Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
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Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
I complain about media outlets all the time, so credit where it's due to @wsj.com for this chart which says more than a thousand words could. There's no dancing around it, no explaining it away, there's just the ugly truth. www.wsj.com/wsjplus/dash...
A dozen former colleagues just came to mind as I was reading that.
What has the ECHR ever done for us?
Trump is quite skilled at Making Adversaries Great Again.
The US disaster with India is so profoundly stupid and venal that I have written this short and free piece about it, if you want to read more. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The USA has screwed up so badly by decimating the US relationship with India because of Trump’s childish, destructive ego, that the state department is now in the process of grovelling. In the end the US will probably cave, as it has with China.
And, btw, Trump having a childish fit with India has nothing to do with Russia-Ukraine and has actually already helped Putin by driving India closer to China and Russia. It was all because India would not lie on Trump's behalf and claim he settled their dispute with Pakistan.
Even he must consider the quacks he relies on experts. I assume he’s costing this in a way to refer to those with unbiased views that are derived by science and not ideology. But something must have got lost in translation from the original brainwormese.
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
They are treating them like the enemy. Pentagon planners own that, too. They are part of the problem now that they know this framework. They are aiding a dirty war in this country. No "well, but I didn't know..."
Amen.
Yes, it’s far better to trust those that don’t have a fucking clue about what they’re doing. That’s why I get my car fixed at the dentist.
The super rich aren't smart. They have no idea how dangerous the situation is
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
At this point, I know of NM & New England states. I'm sure we'll see more... "Health officials from MA, ME, VT, CT, RI, NY, NJ, and PA met this week to consider coordinating their own vaccine recommendations, separate from the federal govt." 🛟😷 Lawsky Medsky health policy
Felt like a pie chart was in order. Number of mass shooters since 2018: 4197 % of mass shooters since 2018 that were transgender? 0.095% % of mass shooters that were cisgender: 99.905%
A small but curious detail: how Putin and Aliyev were greeted in China.
The reason Trump thinks Ukraine doesn’t hold any cards is because he doesn’t know what cards are.
“Stop targeting legitimate military targets so that Russia might maybe consider stopping targeting civilians”
Soon he will announce that a jillion gabillion in tariffs has been collected. Also, that’s money coming out of Americans‘ pockets regardless of the claimed amount that has been taken in.
Governor Jared Polis says on a reddit AMA that Colorado will fix it so that people can access COVID vaccines without a prescription within the next few days.
Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.
What a ridiculous person.
What’s the message here? That he’s going to incinerate the planet?
Same people that benefit from the erosion of the US’ alliances
Example #10,492,768 of how MAGA doesn’t actually care about kids’ safety despite all the noise they make to the contrary. Actions speak louder than words.
This administration’s policies will have distant disastrous effects on our children. This is one more.
Whee.
The rich don’t ask for permission and they don’t beg for forgiveness either. The aristocracy remade.
Oh God. Andriy Parubiy, a key Euromaidan revolution figure and former Rada speaker, has been assassinated in Lviv.
It’s our Ukrainian trait — we can spend years chuckling at Andriy Parubiy’s unclear speech, and only when the man is gone do we realize that he was perhaps one of the best speakers we ever had, under whose leadership historic documents like the bill in support of the Ukrainian language were passed.
On 28 August, Ukraine’s Azov unit documented a Russian soldier shooting an unarmed elderly civilian in his yard in Pokrovsk district. The act, captured on video, constitutes a violation of the Geneva Convention IV.
Don’t look away
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: “No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics…He’s getting his information from somewhere”
This should not be viewed in isolation from the workarounds to renaming army installations, the removal of predominantly women flag officers from positions they earned, and the decision to grant funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. All designed to shape and re-write history in service of a select group.
So she’s going to do something about it, right? Right?
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
These are the facts of the case. And they are undisputed.
“And I know a guy with a bathtub and a lot of ice.”
Spoken like someone that knows a guy that has a bathtub with a lot of ice.
It’s always humbling to be reminded how much power lightning packs.
‘We should be proud to be British. But successive governments have undermined that.’ @eddavey.libdems.org.uk believes the UK could be making a 'historic mistake’ by relying on Donald Trump, instead of forging closer ties with European and Commonwealth allies.
A lot of that going around. Rubio tries hard but Vance is the undisputed master.
On the scale of loan fraud evil does using two primary addresses rank higher or lower than repeatedly misstating the value of multiple properties with the aim of obtaining the most favorable rate?
Vance has absolutely no beliefs. And he is just full of bad faith. Whatever it takes for him to get power--that's it. Otherwise, he's an empty suit.
