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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Fundamental Interests Of United States Of America Would Be Irreparably Harmed If It Race-Based Harassment And Detention By Masked Thugs Were Even Temporarily Halted
this one came out a week ago and after a bumpy start the reaction has been very encouraging, and has led to some great conversations and interactions. if you haven't seen it yet check it out and let me know what you think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2I...
Sounds like these voters aren’t good enough for you. Maybe go find another country to scold?
Minesweeper was the killer app
His confirmation will give us a chance to see whether there are signs of life in the GOP senate, or whether they remain a zombie army
I’m a California voter and I’ve already gotten 3 mailers opposing the redistricting - it’s nice to know the Republicans are panicking
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
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.
open.substack.com/pub/shaulmag... “There is little more dangerous than living in the past and thinking it is the future” - this applies to so many of us at the current moment
His crowning achievement so far is allowing same-sex marriages in SF. Apparently his super power is changing the narrative nationally. Along the way, though, lots of misfires.
What we call “wealth” can’t exist without debt. Read David Graeber for details.
Happy birthday Social Security open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Agree - whenever or however the current regime meets its end (God willing through non-violent democratic processes) we will need a truth and reconciliation movement. But not “partisan:” 1 party has been uniquely nihilistic and unethical, and that must be accepted as judgment, not opinion
Does it feel like the Democratic fundraising texts you’re getting are a scam? Guess what: they are!
You’re trapped in a horror movie with your most famous birthday twin. Who is it? And how are you surviving? Me and Liberace are dazzling our way to safety.
You forgot to mention Martinez!
Very good point. If the Bay Area were governed by New York State, SF, Oakland, and San Jose would be boroughs of one city
Motherfucking wind farms…
I declare this National Brotherhood Week in memoriam Tom Lehrer youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY?...
There is a horrifying parallel between Gaza and Vietnam in 1968. The Democratic mainstream supported both, and lost big as a result in both cases. Activists also thought they could rebuild the party, as they do now, in the 1970s and 80s. Look how that turned out.
If the Dems don’t add 4 seats to SCOTUS in 2028 they are brain dead. Then again, the Dems are experts at losing, so 🤞
CBS can cancel Colbert for purely financial reasons, and I can cancel Paramount Plus for purely financial reasons
This makes me want to dance over to the airport and get on a plane to Vancouver right now
This is the first time Trump’s been the one swimming when there’s blood in the water
A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41. Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.
I’m going with Josh Hawley as Putin
It’s usually not the crime, but the coverup, that brings them down
Because Republicans treat primaries as gladiatorial sport, and make deals with the winners. Democrats pick winners and try to sabotage those who interfere with their plans. A right-wing Mamdani would have quickly been blessed by GOP leadership.
We may never know which of his high profile associates participated or actively encouraged his impropriety, but it is clear that they tolerated what Epstein was doing, and this in itself is shameful.
The real Epstein scandal is our society’s acceptance of wealth as a sign of moral rectitude. Epstein did everything right is a society that values only asset accumulation.
Link for those who are wondering harpers.org/archive/1964...
To be fair, records for the Gulf of America only go back 5 months, so we can’t be sure the water is warmer than normal
Speaking of Clarke, Childhood’s End intimates that there might be something more to the idea of extraterrestrial life than our current narrative of gray men in spaceships imagines. Maybe ET is all around us, but we can’t see because we don’t understand.
Two things stand out me: first, Mamdani handles this straw man attack perfectly. Second, and more importantly, these neo-McCarthyist attacks *aren’t working*. Mamdani shows us that courage and principles can defeat fear and smear campaigns.
The viewpoint that Sanders was a net negative is wrong: he brought voters into the party, even if those voters had the temerity to push back when ordered to fall in line. You can’t win elections simply by eliminating the competition. You have to offer voters something they’re interested in.
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. This man has no citizenship now.
I have endured a lot of griping from “centrists” who are quick to blame progressives for their failures. Yet all the progressives I personally know are faithful Dems. Did you ever consider the reason you’re losing is because your policies are, in fact, unpopular? No one owes you a vote.
I supported and voted for HRC, and she would’ve made a capable President, but to say that she didn’t represent the status quo of 2016 is a surprising assertion. Harris, who was my DA in SF, is a noble but tragic figure trapped by a nest of consultants focused on saving their own hides
So grateful to wake up to headlines other than “fascists still winning.” Let’s hope for more days like this.
The plain truth is that winning hasn’t been the top priority of Democratic leadership for decades. It’s defend the status quo first, then win if possible.
If Clinton has resigned to avoid impeachment, it’s likely Gore would have won in 2000. But that would have required humility.
still think this is one of the greatest posts ever made
Not all of our political norms are gone open.substack.com/pub/coreyrob...
Super apt by @rtraister.bsky.social. This is why, as a person who also has her head in NYC despite not living there currently, I am totally mystified by powers-that-be turning toward Cuomo! Do people have no memory for even five years ago??
This is precisely why you must go to the show, you think: my god, is he dead, maybe he’s a zombie. If he is a Zombie, there’s no telling what he might do: this is what makes it irresistible!
No dress uniforms, no marching. This is resistance from the army itself, thank god.
