NEW from me: Several CBS News staffers and insiders told me that the network "is not a good place now" amid the imminent arrival of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief, who one source likened to Michael Scott of The Office based on her lack of qualifications. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Because disabled people without personal wealth can’t emigrate to most countries.

Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel." Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...

Whether Democrats are doing enough now misses the point. The point is their failures led to this moment. The bipartisan support for ICE, the failure to hold Bush, Wall Street, and Trump accountable, their defense of the status quo. Democrats may not be holding the gun but they provided the ammo.

WE ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS, JAY WE ARE THE PEOPLE CREATING FREE CONTENT FOR YOUR GODDAMN COMPANY WE ARE YOUR UNPAID LABOR, SO FUCKING LISTEN UP

43% of Democrats (52% of 18-29 voters) say foreign policy and Israel will play a role in their vote in the 2026 primaries. (81% say the economy and healthcare, of course.) 80% want to reduce support for Israel 74% want an arms embargo 72% say it's a genocide 65% want sanctions

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

replaying Fallout: New Vegas and having a fucking blast all over again. also really enjoying these

Josh Barro blocked me on Twitter back in the day because I kept replying to him with images of the smart gremlin in Gremlins 2

"It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin. Sending troops into cities, thinking that that's some sort of proving ground for war.. is just, frankly, inane and I'm concerned for his health" www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

it wouldn't even be a big deal if, for the past decade, all these same dorks didn't hem and haw about how they're the real truth tellers and the vanguard of telling it like it is etc

there's a lot of competition but i think you can make a valid argument that the TikTok ban is the biggest political unforced error the Dems have made in modern history

heggseth's weird podcast rant (delivered to 800 generals and admirals for some reason) is just another sign of how this is a tv presidency. they don't really know how to do policy. their instinct is theater. encounter a problem? put on a spectacle

"i’ve been getting a little bit of flak just because my dad died in 9/11” is an awesome line

Yes, to be fair Democrats are extremely condescending to the left. I should have said the Dems condescension problem *to conservatives* — the kind Klein wants us to fix — is mostly fake

“You are not the right leaders for this moment.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social calls for Senate and House leaders Schumer and Jeffries to resign to improve the chances for Democrats in the midterms in the latest episode of Ask the Editor. Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/the-suspec...

i don’t think it’s wise to attribute their fecklessness to incompetence or weakness of will. they’re actively malicious saboteurs whose sole purpose is to hum and haw and frown while giving the enemy whatever it wants, so long as they can string their hapless base along and keep them pacified.

i keep saying this but what i hate most about the ezra kleins of the world is their insistence is that politics is about messaging and triangulating. its never about offering a compelling vision of the world, its about trying desperately to capitulate to whatever moment we are in

Whatever ruined, broken institutions the Dems inherit would suddenly become things impossible to change. "Listen to this child here, demanding the FDA 'resume vaccination programs' as if that's something in its power. You infant. You absolute rube."

The participation of big name funnymen, including Dave Chappelle, Aziz Ansari and Kevin Hart, provoked criticism from fellow comedians and human rights groups.

That nostalgia they’re feeling, why it’s so powerful, is because Ai is regurgitating the film and television and commercials and magazine ads that originally created it. They don’t even know they’re not pining for their own memories but for the consumption of an aesthetic designed by Madison Avenue.

Interesting to note that the coal industry in the U.S. employs just a tad over 40,000 people, according to the BLS. The same source tells us that 64,000 people work at wineries.

I listened and heard someone (Klein) in mourning. The dream is to be able to do your thoughtful ASMR politics pod and exist in a sort of frictionless world where the disagreements you have with your opponents are mostly trivial. That’s never been possible for Coates and it shows in his perspective.

Charlie Chaplin’s final speech in “The Great Dictator” is full of immensely quotable phrases, but perhaps none that I love as much as his description of fascists as “machine men with machine minds and machine hearts”

When we say 'Abolish ICE' this is a large part of the reason. The Democratic Party is ADDICTED to fascism and we need to take away the fucking drug and flush it down the goddamn toilet. We then need to lock them in their fucking room and make sure this shit LEAVES THEIR VEINS.

So the alarming part about this isn't publicizing medbeds, which I doubt Trump personally even knows about. The bad part is he doesn't want — or even need — to adhere to reality anymore. He needs his base ready to go to war for him, maybe literally. He is in the endtimes prophecy business now.

Sorry, i don't think the solution to "why we have such low approval ratings as a party" is shifting our message to "we're actually not much different from Republicans, and are also willing to put vulnerable constituencies in harm's way." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/u...

Why is everyone trying to *save* Ezra Klein from his underdeveloped moral core? He's a leaf blowing in the wind but on center stage for all to see. He should exit the *discourse* and return only when/if he can be useful.

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Nobody who was in the majority in Bush v. Gore—who ordered Florida to stop counting legally cast ballots, ensuring the presidential candidate from their party won—is in any position to act like he gives a shit about democracy.

The State of Illinois is closely monitoring the federal deployments in the Village of Broadview. Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remains in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety.

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

does anyone remember when "tankies" were telling democrats that they should abolish ICE and remove funding from police departments that under another trump admin would act as fascist paramilitaries outside of the control of democratic local control? they always hate us for being right before them

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

Criticizing the enlightened centrist isn’t kicking them out of the so-called tent, it is presenting them with an opportunity to stop eroding the integrity of the tent by tirelessly trying to find commonality with people who want to burn the tent down.

If James fucking Comey is the bridge too far, you haven't been paying attention to the news. Let him sweat a bit. He deserves it. There are real victims of this admin out there with no book deals waiting for them.

If you want an effective campaign messaging for a nascent left-wing party that could both capture and channel the energies and emotions of the current moment, in my opinion, you couldn't do much better than, "Imagine how good it'll feel to make all of these empty suits and their media mates LOSE."

Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Out of fucking control and if I were an elected Dem or running for office I’d be in front of every camera I could find telling America your prescriptions just got twice as expensive, your health insurance premiums are about to skyrocket from ACA subsidy cancellation, and oh the gov shuts down Wed.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for criminal proceedings against Donald Trump, whom he compared to Adolph Hitler while speaking before the U.N. General Assembly this week. trib.al/8HjOWM9

Jesus Houdini Christ, this is great.

I’m starting to notice a trend in the polling data… —Top Public Worry: Corruption —Biggest problem in Fed Gov: Corruption —Top fear: Corruption —What one word would you use to describe American government?: “Corrupt” It’s almost like voters are trying to tell us something.

Can't help thinking all this is the inevitable end game of not holding politicians accountable for their crimes ever since they pardoned Nixon. If we don't start putting these people in jail for real we'll never get out of this.

What a way to live your life. I only personally know (or knew) one person who’s self-radicalised and it’s a sad and horrible thing to watch every redeeming feature burned on the altar of right-wing fuckery. What’s left isn’t pretty

alien earth teaches us something important: no one in the United States knows how to write an eight-episode season