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.
imagine if 'democratic dark money' groups just publicly financially supported progressive publications like the handbasket and mmfa instead of trying to do it in secret deals to seem "grass roots" or some nonsense
We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
The reality is simple our rights are not bargaining chips. Liberty is not something you trade away for “temporary safety”, because when you do, you lose both.
The truth is, temporary safety measures imposed by force rarely stay temporary. History shows that once freedom is surrendered, it is almost never freely given back. And just like Franklin, we’re here to say no.
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine💙💛 🔴In Kyiv, rescuers have recovered another body from the rubble of a destroyed 5-story building. 15 people, including 4 children, died in the Russian strike Emergency and rescue operations are ongoing. SES aircraft were involved in other locations.
America cutting off its nose to spite its face, Vol 5,348,231.
part of the issue with postmodern accelerationist extremism is that these radicals know that by combining different slogans and identity claims, they can damage society more
Mass departure of senior CDC officials. Politically motivated firing of FEMA personnel. HHS determined to lie about vaccines and the diseases they prevent. We have entered a dangerous period for American health and security. The United States has never been more vulnerable to a biological attack.
this stuff breaks you down the longer you stare into it, primarily because you can see the nihilism in the act infect discourse and the social fabric around you i have cried today
The Art of Trash
What a chucklefuck
Protect free speech and our healthcare.
Or any of the other countries he has fixated on.
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because it’s beeping. It’s quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.
#Lethality
Deploy the Quick Raking Force!
Emergency area beatification. Glad they got onto that. It was touch and go for a while, but they deployed the Quick Raking Force.
The US won WWII with a Department of War and got mired in Vietnam and Afghanistan with a Department of Defense. QED. [/s] (Also doesn't he famously want a Peace Prize?) www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
When in doubt rebrand your way out.
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING Democrat Catelin Drey FLIPS Iowa SD-1 — a district Trump won by 11.5 points in 2024 — defeating Republican Christopher Prosch in a landslide special election and breaking the GOP supermajority.
Next study: Trump branded healing crystals cure autism for realz. Results soon.
Companies ruthlessly cutting costs by eschewing unique architectural components and opting for more affordable generic commercially available parts to maximize profits is…checks notes…probably not communism.
Let’s all take a moment to reflect on how this just absolute alpha male sprayed on his hair for TV
Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
Vaccines do not cause autism.
Don’t forget their smash hit “Hangin’ Out With My FAM”
ELECTION RESULT from Alabama: Paul Prine, the former police chief of Mobile who was fired last year while facing a damning report about his department’s use of force against Black residents, has lost the mayoral race. He came in third, and will not move forward to the September runoff.
Living the dream
72% of adults surveyed in 25 countries see the spread of false information online as a major threat. Meanwhile the US is harassing the researchers and civil servants who studied the challenge and attempting to export that harassment campaign to other countries. 🙃 www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
New from me: Trump and RFK Jr. blathered on about autism being a “horror show.” But all the while, RFK Jr.’s the Department of Health and Human Services has terminated millions of dollars of grants midway through research projects, rendering the money wasted. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The nerve of the kitchen island jumping out at you like that
Good thing we’re not getting distracted
Know which other detained children also had access to food, water, toilets, & rudimentary medical care in 1942? Japanese Americans under age 12, labeled enemy aliens for the sin of being ethnically Japanese. And now an ICE center is being built above the bones of Ft Bliss’s former “relocation” camp.
It’s wild how the success of localized Ukrainian counteroffensives is straight up not being talked about by the mainstream press. A company of idiots on motorcycles signals a Russian breakthrough but broad and successful retaking of several villages is literally not news
Tennessee would like a word with the President. 2 of the top 5 most violent cities are in Tennessee. Which U.S. Cities Are the Most Dangerous? | Security.org share.google/aO8jqdOiXEDQ...
President Trump balked when asked whether he would send National Guard troops to Republican-led cities with high crime rates: “Sure, but there aren’t that many of them." Of the 30 U.S. cities with the highest number of violent crimes, more than half were in certifiably red states. trib.al/WEcfqPk
Ultimately we should remember two things. The military is led by civilians. If you want this to end, you, the civilian, need to be three feet up the ass of your representatives. This is why they exist. Second, troops are American citizens with fewer rights. They largely don't want this lawlessness.
The transformation of the Washington Post editorial page appears to be complete.
Bad: Using the National Guard in DC to "fight crime" Really bad: Threatening to use them in other (blue) cities Really really bad: Sending units from red states only Superbad: Specialized units within the National Guard to deal with "public order issues" (All within the last 2 weeks, too)
Q: During the campaign, you called Kamala Harris a communist, but the Biden-Harris admin never called for nationalizing a private company like you're proposing with Intel. Is this the new way of doing industrial policy? TRUMP: Yeah. Sure it is. I want to try to get as much as I can.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN DC? Seems like a Purge or Revolution. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!