My 9yo son is singing a 1994 Weird Al song that uses the Crash Test Dummies' "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" to tell the story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. My son is not familiar with any of those cultural touchpoints. Such is the incredible power Weird Al can have over the mind of a 9yo boy.

People keep resigning from the Trump admin because the Trump admin wants them to commit clear crimes. www.huffpost.com/entry/assist...

Excellent investigative reporting by the NYT into why so many ICE cases against protestors fall apart. "federal law enforcement has engaged in extensive misconduct — ranging from attacking protesters to destroying evidence and misrepresenting facts in court." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/u...

Screaming, crying, throwing up at this news

All the salad apocalypse chatter reminds us that the normal work of government to maintain the commons—good roads, regulations, food inspections, public health etc—is what allows economies to prosper and businesses to plan and compete and make money

This is genuinely moving

This is a good definition of what conservatism actually is: whining about merely being told that your selfishness is harmful to *yourself*

Ossoff's framing is perfect: focus on how Trump's supplicants are humiliating themselves

A perfect artifact of our toxic obsession with "civility" in politics. The Waltons were just scraping by in rural poverty! The Simpsons are a 1950s-style nuclear family comfortably supported by a single blue-collar salary! But they sometimes speak disrespectfully, so they must be Bad For America.

every time trump is president you gotta wash your groceries

Everybody shut up and look at this picture of my kid at scout camp

Everybody shut up and look at this picture of my kid at scout camp

And by the way, it is illegal (and not just under civil rights law). Congress has outlined a process where once the military publishes a list, no one is to be struck from that list unless for a narrow set of reasons (none of which includes personal animus, sexism or racism).

When Solitaire Miles was 18, she had a stroke. When she got to the hospital, doctors and nurses accused her of being on drugs. Then, her unsung hero arrived and ensured she got the care she needed. n.pr/4gF8sms

everybody knows “curtains for Zoosha” as a foundational getting-old tweet but I believe “peeble streamer on doop” is a concept worthy of wider recognition

When Cinco Paul writes a show spoofing movie themes from the 60s, he should call it

On July 7, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by ICE in Houston while driving to work. He wasn't under investigation or a suspect—he was a father, worker, and community member. We demand accountability, the release of those detained with him, and an end to ICE collaboration.

Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/

This is WILD

"You notice when someone picks your pocket. You notice even faster when they turn around and sell the wallet as folk art." Bravo

No, this seems fine www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...

so last year a local cop was speeding through downtown at night and hit and killed a student. i just learned that the cop was going 74mph in a 20mph zone, that there were no skid marks of him trying to stop, that no charges were filed, & that he's still working as a cop roanoke.com/opinion/colu...

I don’t know if it’s a forever war but it’s definitely a till Trump is out of office war because he is incapable of admitting defeat and anytime it gets categorized that way in the dumb right wing shows he watches he starts it back up again

Today we showed up at Pier 40 where ICE vehicles are parking, cuz fuck those guys. @riseandresist.bsky.social

If you saw the dramatic flop Mabrey did earlier in the game (to get a flagrant called on BLH), you would want to throw something at her too

Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.

I don't think I should have to work so hard to follow what's going on in a basketball game when there are people whose job it is to tell me, but the #wnba commentators love to talk about everything BUT the game I'm trying to watch. Oh there was a whistle? Huh, weird, anyway...

when it comes to "abandoning shows after one season" Netflix started it; now they wonder why viewers are engaging the way the platform taught them to

"Mamdani's preening arrogance will prove his downfall" IMAGE ALT TEXT: Mamdani looking across the table at you like an old friend he can't wait to catch up with

I, for one, welcome our new gay baseball overlords.

I have a lot of thoughts about, and affection for, "Little House on the Prairie" in all its forms, but I saw a trailer for the new adaptation and all I could think about was how much makeup the actors—especially the little girls—were wearing. That answered "Will I like this?" decisively for me.

I feel like I need to remind people that part of the original me too movement was to emphasize the simple fact that most women, at some point in their lives, have been the victim of sexual harassment, assault, rape or other types of gender-based violence. Hence, the “me too” part.

being in the DSA is fun because you get to spend most of your time helping people with social anxiety canvass for democratic school board candidates and then go online to see people with blue wave emojis in their bios compare you to pol pot

A total violation of international law. Eswatini is imprisoning people from multiple countries no crime, based on no violation of law in that country, and with the direct knowledge and acquiescence of the United States.

Reuters confirms. 11 more people captured by ICE have been sent to a maximum security prison in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), a country where they have no ties and committed no crimes. reut.rs/4wpbIGU

The Women's Professional Baseball League has announced team names and branding ahead of its inaugural season, which begins August 1. They are the Boston Hunters, the Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, and the San Francisco Firebells (elaboration on meaning/inspo in this thread).

Geno Auriemma is a good coach, yes, but he is not at all good on the mic, and I don't know why anyone thought he would be #wnba

"The narrative arc of Vance’s redemption is not long, and it bends toward power." The only good thing about JD Vance's new book is that it provides an excuse for smarter, better people to dissect and diagnose his odiousness in smarter, better essays, like this one in @commonwealmagazine.org.

However much you love/admire/fear Angela Lansbury, I promise you, it's not enough.

Can't get over JD Vance writing in his book about how the Vatican wouldn't tell him what exactly they object to in his administration's policies toward migrants. THIS. THIS SHIT that you went in front of cameras to justify! That time you accused the Church of profiteering off immigration services!!

It's great that we have a President that other world leaders have to plan communicating with like they're figuring out how to do sign language with Koko the gorilla.

Look, are right-wing culture warriors obsessed with policing gender boundaries or aren't they, because "every girl is in a hijab...in kindergarten" sounds exactly like the kind of gender-roles enforcement they love to see in early childhood education.

I am intrigued by the background here. That Estelle Parsons tho!

We all have our favorite Trump-throws-a-party metaphors for the USA at 250. This is mine.

My teen pointed out this bizarre "quote" on the wall of the Judy Blume rest stop in NJ, and I'm going to be mad about the formatting choices made here for a long time. I did enjoy the display of Judy Blume memorabilia, though.

I have been saying all along that the purpose of Trump’s tariffs is to solicit bribes to selectively remove them. And here we are. Trump getting richer while everyone else pays more for everything.

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

The Garden State Parkway had an apocalyptic vibe during tonight's sunset thunderstorm. Spectacular lightning also.

The conclusion here, that the Shit Festival is preferable to Trump over the open National Mall precisely because the Mall is open to everyone and thus not "hot," is so smart. The border is the ultimate velvet rope to him, I don't know how I'd never seen this before.

Also consider the legitimate theater! Last July I took my kids to see "Gypsy" on a particularly hot afternoon, and at intermission I had to give them my pashmina to drape over themselves because their teeth were chattering from the A/C in the mezzanine. Heat is a good excuse for a Broadway splurge!