Here's another reason that the slopulist promises about taxes are stupid: even if you cut their federal income tax liability to zero, the target audience for this policy probably won't believe that you've done so. They'll still get FICA withheld from their paycheck.

Trevor Project released its annual LGBTQ youth mental health report. The results are shocking. 40% of trans youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Trans youth who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.

My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.

Did NOT expect A Hand With Many Fingers to come up within a few weeks of playing it in the pay-to-conduct orchestra article

With the reveal that post-Fox Tucker Carlson has 7.3k subscribers, reminder that *all* rightwing media is a miserable enormously unpopular and wildly unprofitable failure, only kept aloft via the largesse of a handful of billionaire pedophiles pumping them with endless amounts of cash.

The Supreme Court’s latest voting rights ruling is a stark reminder: our democracy needs new tools for representation.

The Senate passed the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006 by a vote of 98-0. The Supreme Court majority gutted it on the grounds that the Justices personally dislike the impact.

it kills me that there are many well documented and effective ways to increase the number of people having children but it would involve improving society somewhat so absolutely no one wants to do it

a presidential candidate in 2028 not willing to put every high level trump admin official in jail (especially the shadow ones) is just not serious

whatever anyone is fearmongering about "they're gonna use this to crack down on XYZ" no they aren't. they aren't organized enough to do that and nobody cares. nobody will be talking about this at all in like ten days.

remember when they were gonna use charlie kirk to declare martial law and then gave up immediately after yelling at some late night tv hosts for a couple weeks

obsession with “Reichstag fire” as metaphor shows how little people understand about 21st century media environment

An already unacceptably right-leaning press corps is gearing up to go further right because a bad thing almost happened near them; they were in that position to begin with because they decided access to fascism is more important that accurately describing it

the thing about the shooting is im already so tired of it

It sucks that the biggest threat to humanity is also the luckiest person on Earth

because that's how everything works now. If something happens that is inconvenient for your political beliefs, it's fake news, an AI hoax, a false flag, etc. Liberals and leftists do this less often than conservatives, but the gap is closing fast

This is basically admission that the republican state apparatus understands our media environment to be one of the linchpins in their ability to hold on to power, right

Me with friends new and old enjoying one another's company here on Bluesky

This rules. The policy, obv, but also specifically name-checking a single ultra rich guy who bought a $238 million penthouse he does not live in, you love to see it.

We need Democrats to pledge that they will be every bit as ruthless as Republicans fear we will be. This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in history. If we don't hold people accountable—with real, serious consequences—it will only be worse next time.

this is how Utah's Congressional map deals with Utah's largest city, cracking it through to the middle into 4 different districts in order to deny it Congressional representation to make sure Dems get 0 seats

This is also absolutely the best way to unify the party. People might disagree a lot on various policy issues, but there's absolutely no one in the primary electorate who doesn't want to see the people responsible for this hanging upside down.

you can literally just impeach all these guys. all you need is the votes. you don't even need a good reason

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

Tesla. Disney. CVS Health. United Airlines. PayPal. Billions in profits. $0 in federal corporate income taxes. That money should be funding schools, healthcare, and public services. This is why people are mad as hell.

Learn whatever you want about "law," it doesn't matter because GOP Justices blew up the entire process of deciding cases based on chats with rich friends and stuff they watched on TV. That was the entire basis on which SCOTUS switched to the shadow docket.

hee hee hee

I know I keep beating this drum, but 80% of this country's government based problems revolve around the fact we have infinite friction to create literally any social, transportation, or educational programs, and absolutely zero friction to just kill people.

"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."

To add nuance, Dernoncourt et al. (2024) show that taxing the 1% will not make a meaningful difference in closing the racial wealth gap. THAT SAID, there is evidence that the tax revenue could help improve many other parts of society.

“you all deserve to rot in hell” isn’t a death threat

“The Trump administration has crippled the IRS with severe budget cuts and haphazard workforce reductions under DOGE, leaving the agency in dire straits.” www.liberalcurrents.com/actually-col...

I’ve had this in my head all day

Replace every how-to-publish panel with one on the material realities of publishing. This is where I’m at.

holy shit he actually conceded folks, they tell you they’re invincible they tell you they’re inevitable they tell you that you should give up and stop fighting and absolutely none of that is true

I would like to hope the Democrats are noticing all those Hungarians eagerly baying for justice and prison for Orban and his flunkies.

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

Don’t do this on my timeline

This is what makes everyone feel insane: a majority of the country wants him impeached at the same time elected officials act like it's laughable to even suggest it

Astounding. I understand how even little practicalities can break your brain while in creative mode. Larger ones loom so dramatically it is impossible to keep immersed in the writing. For others, this is even more acute. It pains me that they couldn't waive the PR requirements.

Here is a statement from Harp: “Courtney Williams is a brave whistleblower and truth-teller. [T]he government is going after Courtney for the sole reason that she exposed sexual harassment ... in the unit. This is a vindictive act of retaliation, plain and simple.” www.wral.com/news/local/a...

The book was phenomenal absolutely everyone should Streisand Effect this and read The Fort Bragg Cartel, which they don’t want you to see

We didn't deserve this day.

I would like to see more messaging attacking Republicans for allowing trump to remain in office, but at the end of the day there is no comms strategy that will get him out and there is no adequate substitute for removing him from office.