"62 million men" —the way this has been generally glossed — is a seemingly intractible and unmanageable problem you can't hope to fight. 1000 people is 1,000 too many, but it's also a small enough number that you could concievably get them all arrested.

thinking abt this bc there is currently a controversy on tiktok where people are misreading and spreading a statistic from this article, saying that 62 million men were either in or interested in a telegram chat about drugging and raping their female partners when really it was like 1000 people max

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

If you are as infuriated as you read this as I am, know that Congress not only has the power to fix the abuse of the Shadow Docket but also that the legislation is already drafted. We just need to get it to the floor. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

The image is a screen shot from MSNOW's "Chris Jansing Reports" of Jansing interviewing a doctor over the chyron: "Dr. Oz: Trump thinks diet soda kills cancer cells."

We need a new term like "emotional labor" but for how much time and energy this country spends on a daily basis defusing and debunking one man's delusional bullshit.

"How do we know officials are crafting policy based on what’s best for the national interest rather than what produces the biggest payday?" Trick question: we don't.

You would be absolutely staggered at the amount of paperwork involved in getting qualified for one of these units. Streamlining and digitizing the lotteries should be an essential an city government project.

Donald Trump threatening Iran again if peace talks with JD Vance in Pakistan fail:

“We’re loading up the ships with the best weapons ever made, even at a higher level than we use to do a complete decimation.”

Yet Republicans in Congress block passing a War Powers resolution.

Reprehensible.

They’re feeding fighter jets to the seas like they’re shelter cats but sure, the communication service that unites our nation is the problem.

Fighting corruption would distract from our fundraising efforts on fighting corruption

One of the most important things I learned in grad school was that there is a portion of the population who are anti-knowledge and will deny any evidence that threatens their identity.

We should have kept these folks as far away from any public policy position as possible.

To all who celebrate

The white flag, aka the official flag of the Confederacy

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

Hi, it's just after 2pm ET. Have you had a high-protein meal today? A glass of water? Are you slouching in your chair?

I know the news is really overwhelming and stressful right now, but you still need to take care of yourself. One thing at a time.

A Baltimore-based thread to explain one singular, overriding reason why American journalism is incapable of compassing and explaining the astonishing misrule and the implosion of all our governing norms. To wit:

A few decades ago, as a police reporter covering the Baltimore department, a new...

"Trump condemned by Alex Jones, AOC, and the Pope," is quite the trifecta. Who bet THAT on Polymarket?

Relieved that Trump will apparently not be committing genocide against the Iranian people this evening and also expect a repeat of this two weeks from now. and/or for Trump to abruptly break this ceasefire for Reasons

Or, you know, Israel bombs a mosque or does an assassination strike tomorrow

This is no way to live, man

this whole thing is very much like being locked in a room with a guy with a grenade who keeps being like IM GONNA DO IT IM GONNA PULL THE PIN and then is like “actually nah” and then everyone sighs but you’re still locked in the same room with the same guy and he’s still holding the same grenade

This is real: she gushed about FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Churchill on Hot Ones in 2023.

In a world of Nicky Minajs, be a Cardi B.

Donald Trump must be removed from office for threatening war crimes and genocide.

Speaker Johnson: bring the House back into session.

Invoking the 25th Amendment and impeachment must be on the table, but Congress should also move on a War Powers resolution to stop Trump.

babe turn on CNBC, they're doing the first five minutes of Robocop

Kurt Russell as Snake Plisken dropping the line "Get a new president."

Once again, Snake Plisken is on point.

yeah hey if this is a dilemma for you, you're a bad human

Most of the social programs that are routinely dismissed in American politics as "unrealistic" or "too expensive" could have been paid for multiple times over by the cost of this war so far, much less the costs to come.

It's never the money.

The power everyone has is to support or uplift a general strike.

Come on then, and remove him.