I think one of the major contributing factors to the young right wing is that they didn't grow up with WWII vets. Its all cosplay and whataboutism to them. They didn't play with kids whose parents had camp tattoos, or learn from old men who still cried from PTSD. 1/?

Here’s what voters are seeing while waiting in the grocery checkout. @peoplemag.bsky.social people.com/donald-trump...

Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.

You know who from Harvard ISN'T in the Epstein Files? Claudine f'ing Gay isn't.

“The liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer.” #PrayForAmerica www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...

MATCH GAME '25!!!! "Many people are saying that 'Patriots in Command!' is what Donald Trump licks his lips and says just before [blanking] Bill Clinton's [blank]".

The thing that bothers me .. THE MOST is leave my empathy, my soft sciences all that behind Show me where any of the people claiming we need to abandon diversity have won with that strategy ?

It's important to note, as I have multiple times, that it's possible to be Jewish - as I am - and still condemn Israel for genocidal acts. In fact, the history of Judaism makes it clear Jews are obligated to speak out. Never again *means* never again. #zachor

Columbo in his first episode looks like a dog that's just come back from the groomer

Oregon literally banned freed slaves and black ppl from living or owning property in the state. Ofc they didn't do this by passing a law. THEY PUT IT IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION. OREGON WAS FOUNDED TO BE A WHITE ETHNOSTATE. We vote blue but when we amended the const. to remove this, 29% voted no.

somebody brought this up once in the context of Florida voters in 2000 and it fucked me up so much just the cascading effects on our whole society from losing such a tidal wave of queer people

It’s like they’re reacting to someone saying Trump is a terrible skateboarder. The response is much more interesting than the baseline smear.

Fundamental issue here is that countries are neither safe or unsafe. It is people who are safe or unsafe in countries. Simply declaring a country safe is not logical, at least until we know all people in it will be safe.

Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.

I actually think it's funny they used "Operation Charlotte's Web." The smart female protecting her home wins. It's about solidarity. The vicious murderers are thwarted by creativity. Are none of these goons literate, even at a third grade level?

Your airplane can’t stall if you’re not monitoring airspeed.

Racists are everywhere yes. But if white southerners didn't vote for Republicans with Assad margins, they wouldn't be solidly red. And I don't think they do it because they like low marginal tax rates.

reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."

The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Unprecedentedly corrupt.

Jeffrey Epstein trafficked about ONE THOUSAND girls and women. He didn’t traffic them TO himself. And he couldn’t have trafficked them BY himself. Only one person was ever convicted for Epstein’s crimes, Ghislaine Maxwell, who the Trump administration moved to a cushy luxury prison camp.

He's the sports jersey pope now. 1000 years from now historians will be going through the Vatican archives trying to figure out who the Charlotte Hornets were.

Trump's a pedophile rapist but he's more concerned he's seen as gay.

She should have known that once you throw in with “I will take Trump’s side on everything” that’s going to pull you into dark places. After “grown men having sex with teenagers girls is ok”, what does she think it’s going to be next? Because there will be a next.

When you KNOW your interviewee is going to lie to your face…be ready

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

I was wondering if Trump is like...Telltale Heart-ing his way through this. Where DOJ doesn't have anything actionable but Trump's worst sin keeps doing laps through what's left of his mind

Really cannot stress enough that if you start from the assumption that no one deserves to be raped then you don’t have to highlight the specific vulnerabilities of particular survivors in order to get people on board with the fact that their violation was a bad thing

At some point, Europeans are going to need to grapple with the fact that they've allowed the United States to be their sineater.

Here's the plan: Simply assume that there's a well-functioning market for health insurance and then let people buy insurance in that imaginary market.

Child marriage is heinous, but one thing I never see brought up in those discussions is that if you are under 18, you cannot file for divorce. If you are under 18 and married to an adult, they are your legal guardian and make decisions for you. That is not a partnership.

at the end of the day, the people who voted for Trump thought he was going to help them. the reality of his presidency is constant normalized corruption and setting policy based on who his buddies and enemies are. there’s always been tension there.

Behn: My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country.

IMO MTG and others on the right who choose to abandon Trump are doing so with the intention of going further right. They are not somehow on our side, they are on Nick Fuentes’s side.

They supported Trump precisely because they believed he would enable them to express their racism openly and without consequence.

I mean, this whole framing is ridiculous. “Canny Swiss diplomats hit on clever way to secure policy aims with the President: give him a bribe.”

There’s now broad media agreement—backed up by Supreme Court rulings more or less making the act legally impossible—that open bribery is not only permitted but also required and best done on camera. (Also, I’m sure this standard will continue to be applied to any future Democratic administration.)

Fact is, Epstein is the *only* issue impervious to Trump/GOP messaging tactics. That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse. Dropping it would be political malpractice.

The ideal gambling venue should look and smell like the worst decision you've ever made in your life. I support one single exception to the indoor smoking ban in NY for this purpose. RETVRN.

Was I too focused on identity when I was out there working for gay marriage, Pete?

This is this cop’s ICE audition tape.

Indiana's rise is especially shocking for Ohio State fans because the Hoosiers are the Buckeyes' doormat (all-time head-to-head record of 80-12-5). Question for @sickoscommittee.org: Has any CF rivalry had more than 80 wins for one team? Has any had a greater win gap than 68?

If you ever wondered what you would do in 1930s Germany, you have your answer. This is a spiritual emergency and we have to summon all our courage. We know what happens inside #Broadview is torture. For me it’s simple - I wouldn’t stay silent if they locked Jesus up there, and I won’t be silent now

I was talking about this with my students yesterday and I pointed out that Andrew both refused to admit he'd done anything wrong, but also, strangely, seemed to have trouble understanding what Epstein (and him) were accused of was wrong in the first place.

Republicans: 17 is too young to know sexual orientation or gender identity. Republicans: 17 is too young to read books w/ sexual content. Also Republicans: So he liked to sleep with 15-year-olds. So what. It’s not like they were 8 or something. Republicans want to control, not protect, children.

Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.

Something, my Russian Lit professor pointed out to me is modifiers indicate where the privileged class of society is versus isn’t. So “literature” versus “women’s literature” - they’re both books, written about human experiences, but the latter is not considered “full” culture

DHS: “Womp womp, cry all you want. These criminal illegal aliens aren’t getting released.” Pope Leo: “All the members of the People of God have a duty to make their voices heard … in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve.”

Important to remember: If the worst of the Epstein stuff had already been released, there would be no reason for Trump to keep fighting it. If he’s trying to stop it, there’s a reason why.

I really do like the analogy because the grunts in the army of the Potomac from 1861-1863 had to grind it out under incompetent leadership until the union found Grant, and that kinda feels like what’s going on with the dem party rn…