The king says he’s not a king, and the king’s word is law - draw your own conclusions
The root of the problem is that we can’t talk about raising taxes at all. The truth is that everyone should be paying more. Yes, high earners should should shoulder more of the burden, but it should be a shared burden. The millionaire label tries to make it seem like someone else’s problem
I admire health systems in other countries, but understand that reforming the US system is going to be very hard and very complicated. But we have no choice if we want to stay a competitive economy. Agree that transparency is a great place to start.
Idea for the next Democratic administration: mandatory work requirements before you can access your trust fund
Nailed it! Thank you Cake!
The right has been looking for freeloaders for 45 years, and the only ones they found are wealthy tax cheats. Maybe give working people a break for a change?
This is indeed fascinating! It appears that the MAGA movement is not backed by the wealthy as a class. This spoils the narrative that the 1% is corrupt. However there is a small group within the 1% who finance the current insanity.
Meta-level projection
Once again Democrats are getting the messaging wrong: don’t talk about millions of people losing health insurance, talk about thousands of hospitals closing
Please don’t forget that any cuts to Medicaid will hit healthcare providers, especially rural providers who are already few and far between. This could cut off your access to healthcare, even if you’re not on Medicaid.
That worked out about the same way
Yes, they do en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_vo...
I started out as an AI skeptic, and it’s easy to find things it does badly, but I’ve been won over. The trick is understanding how to use it. If something is drudgery and involves no creativity or judgement, the chances are AI can do it.
Thinking a lot recently about the movie Elysium - we’ve been steadily progressing towards the hellish world depicted in that film
Just wait until there’s a constitutional crisis, then the trap will spring shut! We will defeat them with simple, geometric logic!
It’s a shame really: think of the epic keggers the founding fathers would have put on given the chance
I’ve come round to Chomsky’s view that the US got what it wanted in Vietnam. It was an object lesson: if you oppose US hegemony, we will rain hellfire on you. And it worked; the “dominos” stopped falling. Calling it a loss is too simplistic.
“Aggressive” deportations is also giving too much credit: he’s maximizing cruelty and eliminating due process. This makes a good show for those with dark hearts, but I’ll be very surprised if he goes after slaughterhouses and ag workers.
The very concept of “centrist” is problematic, because the reduction of politics to “right” or “left” is a gross simplification. The real meaning of centrism in action is defense of the status quo, inherently a weak position that can’t deliver positive change. We need a path to a better future.
Get his ass
The typical argument against this is that lenders would tighten consumer credit if they couldn’t use predatory interest rates. But that’s a good thing, right? Those who argue this are the same scolds who whine endlessly about how people should be saving more and not buying on credit.
Gramsci’s famous quote has never been more appropriate > The old world is dying while the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters
AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
Had she handled this differently, it could have been a defining moment that would carry her to the White House.
There are decisive moments in life that are unexpected, and no one can know how they will react until tested. This was such a moment. As a former Whitmer supporter, I have sympathy, but she’s done. I will be surprised if she even keeps her seat as Governor. This is bad.
Gov. Janet Mills staring down the Dorito Dictator: “I have spent the better part of my career listening to loud men talk tough to disguise their weakness. I am unfazed by loud men." 🔥
It took awhile for this shoe to drop, but appears China is selling treasuries. Buckle up everybody! www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...
At least now I understand how he bankrupted a casino
Just froze my credit file. The credit bureau tried to charge me, but had to admit in the fine print that this was available for free. Thank you CFPB! Thank you @warren.senate.gov !
Don’t let this be another normal day in America www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
It’s clear at this point that Mike Walz is being singled out as the fall guy. This will protect Hegseth, who is arguably the most derelict in his duty.
thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
Cats
Taxing the rich more is difficult but it's necessary
Tim Miller showing appropriate alarm: youtu.be/fZXS-BerWz0?...
To be fair, Schumer’s argument that a shutdown could easily be played to MAGAs advantage made sense. That said, it’s time to say farewell to Dems who bring pillows to a gunfight.
Trump’s trade war is a romantic fairy tale about a war that’s already been lost. We need to move forward, not back www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/98124ac...
If I were the ambitious head of a government that had long planned to capture and annex a nearby island nation, I would be watching very closely now for opportunities to exploit the obvious weakness of our present leadership.
Should we be formulating a Project 2029? If so, how can we do that in an inclusive way that avoids corporate influence?
We call these phenomena “unidentified” but quickly jump to the conclusion that they can be explained by technology, alien or otherwise. This reflects our arrogant delusion that our technology gives us dominion over a world we don’t fully understand.
What a front cover...
Raise hell! Boo and shout for the whole freakin time. This is a televised event, so you can’t make any subtle points. But you can let the American people know that you know who the enemy is.
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
As far as I can tell, media outlets are abandoning their journalistic ethics in order to maintain “access” to a firehose of lies, propaganda, and unreliable speculation. Perhaps these people aren’t journalists?
As Bogart would say: they’ll take it, and they’ll like it
The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.
Jasmine Crockett speaks for me (and multitudes, and oy, WATCH THE VIDEO!)
First the US constitution, now Strunk and White, have these people read anything?
I left Twitter when it changed names, Facebook and Insta when Zuck declared himself anti-DEI. If I’m honest, there are days when I miss the easy connection with old friends. However, the transition has been very positive mentally. Very grateful for Bluesky, there is another path!
Feeling grateful for regulations and people courageously doing their jobs that saved 80 souls in Toronto - wear your seatbelts! www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/98124ac...
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.