Tapper knows exactly what he’s talking about. He pretends to “not know” because the media and other elites think they’re not allowed to name this for what it is: vile, white supremacist, imperialistic ideology. And that’s a big reason why we remain stuck in this national nightmare.

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A Freudian slip is when you say something that reveals a repressed (i.e., unconscious) thought But the “unconscious” thought here seems to be Omar isnt an American. Which isn’t exactly a thought Vance represses So clearly not a Freudian slip, just a mangled expression of racism and xenophobia

Tired: Die Hard is a Christmas movie Wired: Caroline or Change is a Christmas musical

In 1992, Sondheim provided the songs for a never-produced “musical movie about a movie musical” called SINGING OUT LOUD. The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct. “Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.

Another angle: the powerful in our society have a vested interest in hiding suffering arising from social injustices. The MH system can end up (unwittingly) hiding societal rage within the confines of the consulting room where it is too often neutralized, not mobilized. Check out the whole 🧵👇

💯 There’s not even the argument that this risks losing a seat to republicans. This is a safe democratic seat. No democrat is entitled to it. Those complaining about Lander’s challenge are making an anti-democratic argument for centrist/establishment ideological reasons. Shame on them.

Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial." "Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."

And psychoanalysts everywhere wept.

When people complain of the “uniparty” running our country, they are talking about shit like this. Why believe Democrats are defenders of the rule of law and anti-corruption when the Democratic leader is HAPPY with Trump pardoning a dem politician accused of corruption??

Totally agree with this 🧵 Universities should be centered on learning and developing students’ thinking through whatever effective means available (accommodations included). Instead, it’s too often a competitive sport for the privileged to pad resumes and egos. That’s gotta change.

Thanks to @maryel.bsky.social, I’ve been singing “You’re a Pollicle Dog! Oh, Pollicle Dog!” at her all night. She doesn’t seem to mind.

If he had written "everyone" instead of "migrants and their descendants" in that last sentence, he would have been so close to discovering psychoanalysis.

She’s arguing for social systems to force children to use her preferred defenses of disavowal and intellectualization. Shows how easily people avoid painful realities by seeing themselves as above unconscious/irrational motivations and those they disagree with as blinded by irrational feeling.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

If the woman were perfection, she would go away, and that would be wonderful.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”

It is unacceptable that @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social and @govpritzker.illinois.gov continue to allow county and state law enforcement to collaborate with ICE by attacking peaceful protestors.

The first democratic senator to publicly call for Schumer’s ouster will get my money and enthusiastic support. I’m sure I’m not alone in that.

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Veteran politicians need to earn and *maintain* respect, like everyone else. Any respect Durbin may have once earned has long been lost.

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.

It's insanity to shutdown the government for 40 days, and just when gaining some real leverage, entirely cave. Why make people suffer for 40 days and gain nothing? It's past time for rank and file democratic politicians to openly call for a change in leadership. We can't keep folding like this.

Tonight was a very bad night.

If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.

Democrats everywhere need to campaign for policies like this: tax the rich to pay for universal public services.

Opening night for @jcclementz.bsky.social 5th Broadway show. So proud of him ☺️

Freudian slip at the end of this clip: “[Trump] has tried to do everything he can to make this as unpainless as possible.”

POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet

it’s beyond comprehension that scenes like this have become routine in chicago. masked soldiers are carelessly lobbing chemical weapons—that are banned from use during warfare—on random residential streets. this is the third time feds have tear-gassed residents in chicago *this week!*

Psychoanalysis changes people’s worlds for the better every single day. Some thoughts on psychoanalysis, fascism, and changing the world, with assistance from Adam Phillips🧵

None of this "you've had years to leave, why didn't you etc" nonsense. We *want* people to defect, we *want* the GOP to lose operatives and supporters. It is *hard* to deprogram cult-like beliefs, especially ones that have had a lifetime to marinate. We need these pieces so others leave too!

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton. I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov, you need to do something about these ISP goons attacking protesters like @katmabu.bsky.social.

Is this dementia or is this the same old playbook Trump has used for years: deny, deflect, and distort reality to his own benefit? I’m not arguing trump is a paragon of cognitive health, but arguing he truly forgot he was president on 1/6 lets him off the hook for his sinister Roy Cohn tactics.

This brown skinned landscaper was minding his business on a job in Edgewater when 3 masked ICE thugs took him away. Then on leaving the 3 reportedly got out of their car, turned their guns on a woman and tried to get into her car for apparently driving too close searching for parking near her home

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

Perpetual anticipation is a delicate art: Keeping control while falling apart.

The number of news pieces on this story, as well as the conservative justices’ and plaintiff’s views, that rely on entirely erroneous ideas about psychotherapy, autonomy, sexuality, motivation, and coercion is infuriating and devastating.

There need to be state charges filed against the ICE agents who did this. @ilattygeneral.bsky.social

We need to protect protestors, not limit protests.

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Surely my neighbors are pleased with me driving through the neighborhood with my windows down and Mandy Patinkin blasting.

Me waking up this morning from a dream: Finally, a dream not about X person! 😁 Me 5 minutes later, associating to a “weird” part of the dream: oh fuck… 😩

Surely Americans would rally around a political party that insists on shutting down the government until the government stops trying to turn American cities into military combat training zones.

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