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To see @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, @ezraklein.bsky.social and other columnists just ignore this central piece of Turning Pointâs work is inexcusable. TPUSA and its allies terrorized hundreds of academics. I was one of them.
The price of gas, groceries and airfares jumped. Applications for unemployment aid soared.
because it sounds like it could be really good, or really really bad...
Crab rangoon pizza? Anyone tried it?
âSouth Koreaâs labour minister has said ânot even prisoners of warâ would be treated as badly as hundreds of Korean workers detained by US immigration authorities following a raid at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia.â
An MSNBC host lost his job for saying, accurately, that violent speech leads to violent actions. But a Fox News host said that unhoused people should be killed by "involuntary lethal injection" and he still has a job.
Trying to make the pre-meditated murder somehow "humane" through lethal injection is the very definition of Euthanasia -- whether it's done to an individual or to targetted groups. What Brian said was about targetted euthansia, not murder. We shouldn't waste time diminishing it for whatever reason.
Murder on the other hand is very broad and runs a gamut from accidental to premeditated, so calling it "murder" instead of what Brian intended with his statement lessens the offensiveness of what this Fox hatemonger said.
Murder on the other hand is very broad and runs a gamut from accidental to premeditated, so calling it "murder" instead of what Brian intended with his statement lessens the offensiveness of what this Fox hatemonger said.
Trying to make the pre-meditated murder somehow "humane" through lethal injection is the very definition of Euthanasia -- whether it's done to an individual or a targetted class of people.
A reply to those saying Brian said murder not "Euthanize" Euthanasia is practiced by states doing the death penalty, what do they use? Could it be lethal injection? Why yes! They do use lethal injection... They do this to make their state sanctioned murder more "humane".
Racist politcal operative sez wut?
Yes, public utilities are for the public -- communities build them out for people, not for private extractive businesses. Think of the water needed for these centers as well.
If a Data center is planned for your area insist that they build their own clean energy infrastructure and backup, Never let them make taxpayers and ratepayers pay for their data, consumer, and crypto mining centers. apnews.com/article/big-...
"When black parents petitioned for desegregated schools during the summer of 1955, for instance, [the local Citizens Council] published the names and publicly called for the petitioners to be placed on an employers' blacklist." Where Charlie Kirk and his fans got some of their ideas...
Now that Brian's breached the topic of euthanizing the homeless, it will be easier and less controversial next time, and even less the time after that.
Almost everyday lately I think of a brilliant book by Mahmood Mamdani (Zohranâs father) on Bush IIâs use of Islam: Good Muslim, Bad Muslim. It describes the the two-steps forward, one-step back advance into mass killing.
Wait, isn't our president always angry like a 2-yr old? Did I miss something?
âTheir rule of thumb seems to be that, as long as the tone is cheerful, there's no need to examine the ugliness of the wordsâŚâ Great post from @kevinmkruse.bsky.social campaign-trails.ghost.io/the-white-ci...
Huntington Beach, CA - Members of Patriot Front, and several explicitly Neo-Nazi active clubs marching through Huntington Beach right now. Led by âCulture War Criminalâ Ryan Sanchez, they are mostly being received warmly by a Charlie Mirk memorial demonstration at Huntington Beach Pier.
Exactly like with the assassination attempt on Trump, the right has decided to ignore the actual identity of the shooter and instead pretend that the entire left end of the political spectrum was behind it. Their feelings don't care about facts.
Penske Media, publisher of Rolling Stone, Variety, etc., is the first major news company to sue Google over its AI overviews. It alleges they steal Penske's content and have severely diminished Web traffic to Penske sites. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/roll...
if youd like to get a bit more background on how young men get radicalized online but don't want to dive into hell facefirst alone i have a book about it (it's five years old, but speaks to methods & human motivations that are still current, i think) www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
Breaking: The @wsj.com is reporting that the comment was not made by Brian Kilmeade but by an unidentified transgender person
Well, as I understand it, the Blacksky federated branching is already out there and functioning, so that decentralization is not just possible but happening. The real question is whether other people will actually create more federated instances on the protocol or just be content to use Bluesky.
Infant deaths are rising in states with new abortion restrictions â up 7.2% since Roe was overturned. theconversation.com/infant-morta...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â California will extend a key climate program under a bill state lawmakers passed Saturday, sending the measure to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has championed it as a crucial tooâŚ
And the Ellisons are also first in line to buy TikTok if it gets sold, which would fuse CBS, CNN, Time Warner, Paramount, and TikTok all into one company whose entire function would be to blow smoke up the right wing's ass
But lets get to Weiss and The Free Press. Here is their key claim. Universities are the main culprits behind American political violence - no other potential sources mentioned - akin to radical madrassas training terrorist. This is truly insane rhetoric from an outfit about to take over CBS News.
