the attempt by the attorney representing Rebecca Slaughter to use Trump v. United States for good is going sideways hard and it is making me even more confident in my opinion that there's no real upside to using Republican legal doctrine it won't convince Republican judges it's not meant for us

By Cotton’s logic, any effort to survive is only interpretable as guilt. Flipping the boat over? You must be trying to save the cargo, not yourself. It’s a monstrous logic, both morally and strategically; Cotton has neither the intellect nor the soul to see why, but unfortunately he does have power.

This is why, every time I hear weak-knee Dems or Dem pundits/consultants talking about how they can appeal to Trump voters, I get irrationally angry. The goal isn’t to embrace racists and fascists. The goal is to provide the alternative that lets voters kick racists and fascists into the wilderness.

To be fair, a lot of democrats *are* saying this. We need to come to terms with the fact that we shouldn't be "led" by milquetoast garbage people like Schumer and Jeffries who'd rather praise their good friends from across the aisle than put up any meaningful opposition.

It's not shocking that an organization formed by an asshole and staffed by assholes to try and make more assholes has an asshole problem.

This guy is the James Carville of football. Won something 20 years ago and people keep paying him to make an ass of himself on TV while he blames everyone around him for the teams failures

working at the nyt

In the immortal words of the great 21st century poet Ludacris: “Move, bitch (gender neutral), get out the way, Get out the way, bitch (gender neutral), get out the way”

For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do. If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections. www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...

who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

Any political story without a villain is incoherent. The gop has it. Life sucks because of minorities. As long as Dems fail to recognize the inherent conflicts in our system they’ll be ignored as a party.

oh my god

He's legitimately a dumb grifter who's gotten as far as he has due to a media that won't challenge his many obvious lies, sins, and likely molestation of his "adopted" kid so long as he points to a cross.

There is currently one person I am aware of challenging Hakeem Jeffries. That is @vancebnyc.bsky.social Give them a follow & learn more about their campaign here: www.vancebforny8.com/platform

Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club." They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.

He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics. I hope he is shamed for life. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Grab your plunger and march into the breach. 😂 Bwahahaha!! Markie, you got owned.

You're under the misapprehension that he's trying to serve you. He's telling travellers to put a little fucking effort into making him look good.

In fairness to Trump, this is a really stupid question. What would that even mean? That if Ukraine won't accept peace on these terms, we'll never allow the war to end? Future proposals may be better or worse, but of course this isn't the "last offer" to end the war.

Yes. Also, and with full respect, Wozniak's philosophy here is also entirely legible to a 13 year old

The only remedy is that we need to become very comfortable putting ICE agents in cells.

Now THIS???? is a white man! this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!

Three things: 1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin. 2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers. 3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.

Every billionaire is "in politics." Musk is just such an insecure sap that he can't stand the idea of exercising power from the outskirts. Even with all his money, he needs to screech to the world that he's relevant.

why indeed

i am going to continue to maintain that normal people hate this shit, and people will *especially* hate *this* shit

Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵

This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke... Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.

I don’t understand why Dems have to choose? “Trump is a corrupt billionaire pedo whose self-serving policies have made your life more expensive” is not that hard of a message imo

Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.

Mike Johnson today

NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.

At what point does the New York Times get charged as organizationally conspiring to abet human trafficking of minors.

Trump lured Lauren Boebert to an in-person meeting in the Situation Room, instead of calling her on the phone, because he knew all her electronic devices would be confiscated before entry, so she couldn't record anything embarrassing or incriminating. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...

The Epstein files released today did not come from the DOJ's Epstein Files. They came from Epstein's estate. Pam Bondi is still protecting Trump at all costs. Today's release by Democrats was aimed at undermining her efforts. And to make it harder for Donald to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.

Right now, Karoline Leavitt is being coached on how to say “ephebophilia” in the least creepy way possible.

The Gospel of Professional Christian Mike Johnson:

Just catching up on this particular thread from the documents, and WHAT IN THE NAME OF FRAK, NYT????

Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way. by Ezra Klein

We’re about to experience heretofore unimaginable levels of “I haven’t read the story.”

To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015 What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?

That's how you dramatize tradeoffs

"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him" "hours" "spent" "hours" VICTIM "spent" HOURS VICTIM "spent" HOURS "with" TRUMP VICTIM "spent" HOURS "with" TRUMP at *Epstein's* house

Momentum builds for new leadership!

I know establishment Democrats really believe there's nothing they can take away from Mamdani's extraordinary run, but maybe they should take a look right now at how he conveyed strength and resolve without resorting to asshole bluster.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

Dick Durbin suffers from a terminal case of Senate Brain, in which the big prize is a handshake deal with your distinguished colleagues where they'll allow you to hold a meaningless vote that you can then point to with pride to your constituents as they go broke from crushing medical bills.