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More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.

i will never ever forgive the putative leftists who refused to acknowledge that she would have been wildly preferable to trump

interesting & encouraging to see a moderate border state Dem like Gallego not take any bait here. good messaging imo.

i agree with this insofar as I deeply believe that the widespread prosperity of the Biden era engendered post-material politics

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

Trump: “Ukraine has no cards!” Ukraine <destroys 1/3rd of Russias bomber force> Trump: “”

my appetite for this content is absolutely limitless

Glory to Ukraine

Couldn't agree more with this. It's jaw-dropping to see the patty cake people are playing with him after what was a full constitutional assault that, oh by the way, is almost certainly going to lead to tens of thousands of people in the global south dying needlessly.

then came the court that paused the ruling that blocked that tariff that imposed a seven-zuzim surcharge on the goat my father would have otherwise bought for two zuzim

We’re just normal orange juice

I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit. Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I don't think any of this actually happens without the last ten years of campus panic and I've yet to see anyone even explore that question seriously.

Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's response to the double murder in DC versus Republican congressman Randy Fine's.

idk that i'd vote for kat if i lived in her district but this is exactly what a thoughtful & principled left elected/candidate should be saying

yes

if you're coming up with reasons why ackshually it's good that two people were murdered, i warmly invite you to walk into the sea and never return.

covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Joe Biden relitigation is catnip for the press because it gives them a chance to avoid saying difficult things about the present situation we are all in while also getting to talk about themselves

*cable news host who ran more 2024 segments on trumps claim that kamala harris isnt really Black than segments on what due process would look like for trumps mass deportation*: “ive taken time to reflect and im sorry i didnt say joe biden was old more”

I’m seriously considering resigning my Labour Party membership for the first time in the 17 years I’ve been a member.

“Cheer up,” they said. Things could be worse. So I did. And they were.

imagine if they chose menachem mendel schneerson

Withdraw the whip.