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It shocks me that I'm saying this, but Luke Russert has a point.

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

In case you haven’t noticed, the election of even a single person who is considered leftist is so terrifying to capitalists that every weapon imaginable is on the table. This is why, post-WWII, America worked with Nazis, supported dictators, engaged in international terrorism and assassinations.

submitted 3 hours ago • 13 comments

But but but Matt Yglesias said that’s wrong

submitted 2 hours ago • 35 comments

More people should familiarize themself with the only good paper Dan Ariely wrote, “Zero as a Special Price” (don’t worry, this one actually replicates): people.duke.edu/~dandan/webf...

submitted 2 hours ago • 4 comments

A Virginia guy hunted a Latino man, cornered him, questioned him, and then shot him and his friend, because he assumed the guy was an undocumented immigrant. He was radicalized by Fox News etc. and, of course, Trump. www.wric.com/news/local-n...

submitted 3 hours ago • 48 comments

It's pretty wild how much of what Putin says publicly is precisely calculated pitches to the American far right. *PUTIN: CONCERNED ABOUT WORLD DRIFTING TO WORLD WAR 3

submitted 2 hours ago • 15 comments

A poll with no undecideds is usually a low quality and/or low ethics pollsters. The Fox poll, tho, is a quality poll and their new one is 46% approve, 54% disapprove for Trump. So literally no one is undecided. Which frankly sounds about right but is still pretty amazing.

submitted 3 hours ago • 23 comments

The media-created "should Smith run for president" stuff seems to be over, the legacy is that his random utterings are now Slopnews.

submitted 5 hours ago • 20 comments

Great record of Newsom cannily trolling admin: “You don’t have to like Newsom to recognize that this trolling attempts the kind of messaging Democrats need to do more of. Indeed, his dickish personality and the long-standing bad blood with Trump may make this more effective” Hint: it’s Miller time.

submitted 4 hours ago • 4 comments

Voyeurs and pervs cheer everywhere.

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And by “athletes” and they mean “cops.”

submitted 4 hours ago • 13 comments

Live Free and Die

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If you think a retrograde bully and serial sex pest like Andrew Fuckup Cuomo is the best hope for the future of the Democratic Party, go ahead and load your pockets with stones and walk into the Hudson River.

submitted 4 hours ago • 106 comments

Bluesky is getting to the point that it's useful to me in the way Twitter was useful: figuring out which journalists and authors you can ignore without missing anything important.

submitted 15 hours ago • 44 comments

Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

submitted 19 hours ago • 133 comments

This is worrisome, ex-FBI agents likely command big salaries in private sector. They stay with the bureau (for less $) because they believe in their mission, that mission is changing for the worse. Look for the same exit wave from every national security institution, incl the military.

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

When you use up scarce law enforcement resources going after cooks and farmworkers, and put a bunch of unqualified lackeys in key leadership posts, can you possibly think you're making America safer?

submitted 15 hours ago • 23 comments

It’s worth articulating why they’re afraid of Zohran or Lander being a good mayor - an outsider in city hall is a direct threat to the patronage and influence networks they’ve spent decades cultivating, and a direct threat to their power in the city.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

People believe that the reason Dems aren't accomplishing their priorities is because leadership doesn't want to get things done, rather than the reality that the Dems don't accomplish their priorities because people don't elect enough Dems who agree with their priorities for them to do so!

submitted 5 hours ago • 14 comments

Trump has made it possible for every immigration agent to dress up and pretend like they're Delta Force, and every customs agent at passport control to pretend like they're a CIA interrogator.

submitted 5 hours ago • 3 comments

Purely from a business standpoint it’s hard to think of a dumber decision bsky.app/profile/wcp....

submitted 5 hours ago • 40 comments

I was curious about the actual profitability of streaming and so I went so far as to dig into Disney's 2024 annual report. Looks like they did turn a slight profit -- less than a 1% profit margin -- on all streaming last year, after posting a loss in 2023. thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/...

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

I would argue that one reason Gen X is weird and libertarian now is because the Iraq War was such an obvious lie in the service of power and it happened even though literally everyone knew it

submitted 1 day ago • 43 comments

Incidentally (bc I'm thinking abt how Trump is badly losing political battle over his CA invasion even as 9th gave him legal sanction): I think deployment has made ICE goons more visible, nationally. The ICE goons are the ones doing spectacularly awful stuff, but think many may associate w/Guard.

submitted 12 hours ago • 16 comments

A predictably good thread on yesterday's 9th C opinion (which cites @lizagoitein.bsky.social ).

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

No American outlet would hesitate to describe them as pro-regime paramilitaries or an irregular militia and similar terms if this was happening anywhere else.

submitted 16 hours ago • 93 comments

Donald Trump is the most brilliant military strategist in our nation's history, but it's completely unfair to force him into a decision about Iran when he's in the midst of rolling out his new cell phone service. Another two weeks is more than reasonable. by Marc Thiessen

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“‘Word got out that there were Homeland Security vehicles parked at the hotel. … People wanted to express their 1st Amendment rights and they did so in a lawful, nonviolent and respectful manner.’” apple.news/AjfQZ8rVTTxW...

submitted 7 hours ago • 179 comments

This would have been a terrific moment in history for the United States of America to have a presidential administration with at least the tiniest bit of moral authority.

submitted 1 day ago • 329 comments

This is an example where the rhetoric of Democratic Party centrists is damaging the party’s image, but it won’t be reported as such.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Why do you think they're going after workers rather than gang members? It's obviously to avoid this.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

if you don’t know the history of Dodger Stadium you can’t fully understand what unfolded today. thanks @chrislhayes.bsky.social for the opportunity to share it.

submitted 17 hours ago • 336 comments

In my opinion, the best way we can contribute to our local communities, and in large the country we live in, is to get involved with protests, food banks, animal shelters, campaigning for politicians you believe in, and helping out the homeless we meet with food and drinks. Change starts locally.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

FWIW. my GUESS is they're trying to slither out of a 4A complaint.

submitted 21 hours ago • 11 comments

One of the lessons of Trump's "pause" on Iran is he is quite susceptible to pressure--whether from Tucker Carlson, Tucker's boss, Vlad, or even his own base. The Fox poll today REALLY pissed him off.

submitted 19 hours ago • 25 comments

Cuomo and the rich assholes backing him are worried.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

was in a bar monday night w friends that had wheel of fortune on the TV and I counted 12 anti-Zohran ads in about an hour. was basically the only ad running.

submitted 20 hours ago • 138 comments

Juneteenth honors the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. If that offends you, it says more about you than it does about the holiday. Outrage at Juneteenth is itself an outrage.

submitted 21 hours ago • 27 comments

Good.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

New Yorker here. This is 100% a typical NYC subway ride. Yes, with the band of musicians, the dog, and everyone minding their own business.

submitted 23 hours ago • 36 comments

To be really clear: The reason members of Congress can't just walk right in is because of the guns. Armed DHS personnel won't allow entry. In other words, DHS is using armed force to break laws. Democrats need to wrap their minds around that. Accept that the frog is boiled.

submitted 21 hours ago • 198 comments