Hmmmm. That's Intellectual Colonialism. (Thank you, please credit me, internet rando, for this insight forever)

Yup, this was always the play. Obvious from the start. Never even examined as a possibility by the mainstream political press because their bosses are 100% in on the scam.

These + Chotiner would make an amazing Xmas Carol/"Intervention Heist" movie in which they temporarily abduct a billionaire celebrity & help them rethink their life choices. "You thought insulting romance writers while wearing _that_ was a good idea?" Lightning Round: Kissinger or Drake: Pick 1.

She’s up by about a hundred votes, but some 1700 ballots have been challenged and are in need of curing, so click below to make sure yours was accepted! (And check your voicemails/email spam folders in case you missed a notification.)

I am not rich, but I'm giving money to Senate primary challenges next year, and two years after that, and if we still have a country, two years after that. Primary them ALL.

Ordinarily I'm ok with Sheldon. He's one of the better ones. But absolutely fuck this. You were winning for the first time in years and just folded a strong hand for no strategic reason whatsoever. You want to go home for the holidays so bad? Why don't you just stay there. #VichyDems

Eight voted for it, but every single one was part of the plan. Primary all of them.

Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.

I don't know about you, but I will be going to my local Indivisible meeting this week to start planning on how to primary our senators. Doesn't matter if they voted for it or not. It was a plan. They all signed off on it. Every single sitting Democratic Senator needs to be primaried.

A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.

They think we're stupid. Fuck them. Burn this party down

louder

You know the Wachowskis are watching #Plur1bus just losing their minds

the Iranian drought story is insanely undercovered. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/07/i...

Oh wow, this thread

Challenge level: Impossible

And this in an era when we have 988.

This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area. “We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”

Holiday travel plans like Economic stability like Republicans taking the blame like

The right wing having a magnitude of scale (or two!) greater wealth to throw around has become the low key defining issue of our time.

This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.

Just heartbreaking. It will not be a popular point, but it is important to realize that this atrocity scars the workers, too. They are not innocent, this is not exculpatory. But it is terrifying to become a monster. They are trapped in their violence and stripped of their humanity as well.

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Liberty.

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She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle. www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Such a big deal. Obama unilaterally disbanding his volunteer group in 08 was one of the most consequential decisions of that time.

IT'S NOT AN "IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN" IF THEY ARE HARMING AND KIDNAPPING AND TERRORIZING PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. IT'S RACISM AND INTIMIDATION.

Democratic leaders should not rely on litigating their way out of this. Take action now. Arrest these guys. Throw them in jail. Make *Republicans* file the lawsuits. Make *THEM* argue before a judge or jury why they were justified in kidnapping a preschool teacher in front of her children.

i made a helpful reference

Frame: these African women soccer players aren't really women Negation: actually they were all assigned female at birth Kirby: TRANSPHOBES ARE ALWAYS RACISTS. They are trying to define whose bodies are acceptable. The league must reject that project, not claim to meet its standards

frame: smart glasses are just like an iPhone negation: no, they're different in important ways kirby: THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE TOOL. THEY WANT TO NORMALIZE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE. they are making a bad faith comparison bc they want to move the boundaries of acceptable behavior

Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live

The thermostatic theory of electrical politics is really... cookin tonight

The best time for Chuck Schumer to resign is now. Right this moment.

shout out chicago.

Polls will begin to close very soon. And it'll feel like there are a million things to watch! One resource to bookmark: my cheat sheet to election night. We'll be updating with results as they're known: so once you know what happened in VA, NYC, NJ, you can check out the all the down-ballot stuff!

Heyo.

"Do you recognize that sandwich?" is an *all time* cross examination question.

I often think about how Cheney wanted revenge for what happened to Nixon, and how we live in the ruins made by that dream.

It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.

After Mamadani wins tomorrow it'd be cool if some of his people made a successor political vehicle to Teen Vogue, for which there's clearly a market.

This is ducking brilliant

some memes are classic

Obed Vargas became the 4th Sounders player in the MLS era to have a multi-goal game in the playoffs. He joins Jordan Morris, Clint Dempsey and Raul Ruidiaz.

With the win, sounders will play at least 50 games. It’s the first time they’ve reached that mark.

"Liberal democracies undermined by billionaire-owned media and technology companies" Yup, I guess "we" just decided that. 🤨