We should all understand that leftwing violence has happened in American history and probably will happen again. Some might say Mangione is an example of a leftwing killer. As of now though most of it, nearly all of it, comes from the right.
We should all understand that leftwing violence has happened in American history and probably will happen again. Some might say Mangione is an example of a leftwing killer. As of now though most of it, nearly all of it, comes from the right.
There is a reason why thousands of incredibly bright students overseas want to go to Harvard University. It is the same reason they don't want to go to conservative Liberty University. Teaching only convenient facts does not provide a valuable education.
Republicans often claim "guns aren't the problem, it's mental illness." Yes, mental health is a major problem in America — which is why we should fund programs to address it. But all countries deal with mental illness. Yet they don't suffer from the scourge of gun violence like the U.S.
Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead. Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Karoline Leavitt praying before heading out to help Trump cover up the Epstein files
Many media types and Dems continue to operate as if Trump is a politically invincible figure, a "Teflon Don." But in truth he's becoming an increasingly weak, failing, diminished, unpopular, naked-emperor figure, and it's time to treat him as such. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2000...
"Not needed, counter productive, illegal and expensive." Like everything else in Trump's agenda.
About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”
From Ronald Reagan’s final speech as President. 36 plus yrs later, what Reagan says here about America is something today’s Republican Party vehemently opposes.👇
America is now at 2023 levels of people saying the economy is “getting worse,” not quite hitting 2022. Only 8 months into Trump’s term..:
Call it public corruption, at a level we’ve never ever seen. Or call it something that should be illegal, and something that would have outraged EVERY American before political tribalism became king. Or you could just call it the “swamp,” that he pledged to drain.👇
So the US military is now at war with a vaguely defined enemy (drug cartels) across a vast area (the Caribbean) with no specific goal (“winning” and “defeating them”) and accusing a regional government (Venezuela) of sponsoring that vague enemy without showing proof? Sounds pretty forever warish.
Dangerously unserious
8/30/2025- Public Health www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/au...
Neat trick. We deserve details.
Thom, I love your work but this is fantasy. Those who resist gun control will not be swayed by pix of dead children. In fact, some may be turned on. The rest of us normal folks already do all we can. Violent images & soundbites can make ppl withdraw from the news; everyone has different thresholds.
Where’s DOGE now??? 🤔😒
My friend went to high school with Mike Johnson in Shreveport. Said he seemed to have a to-do list of how to get where he wanted - which law school to go to, which church, which wife, how many kids, what to say, etc. In other words, no moral code except what's in it for him. Sound familiar?
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid. It's guns.”
Used to mean that here across the pond too. 80s-90s gang culture repurposed the term.
If Shakespeare could do it, so can Tom. The world is his oyster!
Republicans: Mass shootings: “it’s the price of freedom. Send thoughts and prayers” Homelessness: “Deploy the National Guard”
This is what the Republican Party has done to their own country's reputation. Great again? bsky.app/profile/djro...
That's their only strength. They are nothing without guns, and they know it, hence their fetishization of the 2nd amendment.
And Soros is Jewish, so Trump gets bonus points from the MAGAn@zi base.
Unfortunately, when you're the police, judge and jury, you can do any damn thing you want.
He's not talking about Dem leaders, he's talking about the rank & file, and he's right. Our heads are spinning from the destruction of all we have known, more every day. It's like the Nazi blitzkrieg.
You forgot your snark tag, I assume?
I genuinely think part of the current political dynamic is that a lot of Dems -- especially your typical educated, affluent city-dwellers -- simply can't believe what's going on. Even though it's right there on the TV, right there in the streets, it's hard to shake the feeling of unreality.
Let’s all take a moment to reflect on how this just absolute alpha male sprayed on his hair for TV
Good job, Chief Justice Roberts and the rest of you robed monarchists on the Supreme Court. You anointed a king and wrecked the Constitution, you dumb, cretinous motherfuckers.
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
Referring to yourself in the third person is weird. Saying you are always right is dishonest. Wearing a ball cap in the Oval Office is tacky. Using your left hand to cover up medical issues on your right hand is concerning. And has he stopped being able to tie a tie?
Trump is an ass. Trump is on Putin’s side.
What does Donald Trump have against the homeless? If it weren't for his daddy's $400,000,000, he'd be one of them.
MAGA is a terror organization. There is proof.
"The Trump administration is politicizing intelligence, law enforcement, and other government functions while pretending to be punishing politicization."
“Trump does not care what happens to Ukraine, just as long as his relationship with the Kremlin’s murderous boss remains intact. Note his empty threats and his obvious indifference. That’s where the truth lies.” www.americaamerica.news/p/standing-b...
this isnt communism or socialism, its a sundowning egomaniacal lunatic, completely untethered from reality, accumulating power because he wants to and no one is going to stop him
Garamendi: "Trump is creating a police state. When you consider where the National Guard is deployed in Washington, it's not in those areas where there's crime."
Oh, I bet you also didn't teach that slaves really missed their plantations after the Civil War! /s
What a cuckoo bird! Just reported her account and a bunch of her death threats.
As a former Air Force officer, I have a lot to say about activating the national guard for police use, but my biggest fear is the erosion of public support for our military. It’s traditionally been the last public occupation with widespread bipartisan support, this will end that.
Not to minimize the Epstein crimes, but I wish more people would consider this. Preventing the death of democracy and the fascist takeover of society must be our first priorities, no matter how many bombs they drop in their blitzgrieg.
