I'm working on the bibliography and endnotes for my next book. You know... the part of writing that writers hate.

"In the name of 'fighting antisemitism', the Trump administration is publicly making an example out of arguably the most famous Jewish public intellectual in the country today."

I've been trying to understand why this isn't generating as much fury as it should, and i think it's because there is a fundamental belief among many americans that the military can pretty much do whatever (which isn't entirely inaccurate.) that said, what the actual fuck.

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This guy just walked around the Charlie Kirk vigil in Boston, yelling Kirk quotes through a bullhorn

But also you could just believe the woman who is the expert in her area? Just like I’d expect people to believe me about how academic departments work

In case you're wondering how it's going, I was just told that taking off for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is discriminating against Christian opposing counsel.

OMG! NEW YORK TIMES!! That's not what "woke" means, if it hasn't been divested of all meaning by now. Misunderstanding and confidently misusing the language of other cultures makes you look unprofessional and sloppy. Among other things.

I truly don't understand how democratic leadership think they are going to move forward after voting to honor a white nationalist who essentially called Black women—the base of the party—stupid. It's insulting. I find it personally insulting.

Amazing thread 🧵 from Politico global security reporter Dave Brown ✈️ x.com/dave_brown24...

consequence, n. a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not convenient, as in, "face the consequences"

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

"As soon as I stepped into a dorm, the woke student horde looked at me cockeyed, as if to tell me I didn’t belong there for the sole reason that I am a straight, white man who happened to barely graduate in the year 1983 &bam neither enrolled in nor recently affiliated w/the school in any capacity."

The "debate me bro" tactic has been the backbone of creationists and anti-climate-change activists for decades. If you want to know why it's stupid to play their game, or want some advice on how to avoid it, talk to any science communicator.

For a powerful clique, there is a separate set of rules. If you hurt a member of their group, it's the worst possible offense. They will react with rage and fury. Just as a "regular" murder is handled differently by police than the killing of a fellow officer.

"Bend the knee once and you will be on all fours in no time." puck.news/why-disney-s...

"Scathing" is the hot new trend among judges' rulings.

A new survey found that about one in six women wear this year’s hottest wellness accessory. But more importantly, the weighted vest women broke for President Donald Trump by three points in 2024. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

What happened to all those intellectuals who signed the anti-cancel culture petition? And all those comedians who claimed they were so brave for reeling off anti-trans jokes? All the "I can't say anything anymore because of woke" people have gone preternaturally quiet.

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Hey, that's more than supported impeaching Trump this congress! Democrats: Party of honoring Charlie Kirk and keeping Trump in office.

May I remind us all that SCOTUS upheld the right to celebrate someone's death & malign the dead. Roberts wrote: "This Nation has chosen to protect even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that public debate is not stifled." supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...

That's literally false. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that praising someone's death is protected speech, including in Snyder v Phelps (2011), where protesters at a soldier's funeral held signs that said "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" & "Thank God for 9/11" rollcall.com/2025/09/19/s...

Yeah, lots of people warned Latino/Hispanic voters that this very thing would happen, including many other Latino/Hispanic voters! The question is, why are some people not willing to entertain the idea that they're wrong?

Re: Antifa

The last time Antifa had a clear organisational structure

It needs to be understood that every incremental step that RFK Jr. and ACIP take to create barriers against vaccination means that fewer and fewer people have access to lifesaving vaccines…until no one can access them at all. This is their plan and their desire. Don’t kid yourself.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Years ago, an acquaintance was pushing to remove "gay" books from schools, end affirmative action, stop liberals from lying on the news, fire professors who brainwash students into socialism. She sent me an email yesterday saying she's been proven right & asking if I'm ready to admit I was wrong.

"That’s the thing about negotiating with fascists: the negotiation is never over... Giving your lunch money to the school bully has never once stopped him from coming back." www.thehandbasket.co/p/jimmy-kimm...

President Trump today claimed that this year Britain will invest more than $17 trillion in the United States. That’s more than half of the entire US GDP. But most importantly, the United Kingdom's GDP was approximately $3.6 trillion in 2024.

A UN Security Resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza failed on a 14 to 1 vote. The US was the only vote against it.

The House votes today on a smaller spending bill that would prevent a shutdown. Dems are demanding restoration of funds for public broadcasting and healthcare subsidies. The GOP can lose only 2 votes if they want to pass their version. Call your rep today and let them know how you feel.

The rabble: “You are never allowed to celebrate anyone’s death, even if they were a bad person!“ One of America’s most beloved movies, which we spent our entire childhoods seeing at least once a year:

"If these erstwhile free speech champions were only guilty of hypocrisy—or bad faith—they would hardly be worth writing about now, but in many ways they helped lay the groundwork for Trump’s second term."

Charlie Kirk: Democrat Party hates America, Democrat president must be executed. Republicans: We declare Charlie Kirk a saint. Any objections? Democrats: Nope.

Every Senate Democrat voted for this crap. Every single one of them.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

Before his MAGA conversion, the head of Trump’s antisemitism task force racked up a list of financial troubles, including nearly $400K in unpaid federal taxes, a personal bankruptcy filing, and a trail of court judgments and liens brought by small businesses that worked for him. W/ @chronicle.com

I told them I'm canceling Disney+ unless Jimmy goes back on air. I'll tell my kids that Mickey Mouse killed a guy, I don't care.

This is the whole ball game, gang.

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

David Yacovone: [Race] is a creation of ppl of European descent based on appearances & assumptions & turned into a science in the 19th century. And now we’re in the almost ludicrous position of having no races, but plenty of racism because people believe in race, even though it doesn't exist.

"There is no history of corporate bravery in America." www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAHL...

For all the criticism of Democratic leadership, this is a strong statement. Specifically 1) It frames this as a matter of corruption (which should be the central theme of Democratic campaigning, imho) 2) It emphasizes what Congress (not the courts) should (and if Dems retake a chamber, can) do

Folks, I don’t know what end is up right now.

In case you don’t know what the Reichstag Fire was or why it’s relevant now, it was an incident soon after Hitler became chancellor that he used as a pretext to destroy civil rights and seize total power. Some folks think Trump is using the Charlie Kirk murder the way Hitler used the Reichstag Fire.

I saw Sarah Good post a meme about Charlie Kirk! I heard Goody Osburn call the president "Genghis Don!"

Forcing people to like you by beating them up if they don't is the psychology of the playground. It also tends to emphasize how little people like you.

To the pundits: Let's practice doing something that you're absolutely terrible at. Repeat after me: I was wrong. I got it wrong. I was not correct. I've changed my mind.