It really cements Charlie Kirkâs reputation as a hero of free speech when his followers threaten, doxx, and get people fired for not âmourning properly.â (Actually, it underlines what a scam that âfree speechâ routine was in the first place.)
Fox News calls for euthanizing homeless people.
Meanwhile, back in Gotham City: Trump quietly disolves climate denial group his Admin created at the DoE: Trump's Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
"The Acolyte" got heavily review bombed by the gamergaters and others for being too Woke, I am starting to watch it now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btyt...
Today I am well pleased that I am not Sally Jenkins.
High gas prices would not be so high without the export of LNG overeas.
Electric grid growing faster than anticipated: EIA Utility-scale solar will lead the pack in generation growth this year, said the Energy Information Administration, while natural gas generation is expected to decline due to high fuel prices. www.utilitydive.com/news/electri...
It should make you aware of the coming energy crunch that Nuclear energy licensing is feasible again. Nuclear is great because it's cleaner than most, but.... expensive to build and operate. www.powermag.com/nrc-accepts-...
Are we selling dams before they break to avoid liability? Consumers Energy to Sell 13 Michigan Hydro Dams for $1 Each www.powermag.com/consumers-en...
Reminder: your energy company is not on your side for this, they love it when everyone wants more power and rates increase from scarcity. Make the Public Utility governing bodies pay attention, or it's you who will be paying.
If a Data center is planned for your area insist that they build their own clean energy infrastructure and backup, Never let them make taxpayers and ratepayers pay for their data, consumer, and crypto mining centers. apnews.com/article/big-...
Republicans think people who isolate themselves in rural locations deserve more voting power than everybody else. I wonder why?.... yes, that's sarcasm.
Republicans: Consistently working to disenfranchise & disempower urban voters where ever they can. ACLU sues Missouri over gerrymandered map that splits apart Kansas City www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
Israel ramps up strikes on Gaza City and hospital says at least 32 are dead www.npr.org/2025/09/13/g...
Meanwhile, back in Gotham City: Trump quietly disolves climate denial group his Admin created at the DoE: Trump's Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
Fox News calls for euthanizing homeless people.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
I spent years watching this show for work and the one constant thing that could be said about Kilmeade is, heâs so stupid he tends to âyes andâ and blurt out the subtext that everyone else has carefully kept under wraps.
Veritasium: Why Does an Escalator Handrail Move Faster Than the Stairs? #blogpost
The most important thing congress can do at this time is to return America to pre-9/11 and GWOT constitutional protections and laws. Right now we have a president & political party who is using "anti terror" provisions to war on citizens and peoples in our country. It must stop.
Hitler painted roses.
Charlie Kirk argued that black women are intrinsically intellectually inferior, trans women shouldn't be allowed to exist in public, immigrants should be expelled & that his movement was taking America back from "cockroaches," so it's instructive when white moderates insist he did so with "civility"
More Red State Troop deployments planned by Trump's Imperium www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Chaos coming from Republicans monkeywrenching and sabotaging every election process we have. They don't believe in true democracy anymore. They want their Republic and their emperor Trump.
Yes, get that Judge too.
Judge releases redacted document used to justify search of John Boltonâs Bethesda home
It's not like insurance companies aren't also raising caps and copays on medicare advantage plans to "why have insurance at all" levels already.
Here is the big news about things affecting Americans because the Republican led congress is dysfunctional: Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies apnews.com/article/cong...
Welp, thanks to the subservient Republican Party, Donald Trump will soon be able to nominate HUNDREDS of people to take sensitive positions throughout the government with ONE MAJORITY VOTE in the Senate. Seems bad.
A Propulsive Tiny Desk Concert: Turnstile littlegreenfootballs.com/article/5491...
Wake me up when the TPUSA crowd & the Groypers are squared off against each other in the streets chaning "NaHoWa! NaHoWa!" >aside Kennedy is remarkably in tune with the guy who created the Term "RaHoWa" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kla...
Governor of Utah, "I was praying that it was an immigrant." The USA is a hellhole, to smear immigrants like this on stage in front of the whole country when they had nothing to do with it. This is disgusting.
Seth Meyers: Inflation Rises as Economy Gets Worse and Farmers Suffer from Trumpâs Tariffs littlegreenfootballs.com/article/5491...
Consumer sentiment drops in September as Americans anticipate job market risks finance.yahoo.com/news/consume...
My kids grew up playing WoW and others with us; the family that PVPs together stays together
Can someone ask Rubio why the US needs to "respond" to this thing that appears to be a wholly domestic judicial issue in Brazil?
They were just propagating copaganda thatâs whatâs expected in their Murdochverse and it is how they get noticed
I am hearing the word individual a lot more too
1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun. Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found. WSJ owes a full retraction and apology. Subscribe to support our journalism.
