You're braver than I am. I got the COVID-19 and flu shot on the same day, and that laid me out for a day and a half. I don't think I'd even try to get three vaccinations at once.
You're braver than I am. I got the COVID-19 and flu shot on the same day, and that laid me out for a day and a half. I don't think I'd even try to get three vaccinations at once.
What these Schatz posts say to me is that Dem elected officials like him seem incapable of perceiving the right as a *political movement.* The response to Covid mitigation and the Floyd protests was not a spontaneous reaction...it was a right wing backlash organized by a reactionary movement.
Thank you, Bonnie. You're a good girl.
Dissents from two GWB appointees and two Obama appointees, if I've understood it right. You don't see that every day.
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Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
🚨 How much more will ~1.44 MILLION #GEORGIA residents have to pay if Republicans let the improved ACA subsidies expire? acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
I know I shouldn't be surprised, but what the hell...
I'm going to have to join the petitions for a higher score here. There are trained human first responders who couldn't have done that well. Good girl, Manchis.
Yeah, this is one of those videos that is welcome any time.
the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education 1/
Kharkiv tonight. People chanting “Putin Khuylo”, which essentially means Putin go f yourself
If you’re mad about Dems avoiding talking about DC, you can blame the Democratic quants, as demonstrated in this memo from David Shor’s Blue Rose Research
No frickin way #allythepiper #piperally #freebird
I may be in the minority here, but I've found the Gavin Newsom act to be depressing. It feels like a tacit acknowledgement that we can no longer communicate about national politics without acting like bloviating trolls. There are enough wannabe edgelords in the world. We didn't need another one.
Advice from an organization that has never fielded and likely will never field a candidate who can win a general election. It's a choice, I suppose. Some of those terms can go away, maybe, but some of this sounds like whining from people who don't like to practice empathy.
Mr. Mamdani: You and your team are very good at this. Good luck in the election. I wish I could vote for you.
I don't quite agree with this take. I think this is among their initial forays into Mussolini-style corporatism, which is just as bad, and possibly worse in some ways.
A team went nine games without making a single goal. The fans decided to help.
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life. Crank it! 😀 🎸
Or immediate hospitalization. At this point, I'd settle for him being pelted publicly with rotten produce.
The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios. At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024. Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570. That’s a ratio of 632 to 1. How can anyone defend this?
This is Tuffy. He is the only example of taking up the whole sidewalk that is not only justifiable, but encouraged. 14/10 (IG: mypittuffy)
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
Lavrov:Putin is willing to meet with Zelenskyy only if all issues requiring discussion at the highest level are thoroughly prepared Lavrov said that "question of the legitimacy of the signatories on the Ukrainian side will arise" Russia is playing for time&has no real intention of ending the war
At the rate the NYT is inching, they might catch up to you by 2040.
Lindsey Halligan is a former insurance lawyer whose firm was once sanctioned by a judge for operating in bad faith. She has no training or qualification in museum studies or American history. Her ascension to this post is another example of Trump's affirmative action for pretty white women.
Trump's approval is the lowest of his second term, according to our tracker with YouGov. He is roughly as unpopular as the same point in his first term. www.economist.com/interactive/...
album covers but with muppets: thread
What? You expected him to come up with a coherent strategy on his own?
I am very sorry for your loss. Dogs are never with us long enough.
they do not want to “solve crime” they want to punish cities for being liberal and they are succeeding at their goal
For a lot of people, alcoholism is a substitute for character development. But I take your point-- alcoholism on its own doesn't make for compelling storytelling. In fact, it's pretty damned boring.
🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy. Slava Ukraini!
Translation: Putin brought a bunch of SVR operatives with him and pretended they’re business leaders. Probably fine that they’re hanging out right by the f-35s and stuff, right?
I am so sorry. Cats are the best.
‘Help me, please!’ Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community. Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying." It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
"I wish I could tell you that even if the Supreme Court decides to hear the challenge, it will fail and Obergefell will be upheld, but I really, truly, honestly don’t know. My gut feeling is that Obergefell is in trouble. I hope my gut is wrong."
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man? Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Exactly right. They simply want the end product — whether it’s an actual production of art or music or the end result of hard work like a PhD — without doing the work. It’s cheat codes all the way down.
Lawrence Summers' confidence in his own intellect is exceeded only by his loyalty to the system that has produced America's current ruling class. Both are terribly misguided in this case.
Seems Mike Johnson has been using campaign funds to pay his rent in DC, which is a major legal no no. www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
This is Horus. He got a lot of attention on a recent flight in Mexico. Clearly the other passengers have never flown with someone so handsome. 14/10 we're told he was very well behaved (TT: denniabuendagalvn, paulinagtza_, cheetahbash, cristianjbetancourt)
This is a demand for unconstitutional, arbitrary power. There is no offense against the United States here. The FBI has no role to assist the State of Texas in becoming an authoritarian enclave. F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
It is not “deal-making.” It is extortion built on Christopher Rufo’s idea of “taking down” one or more elite university. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
Trump is "using an 'Art of the Deal' approach..." Extortion. The term you were looking for there is Extortion. Please, NYT, stop torturing the language with your feckless attempts to be fair to people who would never extend you that courtesy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
If that's what he was attempting, he has failed miserably.
