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submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

There is zero ambiguity here. It’s nauseating.

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

I watch the dunk contest and the three point contest, but I won't watch another all-star game as long as I live if the players continue not to care about it.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

What the hell? Eight percent defense cut per year, for five years? Say goodbye to military readiness. Say goodbye to modernization. This cannot stand: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 3 days ago • 39 comments

When I wrote that I was voting for Harris, two of the factors that pushed me from voting third party to voting Harris were Trump's attacks on the rule of law and his reckless position on Ukraine. Harris was right on those issues, and Trump was very wrong. Feeling pretty vindicated right now.

submitted 3 days ago • 41 comments

t's not just that Trump has a flawed strategic vision (lots of presidents have had flawed strategies), it's also that he's full of malice and spite towards Ukraine. So he will lie and lie and lie. This is a Russian propagandist's dream:

submitted 3 days ago • 35 comments

I wish every American could watch this. In which a Republican Representative (Rep. Schweikert) talks about the magnitude of our debt problem, the recklessness of Trump's tax cuts, and how DOGE has been insignificant in actually tackling the real budget problem: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RQE...

submitted 4 days ago • 34 comments

I dislike Germany's free speech laws, but they're not in the same universe of importance as Russian aggression. Germany is a democracy and has the opportunity to correct its speech mistakes. Russia is a hostile, belligerent dictatorship. Why are we coddling our enemy and attacking our friend?

submitted 4 days ago • 35 comments

Adam Serwer’s observation that “the cruelty is the point” remains the central insight into MAGA culture.

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

"Like a schoolyard bully who’s afraid of his peers, Trump is tough on Canada but weak on Russia. And that weakness may not just cost Ukraine its independence; it could set the stage for a cataclysm." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

I have just finished reading Danielle Sassoon’s memorandum in its entirety. It is a tour de force. Its correctness is obvious. She’s an American hero. Emil Bove ought to be investigated by his state’s bar association for discipline and possible disbarment, at least.

submitted 8 days ago • 217 comments

Christians are turning on the programs and groups that they helped create. That won’t solve our budget crisis. It won’t end the culture war. It will, however, harm the people Scripture commands us to care for. There is nothing woke about medicine or food. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

submitted 9 days ago • 38 comments

Trump is gutting Christian ministries that serve the poor . . . while MAGA Christians cheer. And if you object to the human suffering they cause, then they accuse you of displaying "toxic empathy." No, really: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

submitted 9 days ago • 43 comments

BREAKING: A federal judge has determined that the Trump administration is violating his order lifting the blanket spending freeze on federal grant programs. He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 12 days ago • 471 comments

Incredible Eagles season. Biggest urban street party in American history is about to begin

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

Great first half. Great halftime show. Bring it home, Eagles!

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

Solving grievances with good policy is hard; inflaming passion is much easier. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

1st episode of the return of this great podcast show. Take a listen with @sykescharlie.bsky.social and @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-the-contrary-with-charlie-sykes/id1794683063?i=1000690605749

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Steve Bannon made me laugh. We don't understand populism? Oh, we certainly do. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

submitted 13 days ago • 10 comments

MAGA morality: Put thousands of federal employees on leave, cut aid that sustains countless lives, demonize your opponents, and then enjoy the suffering of your enemies. But then - when one DOGE worker is fired for vicious racism -say, "Where's the grace and mercy in this country?"

submitted 13 days ago • 49 comments

It's hard for me to grasp the sheer cruelty of wrapped up in the story below. I fully support taking a close look at grant programs to make sure we're not wasting money, but this is what blanket freezes do. It's thoughtless. It's senseless. It's malicious. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

submitted 15 days ago • 22 comments

And them doing that is good! I have seen a lot of people online who seem to be convinced that the Democrats could lose Congress but also have the power to stop Congress from doing stuff. Largely, they can't.

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

I'm looking forward to joining Richard Dawkins on stage at Vanderbilt at 5:00 p.m. next Tuesday, 4/11, to discuss the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. If you're in the Nashville area, come on by. Tickets are free: vanderbilt-university.formstack.com/forms/richar...

submitted 15 days ago • 15 comments

I wonder when it will dawn on Trumpists that if they actually do succeed in remaking the powers of the presidency that everything they're doing with a stroke of a pen can be undone with a stroke of a pen. A president that powerful creates permanent instability. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

submitted 16 days ago • 33 comments

"There is no clear path forward. There is no four-point plan that will end this threat, but any effective response requires recognizing the magnitude of the danger, and the extent of our national peril is plain — if Americans care to see it." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

This man is one of Marco Rubio's newest hires at the State Department. It's hard to even comprehend the mindset that says that he's qualified to represent the United States in any capacity at all.

submitted 19 days ago • 73 comments

There is no case for Kash Patel. Every Republican senator who votes for Patel is abdicating his or her constitutional responsibility. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

submitted 19 days ago • 23 comments

Went to the Hans Zimmer concert in Nashville tonight. Incredible. The amount of talent on the stage was unreal.

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

There isn't a plan. There's no nine-dimensional chess. He's not a mastermind. He's an angry man drunk on his own power, picking stupid fights for no reason, all to demonstrate "strength." There's no defense for this.

submitted 20 days ago • 70 comments

"It took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

submitted 20 days ago • 17 comments

Trump is attacking the FBI and his supporters use the rationale that it’s necessary because people no longer trust the FBI - conveniently ignoring that people don’t trust the FBI because Trump and his ppl have spent years attacking it

submitted 22 days ago • 172 comments

Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

submitted 22 days ago • 86 comments

No mystery what we're seeing here: -Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts -Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors -Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution -Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies -Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire

submitted 22 days ago • 51 comments

A great moment in life. When you're in an airport and starving, and then you look up and see . . . a Popeye's sign. Glorious.

submitted 22 days ago • 17 comments

There's a very real question as to whether federal law will apply to Trump's allies at all during Trump's term. The atmosphere of impunity may be like nothing we've seen in our lifetimes.

submitted 22 days ago • 128 comments

I am very much in favor of merit-based hiring and high standards for jobs with life and death implications. Which is why I oppose confirming Pete Hegseth, RFK JR, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel.

submitted 22 days ago • 428 comments

As usual, worth actually reading David's thoughtful words. Some of the best is at the end.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Great piece by @chrisherrington.bsky.social. I'm concerned about Ja. I hope he's ok. dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

Trump’s DEI orders block the government from lawfully and fairly seeking to increase the representation of historically marginalized people in the federal government and threaten to undermine compliance with the federal civil rights laws they purport to uphold. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...

submitted 23 days ago • 11 comments

If we’re applying the colorblind analysis that Trump allegedly demands, he just downgraded our secretary of defense. He promoted a profoundly unqualified man. Trump’s cure for D.E.I. isn’t a true meritocracy, but rather affirmative action for the MAGA movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...

submitted 23 days ago • 14 comments

No politics now. Only sorrow. May God bless and comfort the families of those who died in the crash tonight. It's just gutting.

submitted 23 days ago • 27 comments