CHOTINER: Just once I wanted someone to interview *me* DOCTOR: Oh I know just the person, the interviewer Issac Chotiner is in town, I have his phone number right here CHOTINER: (sobbing) but doctor, I *am* Chotiner

its genuinely insane that president of the united states does not know the difference between insane asylums the kind of facility and political asylum the legal concept, just like how he fundamentally does not understand how is flagship policy (tariffs) work in the slightest

Here's the upshot on hepatitis B vaccination at birth: - it's extremely safe - the earlier it's given, the better it protects against transmission from mother-to-child - screening fails to capture many cases and is not done at all in many cases - perinatal HBV infection is catastrophic

If the left didn't want to be the subject of a large scale crackdown on speech driven by fascists, maybe they should have not ever said anything that could be taken the wrong way by the worst people alive

Today’s ACIP meeting promoted false claims and misguided information about vaccines. AAP will continue stepping up and working with our local, state and federal partners to make sure every child in every community continues to have access to immunizations. bit.ly/4puP4uf

My blood is boiling. This decision will kill small children.

The contrasting fates of USS President (captured by foreign power that retained the name to mock us until breaking it up) and USS Constitution (world’s oldest warship still in service) feels like the kind of omens and portents Greek myths use to advise mortals on where to place their loyalty.

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

Jimmy Kimmel Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

They are literally canceling culture

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Yo, if John Yoo is saying you might be committing war crimes… decent chance you’re committing war crimes

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.

You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That’s now probable cause. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

i'm not entirely convinced that the people begging for gun reform and pleading for less gun violence are the ones who made this country like this

“What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace?” Like he’s talking about airplane food.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Why stop there? Let’s rename all Depts after what Trump is inflicting on America. Dept of HHS -> Dept of Hepatitis and Human Suffering Dept of VA -> Dept of Veteran Abandonment Dept of Education -> Dept of Erasure of History Dept of Commerce -> Dept of Corruption Just a start.

I took this picture myself at the CDC protest today. These are among the hundreds of bullet holes in CDC headquarters windows, visible from the street. I heard today that the admin has no urgent plan to fix these windows. Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions

Literally unable to indict a ham sandwich

A grand jury has rejected federal prosecutors' attempts to indict Sean Dunn, the man accused of throwing a Subway sandwich at a CBP officer. This comes after three OTHER failed attempts to indict another person accused of assaulting a federal agent. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

Guys, last night I had a dream that I was Börte, the wife of Genghis Khan, & I was kidnapped by a rival Mongol tribe (as historically happened), and Genghis Khan came to rescue me & slaughtered my captors. I think this might be a prophetic dream regarding JB Pritzker. @nomads.bsky.social

I really enjoyed this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social pod about Covid & MAHA, but one thing it repeatedly revealed is a habit of liberals that drives me crazy. A short 🧵.

Liberal pundits should at least acknowledge the theoretical possibility that some dumb thing the right is doing is *not the left's fault*, not some mechanical response to something the left did, but a choice, made by adults who bear the responsibility for that choice.

What do we want? Multiple sclerosis! When do we want it? Now!

We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

It's funny how it's always "this renter is hoarding resources others need" and never "this multimillionaire is hoarding resources" Somewhere there's a homeless mother who could be off the streets if Cuomo simply gave her a million dollars but he selfishly refuses to do that

It has been so embarrassing to watch them do this, and say "people should get technical education." Like where the hell do they think people get that? The technical education tree?

“When someone in crisis receives harmful responses, who’s accountable? The coverage suggests it's the chatbot’s fault, as if these systems spontaneously generated themselves rather than being deliberately built, trained, and deployed by companies making calculated risk assessments.”

Congress needs more members like Beth: People who give a shit about other people and about a job well done. People who believe that society is something we owe to each other, something we build together. People who aren’t afraid of bullies or hard work. MA-06 is lucky to have such a great candidate.

My friend Beth is running for Congress against one of the low-key worst members in a safe seat. Beth is one of the smartest people I know, with an incredibly strong commitment to decency and justice. They'd be an incredible Representative.

There is not a single person in the Democratic Party who is treating the death of USAID with the gravity it deserves. There’s no political issue more important than the death of 14 million people, but they’re just delivering boilerplate condemnations and nothing more.

Remember folks, June is Pride, July is Lust, August is Sloth, September is Envy, October is Wrath, November is Gluttony, December is Greed, January is Sneezy, February is Dopey, March is Bashful, April is Doc, and May is Free Parking.

THIS JUST HAPPENED: Brad Lander walked through the fire, got burned, and came back with a fucking gasoline can. ICE arrested him — now he’s escorting migrants right past them, again. Most politicians wouldn’t show up. He showed out.

Filing a mining claim could save the public lands you love. This bill sells off every Americans birthright. For $274 you can gain exclusive rights to all the hard rock minerals. In this thread I will show you how you can file a mining claim. 1/? www.fieldandstream.com/stories/cons...

They're literally doing the meme

“His life and conduct is similar in many ways to another racist genocidaire, Cecil Rhodes” ftfy, Louise

"I propose an alternate strategy: I shall fight Secretary of Education Linda E. McMahon in a televised cage match, the winner of which gets $2.7 billion in federal grants and the power to uphold or destroy America’s continued technological and economic success." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

According to litigators, on Tuesday, at one detention center in Texas, ICE gathered together 1 Vietnamese, 1 Lao, and 4 other people in detention and ordered them to sign paperwork agreeing to be sent to Libya. All 6 refused, so ICE handcuffed them and threw them into solitary.

More like an aircraft dropper, am I right?

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Sometimes there’s too much going on in the world and you need to look at a large ridiculous bird for a minute. shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)

The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law

For 75 years, every time any U.S. state has requested epidemiologic assistance (an “Epi-Aid”), CDC sent disease detectives. Now, Wisconsin has asked for help to address newly discovered lead poisoning in Milwaukee. But all CDC experts in lead poisoning were just fired.

Somehow, the future is both going to be a dystopian techno sci-fi hellscape AND we're gonna have coal and measles and robber barons and a permanent underclass. Philip K. Dickens

My friend’s daughter dressed up the Boston Common Ducklings for #Handsoff

People will live shorter, worse lives because of what Trump, Musk, and RFK are doing. wapo.st/4cnYNMX