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I have a wildly overbroad theory of Why Things Suck Now in an analogous way to how neoliberalism aimed to bring market-like forces into more and more areas of human endeavor, social media from the 2010s on has brought partisan or ideological politics into more and more areas of human experience

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There was a lot of mockery of Kristi Noem for not knowing what "habeas corpus" means. But I was struck by how little she seemed to give a shit. That's because Noem is part of a tradition that really emerged with Sarah Palin: The proud MAGA bimbo. www.salon.com/2025/05/23/k...

submitted 5 days ago • 34 comments

A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts.

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submitted 17 days ago • 91 comments

Hands Off! Hartford See more photos from and read about the rally: www.realhartford.org/2025/04/05/h... #HandsOff #HartfordCT #Hartford #Connecticut #GoodTrouble #NoKings #NutmegSky

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.

submitted 66 days ago • 112 comments

powerful detailed account of ICE captivity "To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 70 days ago • 207 comments

They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

submitted 74 days ago • 205 comments

ESPN has basically traded an entire investigative journalism dept for Stephen A. Smith. ESPN’s IJs used to uncover stories that all sports radio & podcasters would yap about. Invaluable to the brand. The sportsworld spun on it. Now ESPN is just the worst YouTube sports show ever with better graphics

submitted 79 days ago • 73 comments

ICYMI: We identified the operator of one of an anonymous Hitler-quoting self-described ‘Aryan' that is followed by Vice President JD Vance. His name is Geoff Martin, and his father is the president of Trinity Western University, a private Christian college in Canada.

submitted 84 days ago • 121 comments

I would note that this message is full of (a) kitchen table issues and (b) both rhetorical and material moderation and people love it because it is clear, mobilizing and oppositional this is what the national Dems just don't get

submitted 83 days ago • 97 comments

And would add that today he showed himself today and yesterday to be abhorrent & without any humanity. Evil lurks within this sack of rot.

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 93 days ago • 594 comments

Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.

submitted 99 days ago • 285 comments

At 17, Lamine Yamal has already become one of the best in the world. For ESPN: I wrote about what makes Yamal special, comparison to other teenage talents of the past, the historical rarity of a U21 talent becoming the best in the world, and more www.espn.com/soccer/story...

submitted 103 days ago • 10 comments

The more you listen to JD Vance the more you conclude he’s an unintelligent person’s idea of what a clever person sounds like. Utter vapid, ill-informed nonsense said with the utmost confidence.

submitted 104 days ago • 20 comments