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Religious studies prof, compulsive movie watcher, Fulbright alumn, recovering doomscroller
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The latest news from Burlington, Vermont. 😄🇺🇦

Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

A lucky trader just happened to put in a $200m trade with 50x leverage a few hours before a Trump pro-crypto announcement. The price of crypto jumped and this person made hundreds of millions. Pure luck I’m sure.

The last time Missouri took control of St. Louis’ police force, the Civil War was underway and the state’s secessionist-leaning leaders were trying to protect slavery and prevent officers from taking up arms against the Confederacy. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

Ominously plausible warnings from @filipecampante.bsky.social of what our descent into competitive authoritarianism could look like

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

belated congrats to russia on winning the cold war

How fucking Andy is the voice of reason shows how sick America is. I love Andy. Early Conan is my entry point. If America needs Andy Fucking Richter to tell them what is happening; I hope the Mastrubating Bear is the next Secretary of State.

Just learned that Dr. Seuss drew this in 1941 www.artsy.net/article/arts...

Lil Marco has never ever been littler.

Why is he so incredibly nice to Putin and then so incredibly mean to Zelensky? what’s that about

I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

If you don’t already like Zelenskyy enough: He said "fuck you bitch (suka, blyat)" to JD Vance during their argument.

False friendliness in public by Trump and Vance, followed by behind-the-scenes treachery, would have been much more dangerous to the Ukrainian cause. www.theatlantic.com/...

Russia's response to Trump's tantrum says it all really:

Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.

Watching the entire press availability, it's amazing to watch how positive it was at first, and how it went downhill when Zelensky insisted that Putin couldn't be trusted. Trump seemed to take that personally.

Finally realised during Vance's toadying this afternoon that he's Salacious Crumb

The exchange between Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office today in which our country attacked the victim in defense of a brutal aggressor has to be one of the most shameful moments in Modern American history.

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

Wouldn’t it just be easier to dial +1 (202) 456–1414?

Absolute disgrace! Zelensky has more character in his latest bowel movement than this vile clown in the White House

in the middle of all this don't miss the incredible story where in the great state of Minnesota a PhD student has been expelled for using ChatGPT to write his papers and is now suing the school using court filings written by ChatGPT

Some personal news: I learned today that my Washington Post column, “I Hate Personal Liberty,” was inexplicably canceled. If you know an editor who hates freedom as much as I do, please dm.

RIP, WaPo. Just the saddest screenshots to get. An absolute abandonment of the principles of accountability of the powerful, justice, democracy, human rights, and accurate information that previously animated the section in favor of a white male billionaire’s self-interested agenda.

MSNBC worries about the perception that they’re not fair to R’s while Fox eats an $800m libel settlement to preserve its ability to lie about Ds. That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

“You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.” ― Jodi Picoult

Warren: "Our best strategy is to make sure everybody knows exactly what the Republicans are trying to do, and that is they want to give literally trillions of dollars in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires, and they want to pay for it on the backs of seniors who are living in nursing homes."

it seems like DC might now be a free fire zone for ALLEGED domestic violence, as long as you have an R after your name

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops. More of this pointed ridicule, please.

Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be *legislators* right now. We need them to be *politicians.* There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.

NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

Look at this chart! Half of all homebuyers in 1981 were under 31?! And the median age has just gone steadily up by a *generation* since then?!

Wow.

The problem with this framing is it assumes Trump's acquiescence wasn't the plan all along. He's forwarded Putin's agenda from the start. Nothing new. Trump is the world’s greatest showman – and the weakest strongman it has ever seen | Jonathan Freedland www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

same vibes

lol. Of course they did.

Donald Trump’s embrace of America’s adversary and rejection of its ally has been so swift and complete that even top Kremlin officials are astonished.