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living in the country rn is like "this guy wants AFFORDABILITY he's a MONSTER you should be SCARED" vs "this guy is making decisions that are going to kill a lot of people, but who is to say what science is any way??? these six old kingmakers are going to take away your healthcare, but fair's fair!"

This was the guiding principle for abortion ever since the Christian right put the issue at the forefront of their platform. The right _exists_, but good luck meaningfully enforcing it. People largely accepted it due to the taboo nature of abortion, and allowed it to become normalized.

Chicago: so hot right now! Just, sweltering.

Thinking about this again amidst all the hand-wringing about Mamdani

Happy 43rd birthday, John Carpenter's THE THING!

Hot Kwame summer

White supremacists been saying this same shit about NYC at least since the Irish began arriving in droves ~200 years ago. A century+ ago when my grandparents arrived—part of torrent of Jews who settled in the Lower East Side—they said the exact same thing about us. Up to them, Miller wouldn't exist!

theyve accused Mamdani of antisemitism more than trump

crying, screaming, throwing up

It’s like everyone has forgotten how Han Solo got his name, smh

Rich dorks love to talk about leaving the city if taxes go up or They Allow Gender In School or whatever, and they never do. But I believe Zohran can change that. I believe that I will soon be able to rent a "classic six" on Park Avenue that once belonged to Debra Messing for $1700/mo.

I've been banging this drum for years now, I know, but Zohran's Big Night is a clear illustration of the power of giving people a vision of the future that boldly contradicts the rhetoric of Republican fearmongers. Not just "disagrees on policies," but actively paints a different image of the world.

You’re sheltering bald JD Vance images on your phone, are you not?

Why can’t palantír be trending because Saruman and Denethor are up to their old tricks again?

What even is Congress' job??

Fortunato (coughing): You’re certain the Criterion Closet is down here Montresor (picking up a trowel): Definitely. Have you thought about your picks yet

Literal Bond villain shit (see: Live and Let Die)

Thinking about how Clarence Thomas has repeatedly argued that the 8th Amendment is basically meaningless and, for example, applies only to a prisoner's _sentence_, and not anything that occurs to them while fulfilling their sentence.

Beyond parody at this point; the week these guys picked sex predators and warmongers over your future

Wow Iran activating terror cells in the U.S., I’m really scared. Could do mass shootings, kill our elected leaders, kidnap people on our soil in unmarked vans. The possibilities are terrifying.

Incredible moment of community last night watching Ferris Buellerat Cinespia: During the scene in Ben Stein’s economics class, when he said that Congress raised tariffs during the Depression, everyone booed, then when he said it caused the US to sink deeper into debt, everyone cheered.

Domestic Disturbance

“Their barbarous treatment of women”/“Our biblical treatment of women”

Noteworthy, I think, that the Democratic establishment are putting much more effort into stopping Mamdani than stopping Trump

At this moment, as we slide deep into fascism, the Dems are once again circling the wagons around a sex pest to make sure A Guy Who Actually Believes Things doesn't win

Pretty amazing that a former president will sit quietly as one of his successors orders US troops into American cities and ships innocent people off to concentration camps—but feels compelled to speak up when a fellow HR nightmare is at risk of losing to another member of the same party.