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One of the most common mistakes in casting TV shows is to go with an actor who isn’t right for the role, simply because (s)he is a “known quantity,” while ignoring a much better option who is not. In unrelated news, Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of NY, and he sucks.

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Lee’s descent from thoughtful, serious conservative to social media edgelord has really been remarkably shameful

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As much as I love fountain pens, the hobby has some stuff that would make Tobias Fünke blush

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The allegations in the Vance Boelter case are so chilling, and while I know we're not supposed to be surprised that THIS admin isn't charging domestic terrorism for assassinating Democratic leaders, it's still alarming to consider what this portends. Details on the allegations and link in 🧵.

submitted 9 hours ago • 4 comments

Shameless plug for my piece last week which probably explains a good bit of Baltimore's drop as well jasher.substack.com/p/why-i-thin...

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Republicans also don’t get blamed for rising crime. That’s why 2020’s record spike in murder gets blamed on Biden (not yet in office) and “defund the police” (didn’t happen).

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The best time to Abolish ICE was the Democratic trifecta in 2009 and the second best time would have been the trifecta in 2021 and the third best time should we be so lucky will be a trifecta in 2029 and honestly that feels like the last good shot at it.

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What are blue state governors and mayors doing to protect their residents and economies from an increasingly hostile federal government?

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

“When will the fever break?” My friends it’s not going to.

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This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.

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the fact that his brain is so flabby and atrophied that he can't even do the simple math necessary for a dumb social media post demonstrates elegantly what the issue is

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The radicalization of the American right is THE story of US politics over the last four decades and political reporters are still not allowed to talk about it

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Literally all you need to know about crypto in a single image

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New Orleanian Mardi Gras aficionados today

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Orwell , George ⬇️

submitted 2 days ago • 28 comments

Truly staggering to consider the people and institutions that had to fail to bring us to this point.

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Cmon guys

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This is bad, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

submitted 2 days ago • 171 comments

Oh, you're doomscrolling current events? That's baby shit. I'm doomscrolling the events of 536. A volcano just erupted in Iceland. Snow just fell during the summer in China. Crops are failing. All of the crops are failing.

submitted 3 days ago • 117 comments

Politics aside* this is exactly how Ranked Choice Voting is supposed to work. Candidates have an incentive to stay on good terms with their opponents and compete to be a voter’s second choice. * - Cuomo must be destroyed

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It's a truly jarring split screen that Kristi Noem's goons attacking Sen Padilla happened at almost the exact same time as 16 Dem senators crossed lines to vote with the GOP to invoke cloture on the crypto bill, forfeiting any leverage. Dems need to act like an opposition.

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Ross Douthat when someone says something factually wrong or openly fascist on his podcast

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Explosive moment during tonight's NYC mayoral debate: Cuomo: "He’s never dealt with the city council, he’s never dealt with the Congress..." Mamdani: "I’ve never had to resign in disgrace...I have never hounded the thirteen women who credibly accused me of sexual harassment."

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NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill" On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

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Calvin & Hobbes is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time and I feel like we STILL underrate it.

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The “tech right”

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They know exactly what they're doing

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NEW: Here's a striking new amicus brief in support of California from 8 "former US Army and Navy secretaries and retired four-star admirals and generals" (inc. Michael Hayden, Thad Allen, Sean O'Keefe). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Old Soviet joke: A man goes to the newspaper stand every day, unfolds one, scans the front page, doesn't buy it, and leaves. Vendor: Why do you do this every day? Man: I’m looking for an obituary. Vendor: Obituaries aren’t on the front page. Man: The one I’m waiting for will be.

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Reminds me of this guy I met at Occupy Wall Street

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this is good

submitted 7 days ago • 447 comments

Relatedly, I think it’s time to reopen the conversation about why “The Last Jedi” is a terrible movie for reasons having nothing to do with racism or sexism

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New this week: I did a deep dive into what I think is primarily driving the national murder plunge. Spoiler: I think enormous community investment and spending in the wake of COVID is the primary driver (though there are undoubtedly other factors as well!). jasher.substack.com/p/why-i-thin...

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Who talks about their fellow Americans like this? More than 1 in 40 of us live in Los Angeles County

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