Mamdani serves a full, nutritious meal in an era where politics is either deadly poison or vacuous junk food. He uses the tried and true "we did, we can, we will" framework that helps abate cynicism but without papering over past harms or present injustice.

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥

Damn, he's good, and right.

Don’t tell me that things are just fine in this country. Speak out against evil like this whenever you see it.

We're at a point now where a Fox News host can just casually suggests killing homeless people with a lethal injection on air and no one bats an eye but a MSNBC contributor gets fired for calling Charlie Kirk "divisive".

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday

I hope I never have to watch another NFL game streaming on YouTube.

This is an extraordinary article in many ways. But: 1) “it left unarmed North Koreans dead” is a polite way of phrasing “SEALS killed them.” 2) It isn’t until paragraph 59 that the NYT tells us the people the seals killed were civilians. They were fishing, and America killed them.

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda How quick we forget.

Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.

At least 50 National Guard with long guns around Audi field and Navy Yard metro station as I leave the Washington Spirit soccer game. Free DC.

THE ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG BUT IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE HAYNES

Great to be back in the Big House. #GoBlue

Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"

Trump calls Gretchen Whitmer "Kristi -- uh, Kristi Whitman. Whitmer."

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

i named a cat after Jack White and right now i couldn’t be more proud

Restaurant reservations in DC plunged after Trump announced his takeover. It’s no surprise that rolling out troops into the streets dampens consumer appetite.

If Democrats got off their asses, here’s what they’d be doing now

Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.

I understand why Trump wants a command and control economy with him at the center. What is confusing to me is why the entire Republican party is so willing to walk so far from a competitive, market-based economy.

"They're in need of you needing to feel like a man" That's a fuckin' lyric. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGH...

From this month's edition of The Onion.

Ms. Rachel remains braver than the troops and better than every politician

The timing of my family being featured in this article on the amazing @aadl.org Summer Game has given me the opportunity to tell all my local friends who text me in excitement to VOTE YES ON PROPS A and B tomorrow! #a2council, #a2schools, #a2schoolboard

Elissa Slotkin isn't the answer, Democrats. Everyone else sees this except the Dem leadership and corporate donors. Alas.

Forget snakes on a plane… 🐍 ✈️

"Something terrible has happened." 💔

BREAKING: The WNBA is returning to Detroit in 2029. The yet-to-be-named team will get a brand-new headquarters and practice facility, and play at the LCA. "Detroit played a key role in the league’s early growth, and we’re proud to reignite that legacy." www.freep.com/story/sports...

The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.

Remember that the EO purporting to limit birthright citizenship is just as unconstitutional today as it was yesterday. The constitution makes clear that babies born in the U.S. are American citizens. Period.

The Constitution should not be optional. Congressional approval is required before we go to war.

Ask your doctor what treatment the supreme court decided is right for you.

Petoskey, MI. #NoKings

Petoskey, MI. #NoKings

It's flag day

#A2Council for those who prefer to read rather than listen, we've posted a transcript of the latest episode of the A2AF podcast with AADL Library Director Eli Neiburger discussing Props A & B and what they mean for our new Downtown Library: annarboraf.com/episode-79-n...

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

This was the Insurrection that he should have mobilized the National Guard for But those were His people

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Abolish ICE!

Happy to have this new historical marker in the neighborhood.

LATEST: SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket suffered a leak, tumbled out of control in space and exploded during a test flight, in a third straight major setback for the Elon Musk-led company.

WOW. 🔥

Lots of home projects I should have been doing this holiday weekend, but had to finish this book instead. Depressing to read how corrupt and “Lawless” the Republican majority is on the Supreme Court, but appreciated the positive suggestions at the end for how to fight back. @leahlitman.bsky.social