When asked to comment on the Iran War, Speaker Mike Johnson declined, saying this was the first he was hearing about it.

The sports argument is the on-ramp. Politicians who say "I support trans rights except in sports" are either too naive to understand what they're agreeing to, or they understand it perfectly.

Sports bans aren't the destination, they're the foundation. Once you have a law that codifies trans girls as "male" for purposes of athletic competition, you have a precedent. And that precedent gets cited in the next case. And the one after that. Bathrooms. Passports. Employment.

Damn me, but all things are queer

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A country that always defends human rights and international law, like Spain, earns the respect of the entire world, as has happened in recent weeks.”

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

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Gas prices are now higher than when Trump took office.

this should be the end of the Gavin Newsom 2028 discussion. the party has spoken, full stop

But for real, here's an article from 2024 after Labour's win. They completely misread why they won, attributing it to them shifting rightward (instead of the reality: they were Not The Tories), and Dems solicited disastrous advice from them. www.politico.eu/article/kama...

Absolutely ridiculous that Republicans (minus Paul, plus Fetterman) all lined up to defend Trump's ability to do an end-run around Congress and just start a war unilaterally. Cowards.

The Republican’s farm bill ignores the Big Ugly Bill’s $187 billion cut to SNAP. In California alone, over half a million people could lose critical food assistance. That’s absolutely unacceptable.

being anti-trans is an unelectable position, sorry newsom, we need someone more electable in 2028

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Across all the results yesterday one thing is clear- the first Dem in the presidential primary to vow that their first act as President will be to raze ICE to the ground and dump the remains in a toxic waste landfill is gonna lap the field

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump: "Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

losing a primary by FIFTY points because you backed ICE should tell everyone where the zeitgeist is right now

She lost by almost 50 points. That is a statement, a loud and clear statement.

I’ve seen enough. Not about the election. Just generally.

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Starting to see the argument of "Platner has to visit right wing shows and spaces to win votes" arguments and...you realize this is the exact argument that Third Way makes, right? It's literally the exact same thing Gavin Newsom is doing just with different production quality.

For Israel & the U.S. to go to war during Ramadan is also a message.

Bezos didn’t make a mistake. He gutted the newsroom because he wanted to kill off the news.

NO WAR ON IRAN

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I'd be more inclined to believe that Graham Platner is merely a dumbass if he was making different kinds of "mistakes" instead of one very specific type of "mistake" over and over

The most charitable interpretation of Platner still leaves us with someone plainly unfit for any elected office, much less the Senate. I don't think it's hyperbolic to say there are risks in putting into high office a person who keeps saying "whoops, another neo-Nazi association, I'm such a dummy."

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

Lorraine Schneider, 1967.

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.

The cool thing is that the US seeking regime change in the middle east is something that has worked out every time with no blowback or unintended consequences ever.

On the Democrats: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/epstein-an...

I think you should all be more normal about Jamelle Bouie.

Honestly, I just think Gavin Newsome is so divisive - the party needs a uniter, not someone with all this baggage who can't bring people together.

With all due respect @djrothkopf.bsky.social, Harris should not run for president again because she cares more about enriching her “Dem” consultants than she does about winning. As someone who voted for her in 2024, I’m ready for someone to run with better political instincts & far more courage.

We are teetering on the edge of a transgender genocide in this nation, and it is the duty of ALL CIS PEOPLE to stand in the way. There is no group we can sacrifice to keep the rest of us safe. It's all of us or none of us. I, personally, can no longer tolerate cowardice.

I just love all the trans people in my life and want them to be safe and happy!!!!!

We love and appreciate our trans friends, family, and neighbors and want them to live lives free of this Kansas-level bullshit. We will always be with trans folks against this trash. ALWAYS.

You can't sue the government if postal workers accidentally drop the glassware you ordered or lose a letter from your pen pal The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that this means you also can't sue if postal workers refuse to deliver your mail because you're Black ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/posta...

Until this country reckons with police and policing, nothing will improve.

gavin newsom looks like if the exxon valdez oil spill climbed out of the ocean and decided to have a career in politics

NYC public libraries are some of the last places in the city where you can use the bathroom without purchasing anything. Again, we need city government to stop underfunding the libraries. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

americans won't understand but mandelson being arrested is bigger than prince andrew being arrested.

liberalism/the left/etc needs to build our own spaces. we can't continually build our world on top of right-wing owned spheres and expect to be treated fairly. it doesnt work.