A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare but always fatal brain disorder that develops years after a measles infection. Experts underscore the need for vaccination to protect the most vulnerable
DGAF Journalists like to pose as just being balanced or objective or whatever; meanwhile the only thing they do care about is their clout
There is no excuse for political violence in America. And no excuse for a U.S. president using a heinous killing as an occasion to treat his political opponents as accomplices to murder and threatening to use the full power of the government to attack them.
The damage to the U.S. vaccination program that is about to be caused by RFK Jr. and his fellow fraudsters misusing data to falsely claim that the COVID19 vaccine caused the deaths of 25 children will be incalculable. These people are committing scientific misconduct of the most grievous kind.
Next Time I visit DC, I'm going to make a point of going to Rock Creek Park just because of all the TV eps filmed there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wn1...
These mainstream media eulogies for Charlie Kirk, a grotesque racist and homophobe who spent his entire life spreading hatred and division, are making me nauseous.
Stolen valor unless he sprayed himself in the face with silver paint right afterwards
So apparently HHS Deputy Sec/CDC acting director Jim O'Neill spoke at the rabidly anti-science AAPS annual meeting yesterday to shit on vaccines etc, and got interrupted by hidden speakers playing three songs (Entry of the Gladiators aka the circus song, Witch Doctor, and Billy Joel's Honesty). 1/
The FDA is taking their reviews of new drugs behind closed doors, with Director Marty Makary replacing vetted and publicly transparent deliberations with "panels of handpicked scientists who support his views." This is a miscarriage of science, and a betrayal of public trust in service of MAHA.
âCountless people in the area have been grabbed, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed simply because of their looks, their accents, and the fact they make a living by doing manual labor," Sotomayor wrote. "Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities."
Two key things to point out re: Trump sending National Guard troops to Memphis: 1) Unlike in blue states, thereâs just no need for this; even if circumstances warranted, Governor Lee, who still commands the TN National Guard, couldâve just sent them in himself; and 2) Chicago (and Illinois) won.
Days after announcing an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, Trumpâs administration highlighted âthe worst of the worst offendersâ who had been arrested. At least two of the men, and apparently a third, were arrested outside of Illinois. trib.al/CWMoecL
Senators say US is complicit in Israelâs ethnic cleansing of Gaza Democrats Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley reach âinescapable conclusionâ after fact-finding trip to region www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES electrek.co/2025/09/11/h...
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We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was. But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist. www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
Just so you know, the President of the United States is *personally* involved in convincing state lawmakers to pass gerrymandered congressional maps that erase Democratic seats. This is not governance. trib.al/WmFCTTc
RW racist reactionaries strike back with threats to HBCUâs www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/u...
once again it is not fucking normal to lower flags in oregon for random member of the opposing political party who was born in illinois, lived in arizona, and died in utah. this is not a normal thing they're extending to a white supremacist, it's a special thing they're doing for a white supremacist
In the upside down, treason gets you a white house invitation, sex trafficking gets you a reduced sentence, getting killed while rioting gets you full honors, and stirring up bigotry gets you a state funeral. Seriously, this entire timeline can ingest a satchel of richards.
Racism, Rhetoric, and Charlie Kirk: A Reality We Canât Ignore wordinblack.com/2025/09/raci... (A reality check: not everyone who claims to be a 'Christian' is one. If you talk the talk, you must walk the walk: bit.ly/NeverKnewYou) #religion #religionnewsblog
NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.
I'll be on PBS Newshour tonight discussing the slow civil war. To what I had the opportunity to say, I'd add that this isn't a "both sides" moment, because to MAGA there is only MAGA & enemies of MAGA. Even if the shooter turns out to be, say, a Groyper, that worldview is MAGA or enemy,.
THIS
The Trump regime doesnât want the little people anywhere in the world getting the idea that corrupt fascist leaders can be held to account when they break laws. That would be a slippery slope for the oligarchy.
So like just after we published this, the 4th Circuit held a hearing where a bunch of judges (including famously conservative ones) are just going out and out with "wtf is wrong with the supreme court, why are they doing this nonsense to us?") www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
OPINION: Why Some People Are Pretending About Charlie Kirkâs History and the Truth About This Dangerous Moment | When the truth is unthinkable, we lie to ourselves and one another, writes historian @wihorne.bsky.social.
"Thursday's vote sets up a fast track for confirmation of that initial bloc of 48 Trump nominees, including former Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., to be under secretary for nuclear security, as well as Kimberly Guilfoyle and Callista Gingrich to be ambassadors to Greece and Switzerland, respectively"
This shows us one reason why racist creeps like Kirk have gotten so far - there are corporate executives who are ideologically RIGHT THERE with him.