But which fascist will be their new god?
Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism. Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
Cut ties with many family and friends since 2016, & watched them hijack virtuous nomenclature, & apply their own hateful definitions. Respect = Fear. Loyalty = Obedience. Freedom = Conformity. Patriotism = Hate. Abandoning your country to protect a pedophile is not patriotic, it’s mental illness.
The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.
Ossoff: "Democrats need to strike back. We have no time or luxury for high-minded hesitation, because Trump and MAGA are going to do everything within their power to hold on and to lock in one party rule in America. That's the reality that we face."
I’ve said this a few times. But I think it bears repeating. The idea of frying people by painting the border wall black is a waste of money and an ugly sentiment. But it’s based on some idea that metal in the hot sun is say 120 degrees and if you paint it black it blows up to like 200. If you’re …
You guys. The Lisa Cook story isn’t about her mortgages. Please please please stop being so credulous.
have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hey Aaron, you have a faker trying to spam us.
I choose "A". He's a shill, he knows what he's doing.
New Washington Post-Schar School poll: Most D.C. residents strongly oppose Trump’s city police takeover, with crime concerns continue a sharp decline and statehood support reaches a record high. Story w/ @joeheim.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
What the heck is going on with her face? It's melting.
Do you ever go out, and while you're out, you think, ‘this is exactly why I don't go out’?
At least one of those things will eventually happen.
40% of people are simply not like us at all.
Aaron, I don't know how you remain sane. I just read these snippets and want to put my head in a blender. Which means, of course, that she is great at her job.
Wow, so they got personal. Male bonding - that's progress!
All these European leaders came to DC today to stand up for Zelensky & Ukraine. They came to DC today because they don’t trust Trump. They came to DC today because they know Trump is on Putin’s side. Shame on us America. Shame on us for putting a traitor in the White House.
225 days ago, you raised your right hand and swore to support & defend the Constitution of the United States. Shame on you.
There was no “debate” until Trump broke the law and cowardly mainstream journalists decided not to report the truth.
Enjoy your English holiday, JD! Fascists can run, but they can't hide forever.
I just read the NYT article and it's nothing like everyone here is portaying it. It analyzes one aspect of Trump's mentality. It's not the only piece there about the DC takeover.
If Heather is saying this, one of the smartest least hyperbolic people out there, you can bet on it. We may have a coup coming.
Tom Cotton's home state, Arkansas, has Little Rock. Little Rock is the United States' 4th most violent city. It has a *much* higher crime rate than Washington, D.C. This is just the white supremacy talking.
The biggest single violent criminal event in DC history was masterminded by and on behalf of Trump who is himself, of course, a convicted felon. The police he today said he would protect and empower were the primary victims of the mass attack he incited.
The Confederacy. Hitler. The Japanese army. The Soviet Union. Al Qaeda and bin Laden. None of these enemies of the US were ever able to occupy the capital with their troops. But Donald Trump did it in less than 8 months. Fascism has come to America "wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
I think this will be overstatement until it’s not. I think we’ll see more situations like the ICE detentions of Senator Padilla and Newark Mayor Baraka; I think the plan is to look for a scenario they can turn into a full-scale prosecution as a step toward fuller intimidation of Congress.
Well, you can see it from Sarah Palin's house, so...
I keep trying to tell people there are NO distractions with Trump. EVERYTHING is a disaster and needs to be taken seriously.
Every school kid in America now knows the word “pedophile” because of our President.
'Left to rot': Farmer reeling over decaying crops as workforce flees ICE raids open.substack.com/pub/vilniuss...
I used to make fresh mozzarella at a restaurant, from mozzarella curd in salted water hotter than your hands can stand it. Roll it into balls and chill it in ice water. Divine.
Sir William Petty, wrote “Political Arithmetic” during the 1670s, published in 1690. New? His insistence that empirical data must be the foundation for policy-making. Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics goes against three and a half centuries of this practice #Skystorians
Well, I mean, we did get it for $7 million. Even adjusted for inflation, that's a steal. So maybe Trump is just rectifying a historic wrong... Reparations for Russia!
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
The US is no longer safe for Girl Scouts. "The country’s equivalent of the Girl Scouts [said] the decision was rooted in its 'commitment to inclusivity and the safety of all our members.'” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w...
Everywhere I go right now, I hear the same thing: “I’m exhausted.” People who care about democracy feel like they’re in a permanent crisis loop. But here’s the truth: Democracy building isn’t regime change. It’s a long-term investment in a better world. open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
He's going to take your health care, raise your taxes, smash the education of our children and spend $200 million on something no one needs. The White House isn't our house. It's his.
NYT Bashing is a competitive sport among some of our fellow progressives. I don't think even they know why they do it.
Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just admitted that the Big Ugly Bill's "Trump Accounts" are a "backdoor for privatizing Social Security." This follows Trump and DOGE slashing SSA staffing levels to record lows. Make no mistake: the Trump regime is waging war on Social Security.
RFK Jr. used to warn about a government takeover of our data. He said wearables and their tech were part of a plot to surveil us, enabled tyranny, caused cancer, and turned users into “permanent consumers” to Big Tech. Now, he'd like your data, please. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
"America deserves better than this clown show." But does it really? I'm starting to wonder.
Who says Trump has no accomplishments? “The United States appears to be sliding deeper into authoritarianism [alongside] Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya." And it only took six months... Hooray! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A racist president is extorting America institutions to renounce fairness and truth. And many are going along with it. Shameful.