There’s an easy solution. We throw each woman into a well. If they don’t drown they’re witches we can hate. If they drown then they’re overgrown children who never learned to swim.

Should women be hated as witches or patronized as overgrown children? The paper of record debates the two available options.

Big split in US politics is "liked what Jefferson wrote" vs "liked what Jefferson did"

Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc

Yep. Everyone denounced his original findings because it was *impossible* that sexual abuse could be happening in so many respectable middle class families. And the false Oedipal theory persisted for a LONG time. It was still being treated as gospel as late as the sixties.

Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning

This is how he gets you, but he is still a deeply evil weirdo

The more democratic elements of the American constitutional and economic order are actually throwing up road blocks to Trumpism. Protests and boycotts and low level courts and juries and cetera. Elite actors on the other hand are all too frequently caving. Fascinating study in who actually cares!

"Bitches, Man" My latest for the New York Times by me, a man who is a walking jumpscare

Jury trials remain a bastion against encroachment, too bad immigrants instead get fake judges and no juries

I learned today my watch face reflects whatever it catches on my display. Can't stop laughing - perfectly framed my own head.

It's almost like events change things and running like it's 2024 is a stupid idea that should not be presented condescendingly.

Please note this: Raising the "salience" of immigration actually worked in Dems' favor in one of the most important swing counties in the country. This is more grist for the idea that attacking Trump is succeeding among the nonwhite working class (see thread below).

Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

I saw a bald eagle in the work parking lot. Couldn't get a good pic of it.

unfortunately my ADHD brain is more like: -does not see messy room -shoves shit into a pile, perfectly enjoys chilling in messy room -wonders why people I live with are annoyed at me

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

One day this social media exchange will be presented as evidence in a court room, and I cannot wait.

of course (and Shoe knows this, I'm preaching to the choir I think) they've convinced themselves that this is actually the Real Strength, that the evil empathy-peddlers have filled our society with all these women and kids and that the test of a real man is who's willing to hurt them for racism

I love how ICE agents dress, talk and act like they're busting major crime rings and instead they're dragging working moms out on the street in front of crying children.

"Hey, man, what message should we push today as we deliberately deny millions of Americans their food benefits?"

Right. We need to activate the wine moms and de-activate the sparkling grape juice moms.

I really think we can drive a wedge between church ladies and the rest of the right and it will hurt! Do you think Groypers are organizing fund raisers and phone banking for candidate?

Conservatives have spent years weaponizing “protect and think of the children” to great effect. It is odd to me that there seems to be no plan of action from the regime for the consequences *actually violently threatening the safety of children in public view*.

the biggest problem, for me, with the editor of the NYT cranking the bad take machine up to 11 is that every time ross douthat writes something, my husband reminds me that william f buckley took a young ross douthat skinny dipping.

meanwhile, michael knowles has found a new way to shape the discourse

the women in the workplace discourse is very funny because a man who can act normal in an office environment that's predominantly female is absolutely on easy street. it's maybe the best gig anyone in history has had. and yet for many guys it is utterly impossible

I have ex, AFAB, who *might* want to have children one day and they're in a Ph. D. Program, and tbh their ability to be employed is gonna be factor in if they have children and what has Trump been doing to universities of late?

Are divided bys not part of the MCAT?

Look at the death toll from the USAID shutdown and tell me to give a shit about protecting crypto owners.

Just calling a baby a "Trump baby" is enough to scare people away. Women of child bearing age are his worst demographic! Might as well call them "panty sniffer babies." Ew.

Isn't the complaint about the title IX courts that she has that they aren't lenient enough? Does "lenient" here just mean "against traditional hierarchy" or is it just her inferior woman brain?

Ladies and Gentlemen, the party of personal responsibility...

Putting aside Pelosi the speaker/leader for a second: Pelosi was one of the most queer friendly politicians in american history. When gay politicians in the 80s refused to talk about AIDS, Pelosi did. When no gay elected official would even talk about the trans community or trans rights....

Abusive non-competes are part of the Plot to Enslave America. They want serfs and slaves. Making it impossible to switch jobs has been an explicit goal of the capitalist class for as long as it's existed.

This is a kind of cool thing happening in my hometown. I hope it goes well and everyone is safe.

A weird basement of deplorables

An extra half vote is the most hilarious incentive. All the work of an extra kid is worth to be a slightly less negligible percent of the electorate every few years.

Have any of these people even had a real job?

always important to consider the signaling effect of elections. one likely outcome of tuesday is to encourage the strongest candidates to throw their hats in the ring.

Sliwa supporters in the room decried socialism but couldn’t muster as much hate for Mamdani as they have for Cuomo.

Hahahaha! Rep. Tim Burchett has said a lot of out of touch stuff but dadgummit this might take the cake

I mean when your position is ‘we must continue to write blank checks to pay for killing children’ then you need to believe in a threat that would justify these actions.

I dream of a world with consequences for pundits. A hilarious failure like this should always be a career-ender. Nothing dire or violent, mind you. Just… never paid for an opinion again.

I say this as someone who only just realised this, but I think those of us who spend large portions of our leisure time following/commenting/joking about politics underestimate the big ways that politicians are not more successful versions of ourselves but actually a very different type of person

the extra L in front of her name is so she always has a spare one she can hand to Republicans

I am low key starting to think men are too emotional to vote, so maybe...