I am so sorry. Cats are the best.
one of the most obvious lies imaginable (that wasn’t reported as such by our political press corps)
Usually, when I cannot comprehend the point someone is trying to make, I'm at least intrigued enough to ask for some sort of clarification. I don't think further elucidation would help in this case.
Publishing is not an industry, I’d say, that has any sort of aftercare. If your debut flops or soars, if you go from frontlist to mid-list, if you are on prize lists or not. It’s a crapshoot. And part of the issue is supply and demand. There are 80+ books to choose from below. No one can keep up.
"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
New: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it is shutting down cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
Congratulations!
I am so sorry. Cats are the best. I hope her memory is a blessing to you.
Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿 I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope CEOs and business leaders are paying attention. Target, Tesla, CBS, American Eagle Outfitters - they're all tanking after hate-fueled "anti-woke" attacks. Actions have consequences. Some of those consequences are reduced profits and an angry consumer base that will never trust you again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
Why is it so hard to find a therapist who takes insurance? We heard from more than 500 mental health care providers who left their networks because of red tape, low reimbursement rates, delayed payments and more. (Published Aug. 2024)
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
We need to find that taxi driver. He needs to be held to account.
Thomas Chatterton Williams reminds me of Bruno Kirby's Lieutenant Houk in Good Morning Vietnam. He has no idea what's funny or cool, and he wouldn't recognize either if you pointed them out to him.
One of the very few good things about fascists: inevitably, they turn on each other.
That, and Chuck. Chucks are guys who get things done.
The number of American adults willing to debase themselves for a worthless, soulless fraud like Donald Trump never ceases to depress me.
EU fossil fuel share is collapsing. Coal, oil + gas 🔥 Top drops from 2004 → 2024: 🇩🇰 Denmark: 76% → 12% 🏆 🇵🇹 Portugal: 73% → 15% 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 91% → 46% 🇮🇪 Ireland: 95% → 55% 🇬🇷 Greece: 90% → 50% 🇫🇮 Finland: 44% → 5% Clean power isn’t a future dream—it’s already the present. ⚡ #EnergyTransition #EU
Release the Epstein Files. ps: This is nuts. pps: Bondi is a clown.🤡 pps: A "Strike Force" is gibberish.
Claim victory and depart the field.
This reads like the sort of drivel ad agencies pitch to tobacco companies to convince the executives they aren't trafficking in public poisons. It's equal parts sad and delusional.
Legalized corruption is one of the two central problems connected to all the other problems in American society. The other central problem is elite impunity — the idea that no matter how much damage elites do, they will never face social, political, legal or financial consequences. 🧵
J.D., from William and Mary. I hung around the theatre building a lot, and got into various shenanigans. I directed a student-written one-act on the same bill as one you performed in.
I wrote about Colbert for the Guardian. It started out talking about the politics, but then it just became a sort of love letter for late night television.
Every so often, I see someone I knew once has accomplished something worthwhile, and I think,"Wow. I'm proud to have known that person." This is one of those times. Your columns are always good. This one is necessary. Outstanding work.
Another on my long list of cities I hope to visit one day. I hope you enjoy it.
A lot of people who voted for Trump did so because they believed he would help fix the economy and immigration. Thats not what’s happening, in fact he’s doing quite the opposite — his attacks on immigrants are backfiring and impacting our economy. Let’s talk about. A 🧵
So just to be clear - the “protect the kids” party is now shutting the government down to protect sexual predators? Do we have this right?
"Senator Murkowski could have saved many millions of Americans from losing their health care and food assistance and local hospitals, but she pushed in all her chips on a deal that was reneged by Trump almost immediately after the vote was finalized."
We elected a child. No, I take that back. The vast, vast majority of children in this country are better, more decent, and more mature than he is. So, for the umpteenth time: We elected an utterly horrible human being. We elected the very worst of us. Shame on us.👇 www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
"Over and over we watch Buckley slander, deceive, withhold information, and defend the falsity of others. He lies with glee and without compunction; he lies willfully and by omission. He stands athwart history, yelling the wildest possible bullshit." defector.com/william-f-bu...
The amazing thing about brave people speaking out is that it inspires others to do the same by creating a permission structure. Since I published this article 4 hours ago, I've heard from multiple sources confirming what's in it. www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters. Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me. Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!
The joy of an old dog is just about the best thing in this world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b... As CBS has already demonstrated its willingness to capitulate to Trump, any public statement from this network doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt. If the performance of the show isn't an issue, then this cannot simply be a financial decision.
www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/f...
What's especially galling here is that Jack Healy, the Times writer in question, included the facts you stated in the piece...in the second-to-last paragraph. This is a case of a premise infecting accurate reporting.
In @theintercept.com, Debbie Nathan reports on ICE lawyers refusing to give their names in court - and immigration judges going along with it. theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...