i am having a hard time coping with the fact that evil is real

Countless opeds about Mamdani being a "socialist" and are literally any of those publications talking about Donald Trump not just claiming to take over a country but deciding what companies are allowed/not allowed to operate in that foreign country?

coincidentally, this is also the central thesis of the 1986 movie labyrinth (starring jennifer connelly, a bunch of kickass muppets, and david bowie's bulge)

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

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Mamdani is here describing a vision of working-class consumerism that resonates with the 19th century theorists of the “living wage” and shorter hours movements, whom I wrote about in my first book. “Eight Hours for What Will,” very much included the arts, education, and pleasure.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact. When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end

In a similar vein, one-third of Americans killed by strangers are killed by police. granta.com/violence-in-...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

I’m an American and I hate all of this evil shit. All of it. Fuck you if you don’t.

You do not need to "bear witness" to it, and you do not need to show it to other people. It is enough to report the facts and testimonies of the case

If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.

Walz is out of Fs: "Not a single Republican supported this, so every Minnesotan from here on, whoever uses this program, there is no bit of thanks that would go to the R legislators who did all they could to stop this ... our schools have money to pay their teachers? I'll take credit for that too."

The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane

I am 100% tired of the "actually we're the bad guys, how dare you suggest otherwise" shtick. If a pleasant lie gets Americans to regret their country's sins tell the goddamn lie for half a minute

a rules-based international order, if we can keep it

You know what doesn’t cause wars? Women and renewable energy.

I flatly refuse to believe that Kamala would’ve had things this fucked up.

getting a variety of people who want to blame Democratic leaders for this and with due respect that is a completely insane reaction to the Republican President trying to incite pogroms

🧵 It’s the first Shut The Fuck Up Friday (STFU-F) of the year and I don’t know who needs this reminder but you do not talk to police. You don’t even talk to them when you have a lawyer. Your lawyer will also tell you to STFU when they greet you. Do not be helpful. Do not offer truth that feels safe.

Best part of this thread was Silver's "People aren't thinking about this right."

this is why we'd choose the bear

"mamdani has been mayor for two whole seconds and he has yet to make everything cheaper. communism clearly doesn't work" - a $40/mo newspaper

school homeless liaisons tell me that one of the best things about fed pandemic funding was it had fewer strings attached, so they could use it to pay for a couple of nights in a hotel for a family, which they can't do with mckinney-vento funds. without it they use other dist funds or their own.

fwiw, i got skeptical of him around the time of the "rally to restore sanity and/or" or whatever.

discovered and focused on contributing to our city's community fridge, including my kids & their allowance in the effort

eclectic mix of books received in this household for xmas, but one is the clear winner

Know that there are nobler reasons to be a teacher but staying interested in the world is probably my number 1

'tis the season for this absolute gem by lindy west, who i think is sadly but wisely not on social media: www.jezebel.com/i-rewatched-...

When they ask me what radicalized me

I am just really sick of the bad guys winning.

Where those Harper’s Letter folks at

Evil Adam Duritz:

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

is it punching toxic influencer advent or something

Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers. "These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."

Me: I am a pacifist Also me: show me Andrew Tate getting punched in the face in slow motion from every angle.

Expertise is back, baby! bsky.app/profile/atti...

Incidentally, I am by no means a doomer, but it does feel a little doomy to me that Mitt Romney and Bill Kristol are taking political positions well to the left of the highest-ranking congressional Democrats.

No. It’s a great time to be a violent criminal in America. Our most sophisticated law enforcement agencies are busy hunting landscapers & housekeepers.

People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind Actual academics:

rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn

PLEASE LET THIS BE THE LAST WE HEAR OF DAVID BROOKS

DB's initials aren't an accident. that guy is and has always been a DB in more ways than one.

Become ungovernable

Three wise men? Run, girl. This can’t end well.