I do not mean this as a conspiracy theory, or that it was all mapped out. I do mean it in the sense that the new Lost Cause mythology — that Black political power is illegitimate — is clearly operating across multiple levels and at multiple points in time in the 2020s

It will be no small task to overcome distrust of the US federal gov't after *gestures generally*. Yes, the (preventable) lapse of enhanced premium tax credits for ACA marketplace plans makes people more sensitive to healthcare costs, but Medicare for All proposals require a great deal of trust.

I admit it is very funny form of abandonment of journalistic integrity to describe a Nazi-esque mercenary as Maine’s Mamdani because yes if you simply skip past a few Probably Unimportant Details Reverse Flash is exactly like the Flash. Sinestro is technically just Green Lantern if you’re stupid.

The poor understanding of social across the political spectrum is a massive issue. On the right "working class" is any white man who dresses like he just got finished sleeping in a hole he dug himself, regardless of income. On the left, anyone not a billionaire is "poor".

The unsexy truth is that Democrats are going to have to blow up the filibuster to pass unpopular stuff too. Social Security will go broke by the time the next Democrat comes into office and Republicans are so opposed to raising taxes, it might take a bipartisan deal that pisses both sides off

Class in the US is entirely a matter of aesthetics now. Rich suburban kids are “country”. Beard Dudes who look like they love IPAs are “working class.” Teachers who make $32,000 a year but have to dress up sort of nice in JCPenney clothes are “elites“. None of these words mean anything anymore.

I am so unbelievably bad at Silksong I have played for 60 hours and I have still not beaten Lace in the Cradle And yet, I love this game

When you have self-identified leftists praising the WSJ in the immediate aftermath of Trump’s election for trashing identity politics you have to account for a politics that’s not explained by the economic left-right divide.

I do which also illustrates my point about a politics of white reconciliation on a basis of anti-Blackness becoming hegemonic across the left and right.

It’s a ballroom Michael, what would it cost? $1,000,000,000? -Republicans

a theory i have about What's Wrong With TV Now is that the current streaming model where you have 8-10 eps a season is too short for a multiseason TV show where we're supposed to get comfortable w/the characters but too long for a one-off "event" miniseries-type show

You do not want to deal with 40 million Eeyores!!

This isn’t even an empathy or compassion thing: You, the rest of America, do not want to deal with everyone on antidepressants going off antidepressants. We will all become a fucking nightmare that drags everyone down with us.

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I would go to town on the Republican Party: a corrupt bunch of patsies willing to support a stinking carcass of an agency, a failed war, and a Temu Versailles on our dime.

GOD yes

this might be the best makeup look of the night.

My word

Adut Akech #MetGala2026

John Imah #MetGala2026

let’s look at the back

this is how you know solarpunk is Happening as the next big futurism trend. breaking more and more into the mainstream lately and Janelle Monae always has their finger on that sort of thing.

Janelle Monáe at the Met Gala.

Most Black Members of Congress, like me, are not from majority-Black districts. @cbc.house.gov works for ALL Americans to ensure a rising tide lifts all boats. While we fight back against SCOTUS' ruling that dilutes Black voting power, we'll keep representing the people.

Always love to be reminded of this. A lot of it was hand-stitched too. Really amazing, precise work. Women’s work is so often minimised and forgotten.

LRT: The Red Scholar's Wake has an indenture system based on a historical model from Southeast Asian piracy (I had to add a lot of explicit pointers even with the use of the word "indenture" because people kept telling me it's not how slavery worked. No, it's not, that's because it's not slavery)

This is why the Democratic strategy that keeps getting floated of "gerrymander to win enough seats to pass a ban on gerrymandering" is DOA unless we're willing and able to geld the Supreme Court as well.

I hated the Kylo/Rey romance sooooo much Always going to think Rey/Finn should have been the force dyad w/ Rey as the dark side half and a 3rd movie where “ohhh, anger and fear are not inherently evil and the dark side is as vital and necessary as the light side and here’s a healthy non-Sith form”

Been hearing some really awful stories about teens dying by suicide because of sextortion scams so if you are a parent of a teenager, please let them know that you will love them and do everything you can to protect them even if they get sextorted

Just so we’re clear………when we say the Supreme Court must go, we ain’t talking about KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.

I resent that I had to spend time reading about what the fuck the 15th amendment is and why everybody is talking about it. It sounds like a great fucking amendment and I’m glad we have it and fuck these fascist white supremacist fucks for fucking with it. AND ALSO omg how many more things-

Not reflected in the BDS logo sheet but “The BDS movement calls for a boycott of all Israeli products to build economic pressure on Israel.” I wheats thinking looking at how I can increase my BDS alignment is good! (I’m still working on divesting my 401k) bdsmovement.net/economic-boy...

My truly spicy StarWars take is that since Disney is a top BDS target I hope no one is paying for D+ or seeing movies in theaters 😅😅 bdsmovement.net/economic-boy...

100% Movie that was much less than the sum of its parts

“If we need to gerrymander our way to electing a Congress that will ban gerrymandering, then we should fucking do it.” 100% this

Truth.

I do t think he ordered it, he did it himself “Only Imperialism Storm Troopers are so precise” In 3 movies do Stormtroopers ever hit their target?? You know who IS precise? Old General Kenobi

While driving past a tattoo shop I asked my kids what's the best tattoo parlor in the Star Wars universe (ready to wow them with TATTOOine's) and my daughter silenced me with Jar Jar Inks.

100% agree with this, House and Senate elected dems have killed a ton of bills and State elected dems have kept anti-discrimination laws and the dem voting base has continued vocal support in polls I was completely expecting us to be the official scapegoat and that's not what happened

They have actually given FAR less ground, overall, than I had expected going in to 2025, and despite other issues I may have, Sarah McBride and others have managed to consistently block terrible bill additions on several occassions. The actual problem is the consultants and pundits.

Just kind of a stray thought... Aside from some notable exceptions, I think that a lot of elected democrats have done a fairly decent job holding the line on their own support for trans rights. This is DESPITE a very strong effort by party adjacent media figures to convince them to do otherwise.

Based on this result I think I need to apologize to everyone I work with 😭😭😭

Has anyone written about StarFleet Academy, Black characters with white parents, and what's going on in the show?

Reminder that anyone who is technology-dependent (including sleep apnea!) qualifies for PG&E's medical baseline program and a reduced rate for electricity. www.pge.com/en/account/b...

WELL worth reading, folks.

Like, the takeaway here is, it's fake, gang. It's all fake. Hungary funneling cash to US conservatives. Tucker Carlson having fewer than 8,000 subscribers. Conservative streamers taking Putin money. Now Ben losing whatever teat he was suckling at. None of this is popular. It's just fucking LOUD.

To put Trump’s 49% white approval in context, W Bush spent most of 2007 at 37% white approval news.gallup.com/poll/101695/...

Trump's most popular policy among his base has always been his "immigration policy." His "immigration policy" is explicitly ethnic cleansing. The policies were literally devised and written by a group of self-described white nationalists and white identitarians, for the purpose of ethnic cleansing.

. @warnock.senate.gov is right. This is not just a legal ruling. It is an assault on our highest ideals of fair elections and fair representation. This is a movement moment. We will fight back — in the courts, in Congress, and at the ballot box.