The reason this isn’t a big story for the media like it was when Biden mixed up a name isn’t because Trump has always been dumb or Trump has always been a dick or Trump has always been dumb and a dick; it’s because the media likes him

4th deadly US strike on a boat in the Caribbean. As with the others: -in area US military operates freely -arrest low risk -no legal rationale -violates international law -no evidence of who US hit If really traffickers—very much an if—the move is interdiction. Would get evidence and intelligence.

The Heritage Foundation is urging the FBI to see speech in favor of trans rights as an incitement to violence. Perfectly normal day in our great country. Plus, schools are finding out how cruel anti-trans laws impact their students, and an inspiring effort to help poor trans people afford hormones.

@thisamericanlife.org has an incredible show about what's going on in our immigration system. www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...

The many can indeed take on the money.

A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19 What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us? www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

The Supreme Court is clearly off the rails, and talk of expanding the Court is increasing again. I talked to @leahlitman.bsky.social about everything SCOTUS for my newsletter

Terrorizing parents of kids with autism for sport is just another benefit of fascism for the people who hate their neighbors.

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

Just thought I should add: I’m *not* rooting for a shutdown, which would be awful. But Dems simply agreeing to whatever bullshit Thune puts in front of them would be awful as well. There’s no good option here for Dems, only degrees of bad options. Terrible things will happen either way.

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He alleges officers have repeatedly interfered with his constitutional right to document sweeps of homeless encampments throughout the city.

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🗃️ The Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and so many modern atrocities began the same way. Sorting entire groups of people into camps is complex, and hard. It will ALWAYS turn into chaos because evil people are also incompetent. Historians aren't wrong if they say this is how it always goes.

“They should accept it because they looked a little Mexican. It’s the price of a free society.” Kavanaugh, J., concurring.

It’s not a question of whether you agree with Jimmy Kimmel. When someone uses their government position to threaten speech they don't like, that undermines the First Amendment and our entire democracy. Everyone should care about this—no matter what your political view is.

If you’re too afraid to do your job, you should quit your job. If you’re too afraid to report on what’s going on because you’re afraid of MAGA death threats, you should stop being a reporter. if you’re too afraid to vote against honoring a white nationalist due to death threats, you should resign.

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

Worse, I’m betting that none of this will be the focus of Sunday morning’s news programming. I’m betting that Kirk & Buckingham Palace, with a side of Jimmy Kimmel will dominate the shows.

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This is extremely true...if you are a pro-drug war prosecutor, you want those people apprehended to get Intel (I know several pro-drug war prosecutors...sigh...and that is what they always say)

Whoever wrote this @washingtonpost.com editorial has no understanding of military affairs-- and has not been reading two decades of the Post's coverage of the war in #Afghanistan: ♦️There is no way to hold #Bagram without the cooperation of the Taliban, or a Berlin Airlift level of resupply. Brief 🧵

Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President.

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"Misinformation about the Rohingya is not an incidental media problem but a structural process."

In 1983, 90% of U.S. media was owned by 50 companies. By 2012, that number was 6. Today, it's just 5. Decades of media consolidation made it "a lot easier for authoritarian government to exercise control," consumer advocate Gigi Sohn says. Much more in my new piece: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.

Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about a baby man at the Oscars and he will never ever let it go. This isn’t about a week ago. It is about years ago. He’s been waiting for this moment to silence him.

They might be a far-left extremist but ALSO they might be a Unitarian Universalist, so look carefully

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Here's what Saint Charlie said about Crockett a few months before he died. www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

Vote with your dollars.

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We've had decades now to witness the effects of "raising awareness" on public health issues that are not individually controllable (eg: food deserts). The pandemic should have made clear that "individualized public health" is an oxymoron. When will we admit that this is a failed approach?

Good point.

One thing we should all be conscious of here on Bluesky is that trans people were a key part of keeping this site alive when everyone else was afraid to lose clout. They are a big reason we have an alternative to Elon.

A Black teen named Kalief Browder was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. He spent 3 years tortured at Rikers & died by suicide A wealthy white man named Tom Homan was caught by FBI accepting bribes. He was promoted to a powerful law enforcement position This is what white supremacy looks like

While you’re cancelling your Disney and Hulu subscriptions, don’t forget to cancel Disney vacations. Their theme parks and cruise ships make a ton of money. Boycott Disney and you can boycott Florida at the same time!

ICE is running local ads targeting Chicago police officers - trying to lure them into turning against those they’re supposed to serve & protect. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/i...

Isn't it just 😞 Get rid of them and their backers and we might still have a chance of a decent world.

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Meanwhile in North Korea.