Let's dispel with this fiction that Marco Rubio knows what he's doing. He has no idea what he's doing.

Reading about someone's grief over their mother dying "my mom loved Les Mis and would always be shocked by Jean Val Jean getting 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread" and my dumb brain is all "actually it was just five years for the bread, the rest was because he tried to run" NOT THE TIME, BRAIN

Former FBI agent on the Powell case: "Prosecutors don’t usually charge unless they’re ready to go to trial immediately. What we’re seeing now feels like charging—or investigating—just to generate attention. So it’s not surprising when cases like this fall apart.”

If your opinion writer is turning in think pieces about whether god is real, that’s a sign that they’re understimulated and need more enrichments added to their enclosure

Had a long chat with my mother about our takes on the #CAGovDebate, and she said if it was down to Hilton and Porter she wasn't sure she would vote. As much as I don't like Porter, by the end of the hour, she said that yes, she would vote for ANY Democrat. A win is a win, baby. #VBNMW

and another thing: im not mad. please don't put in the newspaper that i got mad

I get super annoyed by people claiming Muslims & Jews lived in harmony before Zionism. The Ottoman Empire had laws creating a legal hierarchy with Muslims at the top, Christians in the middle & Jews at the bottom. The Tanzimat reforms that eliminated that system accelerated Arab nationalism.

They’re calling it the most Streisand Effect to ever Streisand Effect.

Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources corroborating her reporting

I think it's bad to encourage people to commit actions that will likely get them arrested, making finding work and housing more difficult for them in the future.

The presidential economy lever basically looks like this - have normal business cycles/have catastrophe

Hey, if you think you're justified in being an anti-social ass to Why, could you block me? It's ok, no need to discuss it. I'm not looking for a fight and we're not going to converge. I know you think you are justified by that very good reason. Good for you.

Post a better subject for a biopic named "Michael". #BetterMichaelFilms

Iran could go longer than Vietnam wow cool Grandpa's gonna lose so fucking bad lol

In 2015 like 1 guy was into Medicare for All. By 2020 a quarter of the caucus was a cosponsor. Articles like this, and the Bulwark one, help move national Dems. I fully think by 2028 80% of national Dems will be on board with standing strong against tyranny. It's where the people are.

I'm sorry it's just weird to see a story putting forth someone who went back out for mercenary service as anti-war, I need a minute

I don't think the answer to welfare being stigmatized is arguing that poor people naturally become criminals.

Of the Dems only Steyer and Becerra were for banning it for 16 and under, Porter said no (maybe younger she'd ban it for though), Mahan said no.

So I just finished watching last night's CA governor debate, and WOW those two Republicans are horrible. But also, no one really jumped out at me. Some takeaways:

Tiny homes are so innovative, if only you could stack them on eachother & have them share amenities

in the postwar era and the civil rights era people discussed racism not just as immoral but as dangerous. they noted the role it played in WWII and said that for civilization’s sake we cannot afford to let a cancerous ideology spread. we need to talk more like that imo. racism as dangerous to all.

This story is awful. Jesus.

can’t help noticing a lack of complaining about L. Louise Lucas’s age. perhaps there’s more than just a number that we should consider when assessing geriatric politician vitality?

Oh no my 9 month old is clapping for Steve Hilton. #CAGovDebate

I had only seen pictures did Bianco and am only hearing his voice for the first time in this debate. I see why he grew that Yosemite Sam mustache since he’s got this squeaky voice.

Burchett is right: the most DC thing ever *is* a member of Congress blaming the city for something he and his colleagues did themselves.

Excuse me? Trump is UNDERWATER in Utah?

Is “My Sharona” a little bit repetitive? Sure. Is it absolutely worth it for the killer 95-second guitar solo? Big time.

If he’s still in office in January, we impeach this guy first. We might have the votes to remove his sorry ass.

Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.

Clearly the president is hooked on a Phelan

Call me a pessimist, but I think the middle of this war is maybe a year out. We’re at the beginning of a war.

timeline cleanser

Maybe this will change now that he's getting money and can pay people, but... Becerra's policy pages on his website are woefully inadequate.

Aw man, Jia used to be cool. Why does everyone break their brains online?

Today I spoke with an Angeleno who depends on the bus to get to work every day. I saw firsthand what’s not working about our bus system. Unreliable public transit is making LA less livable for all of us. It doesn’t have to be like this. I'm focused on building a system that people can count on.

Block this fucker and also maybe report for incitement of violence. Genuinely obscene to be using Smokey the Bear to say actually commit arson lol who cares

It is just very very predictable whenever white people are suddenly excited that they have a non-white group that they are allowed to be bigoted towards

Normal people: the courts are very serious interpreters of the law The courts: go ahead, impersonate the feds

In honor of Earth Day: a thread of environmental wins

Great to see them putting women right at the front of sport …

most gerrymanders are republican legislators saying fuck the voters these ones are the voters saying fuck republican legislators

While I assume the prosecution is bullshit, I’ve seen a lot of people say a version of this, and it feels silly. The US government does a whole bunch of things a private nonprofit can’t do.

LEAD CHANGE: Fairfax County reports more votes, and puts the "yes" ahead. The 'yes' now leads 50.3% with 49.7%, a lead of 15K. More importantly: Half of Fairfax County, where the 'yes' is leading by 80K votes at the moment, remains to be counted.

Darn near killed 'em.

The theory of the case -- that the SPLC defrauded donors by promising to "dismantle" hate groups while secretly paying informants inside said hate groups, a tactic that it has carried out for nearly half a century -- is completely absurd.

"Well we disagree very much on whether that makes the president look bad or not! Snorting cocaine off a toilet bowl seat is less dangerous than injecting bleach into your veins, so..."

This is makes me happy

Dear NBA, I KNOW it is all about the money and you don’t care about our convenience, but this having to use 3 different streaming services to watch playoff games each night is, (and I say this with all the love I can for the game,) complete horseshit.

it's really heart breaking and totally obvious to every American Jew that there is a whole sale effort to push Jews out of America's political and cultural life in ways big and small and its largely been successful