What's frustrating is that Platner and his defenders apparently just refuse to believe that the totenkopf is actually an established Nazi symbol, that it actually does mean something beyond being drunk in Croatia once

The other thing is that people seem to think (or pretend to think) that the totenkopf is just mixed in there on the tattoo shop wall with the pirate flags and dolphins and tribal bands. Not the case! You can be arrested for this shit in Germany

"Your story doesn't hold up" You're the one trying to say that a tattoo depicting Nazi military insignia could end up on anyone, like it's a normal thing that just sometimes happens to people

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has now been waiting 36 days to be sworn in to office — setting a new record that any member of Congress has had to wait following a special election.

In 2025, MN Dem State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, PA Dem Gov Josh Shapiro’s home was set on fire, and a pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested for threatening to kill House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries. Condemning all political violence shouldn’t be hard.

this has to be coupled with the things that *don’t* count as a scandal: an array of harassment allegations, covering up Covid deaths, staying in a race after losing the primary, etc.

Calling Jan. 6 “mob of rioters” a “mob of rioters” gets two federal prosecutors placed on leave… www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

It’s come to this: Two federal prosecutors faced immediate punishment because they used accurate words about Jan. 6 that were at odds with Trump-approved phrasing. No, seriously. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Increasingly convinced that he’s going to do the “you made me become conservative” speedrun

we don’t talk enough about the specific version of elite anti-intellectualism at Ivy League and equivalent schools.

It bears repeating that he literally only calls people of color "low IQ" it's just straight up gutter racism

Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy

Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life https://theonion.com/trump-defends-demolition-of-yggdrasil-ancient-tree-of-life/

We’ve got money for the Jeffrey Epstein memorial ballroom no one asked for but not enough money to help feed the kids of people who work at Wal-Mart. Only in America.

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

This seems like a salient point.

Corporate media is utterly in the tank for Trump and complicit with fascism. www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.” www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

We don't talk enough about what an upgrade Gallego is from Sinema

yes

close the law schools

When someone tells you they aren’t into politics or that they aren’t affected by politics… (h/t NATO Green) #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

this is in fact exactly why you stay non-violent and disciplined, so that this isn't just seen as pushing and shoving and instead the unlawful assault by the state that it is

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

"Andy Ngo and other far right extremists have been targeting Avalos since at least as early as July and trying to paint her as violent and a 'member of Antifa.' On court record, Ngo has admitted that his social media posts can lead to violence." It's projection from the right. All the way down.

I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day

Portland City Councilor @counciloravalos.bsky.social woke up to her car and home engulfed in flames late last night. She had to grab her cat and escape to safety.

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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull” First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided. With me so far? 1/x

The goddamn worm is in charge, and no one can convince me otherwise.

Mamdani is well dressed, has to be very careful in his approach, and his record is damn near spotless. Platner is a fucking Blackwater merc with an SS tat and everyone from Sanders to Vigeland to fucking Jacobin is tripping over themselves to defend and equivocate. Fucking disgusting.

I am heartened that people still respond rationally to changing circumstances.

I can’t believe there are not one but two articles, in major papers, with this dumb framing. It is not NIMBY to express dismay when a big part of the White House is suddenly rubbled

I would lean into this argument so hard if I were advising federal delegation Dems. First, that’s exactly what it looks like. Second, if you were trying to blow up the country would you be acting differently than the Trump admin right now? And third, this obviously gets to them. But what do I know.

this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free

Can't believe this is real

The dementia patient in power took it personally that Canada accurately quoted Ronald Reagan in an ad and, as a result, he's going to make Americans pay 10% more for anything they buy from Canada.

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

the federal government is waging war on citizens living in areas that didnt vote for donald trump, its insane

i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this

The dismissal of AOC makes me think that they care less about working-class politicians and more about a kind of workerist male aesthetic.

There's a lot to unpack, digest and consider here, though some of the solutions they suggest seem unworkable. But it's striking to me that they dismiss @aoc.bsky.social as "AOC at the Met gala," when she is actually an example of a working-class candidate with great communication skills who wins.

i mean i don't think you can separate any of this discussion from the fact that so many of the participants are men who clearly have hang-ups about their inability to perform a certain kind of blue collar masculinity

"men who clearly have hang-ups about their ability to perform a certain kind of blue collar masculinity" is a society-wide issue. There's a reason pickup truck sales have continued going up (to the degree the F-150 is now America's best selling vehicle) even as blue collar employment has gone down

Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.

House Republicans to Jack Smith last week: We have some tough questions for you. Jack Smith to House Republicans this week: I’m not trapped in here with you; you’re trapped in here with me. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

As his mental faculties are increasingly compromised, he becomes more and more a caricature of himself. As his retinue is obsequious toadies, that makes him more and more dangerous.

He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...