social trust is a necessary condition of left politics

i will be leading “origins of the jewish joke: a discussion, with jokes” from 2am to 3am at my minyan in dc.

you are warmly invited.

i do not see why a rural voter’s vote should have 10 or even more times the effective weight of an urban voter’s vote at the national level

tired: unilateral disarmament
wired: fighting the fuck back
inspired: tom perriello for va-6

yessssssss

Yeah, one of the key lessons I’ve taken away from the last decade is that structural neutrality isn’t enough. That you have to defend liberal democracy, liberalism, with passion and prejudice and the determination to utterly destroy its enemies. No quarter in the fight to preserve liberalism.

The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it.

surprisingly good and clear headline

counterpoint: it's got a terrific kids play area and you can get a tinny at smiths to drink while the kids are playing

who is behind the non-bod/jlc one?

this is exactly it. we didn't even qualify for 5 years, and now we're in our second consecutive semifinal.

(incredibly derogatory)

the people demand to know your transportation choices

imo his first campaign was preposterous (remember that superb biden attack ad?) but he's been a cabinet secretary for four years so fuck it, why not.

not my first choice but i'd be fine with him.

well the question sucks, because speaking as a labour voter i'd have said both need to increase, along with taxation

The damage that associating the cause of fighting antisemitism with defending Israeli war crimes has done to the former is incalculable.

they're an extremely malign influence! if they have no haters then i'm no longer on this earth.

and also they're not "the" invisible hand controlling dem politics and i feel pretty confident you share my discomfort with the direction of the discourse about them.

this is definitely true and the rac statement misses the mark and/but/also some of the anti-aipac messaging (including and especially "track aipac" is extremely fucking sus.

the way aipaic is being used as a catch-all term for dark money is bad and needs to stop.

Annual pet peeve: Jews who don’t observe Shavuos but reverently observe “the Yoms.”

also they for sure have the temple menorah

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan ‪András Tóth-Czifra‬ ‪@minczifra.bsky.social‬ · 4h Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!" The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]

Fight for Democracy Prosecute the Bastards!

Literally on my website and designed myself, @jamellebouie.net

well this is sobering af

need some more of these from @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social

levi yitzchok of berditchev actually was weak on crime

this is a boring take but if we want this from a Dem President in 2029 we need to deliver the type of huge legislative majority Magyar just achieved and not the razor-thin one that Biden was forced to work with.

exciting things ahead for petr cech

inject this into my veins

George Soros living long enough to witness Orban's humiliating defeat is the cherry on top.

Tyrants always look invincible…right up until they’re defeated.