Yeah, because brutal conditions inside migrant detention facilities couldn't possibly be of any concern to people outside of NJ. 🙄

Watching Delaney Hall coverage... And fucking morons on the chat being like "but who picks up all that trash?!" Wtf are you talking about? The STATE is attacking citizens for using 1A to protest detention conditions. Who picks up the trash. Fuck outta here.

This Vought policy is an attempt to choke out American higher education. America's fascists view its institutions of higher ed—and the people who staff them—as existential enemies of the purified nation

impartial scientific research is the enemy of despotism and so naturally vought wants to destroy it

Quick question... What fucking Truce? As far as I'm aware, missiles are still launching and bombs are still dropping and Israel is still targeting Lebanon. How do people buy this shit?

This is remarkable. The courage of these lawmakers gives me hope.

Editor Brian Lyman writes that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's career is a perfect reflection of the state's Sith-like politics: A relentless obsession with power and grandstanding that leaves nothing lasting. https://alabamareflector.com/2026/05/26/what-does-steve-marshall-leave-behind/

The front page of the newspaper in ........... Enterprise, Alabama =====>

Jaxson Dart: the Riley Gaines of NFL QBs.

When you are exhausted everything feels harder. Even if they aren't actually harder. And if they are even slightly harder, then they seem insurmountable. Is that really so difficult to understand?

I was proud today to vote for my forever friend and future Lieutenant Governor @phillipensler.bsky.social. There’s still time to #vote, Alabama!!

If it happens, a Talarico v Paxton debate would be fucking delicious.

It’s Election Day, ‘Bama (hoping this guy will be my next governor)

Alabama Ballot Measure 1 is worded to sound like a bipartisan gun violence measure. But it isn't. It doesn't control gun ownership. It adds punitive punishment based on loosely defined grounds left open for prosecutors and judges to interpret in a discriminatory manner.

I will always vote in my Party's primary. Always. And I know everyone doesn't feel this way, but holy crap there were a lot of people voting on the Dem ballot this morning. Either a lot of Dems or a lot of people who really don't want Tuberville to have to run against Doug Jones.

I'll be voting today. Even if it feels like an exercise in futility. Talking to my (4-10) kids about how democracy is supposed to work and why it currently isn't had been a great experience.

Always remember that Alabama state government was *not* created to be representative of the people who live here. Its central aim is to keep power consolidated among a handful of individuals and groups at the top.

I’m very much coming around to proportional representation not only as a means of restoring democracy, but a as a prerequisite for it.

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

Why are Iran's Lego Videos (propaganda as they may be) such bangers? And why are they the only acceptable use of generative AI?

This thread is kind of interesting. And it highlights something I've been wrestling with for years. I do think this is who they've always been. Not to this extent, because the permission wasn't there. But this was always there. It's pretty easy to see looking back. I was here then. I'm here now.

Other things that SNAP does besides feed hungry kids: it facilitates "Nutrition Labs" at schools so that kids can learn the basics of good nutrition and help their families make informed decisions. Giving kids agency over their food decisions is empowering.

My 9 year old told me last night "We are the bad guys". And I told him "We are good guys that live in a bad place, surrounded by bad guys. But also other good guys". This MATTERS. The fight isn't over. It began before Selma. It continues now. And it will never truly end. So keep going.

Pretty bold of Homan to read Trump's rap sheet live on air.

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My column from Monday. I’m sorry to say that this is how the Alabama special session played out, reflecting the worst of our state’s history. But we will see the best of it, too: The resolve and courage of Alabamians against the forces of authoritarianism, and a defiant hope that will not surrender.

Kevin Hassett is breathtakingly stupid. He absolutely benefits from the lack of economic education among the general public.

Hoooooo boy is that not the way it works

How the fuck does the GOP explain this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I don’t think Americans with hypertension and various other treatable conditions deserve to die. Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel.

While I appreciate the sentiment, y'all don't understand the SEC. Please don't take this as me saying that things *should* be the way they are... Just. They are.

Motherfucker doesn't understand (and wouldn't care if he did) that the stock market has basically 0 to do with consumer realized prices. ESPECIALLY with oil.

Immediate PTSD

Just paid more for gas than I remember paying ever before in my life.

Quite low. But we get even less for our input. When cost of living rises and the government does nothing to mitigate it and, in many cases, makes it worse... Doesn't really matter at that point. People would complain less if they got more for their money.

Words fail me; Alabama Senate is meeting as the building is being vacated.

This is what being NIMBY got them. "There goes the neighborhood" folks when it comes to minorities, but dick sucking billionaires. Obviously this is bad. But it doesn't keep me from not feeling bad.

This is "Teacher Appreciation Week". My 4th grader's teacher told students that any gift cards she received would be used to buy school supplies for next year. That's not what the gift cards are supposed to be for. And I'm mad about it.

"Gasoline isn't more expensive proportionally to everything else. And besides, people are accumulating debt to pay for it all!"

Got a US Census "2026 Census Test" form in the mail today and I am fighting the urge to answer that my household is a minority group even though we aren't. I don't know what effect it would have, but I generally just want to fuck with this government.

Talking with friend and redistricting expert @zephsays.bsky.social about what this Supreme Court decision means and how to articulate to people why it's important. My colleagues at @al.com are covering breaking news on it. Gov. Ivey now wants to bring back the lege. www.al.com/news/2026/05...

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And now, the only legal defense required is "oops, we didn't *mean* to remove representation. Guess that sucks for you" Literally farce.

I got so incredibly angry last night. My oldest came home from school and complained that the portions for their school lunch have been shrinking. And there are fewer options on the plate.

🚨BREAKING: A new lawsuit is challenging Louisiana’s decision to suspend congressional primaries already underway — arguing the state is illegally nullifying votes and plunging an active election into chaos following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the VRA. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🔴PAY ATTENTION: The Governor of Louisiana is declaring an emergency to cancel an ongoing election so that his party can rig the rules moving forward. This is not just about redistricting... www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

Today is Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama (and many other states). I wrote this last year about the poison the men who died for white nationalism left in their graves, and how it continues to hurt us.