had institutionalized enshitification since then. Vibecession because the user experience sucks ass, not because the core statistics have worsened. The same service or product isn’t the same so the numbers can’t relay that.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was to pay attention to when people are actually asking for advice versus when they just want to express frustration about something. The person who made this point said I would probably notice that it's not very often. He was right.

My unsurprising take is that the entire US gov is terminally understaffed with a public that cannot grasp the issue and instead frequently thinks we're bloated and redundant, but when given the chance, refuses to cut any actual bloat and instead cuts essentials, and then gets mad stuff doesn't work.

Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

great work everyone keep it up they are pigs and fascists and they should be reminded of it every day forever

I just signed a bill to rename Minnesota’s community solar program after Speaker Melissa Hortman. Melissa was a true champion of solar and I was proud to sign this in honor of my dear friend.