I think it is actually much more important to document and lend limited public attention the atrocities of ICE than "activist resilience."

"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.

and that's good!

I don't think liberals should indulge in violations of bodily autonomy. If he's a problem, *kick him out.*

The console manufacturers don't run the servers for third-party games! There is no cost being incurred by them. It's just an arbitrary limitation of functionality.

What if a majority of people voted for the party in government? Your problem isn't majority governments. It's first-past-the-post.

Voluntarily choosing to make yourself dependent on a drug is bad, actually. Even if there are no medical consequences, you've just wasted loads of money for no real reason. This post sponsored by water gang. Drink water, it's great!

Vaccines are good and caffeine is bad, simple as

Alabama is over 70% white. If every single non-white or mixed race person vote 100% Dem at equal turnout to Whites, Dems would still need almost 30% of the White vote.

If the Democratic Party were smart, this would be our REDMAP moment. Redistricting years are totally arbitrary. We should be preparing to take trifectas in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona to lock in semi-permanent Democratic control.

very normal stuff here

This should have been what we made the shutdown about btw.

guy who thinks sports teams should be scored by the performance of their worst player

I don't think the ethics of the corporations in question has any relevance to whether they can create moral persons tbh.

If Mamdani wins and he’s half as politically astute and reasonable as he seems, within six months all the liberals will adore him and the left will regard him as a betrayer, a la AOC

It's a big balancing act because you want prices high enough to deter, but not high enough to drive everything black market. Viz tobacco. Only some currently illegal drugs should have licensed recreational sale. The more dangerous ones, via govt dispensary with a paternalistic approach

Most substances that pose issues, including legal drugs, illegal drugs, alcohol, and even food, should have government price signals pushing people in the right consumption direction, as well as easily available medical and behavioral treatments where applicable

I mean, yes. This describes me, and I'm pretty repulsive to the median voter.

The cost of producing a new copy of a video game dropped to near-zero after the release of the PlayStation and the following moves by Xbox and Nintendo to discs. (tbf, idk if the Gamecube's tiny disks were pricier or whatever)

OHHH that's why people keep asking me if I'm Jewish

I've seen enough: Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs has just won, provided NCSBE interpretation of NC Court of Appeals ruling holds. Math is no longer there for Griffin to overcome 734-vote deficit. Still need court confirmation before 100% calling. #ncpol

Okay, this is probably a bit fearmonger-y if we're including bills. WI doesn't have a DOGE and it never will.

The only rational move lol. If Hitler wanted the Reichstag to send out checks to every German saying “with love from the Nazi Party” would you say that the SDP should have backed it because it would improve the lives of the working class?

Richard Nixon tried to save us all from this with HMOs and we nearly killed him for it. /hj

What the hell is up with all the data on this from a few years ago that just ... stopped?

What the actual fuck

I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been. I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.

The South China Sea circa 2027

Nice. Longer videos on bluesky! I can finally post my memes here.

This whole article doesn't mention the cuts to predominantly Christian charities actually upholding "Christian moral norms" in the most important ways a single time.

2020: the Brooklyn Bolshevik is going to fucking execute us in Central Park if he wins 2028: all glory to chairman sanders, champion of the people and bringer of stability

Switzerland

new lib joe rogan attempt If anyone can do it, I believe in Doug Doug. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qjy...

"States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world."

"ChatGPT what is the evilest headline you can imagine"

wait, I mean the 2014 movie not the Zelensky thing tbc

I felt this while watching The Interview yesterday, lol

The last chapter of Why We're Polarized is so depressing. We were so optimistic about systemic reform in 2019.

A plus side of unicameral parliamentary systems (or even presidential bicameral systems with weaker Presidents and Senates like Poland) is that it enables democrats to reform systems with the same speed that authoritarians break them.

nevermind, Lies of P Overture looks fire

No. No! That's not how it works.

A revisionist hegemon. Who could write this shit?

I did not predict the degree to which Korean conservatives would just be forgiven without pulling a party switch illusion.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 that this happens in inverse

nail. on. head. blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2...

I have some bad news for you about your political party, buddy.

If you think the main problem with age discrimination in society is that it benefits young people, you aren't looking hard enough.