What you have to understand is that the United States started a war, almost immediately lost it, then began the laborious process of negotiating against itself, and is now settling into the secondary denial phase …

yep: one of the reasons i want to nip the "stabbed in the back" myth now is that it gets Americans an excuse to avoid reining in the boys in Tampa in CENTCOM

hey guys i think the company that named itself after an evil wizard's orb might be the bad guys

Supposing this is true (it's not, FDR ran as a liberal navigating between radicalism and conservatism), I'm sure Wall Street didn't respond with anything absolutely batshit a year into his first term or anything. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busines...

Doing the research for a series about a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and trying to figure out where Washington was at any given time I might need to have the protagonist rejoin the army, and my god, no wonder there's so many "Washington Slept Here" signs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

I mean, if Biden had MISSED four terrorist attacks, and they happened, that would be a valid comparison. But that's not what happened.

I think a lot of people seem to think that, at some point, you change the Democratic rank-and-file, THEN you get progress. But, historically, that's not how we've done it. We just get the right person in at the right time, and they convert, coerce, or co-opt their internal conservative opposition.

If you want to push to change the Democrats' platform, by all means, do so! But let's not pretend that either party was somehow more ideologically coherent in the 1920s than today ...

Like, it can never just be "Trump is a political actor who I thought I understood, but who is taking actions that I disagree with." It's gotta be, I thought Trump was the second coming of Christ, but now I understand that he's ackshually the Antichrist.

And on the basis of this -- a pure policy disagreement about which he was demonstrably, wildly wrong -- Roberts dreamed up "major questions doctrine" & thereby rendered US law one big game of Calvinball. You just can't exaggerate how low, how scummy, how dumb, how fraudulent it all was.

Just in case anyone needs a reminder: Sam Harris is an unserious pseudo-intellectual crackpot whose only real talent is speaking with a sufficient degree of confidence to paper over the fact that he is deeply terrified of Muslims and knows literally nothing about the things he talks about.

My TV plays the "ACTION MOVIE CHANNEL" which is TV edits of hyper violent sweary films, but it's also very broad in what they consider action films, so today it was playing Coriolanus when I turned it on.

I’m not a lawyer, and I’m exhausted, so I can’t say exactly which part of the constitution forbids it, but if the constitution does not forbid the president from suing the government in his personal capacity and then ordering the government to settle in his official one, it forbids nothing.

There he is. The guy's got a gift with notepad/datapad acting.

seems bad

CHARLIE BROWN: Yes mistress, you're right, mistress, I'm a blockhead! a hopeless blockhead! DOMINATRIX: wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah

True! Fun fact: They did this because someone leaked Robert Bork’s rental history during his confirmation battle.

Schrödinger's Strait

So glad this story is gaining traction & wanted to highlight that @andrewdeck.bsky.social at @niemanlab.org broke the news that NYT/Guardian/USA Today were blocking IA earlier this year. Encourage all to read: www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

Exactly one year ago today:

Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context. wordinblack.com/2025/02/rfk-...

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It's very funny to see the Nation fretting about Ross Douthat, a wet paper towel with a milquetoast podcast, when Bill Kristol is out there every day talking about how a swift and fearsome retribution must be visited upon the Trump administration for its crimes.

The second graph here is wild. Fidelity swallowing the DAF marketplace wholesale has imbued them with more wealth than the guy whose OS runs on 3 out of every 4 PCs in the world.

"People are so pissed off about it that when they look at the [general election] they just don't vote," this swing-district House Democrat said. "When you win by 10,000 votes, you need every f*cking vote." www.axios.com/2026/04/15/i...

Hi! A responsible title to this article would have been something like, "Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas calls for violent right-wing revolution against most of the American populace".

Do you vote Do you vote regularly Do you donate Do you donate the max Do you have a picture with the president Does the president know your name Does the president call you Does the president say “please”

Daily bunny no.3290 fires up the grill

Does Clarence Thomas spend every weekend out in the woods cosplaying as a guerilla or something? What is this 2nd Revolution militia bullshit doing coming out of the mouth of one of the highest judges in the land?

Genuinely funny that Sonia Sotomayor issued a public apology today for her mild criticism of a conservative colleague on a specific, substantive issue, and then a few hours later Clarence Thomas picked up a mic and was like ALL LIBERALS ARE AMERICA-HATING COWARDS

The father AND the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer were both texting the same young women on her staff. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

"if you wade into political waters" The entire driving force of the religious right as it was built in the 1970s and 80s for today's politics was that religious figures should absolutely wade into politics.

This administration seems to be trying to speedrun the Humiliation of Canossa, and while I'm agnostic, perfectly happy to sit back and watch them go at it.

I literally just need someone to stand around telling me what I just told them I was going into that room to do, so that I don't end up shelving books when I was meant to fold laundry. Stupid doorway effect.

Extremely vindicated in having arrived at this naturally over several years of wanting an espresso but being culturally unable to hold less than eight fluid ounces at one time.

New today in @thepvdeye.bsky.social: an interesting piece from @ella-writes.bsky.social.

Quite a flex to turn up at the presidential palace, get him to confirm you as prime minister, call him unfit to serve with no moral authority, tell him to resign, and then pose for a picture

Rewatch complete of one of the biggest surprises of the past few years. Top to bottom an amazing cast with Pine bringing the charm and Rodriguez bringing the heart in one of my favorite performances from her. Filled with humor, fantasy and unexpectedly great stylized action.

Love seeing conservatives argue for separation between church and state but only when religious doctrine conflicts with blowing people up

This is a stupid joke and I somewhat regret it, but I'm also the sort of geek who named his spider plant Ungoliant, so I don't regret it that much.

These guys aren't clever thinkers. This is not true; contractors and lawyers for ex. But the stakes are a lot lower. Few other professions are charged with safeguarding society from itself, so if those ppl become a danger to society in turn, yeah, one bad cop is going to make ppl question policing

ICE agent tells the New York Times they were nervous showing up in Minneapolis and how they travelled with “girly suitcases” to not be detected. A Senior ICE official details how officers would block in and kidnap United State Citizens. Gift link in next post.

Their heritage of taking a big fat L continues

it just lifts my heart to feel heard. thanks, ICE lawyer. 💜

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yes, the state exists to help individuals live free, autonomous lives. that is a feature, not a bug

26 years old from South Sudan. He has been in the US since age 13, when he was recruited to the country for basketball. Now being discarded as if he was human refuse. Shame on Syracuse for not intervening. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/04...

It was fun to write about a good news event for a change. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

Waiting for the president to proclaim, “The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this realm.”