The preamble for a coming post on neo-Malthusianism, on Rockford Files and the subtle way film makes places look magical by making them look uncrowded. Pretty sure those phrases have not previously appeared in a single sentence before this, so.

finally some good news...and hope for us in the other 49 states... Judge Banishes Notorious Kars4Kids Commercial From California Airwaves www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/jud...

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Eurovision: prominent bars join TV boycott as Jewish Council criticises RTÉ

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

NEW: Secret Handshake installed working arcade games called Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell at the DC War Memorial. The game features "furious tweet battles against Iranian schoolgirls, low-flow shower heads, and other threats to American freedom like DEI and The Pope..."

The @pressfreedomtracker.us has recorded nearly 200 LAPD press freedom violations involving journalists. On May Day, reporters were handcuffed and struck with batons. With the World Cup coming to LA, FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social challenged LAPD to prevent an international incident. Watch ⬇️

We are watching the worst assault on multiracial democracy since the Pettus bridge. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

Alabama is what happens when republicans control everything for decades- last in education, last in poverty, last in infant mortality, last in obesity. If you want America to be Alabama, by all means, keep electing republicans. That should be the @democrats.org messaging, always. We have the proof.

My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...

BREAKING: Trump loses war against wokeness

1. In a draconian new policy, Texas Tech is banning writing about LGBTQ+ topics. The ban is the first don't say gay or trans policy to apply to students themselves. It applies to any thesis/dissertation moving forward. They are using AI to scan everything. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Priceless post from the official White House social media

I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Joe Biden threw unprecedented amounts of money at police. More than TWICE what Obama gave them in the wake of the GFC. Every major police union endorsed Donald Trump.

Maybe we'll keep some InfoWars content up.

President Trump's executive order directing the USPS not to deliver some lawfully cast ballots oversteps presidential authority. Federal law—not the White House—governs what mail the Postal Service must carry, says Cato’s Walter Olson. https://ow.ly/GzU250YINiG

this headline is perfect, no notes www.thegazette.com/news/republi...

Step aside, and I’ll show thee a president.

Titanic drone show steaming out of Belfast, Ireland.

Pam Bondi’s portrait was taken down at DOJ and tossed in a trash bin soon after her firing. MS NOW obtained the photo. The move reflects how deeply unpopular she was among career officials. Ken Dilanian & Carol Leonnig scoop www.ms.now/news/pam-bon...

Don't get me wrong: I'm relieved that this case is shaping up as either 8-1 or 7-2 against the Trump executive order. But the case is a gift to the Supreme Court. By rejecting an outlandish position, it will earn credibility as apolitical, even as the Overton window moves far to the right.

Makes sense

Israeli bill to execute Palestinian prisoners advances for final Knesset vote Parliament's National Security Committee approves latest reading of the bill, despite hundreds of objections www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

Been seeing a lot of tweets about whether pleats are back. Are they "in" or "out?" Are they modern or old? Personally don't like this line of thinking, as it's driven by ready-to-wear trends, which forces you to update your wardrobe every decade. Let me give you another way to think about pleats. 🧵

Sunday morning cartoons in Canada.

ICYMI: The Trump administration is reportedly receiving millions of immigration applications, pocketing the hefty fees, and never processing the applications. It’s collected over $1 billion in fees so far. Where is the outcry over this fraud and abuse?

Israel interdicts Cardinal Pizzaballa en route to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday. www.custodia.org/it/news/join...

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

Virtually every plank in Trump's "fake news, liberal media" framing was present in this 1969 speech by Spiro Agnew. Agnew was gaming the media and trying to gain advantage for the US right. It was a right wing *political* strategy, not a genuine critique of journalism. youtu.be/Y97l3n8pVP8?...

oh my god is it a calf, please tell me its a calf

You cannot support Donald Trump and be a good person at the same time.

I very much encourage anyone interested in understanding liberal propaganda to read either my book Copaganda or this study that I published specifically on body camera propaganda. You'll never see it the same way again: campuspress.yale.edu/yjll/volume-...

"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes." www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...

Today’s fun fact: the reason shipping lanes in the Baltic are so damn narrow is that there are anywhere from thirty to one hundred THOUSAND unexploded mines in the waterway from the World Wars, and the lanes are where the bottom has been swept

How it’s playing in France. 🤡

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

I asked President Trump about the FBI reportedly seizing election records in Arizona. He said they must have done that because it was a “rigged” election. I pointed out to him that his own AG said there was not measurable voter fraud to overturn that election. Then he called me a rotten reporter.

Israeli troops dressed as civilians and medics kill three during raid on West Bank hospital | World News | Sky News share.google/Rla7rwUjqTwI... Wouldn't be the first time

Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Italy has an espresso machine in their dugout ☕🇮🇹 📸 Chris Vaccaro on X

[Exit Murderer.]

YOU ASKED FOR THIS! Downfall. Kristi Noem Edition:

Think “Godfather"… NOT “West Wing" @raskin.house.gov

Rep. Moskowitz can be seen wearing a "JUSTICE FOR CRICKET" pin as he questions Kristi Noem

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump: "Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